Asylum Claims Improvement Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from taking into account the mental health of a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) when determining whether that individual qualifies as a refugee. (Generally, a refugee is an individual who is unable to return to their country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of certain characteristics, such as race or religion.)
The bill also prohibits DHS from taking into account a non-U.S. national's mental health when determining whether that individual is protected by a provision that generally prohibits removing an individual to a country where that individual's life or freedom would be threatened.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the ability to 
    take into account the mental health of an applicant for asylum.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Asylum Claims Improvement Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CONSIDERATION.

    (a) Asylum.--Section 208(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1158(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) For purposes of the consideration of a claim of 
        asylum by an alien under this subsection, the mental health of 
        the alien may not be taken into account.''.
    (b) Withholding of Removal.--Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
                    ``(D) For purposes of a determination under this 
                paragraph, the mental health of the alien may not be 
                taken into account.''.
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Asylum Claims Improvement Act of 2022
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the ability to take into account the mental health of an applicant for asylum.
Asylum Claims Improvement Act of 2022
Rep. Nehls, Troy E.