[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2730 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2730

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning exclusion from 
      the United States on the basis of membership in a terrorist 
                             organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning exclusion from 
      the United States on the basis of membership in a terrorist 
                             organization.

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

SECTION 1. 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, or has 
                                engaged in, terrorist activity or who 
                                actively supports or advocates 
                                terrorist activity,''; and
            (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.''.

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