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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5845 
For the relief of Zhen Xing Jiang. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2006 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Zhen Xing Jiang. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR ZHEN 
XING JIANG. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Zhen Xing Jiang shall be eligible for issuance of an 
immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon fil-
ing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under 
section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to 
lawful permanent resident. 
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(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Zhen Xing Jiang 
enters the United States before the filing deadline speci-
fied in subsection (c), she shall be considered to have en-
tered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, 
be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Zhen Xing Jiang, the Secretary of State shall 
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the cur-
rent or next following fiscal year, the total number of im-
migrant visas that are made available to natives of the 
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the 
total number of immigrant visas that are made available 
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
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parents, brothers, and sisters of Zhen Xing Jiang shall 
not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, 
privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
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‘‘(ii) PETITION
PERIOD.—For pur-
poses of clause (i)—
‘‘(I) if the designated gang or as-
sociation has not previously filed a pe-
tition for revocation under this sub-
paragraph, the petition period begins 
2 years after the date on which the 
designation was made; or 
‘‘(II) if the designated gang or 
association has previously filed a peti-
tion for revocation under this sub-
paragraph, the petition period begins 
2 years after the date of the deter-
mination made under clause (iv) on 
that petition. 
‘‘(iii) 
PROCEDURES.—Any 
criminal 
street gang that submits a petition for rev-
ocation under this subparagraph must pro-
vide evidence in that petition that the rel-
evant circumstances described in para-
graph (1) are sufficiently different from 
the circumstances that were the basis for 
the designation such that a revocation with 
respect to the gang is warranted. 
‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days after receiving a peti-
tion for revocation submitted under 
this subparagraph, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall make a determination as to 
such revocation. 
‘‘(II) PUBLICATION
OF
DETER-
MINATION.—A determination made by 
the Attorney General under this 
clause shall be published in the Fed-
eral Register. 
‘‘(III) PROCEDURES.—Any rev-
ocation by the Attorney General shall 
be made in accordance with para-
graph (6). 
‘‘(C) OTHER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If in a 5-year pe-
riod no review has taken place under sub-
paragraph (B), the Attorney General shall 
review the designation of the criminal 
street gang in order to determine whether 
such designation should be revoked pursu-
ant to paragraph (6). 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES.—If a review does 
not take place pursuant to subparagraph
V 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5846 
For the relief of Tian Xiao Zhang. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2006 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Tian Xiao Zhang. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR TIAN XIAO 
ZHANG. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Tian Xiao Zhang shall be eligible for issuance of an 
immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon fil-
ing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under 
section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to 
lawful permanent resident. 
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(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Tian Xiao Zhang 
enters the United States before the filing deadline speci-
fied in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have en-
tered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, 
be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Tian Xiao Zhang, the Secretary of State shall 
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the cur-
rent or next following fiscal year, the total number of im-
migrant visas that are made available to natives of the 
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the 
total number of immigrant visas that are made available 
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
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parents, brothers, and sisters of Tian Xiao Zhang shall 
not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, 
privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
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(B) in response to a petition for revocation 
that is filed in accordance with that sub-
paragraph, then the review shall be con-
ducted pursuant to procedures established 
by the Attorney General. The results of 
such review and the applicable procedures 
shall not be reviewable in any court. 
‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF RESULTS OF 
REVIEW.—The Attorney General shall pub-
lish any determination made pursuant to 
this subparagraph in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(5) REVOCATION BY ACT OF CONGRESS.—The 
Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block or re-
voke a designation made under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) REVOCATION BASED ON CHANGE IN CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
may revoke a designation made under para-
graph (1) at any time, and shall revoke a des-
ignation upon completion of a review conducted 
pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
paragraph (4) if the Attorney General finds 
that—
‘‘(i) the circumstances that were the 
basis for the designation have changed in 
such a manner as to warrant revocation; or 
‘‘(ii) the national security of the 
United States warrants a revocation. 
