[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5690 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5690

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist 
  organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain 
 members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FROM TREATMENT AS 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATION FOR CERTAIN ACTS OR EVENTS.

    Section 691(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public Law 
110-161; 121 Stat. 2365) is amended by inserting ``the African National 
Congress (ANC),'' after ``the Karenni National Progressive Party,''.

SEC. 2. RELIEF FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 
              REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY.

    (a) Exemption Authority.--The Secretary of State, after 
consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation 
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may determine in 
such Secretary's sole unreviewable discretion that paragraphs (2)(A), 
(2)(B), and (3)(B) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) shall not apply to an alien with respect to 
activities undertaken in opposition to apartheid rule in South Africa.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
immediately exercise in appropriate instances the authority in 
subsection (a) to exempt the anti-apartheid activities of aliens who 
are current or former officials of the Government of the Republic of 
South Africa.

SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS FROM CERTAIN UNITED 
              STATES GOVERNMENT DATABASES.

    The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall take 
all necessary steps to ensure that databases used to determine 
admissibility to the United States are updated so that they are 
consistent with the exemptions provided under section 2.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2008.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5690

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist 
  organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain 
 members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and 
                          for other purposes.