HEART Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10800 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10800 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a process for designating a safe third country and review of safe third country determinations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 13, 2026 Mr. Latimer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a process for designating a safe third country and review of safe third country determinations, 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 ``Hearings are Essential for Asylum Removal to Third-countries Act'' or the ``HEART Act''. SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OVER DETERMINATION OF SAFE THIRD COUNTRY. Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(3)) is amended-- (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: ``(3) Judicial review.-- ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no court shall have jurisdiction to review any determination of the Attorney General under paragraph (2). ``(B) Jurisdiction over determination of safe third country.-- ``(i) In general.--An alien seeking judicial review of a determination under paragraph (2)(A) that such alien may be removed to a safe third country may present as prima facie evidence that the alien may not be so removed any of the following: ``(I) The bilateral or multilateral agreement with such third country, pursuant to which the determination under paragraph (2)(A) was made, does not apply to such alien. ``(II) Such alien's life or liberty would be threatened in