H.R. 2090

119 HR 2090 IH: Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2090  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 11, 2025   Mr. Williams of Texas  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend section 236A of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirement to cross reference the terrorist screening database.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025  .
2.
Requirement to review Federal terrorist screening database
Section 236A of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1226A ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(3)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking  ; or ;
(B)
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and insert  ; or ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(C)
is on the terrorist screening database.
 ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(d)
Requirement To review Federal terrorist screening database
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall take into and maintain custody over an alien until the Commissioner cross references the name of such alien with the terrorist screening database and a result for such cross reference is received by the Commissioner.
(e)
Terrorist screening database defined
In this section, the term  terrorist screening database  shall have the meaning given such term in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
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