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Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Deportation Compliance Act would block federal funding for foreign assistance to countries that continue refusing or unreasonably delaying acceptance of people covered by the bill after 180 days of specified visa restrictions. It would affect assistance to those countries when both conditions are met. The supplied text is an introduced proposal, not evidence that this restriction became law.
This Act may be cited as the Deportation Compliance Act.
No Federal funds may be made available to provide foreign assistance to any country— (1) with respect to which the Secretary of State has exercised the authority of section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d); relating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals of countries denying or delaying accepting aliens) for a period of 180 days; and (2) as of the end of such period, that continues to deny or unreasonably delay accepting aliens who are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of that country
2025-03-06: Introduced in House
The first condition would require the Secretary of State to have used an existing immigration-law authority against the country for 180 days. The bill describes that authority as stopping the granting of visas to nationals of countries that deny or delay accepting people who are not U.S. citizens.
(1) with respect to which the Secretary of State has exercised the authority of section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d); relating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals of countries denying or delaying accepting aliens) for a period of 180 days
The second condition would require the country, at the end of those 180 days, still to refuse or unreasonably delay accepting the people covered by the Secretary's use of that authority. Those people must be citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of that country; the proposed restriction is not limited to countries refusing their own citizens.
(2) as of the end of such period, that continues to deny or unreasonably delay accepting aliens who are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of that country, as described in section 243(d) of such Act with respect to which the Secretary exercised the authority of such section.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated November 20, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 6, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-11-20T09:06:53Z. 2025-03-06: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2025-03-06: Introduced in House
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