I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4648 
To prohibit the release or parole of certain unprivileged enemy belligerents 
into the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2010 
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. ROGERS of 
Kentucky, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. MCCOTTER, and Mr. FORTENBERRY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the release or parole of certain unprivileged 
enemy belligerents into the United States, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Terrorists at Bay 
Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN UNPRIVILEGED ENEMY 
BELLIGERENTS. 
(a) DENIAL OF ENTRY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an alien de-
scribed in paragraph (2), no court may order the 
alien’s release into the United States and the Sec-
retary of State may not issue any visa, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may not admit or pro-
vide any type of status, to the alien to enter into, 
or be admitted to, the United States. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien described in 
this paragraph is an alien (as defined in section 
101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)))— 
(A) who— 
(i) is an unprivileged enemy bellig-
erent (as defined in section 948a(7) of title 
10, United States Code); or 
(ii) has at any time been determined 
by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal to 
be an enemy combatant (pursuant to the 
definition employed by that tribunal); and 
(B) who is or was in the custody of the 
United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) PAROLE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(d)(5) of the Im-
migration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
parole into the United States an alien— 
‘‘(i) who— 
‘‘(I) is an unprivileged enemy belligerent 
(as defined in section 948a(7) of title 10, 
United States Code); or 
‘‘(II) has at any time been determined by 
a Combatant Status Review Tribunal to be an 
enemy combatant (pursuant to the definition 
employed by that tribunal); and 
‘‘(ii) who is or was in the custody of the United 
States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘in his discretion’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in the Secretary’s discretion’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘as he may prescribe’’ and 
inserting ‘‘as the Secretary may prescribe’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘he was paroled’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the alien was paroled’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘his case’’ and inserting 
‘‘the alien’s case’’. 
Æ 
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