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

• 2026-10-08 — Optional Practical Training Fees: cross-connection with opt-work-authorization-fees: Both tighten federal controls on F-1 students — HR2204 via SEVIS conduct reporting duties, the DHS rule via prohibitive OPT fees — compounding institutional and student-side burdens on F-1 status. (novelty: 4)
• 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)

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