[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1449 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1449

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
   commit acts of torture or war crimes abroad are inadmissible and 
    removable and to establish within the Criminal Division of the 
   Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations having 
responsibilities under that Act with respect to all alien participants 
          in war crimes or acts of genocide or torture abroad.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

Mr. Foley (for himself and Mr. Ackerman) 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 to provide that aliens who 
   commit acts of torture or war crimes abroad are inadmissible and 
    removable and to establish within the Criminal Division of the 
   Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations having 
responsibilities under that Act with respect to all alien participants 
          in war crimes or acts of genocide or torture abroad.

    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 ``Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS WHO HAVE COMMITTED 
              ACTS OF TORTURE OR WAR CRIMES ABROAD.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(3)(E) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(E)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
                            ``(iii) Commission of acts of torture or 
                        war crimes.--Any alien who, outside the United 
                        States, has committed--
                                    ``(I) any act of torture, as 
                                defined in section 2340 of title 18, 
                                United States Code; or
                                    ``(II) any war crime, as defined in 
                                section 2441(c) of title 18, United 
                                States Code;
                        is inadmissible.''.
    (b) Removability.--Section 237(a)(4)(D) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(4)(D)) is amended by striking ``clause (i) or (ii)'' and 
inserting ``clause (i), (ii), or (iii)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to offenses committed before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) Amendment of the Immigration and Nationality Act.--Section 103 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) The Attorney General shall establish within the Criminal 
Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special 
Investigations with the authority of investigating, and, where 
appropriate, taking legal action to remove, denaturalize, or prosecute 
any alien found to be in violation of clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of 
section 212(a)(3)(E).''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 2002 such sums as 
        may be necessary to carry out the additional duties established 
        under section 103(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as 
        added by this Act) in order to ensure that the Office of 
        Special Investigations fulfills its continuing obligations 
        regarding Nazi war criminals.
            (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
        to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
        expended.
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