Freedom of Religion Act of 2016

H.R. 5207 · 114th Congress · May 12, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien may not be denied admission to the United States because of the alien’s religion, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Freedom of Religion Act of 2016”.

Sec. 2 Prohibition on denying admission because of religion

Chapter 2 of title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 219 the following:

“220. Prohibition on denying admission because of religion

“Notwithstanding any other provision of the immigration laws, an alien may not be denied admission to the United States because of the alien’s religion or lack of religious beliefs.”

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May 12, 2016viewing Introduced in House Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Honda, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ellison, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Israel, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Welch, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Rush, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Takai, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Levin, Mr. Takano, Mr. Sires, Mr. Tonko, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Farr, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Kind, Mr. Himes, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Kaptur, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Engel, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Walz, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Fattah, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Titus, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Meng, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Richmond, and Ms. Roybal-Allard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Freedom of Religion Act of 2016

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Prohibition on denying admission because of religion

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