{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-6679","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 6679","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-12-07","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-01-31","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h28","question":"On Passage","title":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act","result":"Passed","yea":422,"nay":2,"present":1,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll028.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":"2024-02-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-01-25","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill imposes immigration-related penalties on certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who are involved with terrorism or attacks against Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"Under this bill, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas or who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel may not be admitted into the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also expands an existing admissions bar against officers, representatives, and spokespersons of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Under this bill, all PLO members are barred from admission into the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also prohibits any non-U.S. national who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks from seeking any immigration-related relief or protections, including (1) protection from being deported to a country where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, or (2) asylum in the United States."}],"words":144},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens who took part in the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023 inadmissible and ineligible for relief under the immigration laws.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh#H9F89222D12CB49179E8950FCB0F794EF"}]},"core_areas":["Inadmissibility of aliens connected to the October 7, 2023 attacks against Israel","Ineligibility for relief under the immigration laws","Annual reporting by the Secretary of Homeland Security"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a ground of inadmissibility for any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh#H9F89222D12CB49179E8950FCB0F794EF"}},{"text":"Makes any such alien ineligible for any relief under the immigration laws, including under section 241 and section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 2242 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh#H9F89222D12CB49179E8950FCB0F794EF"}},{"text":"Inserts \"Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or Hamas\" after \"Palestine Liberation Organization\" in an existing inadmissibility provision, and inserts the word \"member,\" after \"representative,\" in that provision.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh#H9F89222D12CB49179E8950FCB0F794EF"}},{"text":"Changes a cross-reference in section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act from \"subparagraph (B) or (F)\" to \"subparagraph (B), (F), or (H)\", so that it also refers to the new inadmissibility ground.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh#H9F89222D12CB49179E8950FCB0F794EF"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress each year, beginning not later than one year after enactment, on the number of aliens found inadmissible under the new ground and the number of those found removable under section 237(a)(4)(B).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh#H9F89222D12CB49179E8950FCB0F794EF"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-01-31","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-6679.png","v":"9930d8089169","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6679, 118th Congress: No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act. House: 422 Yea, 2 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 31 Jan 2024."}}