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H.R. 1071

U.S. House•House Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 1071, the No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 6, 2025 by Rep. Darrell Issa (R) with 5 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Apr 9, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.

Record

Text

H.R. 1071 has 5 co-sponsors.

hb1071/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1071 IH: No Censors on our Shores Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-06
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1071  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 6, 2025   Mr. Issa  (for himself,  Ms. Salazar ,  Mr. Gill of Texas , and  Mr. Baumgartner ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Censors on our Shores Act  .
2.
Inadmissibility and deportability related to censoring speech
(a)
Inadmissibility
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(J)
Censorship
Any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a United States government official in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is inadmissible.
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(b)
Deportability
Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(G)
Censorship
Any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a United States government official in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is deportable.
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Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-02-06
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 6, 2025

hb1071/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (02/06/2025)

No Censors on our Shores Act

This bill makes certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who were involved in conduct that would have been in violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution if it had occurred in the United States (1) inadmissible for entry into the United States, and (2) deportable.

Specifically, the bill applies to an individual who, while serving as a foreign government official, carried out or was responsible for activity against a U.S. citizen located in the United States that would have violated the First Amendment if committed by a U.S. government official in the United States.

Sponsors

Rep. Darrell Issa (R) sponsors H.R. 1071, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1071 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Reported By · Apr 9, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1071, the latest H. Rept. 119-603.

Actions

H.R. 1071 has taken 6 actions since Feb 6, 2025, the latest on Apr 9, 2026.

ChamberAction
Apr 9, 2026
House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-603.Judiciary Committee
Apr 9, 2026
House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
Feb 26, 2025
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldJudiciary Committee
Feb 26, 2025
House
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.Judiciary Committee
Feb 6, 2025
House
Introduced in House

Votes

H.R. 1071 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1071 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • No Censors on our Shores Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 1071, the latest on May 27, 2025.

Lobbying

5 clients hired 6 firms and 13 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1071 in 11 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Constitution, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Religion, Banking, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.501(c)(4) organizationDelaware24$100K
RUMBLE INCOnline video-sharing platform, online advertising exchange, and Cloud services.Florida13—
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED—Ohio12—
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.—District of Columbia11—
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
RUMBLE INC13—
GOODLATTE GROUP, LLC F.K.A. ROBERT GOODLATTE12$100K
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED12—
SCHAERR JAFFE LLP12—
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.11—
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ABBIE SUMBRUM113
BARBARA BENHAM112
GENE SCHAERR112
MATTHEW BARBLAN112
ROBERT GOODLATTE112
ERIC KASHDAN111
FRANK TORRES111
JO DEUTSCH111
JONATHAN WALTER111
MAYA WILEY111
MEETA ANAND111
NICOLE HANSEN111
RAHUL RANDHAVA111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTSLEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS2025 fourth_quarter$170K4th Quarter - Report
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATEDHUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED2025 third_quarter$160K3rd Quarter - Report
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATEDHUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED2025 second_quarter$100K2nd Quarter - Report
PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.GOODLATTE GROUP, LLC F.K.A. ROBERT GOODLATTE2025 fourth_quarter$50K4th Quarter - Report
PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.GOODLATTE GROUP, LLC F.K.A. ROBERT GOODLATTE2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.2025 third_quarter$20K3rd Quarter - Report
RUMBLE INCRUMBLE INC2025 fourth_quarter$10K4th Quarter - Report
PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.SCHAERR JAFFE LLP2025 fourth_quarter—4th Quarter - Report
RUMBLE INCRUMBLE INC2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report
PROTECT THE 1ST, INC.SCHAERR JAFFE LLP2025 third_quarter—3rd Quarter - Report
RUMBLE INCRUMBLE INC2025 second_quarter—2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1071 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1071’s is Immigration.

hr1071/policy-areas.txt
ImmigrationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1071 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Border security and unlawful immigration to Subversive activities.

hr1071/subjects.txt
Border security and unlawful immigrationFirst Amendment rightsImmigration status and proceduresSubversive activities

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1071, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 1071.Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with thepower to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The SupremeCourt has held that Congress's power to regulate foreigncommerce includes the power to regulate the entry of personsinto the country. See Henderson v. Mayor of New York, 92 U.S.259, 270-71 (1876).[Page H557]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com