[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 134 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 134

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny visas and 
  admission to aliens who have been unlawfully present in the United 
                     States for more than 6 months.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2007

 Mr. Gallegly 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 deny visas and 
  admission to aliens who have been unlawfully present in the United 
                     States for more than 6 months.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF ALIENS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES 
              FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(a)(9) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(i)) is amended by striking 
subclauses (I) and (II) and inserting the following new subclauses:
                                    ``(I) has been unlawfully present 
                                in the United States for a period of 
                                more than 180 days but less than 1 year 
                                is inadmissible unless the alien has 
                                remained outside of the United States 
                                for a period totaling at least 3 years;
                                    ``(II) has been unlawfully present 
                                in the United States for 1 year or more 
                                is inadmissible unless the alien has 
                                remained outside of the United States 
                                for a period totaling at least 10 
                                years.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that no 
period of time before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
included in the time period described in section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (added by such amendment).
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