[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5440 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5440

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning loss of 
    nationality for treason or terrorism against the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2002

   Mr. Hansen (for himself, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Barr of 
 Georgia, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
 Collins, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. 
     English, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Grucci, Mr. Hastings of 
Washington, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Jeff Miller of Florida, Mr. Gary 
 G. Miller of California, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Roukema, 
 Mr. Royce, Mr. Schrock, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 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 loss of 
    nationality for treason or terrorism against the United States.

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

SECTION 1. LOSS OF NATIONALITY FOR TREASON OR TERRORISM AGAINST THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(6) by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a period;
            (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
            (3) by striking the period at the end of subsection (a)(7) 
        and inserting ``; or'';
            (4) by redesignating paragraph (7) of subsection (a) as 
        subsection (b) and moving the margin 2 ems to the left;
            (5) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated in paragraph (4)) 
        by striking ``committing'' and inserting ``A person who is a 
        national of the United States whether by birth or 
        naturalization, shall lose his nationality by voluntarily--
            ``(1) committing''; and
            (6) by adding at the end of subsection (b) (as so 
        redesignated in paragraph (4)) the following:
            ``(2)(A) becoming a member of, or taking any action at the 
        behest of, a foreign terrorist organization as designated by 
        the Secretary of State under section 219 if such organization 
        is engaged in terrorist activities against the United States, 
        the people of the United States, or the national security 
        interests of the United States; or (B) engaging in terrorist 
        activity.''.
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