,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ae1  
#bjbf,mr4 ,budd 7for himself1 ,mrs4     
,blackburn1 ,mrs4 ,moody1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 
,mr4 ,banks1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4        
,lankford1 and ,mr4 ,cruz7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on the  
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
restrict visa issuance to individuals   
who have directed1 authorized1          
significantly supported1 participated   
in1 or carried out violations of        
religious freedom4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,banning 
,perpetrators of ,religious ,persecution
 ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,restricting visa  
issuance to individuals who have carried
 out violations of religious freedom    
,section #bab7;a77#b77;,g7 of the       
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77#b77;,g77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7,g7 ,aliens who  

have committed violations of religious  
freedom  7i7 ,in general ,any alien     
who-- 7,i7 while serving as a foreign   
government official1 was responsible    
for1 or directly carried out1 at any    
time1 particularly severe violations of 
religious freedom 7as defined in section
 #c7ac7 of the ,international ,religious
 ,freedom ,act of #aiih 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4  
#fdjb7ac7772 or  7,,ii7 at any time     
while outside the ,united ,states1      
directed1 authorized1 significantly     
supported1 participated in1 was         
responsible for1 or carried out         
particularly severe violations of       
religious freedom or violations of      
religious freedom 7as defined in section
 #c7af7 of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4     
#fdjb7af7771  is inadmissible4  7ii7    
,public notice  7,i7 ,in general        
,notwithstanding the limitations under  
section #bbb7;f7 with respect to the    
confidentiality of certain immigration  
records and except as provided under    
subclause 7,,ii71 the ,secretary of     

,state shall post1 on a publicly        
accessible website of the ,department of
 ,state-- 7aa7 the names of all of the  
aliens determined to be inadmissible    
under clause 7i72 and  7bb7 the         
countries or other locations in which   
violations of religious freedom         
described in such clause took place4    
7,,ii7 ,exception ,if the ,secretary of 
,state determines1 on a case-by-case    
basis and in the ,secretary's sole and  
unreviewable discretion1 that the public
 release of the identity of any         
particular alien determined to be       
inadmissible under clause 7i7 would have
 adverse foreign policy consequences for
 the ,united ,states1 the ,secretary--  
7aa7 may exclude such alien from the    
disclosure requirement under subclause  
7,i72 and  7bb7 shall submit a          
semiannual report to ,congress1 in      
accordance with section #ea7;a7 of the  
,state ,department ,basic ,authorities  
,act of #aief 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgbc7;a771
 explaining the reasons for such        

exclusion4  4