VoteLog › Bills › 118th Congress HR 6679: No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act Congress: 118 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: McClintock, Tom (R-California)
Summary No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act This bill imposes immigration-related penalties on certain non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who are involved with terrorism or attacks against Israel. Under this bill, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas or who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel may not be admitted into the United States. The bill also expands an existing admissions bar against officers, representatives, and spokespersons of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Under this bill, all PLO members are barred from admission into the United States. The bill also prohibits any non-U.S. national who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks from seeking any immigration-related relief or protections, including (1) protection from being deported to a country where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, or (2) asylum in the United States.
Editorial Explainer This bill bars entry to the United States for members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or the PLO, as well as anyone involved in the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. It also blocks people connected to those October 7 attacks from seeking asylum, refugee status, or protection from deportation.
Why it matters This legislation sets immigration consequences for designated Palestinian groups and participants in a specific military operation, affecting who can enter or stay in the US. The definition and enforcement of terms like 'facilitated' or 'involved' will determine how broadly the bar applies.
Roll-call votes (431) Adams, Alma S. (D-North Carolina) : Yea Aderholt, Robert B. (R-Alabama) : Yea Aguilar, Pete (D-California) : Yea Alford, Mark (R-Missouri) : Yea Allen, Rick W. (R-Georgia) : Yea Allred, Colin Z. (D-TX) : Yea Amo, Gabe (D-Rhode Island) : Yea Amodei, Mark E. (R-Nevada) : Yea Armstrong, Kelly (R-ND) : Yea Arrington, Jodey C. (R-Texas) : Yea Auchincloss, Jake (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Babin, Brian (R-Texas) : Yea Bacon, Don (R-Nebraska) : Yea Baird, James R. (R-Indiana) : Yea Balderson, Troy (R-Ohio) : Yea Balint, Becca (D-Vermont) : Yea Banks, Jim (R-Indiana) : Yea Barr, Andy (R-Kentucky) : Yea Barragán, Nanette Diaz (D-California) : Yea Bean, Aaron (R-Florida) : Yea Beatty, Joyce (D-Ohio) : Yea Bentz, Cliff (R-Oregon) : Yea Bera, Ami (D-California) : Yea Bergman, Jack (R-Michigan) : Yea Beyer, Donald S. (D-Virginia) : Yea Bice, Stephanie I. (R-Oklahoma) : Yea Biggs, Andy (R-Arizona) : Yea Bilirakis, Gus M. (R-Florida) : Yea Bishop, Sanford D. (D-Georgia) : Yea Bishop, Dan (R-NC) : Yea Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR) : Yea Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-Delaware) : Yea Boebert, Lauren (R-Colorado) : Yea Bonamici, Suzanne (D-Oregon) : Yea Bost, Mike (R-Illinois) : Yea Bowman, Jamaal (D-NY) : Yea Boyle, Brendan F. (D-Pennsylvania) : Yea Brecheen, Josh (R-Oklahoma) : Yea Brown, Shontel M. (D-Ohio) : Yea