Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 11
- Latest action
- Apr 2, 2026
What it does
The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make foreign nationals inadmissible to the United States if they have committed particularly severe violations of religious freedom, including directing, authorizing, significantly supporting, participating in, or carrying out such acts while serving as foreign government officials or outside the U.S. It requires the Secretary of State to publicly disclose the names of inadmissible individuals and the locations where violations occurred on a Department of State website, unless disclosure would harm U.S. foreign policy, in which case the Secretary may withhold the name but must report the rationale to Congress semiannually. The…
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Where it stands
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Where it goes next
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