‘‘(B) PROCEDURE.—The procedural re-
quirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall 
apply to a revocation under this paragraph. Any 
revocation shall take effect on the date specified 
in the revocation or upon publication in the 
Federal Register if no effective date is specified. 
‘‘(7) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—The revocation 
of a designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall 
not affect any action or proceeding based on conduct 
committed prior to the effective date of such revoca-
tion. 
‘‘(8) USE OF DESIGNATION IN HEARING.—If a 
designation under this subsection has become effec-
tive under paragraph (2)(B) an alien in a removal 
proceeding shall not be permitted to raise any ques-
tion concerning the validity of the issuance of such 
designation as a defense or an objection at any hear-
ing. 
‘‘(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after publication of the designation in the Federal 
Register, a group or association designated as a 
criminal street gang may seek judicial review of the 
designation in the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit. 
‘‘(2) BASIS
OF
REVIEW.—Review under this 
subsection shall be based solely upon the administra-
tive record. 
‘‘(3) SCOPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall hold 
unlawful and set aside a designation the court finds 
to be—
‘‘(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis-
cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 
law; 
‘‘(B) contrary to constitutional right, 
power, privilege, or immunity; 
‘‘(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au-
thority, or limitation, or short of statutory 
right; 
‘‘(D) lacking substantial support in the ad-
ministrative record taken as a whole; or 
‘‘(E) not in accord with the procedures re-
quired by law.
‘‘(4) JUDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED.—The pend-
ency of an action for judicial review of a designation 
shall not affect the application of this section, unless 
the court issues a final order setting aside the des-
ignation. 
‘‘(c) RELEVANT COMMITTEE DEFINED.—As used in 
this section, the term ‘relevant committees’ means the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and of the Senate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 219 the following:
‘‘Sec. 219A. Designation of criminal street gangs.’’.
SEC. 302. MANDATORY DETENTION OF SUSPECTED CRIMI-
NAL STREET GANG MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 236(c)(1)(D) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)(D)) 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or 212(a)(2)(J)’’ after 
‘‘212(a)(3)(B)’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or 237(a)(2)(F)’’ before 
‘‘237(a)(4)(B)’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 
each year (beginning 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act), the Secretary of Homeland Security,
after consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate on the 
number of aliens detained under the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 303. INELIGIBILITY FROM PROTECTION FROM RE-
MOVAL AND ASYLUM. 
(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON REMOVAL 
TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—Section 241(b)(3)(B) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1251(b)(3)(B)) is amended, in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by inserting ‘‘who is described in section 
212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) or who is’’ after 
‘‘to an alien’’. 
(b) 
INELIGIBILITY
FOR
ASYLUM.—Section 
208(b)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended—
(1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) the alien is described in section 
212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) 
(relating to participation in criminal street 
gangs); or’’.
(c) DENIAL OF REVIEW OF DETERMINATION OF IN-
ELIGIBILITY
FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.—
Section 244(c)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1254(c)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
There shall be no judicial review of any finding 
under subparagraph (B) that an alien is in de-
scribed in section 208(b)(2)(A)(vi).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6094
AN ACT 
To restore the Secretary of Homeland Security’s 
authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure 
the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and 
combat alien gang crime.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6094 
To restore the Secretary of Homeland Security’s authority to detain dan-
gerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and 
combat alien gang crime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To restore the Secretary of Homeland Security’s authority 
to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of 
deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime. 
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 ‘‘Community Protection 
Act of 2006’’. 
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HR 3222 EAS
rent appropriation account for the same purpose as the ex-
pired or closed account if—
(1) the obligation would have been properly
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly
chargeable to any current appropriation account of
the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obliga-
tion is not chargeable to a current appropriation of
the Department of Defense under the provisions of sec-
tion 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101–510, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in
the case of an expired account, if subsequent review
or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the
account, any charge to a current account under the
authority of this section shall be reversed and re-
corded against the expired account: Provided further,
That the total amount charged to a current appro-
priation under this section may not exceed an
amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation
for that account.
