Govwatch

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8929 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8929

To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents 
the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2026

   Mr. Keating (for himself and Mr. Castro of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents 
the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, 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. EXPANSION OF CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 112b(k)(5) of title 1, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) includes an agreement otherwise described in 
                subparagraph (A), whether written or oral, under which 
                a foreign country accepts into the territory of the 
                country any number of foreign nationals who are not 
                nationals of that country and are subject to final 
                orders of removal from the United States, and such 
                agreement, to the extent oral, shall be reduced to 
                writing for purposes of compliance with the 
                requirements of this section.''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR POST-AUDIT REPORT SUBMISSION BY THE COMPTROLLER 
              GENERAL.

    Section 112b(h)(3) of title 1, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``The Comptroller General'' and inserting ``Not later than 30 
days after concluding an audit required by paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General''.
                                 <all>
To amend title 1, United States Code, to expand the scope of documents the Secretary of State is required to transmit to the Congress, and for other purposes.

Full Text
