BACK OFF Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, BACK OFF Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Criminal Justice.
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 titles This Act may be cited as the Barring American Citizenship by Keeping Out Foreign Fraudsters or the BACK OFF Act.
- Section idc921d9e81b5b447a8b078aa7850ea0f9: 2. Grounds for inadmissibility to, and removal from the United States for engaging in birth tourism Section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act...
- Section idd27b41548f42414eb28f39cdff1bb323: 3. Mandatory detention for criminal aliens inadmissible or subject to deportation for birth tourism Section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8...
- Section ide28482c8682748d79b3a42bc64dabe4c: 4. Expedited removal for aliens engaged in birth tourism Section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section ide481aa9ad2dc4e168ae14c1672c4fcd6: 5. Mandatory medical examinations for aliens seeking visas, admission to the United States, and physically present in the United States Section 221(d) of the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, BACK OFF Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Government Operations, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, BACK OFF Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
John Cornyn
R-TX | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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