H.R. 4092

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4092 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4092 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed certain offenses involving interstate or foreign shipments by carrier are inadmissible and deportable. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2025 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Crane, Mr. Donalds, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Fine, Mr. Fry, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Guest, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Williams of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed certain offenses involving interstate or foreign shipments by carrier are inadmissible and deportable. 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 ``Protect Railroads Against Illegal Looters Act'' or the ``Protect RAIL Act''. SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY FOR OFFENSES INVOLVING INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN SHIPMENTS BY CARRIER. (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(J) Offenses involving interstate or foreign shipments by carrier.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of an offense under section 659 of title 18, United States Code, or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible.''. (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(G) Offenses involving interstate or foreign shipments by carrier.--Any alien who has been convicted of an offense under section 659 of title 18, United States Code, or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.''. <all>