H.R. 8905

Summary

H.R. 8905, the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs Act, was introduced in the House on May 19, 2026 by Rep. Chip Roy (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on May 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 8905 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 8905 IH: Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-05-19
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8905  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 19, 2026   Mr. Roy  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(R) of that Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs Act  .
2.
Limitation on R visas for leaders of certain religious denominations
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
(s)
Limitation on R visas for leaders of certain religious denominations
An alien may not be admitted under section 101(a)(15)(R) if the alien has any of the following titles:
(1)
Imam or grand imam.
(2)
Shaykha.
(3)
Mufti or grand mufti.
(4)
Ayatollah or grand ayatollah.
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(R) of that Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Chip Roy (R) sponsors H.R. 8905, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

Chip Roy

Rep. · R–TX-21 · Sponsor

Introduced May 19, 2026

Clay Fuller

R–GA-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 20, 2026

Keith Self

Rep. · R–TX-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 20, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 8905 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · May 19, 2026 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8905 has taken 2 actions since May 19, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8905 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8905 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs Act — Display Title
• To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(R) of that Act, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8905 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8905’s is Immigration.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8905, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROY:H.R. 8905.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3628]

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