[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2928 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2928

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the removal 
of aliens who aid or abet a terrorist organization or an individual who 
  has conducted, is conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist 
                               activity.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2001

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the removal 
of aliens who aid or abet a terrorist organization or an individual who 
  has conducted, is conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist 
                               activity.

    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 ``Keeping America Safe Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF ALIENS WHO AID OR ABET TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Inadmissible Aliens.--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), by amending subclauses (IV) and (V) to 
        read as follows:
                                    ``(IV) is a representative (as 
                                defined in clause (iv)) of a terrorist 
                                organization, including an organization 
                                designated as a foreign terrorist 
                                organization by the Secretary under 
                                section 219, or
                                    ``(V) is a member of a terrorist 
                                organization, including an organization 
                                designated as a foreign terrorist 
                                organization by the Secretary under 
                                section 219,''; and
            (2) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) in subclause (IV), by striking 
                ``organization.'' and inserting ``organization, 
                including an organization designated as a foreign 
                terrorist organization by the Secretary under section 
                219.'';
                    (B) in subclause (V), by striking ``organization,'' 
                and inserting ``organization (including an organization 
                designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the 
                Secretary under section 219),''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VI)(aa) Any other act committed 
                                by an alien that constitutes aiding or 
                                abetting another individual who has 
                                conducted, is conducting, or is 
                                planning to conduct a terrorist 
                                activity, or aiding or abetting a 
                                terrorist organization, including an 
                                organization designated as a foreign 
                                terrorist organization by the Secretary 
                                under section 219.
                                    ``(bb) For purposes of this 
                                subclause, the term `aiding or 
                                abetting' means (AA) giving aid or 
                                comfort to another individual who an 
                                alien knows or reasonably should know 
                                has conducted, is conducting, or is 
                                planning to conduct a terrorist 
                                activity; (BB) providing funds or any 
                                other thing of value to a terrorist 
                                organization; (CC) commanding, 
                                advising, instigating, or encouraging 
                                another individual or a terrorist 
                                organization to conduct a terrorist 
                                activity; or (DD) with knowledge that 
                                another individual or a terrorist 
                                organization has conducted a terrorist 
                                activity, failing to report such 
                                activity to any Federal or State law 
                                enforcement authority in the United 
                                States or to any international law 
                                enforcement authority in a country that 
                                is not a State sponsor of terrorism (as 
                                defined by the Secretary of State) or 
                                receiving, relieving, comforting, or 
                                assisting such individual or 
                                organization in order to hinder or 
                                prevent the apprehension, trial, or 
                                punishment of the individual or 
                                organization.''.
    (b) Deportable Aliens.--Section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Terrorist activities.--Any alien is 
                deportable who is within the class of aliens 
                inadmissible under subclause (I), (III), (IV), or (V) 
                of section 212(a)(3)(B)(i).''.
                                 <all>