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Text of Senate Amendment 20

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On Mon Jan 13, Senator Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 20" in the Senate. The speech addressed immigration and also covered the environment, labor policy. It referenced legislation including S142, S5.

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Text of Senate Amendment 20

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S142] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 20. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Beginning on page 5, strike line 11 and all that follows through page 6, line 4, and insert the following: (c) Visa Sanctions.--Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as follows: ``(d) Reserving Visa Sanctions as a Diplomatic Tool.-- ``(1) Determination.--Upon receiving notice from the Secretary of Homeland Security that the government of a foreign country is denying or unreasonably delaying accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of such country, the Secretary of State shall have the exclusive authority to determine whether to discontinue granting visas as a diplomatic tool for encouraging such country to accept such alien. ``(2) Sanction.--If the Secretary of State elects to discontinue granting visas pursuant to a determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall order consular officers at the United States embassy and consulates in such country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of such country. ``(3) Duration.--The sanction described in paragraph (2) shall remain in place until the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State that the country subject to such sanction is cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security by accepting the return of its citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents.''. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 20 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S142] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 20. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: Beginning on page 5, strike line 11 and all that follows through page 6, line 4, and insert the following: (c) Visa Sanctions.--Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as follows: ``(d) Reserving Visa Sanctions as a Diplomatic Tool.-- ``(1) Determination.--Upon receiving notice from the Secretary of Homeland Security that the government of a foreign country is denying or unreasonably delaying accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of such country, the Secretary of State shall have the exclusive authority to determine whether to discontinue granting visas as a diplomatic tool for encouraging such country to accept such alien. ``(2) Sanction.--If the Secretary of State elects to discontinue granting visas pursuant to a determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall order consular officers at the United States embassy and consulates in such country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of such country. ``(3) Duration.--The sanction described in paragraph (2) shall remain in place until the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State that the country subject to such sanction is cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security by accepting the return of its citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents.''. ______