[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3928 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3928

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to waiver of 
                exclusion for certain excludable aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1996

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts 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 with respect to waiver of 
                exclusion for certain excludable aliens.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN LONG-TERM RESIDENT ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(c)), as amended by section 440(d) of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
132), is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``for not less than 5 years'' 
                after ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence'', 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``who are returning to a lawful 
                unrelinquished domicile of seven consecutive year'' and 
                inserting ``who have resided in the United States 
                continuously for 7 years after having been admitted in 
                any status''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by striking all that follows 
        ``shall not apply to an alien'' and inserting the following: 
        ``who has been convicted of an aggravated felony or felonies 
        for which the alien has been sentenced, in the aggregate, to a 
        term of imprisonment of at least 5 years.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of section 440 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
132).
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