Artemis Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3504 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3504

To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
 for an exception from expedited removal for certain countries concern.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2025

Ms. Ansari (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. Carson) introduced the
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
 for an exception from expedited removal for certain countries concern.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Artemis Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FROM EXPEDITED REMOVAL FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF
              PARTICULAR CONCERN OR SPECIAL WATCH LIST COUNTRIES.

    Section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1225(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``subparagraph (F)'' each place it appears
        and inserting ``subparagraph (F) or (H)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Exception for country of concern.--
                Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an alien who is a
                native or citizen of a country of concern or would be
                removed to such a country. For the purposes of this
                subparagraph, the term `country of concern' means a
                country designated by the Secretary of State to be a
                country of particular concern or is a special watch
                list country under section 402(b)(1)(A) International
                Religious Freedom Act of 1998.''.
                                 <all>