[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2979 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2979

 To exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist 
                 organization, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2008

  Mr. Kerry (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist 
                 organization, 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 ``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 waive, in 
such Secretary's sole unreviewable discretion, the applicability of 
paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of section 212(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) with respect to 
aliens that participated in activities undertaken in opposition to 
apartheid rule in South Africa.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
immediately exercise, as appropriate, the authority under 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 waivers authorized under section 2.
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