Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Jan 15, 2026
What it does
The Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens inadmissible to the United States if they have directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out particularly severe violations of religious freedom, whether as foreign government officials or while outside the U.S. The bill requires the Secretary of State to publicly disclose the names of such inadmissible individuals and the locations where the violations occurred on a Department of State website, unless disclosure would have adverse foreign policy consequences, in which case the Secretary may withhold the name but must report the…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.