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Calendar No. 852 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5690 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 12, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JUNE 26, 2008 
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
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 Na-
tional Congress regarding admissibility, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 
FROM TREATMENT AS TERRORIST ORGANI-
ZATION FOR CERTAIN ACTS OR EVENTS. 
Section 691(b) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
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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. RELIEF FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN 
NATIONAL CONGRESS REGARDING ADMISSI-
BILITY. 
(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 unreviewable discretion that paragraphs 
(2)(A), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of section 212(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) shall not 
apply to an alien with respect to activities undertaken in 
opposition to apartheid rule in South Africa. 
(a) EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State, 
after consultation with the Attorney General and the Sec-
retary 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 
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to activities undertaken in association with the African Na-
tional 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 ap-
propriate instances the authority in subsection (a) to ex-
empt the anti-apartheid activities of aliens who are current 
or former officials of the Government of the Republic of 
South Africa. 
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS 
FROM CERTAIN UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT DATABASES. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the At-
torney 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 admissi-
bility to the United States are updated so that they are 
consistent with the exemptions provided under section 2. 
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Calendar No. 852 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5690 
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 ad-
missibility, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 26, 2008 
Reported with an amendment 
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