,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ab1        
#bjag,ms4 ,del,bene 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,conyers1 ,mr4 ,lewis of ,georgia1 ,mr4 
,cohen1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 
,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1
 and ,ms4 ,matsui7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit the collection of  
information and the establishment or    
utilization of a registry for the       
purposes of classifying or surveilling  
certain ,united ,states persons and     
other individuals on the basis of       
religious affiliation1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,religious      
,registry ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,findings 
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,national ,security ,entry-,exit   
,system 7hereinafter referred to as     
,,nseers71 which was active from #bjjb  
through #bjaa1 registered and tracked   

individuals on the basis of their       
religion by targeting majority-,muslim  
countries in an attempt to thwart       
terrorism4  7#b7 ,,nseers tracked       
approximately #hj1jjj men and boys1 and 
resulted in zero terrorist convictions  
from #bjjb through #bjaa4  7#c7 ,mass   
surveillance of certain religious groups
 is inherently incompatible with        
,american values as enshrined in the    
,u4,s4 ,constitution1 does not improve  
,u4,s4 national security1 and has the   
potential to weaken national security by
 alienating crucial allies in the fight 
against terrorism4  #c4 ,prohibition    
7a7 ,in general ,no ,united ,states     
,government officer or employee may     
collect information or establish or     
otherwise utilize a database1 or similar
 for the purpose of classifying or      
surveilling1 on the basis of religious  
affiliation1 a ,united ,states national1
 an alien who is lawfully present in the
 ,united ,states1 or any alien who      
applies for a visa or seeks admission to

 the ,united ,states or on whose behalf 
a petition under the immigration laws is
 submitted1 or conduct any study related
 to the collection of such information  
or the establishment or utilization of  
such a registry1 database1 or similar4  
7b7 ,rule of ,construction ,nothing in  
this section may be construed as        
prohibiting the collection of           
information that is voluntarily provided
 and from which personally identifiable 
information is removed1 to be used      
strictly for statistical purposes1      
including those permitted under section 
#i of title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code1 
that do not violate section #b above4   
#d4 ,prohibition on solicitation and    
purchase  7a7 ,procurement ,a ,federal  
entity may not solicit or award a       
contract to any entity for such entity  
to collect information or establish a   
registry that would violate section #c4 
7b7 ,collection of certain information  
,a ,federal entity may not purchase or  
solicit any information on religious    

affiliation from a non-,federal entity  
for purposes that would violate section 
#c4