,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjbj,mrs4
 ,hartzler 7for herself1 ,mr4           
,gallagher1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 
,mr4 ,rogers of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,posey1  
,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 
,mr4 ,spano1 ,mr4 ,gianforte1 ,mr4      
,wright1 and ,mr4 ,la,malfa7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend section #bab of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
ensure that efforts to engage in        
espionage or technology transfer are    
considered in visa issuance1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,america ,from ,spies ,act4  #b4        
,expanding inadmissibility on security  
and related grounds  7a7 ,in general    
,section #bab7;a77#c77;,a7 of the       
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77#c77;,a77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7,a7 ,in general  

,any alien is inadmissible who a        
consular officer or the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security knows1 or has       
reasonable ground to believe-- 7i7      
engages1 has engaged1 or will engage in 
any activity-- 7,i7 in violation of any 
law of the ,united ,states relating to  
espionage or sabotage2 or  7,,ii7 that  
would violate any law of the ,united    
,states relating to espionage or        
sabotage if the activity occurred in the
 ,united ,states2  7ii7 engages1 has    
engaged1 or will engage in any activity 
in violation or evasion of any law      
prohibiting the export from the ,united 
,states of goods1 technology1 or        
sensitive information2  7iii7 seeks to  
enter the ,united ,states to engage     
solely1 principally1 or incidentally in 
any other unlawful activity2  7iv7 seeks
 to enter the ,united ,states to engage 
solely1 principally1 or incidentally in 
any activity a purpose of which is the  
opposition to1 or the control or        
overthrow of1 the ,government of the    

,united ,states by force1 violence1 or  
other unlawful means2 or  7v7 is the    
spouse or child of an alien who is      
inadmissible under this subparagraph1 if
 the activity causing the alien to be   
found inadmissible occurred within the  
last #e years4  4  7b7 ,waiver authority
 ,section #bab7;d77#c77;,a7 of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;d77#c77;,a77 is        
amended-- 7#a7 by striking              
7#c77;,a77i77,i71 7#c77;,a77ii71 each   
place such term appears2 and  7#b7 by   
inserting 7#c77;,a77iv71 after          
7#c77;,a77iii71 each place such term    
appears4