Official Summaries

No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act

This bill imposes immigration-related penalties on certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who are involved with terrorism or attacks against Israel.

Under this bill, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas or individuals who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel may not be admitted into the United States.

The bill also expands an existing admissions bar against officers, representatives, and spokespersons of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Under this bill, all PLO members are barred from admission into the United States.

The bill also prohibits any non-U.S. national who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks from seeking any immigration-related relief or protections, including (1) protection from being deported to a country where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, or (2) asylum in the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security must annually report to Congress the number of individuals found to be inadmissible or deportable due to their participation in or facilitation of the attacks.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 176 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 176


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2025

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who 
    carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or 
           otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.

    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 ``No Immigration Benefits for Hamas 
Terrorists Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ALIENS WHO CARRIED OUT, PARTICIPATED IN, PLANNED, FINANCED, 
              SUPPORTED, OR OTHERWISE FACILITATED ATTACKS AGAINST 
              ISRAEL.

    (a) Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel.--Section 
212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the matter following 
        subclause (IX)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 
                Hamas'' after ``Palestine Liberation Organization''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``member,'' after 
                ``representative,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Participants in hamas terrorism against 
                israel.--Any alien who carried out, participated in, 
                planned, financed, afforded material support to, or 
                otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel 
                initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is 
                inadmissible.''.
    (b) Ineligibility for Relief.--Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
                    ``(D) Ineligibility for relief.--Any alien who 
                carried out, participated in, planned, financed, 
                afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated 
                any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas 
                beginning on October 7, 2023, shall be ineligible for 
                any relief under the immigration laws, including under 
                this section, section 208, and section 2242 of the 
                Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
                Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued 
                pursuant to such section).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B)) is amended by striking 
``subparagraph (B) or (F)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B), (F), or 
(H)''.
    (d) Report Required on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against 
Israel.--Beginning not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress, including the 
number of aliens who were--
            (1) found to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)(H) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H)); 
        and
            (2) described in section 212(a)(3)(H) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H)) and found to be 
        removable pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B)).

            Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.