Brownley, Julia (D-California) : Yea Buchanan, Vern (R-Florida) : Yea Buck, Ken (R-CO) : Yea Bucshon, Larry (R-IN) : Yea Budzinski, Nikki (D-Illinois) : Yea Burchett, Tim (R-Tennessee) : Yea Burgess, Michael (R-TX) : Yea Burlison, Eric (R-Missouri) : Yea Bush, Cori (D-MO) : Nay Calvert, Ken (R-California) : Yea Cammack, Kat (R-Florida) : Yea Caraveo, Yadira (D-CO) : Yea Carbajal, Salud O. (D-California) : Yea Cárdenas, Tony (D-CA) : Yea Carey, Mike (R-Ohio) : Yea Carl, Jerry (R-AL) : Yea Carson, André (D-Indiana) : Yea Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" (R-Georgia) : Yea Carter, Troy A. (D-Louisiana) : Yea Carter, John R. (R-Texas) : Yea Cartwright, Matt (D-PA) : Yea Casar, Greg (D-Texas) : Yea Case, Ed (D-Hawaii) : Yea Casten, Sean (D-Illinois) : Yea Castor, Kathy (D-Florida) : Yea Castro, Joaquin (D-Texas) : Yea Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (R-OR) : Yea Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D-FL) : Yea Chu, Judy (D-California) : Yea Ciscomani, Juan (R-Arizona) : Yea Clark, Katherine M. (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Clarke, Yvette D. (D-New York) : Yea Cleaver, Emanuel (D-Missouri) : Yea Cline, Ben (R-Virginia) : Yea Cloud, Michael (R-Texas) : Yea Clyburn, James E. (D-South Carolina) : Yea Clyde, Andrew S. (R-Georgia) : Yea Cohen, Steve (D-Tennessee) : Yea Cole, Tom (R-Oklahoma) : Yea Collins, Mike (R-Georgia) : Yea Comer, James (R-Kentucky) : Yea Connolly, Gerald E. (D-VA) : Yea Correa, J. Luis (D-California) : Yea Costa, Jim (D-California) : Yea Courtney, Joe (D-Connecticut) : Yea Craig, Angie (D-Minnesota) : Yea Crane, Elijah (R-Arizona) : Yea Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" (R-Arkansas) : Yea Crenshaw, Dan (R-Texas) : Yea Crockett, Jasmine (D-Texas) : Yea Crow, Jason (D-Colorado) : Yea Cuellar, Henry (D-Texas) : Yea Curtis, John R. (R-Utah) : Yea D'Esposito, Anthony (R-NY) : Yea Davids, Sharice (D-Kansas) : Yea Davidson, Warren (R-Ohio) : Yea Davis, Danny K. (D-Illinois) : Yea Davis, Donald G. (D-North Carolina) : Yea De La Cruz, Monica (R-Texas) : Yea Dean, Madeleine (D-Pennsylvania) : Yea DeGette, Diana (D-Colorado) : Yea DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-Connecticut) : Yea DelBene, Suzan K. (D-Washington) : Yea Deluzio, Christopher R. (D-Pennsylvania) : Yea DeSaulnier, Mark (D-California) : Yea DesJarlais, Scott (R-Tennessee) : Yea Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-Florida) : Yea Dingell, Debbie (D-Michigan) : Yea Doggett, Lloyd (D-Texas) : Yea Donalds, Byron (R-Florida) : Yea Duarte, John (R-CA) : Yea Duncan, Jeff (R-SC) : Yea Dunn, Neal P. (R-Florida) : Yea Edwards, Chuck (R-North Carolina) : Yea Ellzey, Jake (R-Texas) : Yea Emmer, Tom (R-Minnesota) : Yea Escobar, Veronica (D-Texas) : Yea Eshoo, Anna (D-CA) : Yea Espaillat, Adriano (D-New York) : Yea Estes, Ron (R-Kansas) : Yea Evans, Dwight (D-Pennsylvania) : Yea Ezell, Mike (R-Mississippi) : Yea Fallon, Pat (R-Texas) : Yea Feenstra, Randy (R-Iowa) : Yea Ferguson, A. (R-GA) : Yea Finstad, Brad (R-Minnesota) : Yea Fischbach, Michelle (R-Minnesota) : Yea Fitzgerald, Scott (R-Wisconsin) : Yea Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (R-Pennsylvania) : Yea Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" (R-Tennessee) : Yea