[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1086 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1086

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission 
 of Chinese nationals as nonimmigrant students, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2025

  Mrs. Moody introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission 
 of Chinese nationals as nonimmigrant students, 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 ``Stop Chinese Communist Prying by 
Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in Academia Act of 2025'' or the 
``Stop CCP VISAs Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ADMISSION OF CHINESE NATIONALS AS NONIMMIGRANT 
              STUDENTS.

    Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Prohibition on Admission of Chinese Nationals as Nonimmigrant 
Students.--An alien who is a national of the People's Republic of China 
may not be issued a visa or otherwise provided status as a nonimmigrant 
under section 101(a)(15)(F), (J), or (M), for the purpose of conducting 
research or pursuing a course of study.''.
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