H.R. 6679 - No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act
H.R. 6679 - No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 3:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Monday, January 29, 2024 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing on H.R. 5585, H.R. 6976, H.R. 6678, and H.R. 6679
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 118-24 PDF
Showing the text of H.R. 6679, as ordered reported by the Committee on the Judiciary
(as introduced)
H. Rept. 118-358PDF
Report from the Committee on the Judiciary to accompany H.R. 6679
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 118-362PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-3 on Monday, January 29, 2024.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 980:
Agreed to by a record vote of 216-210, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 216-210, on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
MANAGERS: Burgess/McGovern
1. | Structured rule for H.R. 5585. |
2. | Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
3. | Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. |
4. | Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-21 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
5. | Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. |
6. | Makes in order only those amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. |
7. | Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report. |
8. | Provides one motion to recommit. |
9. | Structured rule for H.R. 6678. |
10. | Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
11. | Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-23 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
12. | Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. |
13. | Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. |
14. | Makes in order only the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. |
15. | Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report. |
16. | Provides one motion to recommit. |
17. | Structured rule for H.R. 6679. |
18. | Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
19. | Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-24 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
20. | Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. |
21. | Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. |
22. | Makes in order only the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. |
23. | Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part C of the report. |
24. | Provides one motion to recommit. |
25. | Structured rule for H.R. 6976. |
26. | Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
27. | Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-22 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
28. | Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. |
29. | Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. |
30. | Makes in order only the amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. |
31. | Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part D of the report. |
32. | Provides one motion to recommit. |
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Gonzales, Tony (TX) | Republican | Expands the scope of inadmissibles to include those that have supported or espoused Hamas terrorist activities against Israel. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Ensures that any officer, official, representative, member, or spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood is inadmissible to the United States. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Zinke (MT), Tenney (NY) | Republican | Requires the Department of Homeland Security to implement a pause on all applications for visas, refugee status, and asylum for individuals with a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority (PA). It would also revoke any entrance of covered aliens who were granted visas or entered the United States on or after October 1, 2023. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Adds the Lions' Den and Popular Resistance Committees as groups whose officials, officers, representatives, members, and spokesmen would be inadmissible to the United States. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 2 | Rose (TN) | Republican | Revised Requires an annual report to Congress on the number of individuals found to be inadmissible and deportable each year as a result of the underlying bill. | Made in Order |
| 6 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ), Ogles (TN), Tenney (NY), Moskowitz (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Expresses a sense of Congress that the State Department should re-designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 2 | Cloud (TX) | Republican | Revised Adds "Hezbollah" to the list of participants carrying attacks against Israel. | Revised |
| 8 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ), Tenney (NY), Moskowitz (FL), Ogles (TN) | Bi-Partisan | Adds Hezbollah, Houthis (Ansarallah), Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to anywhere where it says Hamas | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of National Intelligence should investigate Iran’s particular role in funding and spreading disinformation through the use of bot farms on social media. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 2 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Adds the word "affiliate" after "member" in the bill text (which amends 8 USC 1182(a)(3)). | Revised |
| 11 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Clarifies that insofar as paragraph (H) on Page 2 applies to Qatari political or military officials, they should be found inadmissible. | Revised |
| 12 | Version 2 | Porter (CA), Salazar (FL), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Adds a sense of Congress condemning Hamas | Revised |
| 13 | Version 1 | Pfluger (TX), Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Expands current U.S. law to prohibit members, officers, officials, representatives, and spokesmen of Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Palestine Islamic Jihad from entering or remaining in the U.S. This also applies to aliens who endorse or espouse terrorist activities conducted by any of these U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO). | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Mills (FL) | Republican | Late Amends the bill to include ODNI in the list of USG entities that inform whether an entity is engaging in terrorist activity or likely to engage after entry, which provides for grounds to make that individual inadmissible. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Van Duyne (TX) | Republican | Late Requires the deportation of foreign nationals who participate in pro-terrorism and/or antisemitism rallies or demonstrations. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 190
Motion by Mr. Burgess to report the rule. Adopted 8-3