[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2041 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2041

 To provide that members of terrorist organizations are ineligible to 
receive visas for admission to the United States, to improve the State 
   Department Visa Lookout System procedures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1993

 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. McCollum) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on the 
                     Judiciary and Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that members of terrorist organizations are ineligible to 
receive visas for admission to the United States, to improve the State 
   Department Visa Lookout System procedures, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Terrorist Interdiction Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATED VISA LOOKOUT SYSTEM.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall implement an upgrade of all overseas 
visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated 
multiple-name search capabilities.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER.

    For the purpose of access to the National Crime Information Center 
and other Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal records, with 
respect to functions involving the processing of visas and passports 
and for other immigration-related purposes the Department of State 
shall be considered a law enforcement agency.

SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AS A BASIS FOR EXCLUSION 
              FROM THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND 
              NATIONALITY ACT.

    Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)(II) by inserting ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by adding after clause (i)(II) the following:
                            ``(III) is a member of an organization that 
                        engages in terrorist activity or who actively 
                        supports or advocates terrorist activity,'';
            (3) by adding after clause (iii) the following:
                    ``(iv) Terrorist organization defined.--As used in 
                this Act, the term `terrorist organization' means an 
                organization which commits terrorist activity as 
                determined by the Attorney General, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State.''.

SEC. 5. PROCESSING OF VISAS FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Visa Lookout System Check.--
            (1) Whenever a United States consular official issues a 
        visa for admission to the United States, that official shall 
        certify, in writing, that a check of the Automated Visa Lookout 
        System, or any other system or list which maintains information 
        about the excludability of aliens under the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act, has been made and that there is no basis under 
        such system for the exclusion of such alien.
            (2) If a consular official issues a visa to an alien for 
        admission to the United States and the alien was named on the 
        Automated Visa Lookout System as excludable from the United 
        States at the time of the consular officer's review and 
        issuance of such visa, a notation shall be entered into the 
        personnel file of such consular officer and such information 
        shall be considered as a serious negative factor in the 
        officer's annual performance evaluation.
    (b) Accountability Review Board.--In any case where a serious loss 
of life or property in the United States involves the issuance of a 
visa to an alien listed on the Automated Visa Lookout System, or any 
other system or list which maintains information about the 
excludability of aliens under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the 
Secretary of State shall convene an Accountability Review Board under 
the authority of title III of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986.

SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.

    The Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress a report for 
each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995 which details the number and 
circumstances of each visa denial due to the amendment made by section 
4.

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