[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 108 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 108

  To prohibit the admission of an alien who was detained as an enemy 
combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba unless the President determines that 
 such admission is consistent with the national security of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the admission of an alien who was detained as an enemy 
combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba unless the President determines that 
 such admission is consistent with the national security of the United 
                    States, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protection from Enemy Combatants 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADMISSION OF ALIENS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO BAY, 
              CUBA.

    (a) Covered Alien Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
alien'' means an alien who was detained as an enemy combatant by the 
United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    (b) Prohibition on Admission by a Court.--Subject to subsection 
(d), a court of the United States may not order the release or parole 
into the United States of a covered alien.
    (c) Prohibition on Admission by the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary Homeland Security.--
            (1) Visa.--Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary of 
        State may not issue any visa to a covered alien that would 
        permit the covered alien to enter, or be admitted to, the 
        United States.
            (2) Immigration status.--Subject to subsection (d), the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security may not admit or provide any 
        type of immigration status to a covered alien that would permit 
        the covered alien to enter, or be admitted to, the United 
        States.
    (d) Waiver.--The President, in the sole discretion of the 
President, may waive a restriction described in subsection (b) or (c), 
in whole or in part, if the President determines that the waiver of 
such restriction is consistent with the national security of the United 
States.
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