HR7964-119

In Committee

Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 17, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H156592D0B8F049C2AD6564A7B8769767: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act.
  • Section H2D2C01FAFD4847308B25FDC4932C32BE: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Supreme Court, in Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. (2018), upheld the President’s authority to restrict entry from...
  • Section HB711980B33D54C0F8F7C250702C7A647: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term designated country means— Somalia; any country identified in Presidential Proclamation 9645, as upheld in Trump v. Hawaii,...
  • Section H08E6AB7E546F4EFE86AFDA236259CAF8: 4. Prohibition on admission of aliens from designated countries Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation...
  • Section H420357B77B1843AC989EA4D9AED19718: 5. Designation and review process Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall publish in the Federal Register...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Foreign Policy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Foreign Policy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 17, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 17, 2026

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Fine, Mr. Donalds, and Mrs. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Foreign Policy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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