H.R. 9834 – No Racketeers on our Shores Act

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The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it possible to deny entry to, or remove from the United States, any non‑U.S. person who, while acting as an official of a foreign government, discriminates economically against U.S. persons. It targets foreign officials who use investigations, enforcement actions, licensing decisions, fines, taxes or similar regulatory tools in a way that is harsher or less fair toward U.S. individuals or businesses than toward non‑U.S. parties.

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Adds a new inadmissibility ground (labeled “Economic discrimination”) that bars any alien who, as a foreign government official, imposes more severe, more frequent, or less procedurally favorable regulatory burdens on a U.S. person compared to a similarly situated non‑U.S. person.
Adds a corresponding deportability ground (also called “Economic discrimination”) that allows removal of any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, engages in the same discriminatory regulatory actions against U.S. persons.

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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.

Judiciary Committee

September 16, 2026

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Introduced in House

July 22, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 22, 2026

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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Judiciary Committee

September 16, 2026

HouseCommittee

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.

Judiciary Committee

September 16, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued July 22, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 9834

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 22, 2026

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

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility and deportability of aliens who engage in economic discrimination against United States persons, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Racketeers on our Shores Act.

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Inadmissibility and deportability of aliens who engage in economic discrimination

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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)

Economic discrimination

Any alien who, while serving as a government official of any foreign government, initiates, directs, conducts, engages in, or issues one or more investigations, enforcement actions, licensing determinations, fines, fees, tax assessments, or other legal, regulatory, or administrative burdens against a United States person that are, individually or taken together, more severe, more frequent, or less procedurally favorable than those initiated, directed, conducted, engaged in, or issued against a similarly situated party that is not a United States person, is inadmissible.

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(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:

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Economic discrimination

Any alien who, while serving as a government official of any foreign government, initiates, directs, conducts, engages in, or issues one or more investigations, enforcement actions, licensing determinations, fines, fees, tax assessments, or other legal, regulatory, or administrative burdens against a United States person that are, individually or taken together, more severe, more frequent, or less procedurally favorable than those initiated, directed, conducted, engaged in, or issued against a similarly situated party that is not a United States person, is deportable.

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