H.R. 9834

No Racketeers on our Shores Act

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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

(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)

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:

(G)

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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