H.R. 8905

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8905 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8905

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit leaders of 
certain religious denominations from being admitted to the United 
States under section 101(a)(15)(R) of that Act, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 19, 2026

Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit leaders of 
certain religious denominations from being admitted to the United 
States under section 101(a)(15)(R) of that Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Inhibiting Militant Adversarial 
Mullahs Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON R VISAS FOR LEADERS OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS 
DENOMINATIONS.

Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
``(s) Limitation on R Visas for Leaders of Certain Religious 
Denominations.--An alien may not be admitted under section 
101(a)(15)(R) if the alien has any of the following titles:
``(1) Imam or grand imam.
``(2) Shaykha.
``(3) Mufti or grand mufti.
``(4) Ayatollah or grand ayatollah.''.
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