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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 123 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 123

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt 
parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral 
of an immediate blood relative in the United States and to deny parole 
  status to aliens who are excludable from admission into the United 
                                States.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

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

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt 
parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral 
of an immediate blood relative in the United States and to deny parole 
  status to aliens who are excludable from admission into the United 
                                States.

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

SECTION 1. PROMPT PAROLE OF ALIENS IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF AN 
              IMMEDIATE BLOOD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C)(i) The Attorney General shall provide, on an expedited basis, 
for the parole of an alien under this paragraph if--
            ``(I) an immediate blood relative of the alien has died and 
        the funeral for the relative is to be in the United States, and
            ``(II) the alien provides the Attorney General with a 
        certified copy of the death certificate of the relative.
    ``(ii) The period of parole under this subparagraph shall be for a 
period of not to exceed 30 days (except as may be provided in 
exceptional circumstances specified by the Attorney General).
    ``(iii) In clause (i), the term `immediate blood relative' means, 
with respect to an alien, the spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, 
brother, or sister of the alien.''.
    (b) Report on Operation of Amendment.--The Attorney General shall 
report to the Congress, not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, on the operation of section 212(d)(5)(C) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (as added by the amendment made by 
subsection (a)) and on any violations or abuses of the immigration laws 
resulting from the parole of aliens into the United States under such 
section.

SEC. 2. DENYING PAROLE STATUS TO EXCLUDABLE ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)), as amended by section 1, is 
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(D) The Attorney General may not parole into the United States 
any alien who would otherwise be excludable from admission into the 
United States under subsection (a).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) is amended by inserting 
``or subparagraph (D)'' after ``subparagraph (B)''.

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