I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3075
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the admission of 
aliens from countries determined to be state sponsors of terrorism, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the 
admission of aliens from countries determined to be state 
sponsors of terrorism, 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 ‘‘Stop Terrorist Entry 
Program Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF NATIONALS OF STATE SPONSORS 
OF TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 9 of title II of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1351 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘TREATMENT OF NATIONALS OF STATE SPONSORS OF 
TERRORISM 
‘‘SEC. 295. (a) IN GENERAL.—No nonimmigrant or 
immigrant visa may be issued, or nonimmigrant or immi-
grant status otherwise provided, other than a visa or sta-
tus described in section 101(a)(15)(A) or 201(b)(2)(A)(i), 
to any alien who is a national of, or residing in, a country 
that is determined to be a state sponsor of terrorism, ex-
cept the Secretary of Homeland Security (or the consular 
officer, in the case of an application for a visa) may, on 
a case-by-case basis, waive the application of this sub-
section in the case of an alien who—
‘‘(1) requires examination or treatment for an 
emergency medical condition (as defined in section 
562(d) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
gration Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1396(d))); or 
‘‘(2) is eligible for admission as a refugee under 
section 207 or for asylum under section 208. 
‘‘(b) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM DEFINED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘state sponsor of terrorism’ means any country the
government of which has been determined by the 
Secretary of State under any of the laws specified in 
paragraph (2) to have repeatedly provided support 
for acts of terrorism. Such term shall apply to a 
country beginning on the date on which such deter-
mination takes effect and ending on the date on 
which such determination is withdrawn, terminated, 
revoked, or otherwise ceases to be effective. 
‘‘(2) LAWS
UNDER
WHICH
DETERMINATIONS 
WERE MADE.—The laws specified in this paragraph 
are the following: 
‘‘(A) Section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 (or successor statute). 
‘‘(B) Section 40(d) of the Arms Export 
Control Act. 
‘‘(C) Section 620A(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 294 the following:
‘‘295. Treatment of nationals of state sponsors of terrorism.’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply to visas 
issued, or status provided, on and after such date.