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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2184

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the removal

of aliens who aid or abet a terrorist organization or an individual who

has conducted, is conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist activity.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 14, 1999

Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide

for the removal of aliens who aid or abet a terrorist

organization or an individual who has conducted, is conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist activity.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping America Safe

5 Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF ALIENS WHO AID OR ABET TERROR2 ISTS OR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

3 (a) INADMISSIBLE ALIENS.—Section 212(a)(3)(B) of

4 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

5 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended—

6 (1) in clause (i), by amending subclauses (IV)

7 and (V) to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(IV) is a representative (as de9 fined in clause (iv)) of a terrorist or10 ganization, including an organization

11 designated as a foreign terrorist orga12 nization by the Secretary under sec13 tion 219, or

14 ‘‘(V) is a member of a terrorist

15 organization, including an organiza16 tion designated as a foreign terrorist

17 organization by the Secretary under

18 section 219,’’; and

19 (2) in clause (iii)—

20 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘organi21 zation.’’ and inserting ‘‘organization, including

22 an organization designated as a foreign ter23 rorist organization by the Secretary under sec24 tion 219.’’;

25 (B) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘organi26 zation,’’ and inserting ‘‘organization (including
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1 an organization designated as a foreign ter2 rorist organization by the Secretary under sec3 tion 219),’’; and

4 (C) by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(VI)(aa) Any other act com6 mitted by an alien that constitutes

7 aiding or abetting another individual

8 who has conducted, is conducting, or

9 is planning to conduct a terrorist ac10 tivity, or aiding or abetting a terrorist

11 organization, including an organiza12 tion designated as a foreign terrorist

13 organization by the Secretary under

14 section 219.

15 ‘‘(bb) For purposes of this sub16 clause, the term ‘aiding or abetting’

17 means (AA) giving aid or comfort to

18 another individual who an alien knows

19 or reasonably should know has con20 ducted, is conducting, or is planning

21 to conduct a terrorist activity; (BB)

22 providing funds or any other thing of

23 value to a terrorist organization; (CC)

24 commanding, advising, instigating, or

25 encouraging another individual or a
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1 terrorist organization to conduct a

2 terrorist activity; or (DD) with knowl3 edge that another individual or a ter4 rorist organization has conducted a

5 terrorist activity, failing to report

6 such activity to any Federal or State

7 law enforcement authority in the

8 United States or to any international

9 law enforcement authority in a coun10 try that is not a State sponsor of ter11 rorism (as defined by the Secretary of

12 State) or receiving, relieving, com13 forting, or assisting such individual or

14 organization in order to hinder or pre15 vent the apprehension, trial, or pun16 ishment of the individual or organiza17 tion.’’.

18 (b) DEPORTABLE ALIENS.—Section 237(a)(4)(B) of

19 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

20 1227(a)(4)(B)) is amended to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(B) TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.—Any alien

22 is deportable who is within the class of aliens

23 inadmissible under subclause (I), (III), (IV), or

24 (V) of section 212(a)(3)(B)(i).’’.

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