Fletcher, Lizzie (D-Texas) : Yea Flood, Mike (R-Nebraska) : Yea Foster, Bill (D-Illinois) : Yea Foushee, Valerie P. (D-North Carolina) : Yea Foxx, Virginia (R-North Carolina) : Yea Frankel, Lois (D-Florida) : Yea Franklin, Scott (R-Florida) : Yea Frost, Maxwell (D-Florida) : Yea Fry, Russell (R-South Carolina) : Yea Fulcher, Russ (R-Idaho) : Yea Gaetz, Matt (R-FL) : Yea Gallagher, Mike (R-WI) : Yea Gallego, Ruben (D-Arizona) : Yea Garamendi, John (D-California) : Yea Garbarino, Andrew R. (R-New York) : Yea García, Jesús G. "Chuy" (D-Illinois) : Yea Garcia, Sylvia R. (D-Texas) : Yea Garcia, Mike (R-CA) : Yea Garcia, Robert (D-California) : Yea Gimenez, Carlos A. (R-Florida) : Yea Golden, Jared F. (D-Maine) : Yea Goldman, Daniel S. (D-New York) : Yea Gomez, Jimmy (D-California) : Yea Gonzales, Tony (R-TX) : Yea Gonzalez, Vicente (D-Texas) : Yea Good, Bob (R-VA) : Yea Gooden, Lance (R-Texas) : Yea Gosar, Paul A. (R-Arizona) : Yea Gottheimer, Josh (D-New Jersey) : Yea Granger, Kay (R-TX) : Yea Graves, Garret (R-LA) : Yea Graves, Sam (R-Missouri) : Yea Green, Mark E. (R-TN) : Yea Green, Al (D-Texas) : Yea Greene, Marjorie (R-GA) : Yea Griffith, H. Morgan (R-Virginia) : Yea Grijalva, Raúl (D-AZ) : Yea Grothman, Glenn (R-Wisconsin) : Yea Guest, Michael (R-Mississippi) : Yea Guthrie, Brett (R-Kentucky) : Yea Hageman, Harriet M. (R-Wyoming) : Yea Harder, Josh (D-California) : Yea Harris, Andy (R-Maryland) : Yea Harshbarger, Diana (R-Tennessee) : Yea Hayes, Jahana (D-Connecticut) : Yea Hern, Kevin (R-Oklahoma) : Yea Higgins, Clay (R-Louisiana) : Yea Higgins, Brian (D-NY) : Yea Hill, J. French (R-Arkansas) : Yea Himes, James A. (D-Connecticut) : Yea Hinson, Ashley (R-Iowa) : Yea Horsford, Steven (D-Nevada) : Yea Houchin, Erin (R-Indiana) : Yea Houlahan, Chrissy (D-Pennsylvania) : Yea Hoyer, Steny H. (D-Maryland) : Yea Hoyle, Val T. (D-Oregon) : Yea Hudson, Richard (R-North Carolina) : Yea Huffman, Jared (D-California) : Yea Huizenga, Bill (R-Michigan) : Yea Hunt, Wesley (R-Texas) : Yea Issa, Darrell (R-California) : Yea Ivey, Glenn (D-Maryland) : Yea Jackson, Jonathan L. (D-Illinois) : Yea Jackson, Jeff (D-NC) : Yea Jackson, Ronny (R-Texas) : Yea Jackson Lee, Sheila (D-TX) : Yea Jacobs, Sara (D-California) : Yea James, John (R-Michigan) : Yea Jayapal, Pramila (D-Washington) : Yea Jeffries, Hakeem S. (D-New York) : Yea Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" (D-Georgia) : Yea Johnson, Dusty (R-South Dakota) : Yea Jordan, Jim (R-Ohio) : Yea Joyce, David P. (R-Ohio) : Yea Joyce, John (R-Pennsylvania) : Yea Kamlager-Dove, Sydney (D-California) : Yea Kaptur, Marcy (D-Ohio) : Yea Kean, Thomas H. (R-New Jersey) : Yea Keating, William R. (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Kelly, Robin L. (D-Illinois) : Yea Kelly, Trent (R-Mississippi) : Yea Kelly, Mike (R-Pennsylvania) : Yea Khanna, Ro (D-California) : Yea Kiggans, Jennifer A. (R-Virginia) : Yea Kildee, Daniel (D-MI) : Yea Kiley, Kevin (I-California) : Yea Kilmer, Derek (D-WA) : Yea Kim, Young (R-California) : Yea Kim, Andy (D-New Jersey) : Yea Krishnamoorthi, Raja (D-Illinois) : Yea Kuster, Ann (D-NH) : Yea Kustoff, David (R-Tennessee) : Yea LaHood, Darin (R-Illinois) : Yea LaLota, Nick (R-New York) : Yea LaMalfa, Doug (R-CA) : Yea Lamborn, Doug (R-CO) : Yea Landsman, Greg (D-Ohio) : Yea Langworthy, Nicholas A. (R-New York) : Yea Larsen, Rick (D-Washington) : Yea Larson, John B. (D-Connecticut) : Yea Latta, Robert E. (R-Ohio) : Yea LaTurner, Jake (R-KS) : Yea Lawler, Michael (R-New York) : Yea Lee, Barbara (D-CA) : Yea Lee, Laurel M. (R-Florida) : Yea Lee, Susie (D-Nevada) : Yea Lee, Summer L. 