To impose sanctions with respect to foreign governments that resist efforts to repatriate their citizens who have unlawfully entered the United States and foreign governments and foreign persons that knowingly facilitate unlawful immigration into the United States, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates sense of Congress declaring unlawful migrants a national security threat who should be repatriated, and that countries resisting repatriation or facilitating unlawful immigration should face economic sanctions, defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign government (broadly defined to include ministries, officials, and controlled entities), foreign person, knowingly (actual or constructive knowledge), and creates sense of Congress and statement of policy declaring that foreign governments resisting repatriation and those facilitating unlawful immigration constitute an unusual and extraordinary national security threat. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, definition changes, and trade restrictions. The main policy areas are Criminal Justice, Foreign Policy, Finance, and Defense.
Who Benefits and How
Law enforcement agencies could face lower compliance burdens, Intelligence community could face lower compliance burdens, and US immigration enforcement would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign persons facilitating unlawful immigration could face higher costs, Foreign governments resisting repatriation of citizens could face higher costs, and Persons violating sanctions provisions could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Creates sense of Congress declaring unlawful migrants a national security threat who should be repatriated, and that countries resisting repatriation or facilitating unlawful immigration should face economic sanctions.
- Defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign government (broadly defined to include ministries, officials, and controlled entities), foreign person, knowingly (actual or constructive knowledge)...
- Creates sense of Congress and statement of policy declaring that foreign governments resisting repatriation and those facilitating unlawful immigration constitute an unusual and extraordinary national security threat...
- Requires authorization for the President to exercise IEEPA authorities (sections 203 and 205) to carry out the Act, with mandatory reporting to Congress every 180 days for 7 years on sanctions imposed, regulations...
- Requires authorization for the President to block and prohibit all property transactions of foreign governments that knowingly resist repatriation and foreign governments or persons that knowingly facilitate unlawful...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates sense of Congress declaring unlawful migrants a national security threat who should be repatriated, and that countries resisting repatriation or facilitating unlawful immigration should face economic sanctions, defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign government (broadly defined to include ministries, officials, and controlled entities), foreign person, knowingly (actual or constructive knowledge), and creates sense of Congress and statement of policy declaring that foreign governments resisting repatriation and those facilitating unlawful immigration constitute an unusual and extraordinary national security threat.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Foreign Policy, Finance, Defense
Primary Purpose
The bill creates sense of Congress declaring unlawful migrants a national security threat who should be repatriated, and that countries resisting repatriation or facilitating unlawful immigration should face economic sanctions, defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign government (broadly defined to include ministries, officials, and controlled entities), foreign person, knowingly (actual or constructive knowledge), and creates sense of Congress and statement of policy declaring that foreign governments resisting repatriation and those facilitating unlawful immigration constitute an unusual and extraordinary national security threat.
Policy Domains
Sec. 2-4 -- Congressional Findings, Policy Declarations
Identified Gains
- Law enforcement agencies
- Intelligence community
- US immigration enforcement
- Congressional oversight committees
Identified Costs
- Foreign persons facilitating unlawful immigration
- Foreign governments resisting repatriation of citizens
- Persons violating sanctions provisions
- Foreign governments resisting repatriation
- Foreign governments and their instrumentalities
Sponsors
Tim Scott
R-SC | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Moreno) …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, Executive branch (President and Treasury OFAC), Intelligence Community
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Intelligence Community, Law enforcement agencies, US immigration enforcement
Negative-direction: Executive branch (President and Treasury OFAC)
Foreign governments and their instrumentalities, Foreign governments of origin countries, Foreign governments resisting repatriation
Foreign persons facilitating unlawful immigration, Persons violating sanctions provisions
US financial institutions handling foreign transactions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Senate Banking Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and House Financial Services Committee.
Any governing body or political organization exercising control over a foreign country or substantial portion thereof, including ministries, officials, and owned/controlled entities.
An individual or entity that is not a United States person and is not a foreign government.
Actual knowledge or should have known of the conduct, circumstance, or result.
US citizens, lawful permanent residents, lawfully admitted aliens, and entities organized under US law.
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