Bill > HR8182

This bill, titled the "Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026," amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, which governs U.S. immigration law, to prevent individuals who have committed severe violations of religious freedom from entering the United States. Specifically, it makes inadmissible any foreign national who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out particularly severe violations of religious freedom, or who, at any time outside the U.S., directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, was responsible for, or carried out such violations. The bill defines "particularly severe violations of religious freedom" by referencing existing definitions within the International Religious Freedom Act. Furthermore, the Secretary of State is required to publish the names of these inadmissible individuals and the locations where these violations occurred on a publicly accessible website, with an exception for cases where public disclosure would have adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States, in which instance a report to Congress detailing the reasons for exclusion would be submitted instead.