Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7964 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7964 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of aliens from certain countries where the United States cannot reliably verify the identities or backgrounds of individuals seeking entry, building upon the framework established by Presidential Proclamation 9645 and upheld by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. (2018), and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2026 Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Fine, Mr. Donalds, and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of aliens from certain countries where the United States cannot reliably verify the identities or backgrounds of individuals seeking entry, building upon the framework established by Presidential Proclamation 9645 and upheld by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. (2018), and for other purposes. 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 ``Halt Immigration from Countries with Inadequate Verification Capabilities Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Supreme Court, in Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. (2018), upheld the President's authority to restrict entry from countries posing national security risks due to inadequate information-sharing and verification capabilities, affirming that such measures are within the executive's broad discretion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and do not violate the Establishment Clause when facially neutral and justif