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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2928
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 activ-
ity.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
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 con-
ducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist activity.
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 ‘‘Keeping America Safe
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF ALIENS WHO AID OR ABET TERROR-
ISTS OR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) INADMISSIBLE ALIENS.—Section 212(a)(3)(B) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by amending subclauses (IV)
and (V) to read as follows:
‘‘(IV) is a representative (as de-
fined in clause (iv)) of a terrorist or-
ganization, including an organization
designated as a foreign terrorist orga-
nization by the Secretary under sec-
tion 219, or
‘‘(V) is a member of a terrorist
organization, including an organiza-
tion designated as a foreign terrorist
organization by the Secretary under
section 219,’’; and
(2) in clause (iii)—
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘organi-
zation.’’ and inserting ‘‘organization, including
an organization designated as a foreign ter-
rorist organization by the Secretary under sec-
tion 219.’’;
(B) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘organi-
zation,’’ and inserting ‘‘organization (including
an organization designated as a foreign ter-
rorist organization by the Secretary under sec-
tion 219),’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(VI)(aa) Any other act com-
mitted by an alien that constitutes
aiding or abetting another individual
who has conducted, is conducting, or
is planning to conduct a terrorist ac-
tivity, or aiding or abetting a terrorist
organization, including an organiza-
tion designated as a foreign terrorist
organization by the Secretary under
section 219.
‘‘(bb) For purposes of this sub-
clause, the term ‘aiding or abetting’
means (AA) giving aid or comfort to
another individual who an alien knows
or reasonably should know has con-
ducted, is conducting, or is planning
to conduct a terrorist activity; (BB)
providing funds or any other thing of
value to a terrorist organization; (CC)
commanding, advising, instigating, or
encouraging another individual or a
terrorist organization to conduct a
terrorist activity; or (DD) with knowl-
edge that another individual or a ter-
rorist organization has conducted a
terrorist activity, failing to report
such activity to any Federal or State
law enforcement authority in the
United States or to any international
law enforcement authority in a coun-
try that is not a State sponsor of ter-
rorism (as defined by the Secretary of
State) or receiving, relieving, com-
forting, or assisting such individual or
organization in order to hinder or pre-
vent the apprehension, trial, or pun-
ishment of the individual or organiza-
tion.’’.
(b) DEPORTABLE ALIENS.—Section 237(a)(4)(B) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1227(a)(4)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) TERRORIST
ACTIVITIES.—Any alien
is deportable who is within the class of aliens
inadmissible under subclause (I), (III), (IV), or
(V) of section 212(a)(3)(B)(i).’’.
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