110 HR 134 IH: To amend the Immigration and Nationality U.S. House of Representatives 2007-01-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 134 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2007 Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

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).