[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

122 STAT. 2426

Public Law 110-257
110th Congress

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. [NOTE: July 1, 2008 -  [H.R. 5690]]

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. [NOTE: 8 USC 1182 note.] 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
and unreviewable discretion, that paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(I), (2)(B), and
(3)(B) (other than clause (i)(II)) 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 association with the African
National Congress 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. [NOTE: 8 USC 1182 note.] 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

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they are consistent with the exemptions provided under section 2.

Approved July 1, 2008.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5690:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 110-620, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
May 6, 8, considered and passed House.
June 26, considered and passed Senate, amended. House
concurred in Senate amendment.