H.R. 419: Protecting America From Spies Act


Quick Facts:

Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA-6)

Congress: 119

Date Introduced: Jan. 15, 2025

Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (Jan. 15, 2025)

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Protecting America From Spies Act

This bill expands the grounds for barring non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) from entering the United States on the basis of espionage or sabotage.

Currently, an individual is inadmissible if the individual seeks to enter the United States to engage in an act that (1) violates a U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage; or (2) violates any U.S. law prohibiting the export of goods, technology, or sensitive information. Under the bill, an individual is inadmissible if the individual engages, has engaged, or will engage in such an act or in an act that would violate any U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage if it occurred in the United States.

Furthermore, the bill expands these grounds of inadmissibility and other security-related grounds to cover the spouse or child of the barred individual if the act occurred in the last five years.

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