,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjai,mr4 ,beyer 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,norton1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4         
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1   
,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,raskin1
 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4      
,pocan1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mrs4  
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1    
,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4      
,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,cohen1   
,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4   
,mc,eachin1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 
,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4    
,deutch1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,khanna1  
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4  
,ryan1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,langevin1   
,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4      
,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,courtney1
 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4   
,pascrell1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1
 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,miss    
,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1

 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4       
,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4
 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of      
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4      
,kind1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4           
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1
 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,scott  
of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1  
,mr4 ,foster1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1   
,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of             
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,ms4     
,moore1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4
 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1  
,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4        
,ruppersberger1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,mr4      
,rush1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4 ,clark of     
,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new      
,york1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4   
,tonko1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4 
,matsui1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,mr4
 ,costa1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mrs4         
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4     
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,norcross1  
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,judy    

,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 
,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,shalala1  
,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of      
,california1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4       
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4        
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,ms4      
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4  
,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4           
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4         
,schneider1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,castor
 of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,ms4 ,lee of  
,california1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1  
,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mrs4
 ,demings1 ,ms4 ,brownley of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4       
,lawson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,green of     
,texas1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 and ,ms4 ,velzquez7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
provide that an alien may not be denied 
admission or entry to the ,united       
,states1 or other immigration benefits1 
because of the aliens religion1 and for 

other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,freedom of    
,religion ,act of #bjai4  #b4           
,prohibition on denying admission1      
entry1 or other benefit because of      
religion  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #b of
 title ,i of the ,immigration and       
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaha et
 seq47 is amended by inserting after    
section #bai the following3  #bbj4      
,prohibition on denying admission1      
entry1 or other benefit because of      
religion  7a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
the immigration laws1 an alien may not  
be denied entry1 reentry1 or admission  
to the ,united ,states1 or any other    
immigration benefit1 because of the     
alien's religion or lack of religious   
beliefs4  7b7 ,construction ,nothing in 
subsection 7a7 shall be construed to    
affect the authorities under section    
#bab7;f71 subsections 7h7 and 7i7 of    
section #bba1 or any other provision of 
the immigration laws1 when exercised on 

a case-by-case basis with respect to an 
individual who a consular officer1 an   
immigration officer1 the ,attorney      
,general1 the ,secretary of ,state1 the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 or   
the ,president determines may pose a    
threat to ,united ,states national      
security interests4  4  7b7 ,clerical   
amendment ,the table of contents for the
 ,immigration and ,nationality ,act is  
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #bai the following3 
,sec4 #bbj4 ,prohibition on denying     
admission1 entry1 or other benefit      
because of religion4  4