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S 5118 117th Congress Senate Immigration

A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the…

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A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.

Introduced: November 17, 2022 Introduced by: Scott, Rick Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 17, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct recurrent and periodic screening and vetting of all evacuees from Afghanistan who were paroled into the United States under certain operations. The screening and vetting must include consulting all law enforcement and international terrorist screening databases.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5118: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5118/
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"S. 5118: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5118/.
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S. 5118, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5118/.
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[S. 5118: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5118/)
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