[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19499]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1943-98; AG Order No. 2169-98]


Requirement for Registration and Fingerprinting of Certain 
Nonimmigrants

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice consolidates and replaces two prior notices 
requiring the registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants. 
The prior notices were published in response to continuing concern for 
national security resulting from terrorist attacks and uncovered plots 
directed by nationals of certain countries. This consolidation of prior 
notices allows more flexibility in the publication of such notices and 
clarifies the Attorney General's authority to exempt certain nationals 
from countries listed in this notice when such action is deemed to be 
in the interest of foreign policy or national security.

EFFECTIVE DATES: July 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter D. Cadman, Counterterrorism 
Coordinator, Office of Field Operations, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, 425 I Street, NW., Room 7125, Washington, D.C. 20536, 
telephone (202) 305-3396.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 16, 1991, the Department of 
Justice published a Final Rule in the Federal Register at 56 FR 1566 
requiring the registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants 
bearing Iraqi and Kuwaiti travel documents who apply for admission to 
the United States. The requirement was promulgated in response to the 
United States' condemnation of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, United 
States' sanctions against Iraq, and the theft of thousands of Kuwaiti 
passports during the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq, all of which 
heightened the potential for domestic anti-United States terrorist 
activities. On December 23, 1993, the Department published an Interim 
Rule in the Federal Register at 58 FR 68024 that removed the 
requirement for the registration and fingerprinting of certain 
nonimmigrants bearing Iraqi and Kuwaiti travel documents and added a 
new paragraph (f) to 8 CFR 264.1. Paragraph (f) of that section 
provides that the Attorney General may require, by public notice in the 
Federal Register, certain nonimmigrants of specific countries to be 
registered and fingerprinted upon arrival in the United States, 
pursuant to section 263(a)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
as amended.
    Under the authority of 8 CFR 264.1(f), the Department published a 
notice entitled Requirement for the Registration and Fingerprinting of 
Certain Nonimmigrants Bearing Iranian and Libyan Travel Documents in 
the Federal Register at 61 FR 46829 (September 5, 1996) and a notice 
entitled Requirement for the Registration and Fingerprinting of Certain 
Nonimmigrants Bearing Iraqi and Sudanese Travel Documents in the 
Federal Register at 58 FR 68157 (December 23, 1993). This notice 
replaces and consolidates these prior notices.

Notice of Requirement for Registration and Fingerprinting of 
Certain Nonimmigrants

    Pursuant to 8 CFR 264.1(f), I hereby order as follows: nonimmigrant 
aliens from the following countries shall be registered on Form I-94 
(Arrival/Departure Record), photographed, and fingerprinted on Form FD-
258 (Fingerprint Chart) by the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
at the Port of Entry where the aliens apply for admission to the United 
States: Iran; Libya; Iraq; and Sudan.
    Nonimmigrants who apply for admission under section 101(a)(15)(A) 
or 101(a)(15)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, 
are exempt from the requirements of this notice. In addition, the 
Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretary of State, may 
exempt certain nonimmigrants who are nationals of the countries listed 
herein from the requirements of this notice when such action is deemed 
to be in the interest of foreign policy or national security. Nothing 
in the foregoing sentence may be construed as creating a right to apply 
for or receive such an exemption

    Dated: July 17, 1998.
Janet Reno,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 98-19499 Filed 7-17-98; 12:31 pm]
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