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Social Media Screening for Terrorists Act of 2017

H.R. 114 · 115th Congress · Jan 3, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to search all public records to determine if an alien is inadmissible to the United States.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Social Media Screening for Terrorists Act of 2017”.

Sec. 2 Requirement to search records of aliens applying for admission to the United States

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall search all public records, including Internet sites and social media profiles, to determine if an alien applying for admission to the United States is inadmissible under section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182).