S3679-119

In Committee

Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Foreign Policy.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026.
  • Section idf8b5b5217213403890097d1cdac437da: 2. Restricting visa issuance to individuals who have carried out violations of religious freedom Section 212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8...

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, Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Government Operations, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Government Operations Foreign Policy

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
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federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Mr. Budd (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Cotton, …

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 Government Operations Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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