SEVIS Reporting of Terrorist Endorsement by F-1/J Students (HR2204)
Current understanding
HR2204 would require institutions of higher education to notify the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) when they become aware that a student holding F-1 (academic) or J (exchange visitor) nonimmigrant status has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization. The bill extends existing SEVIS reporting obligations imposed on certified institutions to cover a new category of conduct-based information. Status: introduced; no compliance mechanisms, definitions of ‘endorsed or supported,’ or penalty structures have been evaluated in this record.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-30 — Exchange Visitor Program-Termination of Program Participation, Extension of Program and Reinstatement to Valid Program Status: cross-connection with exchange-visitor-program-termination-extension-reinstatement: Both proposals modify how SEVIS is used to track and manage international students/exchange visitors — one by expanding institutional reporting duties for F-1/J students, the other by aligning termination/extension/reinstatement procedures to current SEVIS functionality. (novelty: 2)
Open questions
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Contributing findings
To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F)(i) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization to notify the SEVIS, and for other purposes.
18-mar-2025
novelty 2
per-area 2
introduces