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H.R. 419In committee
Protecting America From Spies Act
Introduced: Jan 15, 2025
Latest action date: Jan 15, 2025
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Jan 15, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Protecting America From Spies Act
This bill expands the grounds for barring non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) from entering the United States on the basis of espionage or sabotage.
Currently, an individual is inadmissible if the individual seeks to enter the United States to engage in an act that (1) violates a U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage; or (2) violates any U.S. law prohibiting the export of goods, technology, or sensitive information. Under the bill, an individual is inadmissible if the individual engages, has engaged, or will engage in such an act or in an act that would violate any U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage if it occurred in the United States.
Furthermore, the bill expands these grounds of inadmissibility and other security-related grounds to cover the spouse or child of the barred individual if the act occurred in the last five years.
Official summary from Congress.gov · checked Oct 19, 2026.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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