[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 4494 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4494

To provide for the waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility related 
 to political activity in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland 
             for aliens married to United States citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

  Mr. Payne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility related 
 to political activity in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland 
             for aliens married to United States citizens.

    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 ``Northern Ireland Peace and 
Reconciliation Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF CERTAIN GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Attorney General or 
the Secretary of State may not apply paragraph (2)(A)(i)(I), (2)(B), or 
(3)(B) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act so as 
to render inadmissible or deportable any alien who is the spouse of a 
citizen of the United States, based upon the alien's having engaged, on 
or before the date of the enactment of this Act, in criminal conduct in 
Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland, if--
            (1) on the date the conduct occurred, the alien was a 
        member of the Irish Republican Army, the Ulster Volunteer 
        Force, or the Ulster Freedom Fighters; and
            (2) the conduct was undertaken in the alien's capacity as a 
        member of such group and for a political purpose.
    (b) Exception.--If the Attorney General or the Secretary of State 
determines that the application of subsection (a) with respect to a 
particular alien would have potentially serious adverse consequences 
for the national security of the United States, the Attorney General or 
the Secretary of State may decline to apply the subsection.
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