Restrict visa issuance to individuals who directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out violations of religious freedom.

Addison P. McDowell · North Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.56 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 96%

Occurrences

Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Fedorchak, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. Self, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Fleischmann, Ms. Mace, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Steube, and Mr. Webster of Florida) introduced the following bill

McDowell is listed as a cosponsor of a bill to amend immigration law so visas are restricted for people involved in religious persecution.

H.R. 8182 (IH) - Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr8182ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

Latest Action: Senate - 01/15/2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced. Actions Overview: 01/15/2026 Introduced in Senate.

The underlying visa-restriction bill was introduced and referred to committee, with no further action shown in the official actions page by the current cutoff.

unresolved same_term

Actions - S.3679 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

McDowell’s member page shows active House service and no listed action tying him to enactment of this visa-restriction proposal; the page also records his House votes and sponsored legislation, but no official passage or law for this claim appears there.

No official evidence found that McDowell delivered the claimed visa restriction in law or through a successful House action during the lookback window.

unresolved same_term

Addison P. McDowell | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Index entry references: 'Dept. of State: restrict visa issuance to individuals who have directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out violations of religious freedom (see S. 3679), S257 [15JA]'.

Confirms the proposal was mentioned in the Congressional Record index, but does not show enactment, floor passage, or implemented policy.

unresolved same_term

FREEDOM OF RELIGION | Congressional Record Index | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Assessments

unresolved unknown

The available evidence shows only that a Senate bill, S.3679, containing the visa-restriction concept was introduced and referred to committee in January 2026, with no floor passage, enactment, or implementation documented. There is also no evidence tying Rep. Addison P. McDowell to sponsoring, passing, or materially advancing this proposal. Because the claim concerns a specific policy outcome and the record provided does not show either delivery or a clear McDowell-led failed attempt, the most supportable judgment is unresolved rather than delivered, partial, or never.

provider openai · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 90%