,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,poe of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,goodlatte1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mrs4 ,black1  
and ,mr4 ,smith of ,texas7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for sanctions on 
countries that have refused or          
unreasonably delayed repatriation of an 
alien who is a national of that country1
 or that have an excessive repatriation 
failure rate1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,timely ,repatriation ,act4  #b4
 ,timely repatriation  7a7 ,listing of  
countries ,beginning on the date that is
 #f months after the date of enactment  

of this ,act1 and every #f months       
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security shall publish a report        
including the following3  7#a7 ,a list  
of the following3  7,a7 ,countries that 
have refused or unreasonably delayed    
repatriation of an alien who is a       
national of that country since the date 
of enactment of this ,act and the total 
number of such aliens1 disaggregated by 
nationality4  7,b7 ,countries that have 
an excessive repatriation failure rate4 
7#b7 ,a list of each country that was   
included under subparagraph 7,b7 or 7,c7
 of paragraph 7#a7 in both the report   
preceding the current report and the    
current report4  7b7 ,sanctions         
,beginning on the date that a country is
 included in a list under subsection    
7a77#b7 and ending on the date that that
 country is not included in such list1  
that country shall be subject to the    
following3  7#a7 ,the ,secretary of     
,state may not issue visas under section
 #aja7;a77#ae77;,a77iii7 of the         

,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#ae77;,a77iii77 to  
attendants1 servants1 personal          
employees1 and members of their         
immediate families1 of the officials and
 employees of that country who receive  
nonimmigrant status under clause 7i7 or 
7ii7 of section #aja7;a77#ae77;,a7 of   
such ,act4  7#b7 ,each #f months        
thereafter that the country is included 
in that list1 the ,secretary of ,state  
shall reduce the number of visas        
available under clause 7i7 or 7ii7 of   
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,a7 of the       
,immigration and ,nationality ,act in a 
fiscal year to nationals of that country
 by an amount equal to #aj percent of   
the baseline visa number for that       
country4 ,except as provided under      
section #bdc7;d7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abec71
 the ,secretary may not reduce the      
number to a level below #bj percent of  
the baseline visa number4  7c7 ,waivers 
7#a7 ,national security waiver ,if the  

,secretary of ,state submits to         
,congress a written determination that  
significant national security interests 
of the ,united ,states require a waiver 
of the sanctions under subsection 7b71  
the ,secretary may waive any reduction  
below #hj percent of the baseline visa  
number4 ,the ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security may not delegate the authority
 under this subsection4  7#b7 ,temporary
 exigent circumstances ,if the          
,secretary of ,state submits to         
,congress a written determination that  
temporary exigent circumstances require 
a waiver of the sanctions under         
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary may waive
 any reduction below #hj percent of the 
baseline visa number during #f-month    
renewable periods4 ,the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security may not delegate the
 authority under this subsection4  7d7  
,exemption ,the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,state1 may exempt a      
country from inclusion in a list under  

subsection 7a77#b7 if the total number  
of nonrepatriations outstanding is less 
than #aj for the preceding #c-year      
period4  7e7 ,unauthorized visa issuance
 ,any visa issued in violation of this  
section shall be void4  7f7 ,notice ,if 
an alien who has been convicted of a    
criminal offense before a ,federal or   
,state court whose repatriation was     
refused or unreasonably delayed is to be
 released from detention by the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 the  
,secretary shall provide notice to the  
,state and local law enforcement agency 
for the jurisdictions in which the alien
 is required to report or is to be      
released4 ,when possible1 and           
particularly in the case of violent     
crime1 the ,secretary shall make a      
reasonable effort to provide notice of  
such release to any crime victims and   
their immediate family members4  7g7    
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
section3  7#a7 ,refused or unreasonably 
delayed ,a country is deemed to have    

refused or unreasonably delayed the     
acceptance of an alien who is a citizen1
 subject1 national1 or resident of that 
country if1 not later than #ij days     
after receiving a request to repatriate 
such alien from an official of the      
,united ,states who is authorized to    
make such a request1 the country does   
not accept the alien or issue valid     
travel documents4  7#b7 ,failure rate   
,the term failure rate for a period     
means the percentage determined by      
dividing the total number of            
repatriation requests for aliens who are
 citizens1 subjects1 nationals1 or      
residents of a country that that country
 refused or unreasonably delayed during 
that period by the total number of such 
requests during that period4  7#c7      
,excessive repatriation failure rate    
,the term excessive repatriation failure
 rate means1 with respect to a report   
under subsection 7a71 a failure rate    
greater than #aj percent for any of the 
following3  7,a7 ,the period of the #c  

full fiscal years preceding the date of 
publication of the report4  7,b7 ,the   
period of #a year preceding the date of 
publication of the report4  7#d7 ,number
 of non-repatriations outstanding ,the  
term number of non-repatriations        
outstanding means1 for a period1 the    
number of unique aliens whose           
repatriation a country has refused or   
unreasonably delayed and whose          
repatriation has not occurred during    
that period4  7#e7 ,baseline visa number
 ,the term baseline visa number means1  
with respect to a country1 the average  
number of visas issued each fiscal year 
to nationals of that country under      
clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 of section         
#aja7;a77#ae77;,a7 of the ,immigration  
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aaja7;a77#ae77;,a77 for the #c full    
fiscal years immediately preceding the  
first report under subsection 7a7 in    
which that country is included in the   
list under subsection 7a77#b74  7h7     
,,gao report ,on the date that is #a day

 after the date that the ,president     
submits a budget under section #aaje7;a7
 of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1   
for fiscal year #bjad1 the ,comptroller 
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit a report to ,congress regarding  
the progress of the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security and the ,secretary  
of ,state in implementation of this     
section and in making requests to       
repatriate aliens as appropriate4