H.R. 1071 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 523 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1071 [Report No. 119–603] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2025Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary April 9, 2026Additional sponsors: Mr. Hunt and Mr. Cline April 9, 2026Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2025 A BILL To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025. 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to censoring speech (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Censorship Any alien who, while serving as a government official of any foreign government, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, the commission of any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a government official of the United States in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Censorship Any alien who, while serving as a government official of any foreign government, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, the commission of any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a government official of the United States in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is deportable. . April 9, 2026Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed