{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1333","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1333","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"NO BAN Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"NO BAN Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"NO BAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"NO BAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"NO BAN Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"NO BAN Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-25","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-04-21","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h127","question":"On Passage","title":"NO BAN Act","result":"Passed","yea":218,"nay":208,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll127.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2021-04-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2021-04-21","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"NO BAN Act","result":"Failed","yea":208,"nay":216,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll126.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-04-21","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act or the NO BAN Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill imposes limitations on the President's authority to suspend or restrict aliens from entering the United States. It also prohibits religious discrimination in various immigration-related decisions, such as whether to issue an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, unless there is a statutory basis for such discrimination."},{"k":"p","t":"The President may temporarily restrict the entry of any aliens or class of aliens after the Department of State determines that the restriction would address specific and credible facts that threaten U.S. interests such as security or public safety."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also imposes limitations on such restrictions, such as requiring the President, State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) only issue a restriction when required to address a compelling government interest, and (2) narrowly tailor the suspension to use the least restrictive means to achieve such an interest."},{"k":"p","t":"Before imposing a restriction, the State Department and DHS shall consult with Congress. The State Department and DHS shall report to Congress about the restriction within 48 hours of the restriction's imposition. If such a report is not made, the restriction shall immediately terminate."},{"k":"p","t":"Individuals or entities present in the United States and unlawfully harmed by such a restriction may sue in federal court."},{"k":"p","t":"DHS may suspend the entry of aliens traveling to the United States on a commercial airline that failed to comply with regulations related to detecting fraudulent travel documents."}],"words":241},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Rewrites the Immigration and Nationality Act provision on the President's authority to suspend or restrict the entry of aliens, adds conditions and reporting requirements to that authority, and adds religion to the list of factors on which immigration decisions may not be based.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H9C29A478201149809BCE7B4620092C9D"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H1BF1462DA9114D95BCDAC4B46B9BDC3E"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H816D2CC641A4401592F8EB397EE7995A"}]},"core_areas":["Presidential authority to suspend or restrict entry of aliens under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act","Nondiscrimination in immigrant and nonimmigrant visa decisions and other immigration benefits","Congressional notification and reporting on entry suspensions and restrictions","Court challenges to entry suspensions and restrictions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends Section 202(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to add religion to the listed factors, and to extend the nondiscrimination rule to nonimmigrant visas, admission or other entry, and approval or revocation of any immigration benefit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H9C29A478201149809BCE7B4620092C9D"}},{"text":"Allows the President to temporarily suspend or restrict the entry of aliens or a class of aliens after the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, determines from specific and credible facts that their entry would undermine named interests such as security or public safety.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H1BF1462DA9114D95BCDAC4B46B9BDC3E"}},{"text":"Requires that a suspension or restriction be issued only to address specific acts implicating a compelling government interest, be narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means, state its duration, and consider waivers with a rebuttable presumption in favor of family-based and humanitarian waivers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H1BF1462DA9114D95BCDAC4B46B9BDC3E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to consult specified congressional committees before the President acts, to brief them and submit a written report within 48 hours afterward, and to publish an unclassified version in the Federal Register; the suspension or restriction terminates immediately if the briefing and report are not provided, absent intervening congressional action.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H1BF1462DA9114D95BCDAC4B46B9BDC3E"}},{"text":"Allows an individual or entity present in the United States that has been harmed by a violation of the new subsection to file an action in a federal district court for declaratory or injunctive relief, and does not preclude a class action.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H1BF1462DA9114D95BCDAC4B46B9BDC3E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State to report to congressional committees within 90 days on implementation of Presidential Proclamations 9645, 9822 and 9983 and Executive Order Nos. 13769, 13780 and 13815, and to submit further reports every 30 days while a suspension or restriction is in effect; the reports must be made publicly available online in unclassified form.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh#H816D2CC641A4401592F8EB397EE7995A"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-04-21","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1333/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1333.png","v":"28d908556e6e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1333, 117th Congress: NO BAN Act. House: 218 Yea, 208 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 21 Apr 2021."}}