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(D-Virginia) : Yea McClintock, Tom (R-California) : Yea McCollum, Betty (D-Minnesota) : Yea McCormick, Richard (R-Georgia) : Yea McGarvey, Morgan (D-Kentucky) : Yea McGovern, James P. (D-Massachusetts) : Yea McHenry, Patrick (R-NC) : Yea Meeks, Gregory W. (D-New York) : Yea Menendez, Robert (D-New Jersey) : Yea Meng, Grace (D-New York) : Yea Meuser, Daniel (R-Pennsylvania) : Yea Mfume, Kweisi (D-Maryland) : Yea Miller, Mary E. (R-Illinois) : Yea Miller, Max L. (R-Ohio) : Yea Miller, Carol D. (R-West Virginia) : Yea Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (R-Iowa) : Yea Mills, Cory (R-Florida) : Yea Molinaro, Marcus J. (R-NY) : Yea Moolenaar, John R. (R-Michigan) : Yea Mooney, Alexander X. (R-WV) : Yea Moore, Barry (R-Alabama) : Yea Moore, Blake D. (R-Utah) : Yea Moore, Gwen (D-Wisconsin) : Yea Moran, Nathaniel (R-Texas) : Yea Morelle, Joseph D. (D-New York) : Yea Moskowitz, Jared (D-Florida) : Yea Moulton, Seth (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Mrvan, Frank J. (D-Indiana) : Yea Mullin, Kevin (D-California) : Yea Murphy, Gregory F. (R-North Carolina) : Not Voting Nadler, Jerrold (D-New York) : Yea Napolitano, Grace (D-CA) : Yea Neal, Richard E. (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Neguse, Joe (D-Colorado) : Yea Nehls, Troy E. (R-Texas) : Yea Newhouse, Dan (R-Washington) : Yea Nickel, Wiley (D-NC) : Yea Norcross, Donald (D-New Jersey) : Not Voting Norman, Ralph (R-South Carolina) : Yea Nunn, Zachary (R-Iowa) : Yea Obernolte, Jay (R-California) : Yea Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (D-New York) : Yea Ogles, Andrew (R-Tennessee) : Yea Omar, Ilhan (D-Minnesota) : Yea Owens, Burgess (R-Utah) : Yea Pallone, Frank (D-New Jersey) : Yea Palmer, Gary J. (R-Alabama) : Yea Panetta, Jimmy (D-California) : Yea Pappas, Chris (D-New Hampshire) : Yea Pascrell, Bill (D-NJ) : Yea Payne, Donald (D-NJ) : Yea Pelosi, Nancy (D-California) : Yea Peltola, Mary (D-AK) : Yea Pence, Greg (R-IN) : Yea Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp (D-Washington) : Yea Perry, Scott (R-Pennsylvania) : Yea Peters, Scott H. (D-California) : Yea Pettersen, Brittany (D-Colorado) : Yea Pfluger, August (R-Texas) : Yea Phillips, Dean (D-MN) : Not Voting Pingree, Chellie (D-Maine) : Yea Pocan, Mark (D-Wisconsin) : Yea Porter, Katie (D-CA) : Yea Posey, Bill (R-FL) : Yea Pressley, Ayanna (D-Massachusetts) : Yea Quigley, Mike (D-Illinois) : Yea Ramirez, Delia C. (D-Illinois) : Present Raskin, Jamie (D-Maryland) : Yea Reschenthaler, Guy (R-Pennsylvania) : Yea Rodgers, Cathy (R-WA) : Yea Rogers, Mike D. (R-Alabama) : Yea Rogers, Harold (R-Kentucky) : Not Voting Rose, John W. (R-Tennessee) : Yea Rosendale, Matthew (R-MT) : Yea Ross, Deborah K. 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