U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9834: No Racketeers on our Shores Act
Status: In committee, September 16, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, July 22, 2026:
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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Racketeers on our Shores Act . SECTION 2. 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. . (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 …
Sponsors
- Michael Baumgartner (R, HD-005) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Immigration, Immigration status and procedures, Subversive activities, Employment discrimination and employee rights
Common questions
- What is HB9834?
- HB9834 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): No Racketeers on our Shores Act.
- What does HB9834 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB9834?
- In committee as of September 16, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8. (September 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9834?
- Michael Baumgartner (R, HD-005).
- Where is the official record for HB9834?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9834
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