TITLE I—DANGEROUS ALIEN 
DETENTION ACT OF 2006 
SEC. 101. DETENTION OF DANGEROUS ALIENS. 
Section 241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
it appears, except for the first reference in para-
graph (4)(B)(i), and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end of 
subparagraph (B) the following: 
‘‘If, at that time, the alien is not in the custody 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security (under 
the authority of this Act), the Secretary shall 
take the alien into custody for removal, and the 
removal period shall not begin until the alien is 
taken into such custody. If the Secretary trans-
fers custody of the alien during the removal pe-
riod pursuant to law to another Federal agency 
or a State or local government agency in con-
nection with the official duties of such agency, 
the removal period shall be tolled, and shall 
begin anew on the date of the alien’s return to 
the custody of the Secretary, subject to clause 
(ii).’’; 
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(3) by amending clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(B) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) If a court, the Board of Immi-
gration Appeals, or an immigration judge 
orders a stay of the removal of the alien, 
the date the stay of removal is no longer 
in effect.’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (1)(C) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) SUSPENSION
OF
PERIOD.—The re-
moval period shall be extended beyond a period 
of 90 days and the alien may remain in deten-
tion during such extended period if the alien 
fails or refuses to make all reasonable efforts to 
comply with the removal order, or to fully co-
operate with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and 
carry out the removal order, including making 
timely application in good faith for travel or 
other documents necessary to the alien’s depar-
ture, or conspires or acts to prevent the alien’s 
removal subject to an order of removal.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘If a court, the Board of Immigration Ap-
peals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of re-
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departure, or conspiracies or acts 
to prevent removal; 
‘‘(II) until the alien is removed, 
if the Secretary of Homeland Security 
certifies in writing— 
‘‘(aa) in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, that the alien 
has a highly contagious disease 
that poses a threat to public safe-
ty; 
‘‘(bb) after receipt of a writ-
ten recommendation from the 
Secretary of State, that release 
of the alien is likely to have seri-
ous adverse foreign policy con-
sequences for the United States; 
‘‘(cc) based on information 
available to the Secretary of 
Homeland 
Security 
(including 
classified, sensitive, or national 
security information, and without 
regard to the grounds upon 
which the alien was ordered re-
moved), that there is reason to 
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Union Calendar No. 256 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3776 
[Report No. 110–402] 
To provide for a research, development, and demonstration program by the 
Secretary of Energy to support the ability of the United States to 
remain globally competitive in energy storage systems for vehicles, sta-
tionary applications, and electricity transmission and distribution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Mr. GORDON of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Science and Technology 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 9, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide for a research, development, and demonstration 
program by the Secretary of Energy to support the abil-
ity of the United States to remain globally competitive 
in energy storage systems for vehicles, stationary applica-
tions, and electricity transmission and distribution. 
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believe that the release of the 
alien would threaten the national 
security of the United States; or 
‘‘(dd) that the release of the 
alien will threaten the safety of 
the community or any person, 
conditions of release cannot rea-
sonably be expected to ensure the 
safety of the community or any 
person, and either (AA) the alien 
has been convicted of one or 
more aggravated felonies (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(43)(A)) 
or of one or more crimes identi-
fied by the Secretary of Home-
land Security by regulation, or of 
one or more attempts or conspir-
acies to commit any such aggra-
vated felonies or such identified 
crimes, if the aggregate term of 
imprisonment for such attempts 
or conspiracies is at least 5 
years; or (BB) the alien has com-
mitted one or more crimes of vio-
lence (as defined in section 16 of 
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 211
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas since 1962, the people of Burma have lived under
a repressive military regime;
Whereas in 1988, the people of Burma rose up in massive
prodemocracy demonstrations;
Whereas in response to this call for change, the Burmese
military brutally suppressed these demonstrations;
title 18, United States Code, but 
not including a purely political 
offense) and, because of a mental 
condition or personality disorder 
and behavior associated with that 
condition or disorder, the alien is 
likely to engage in acts of vio-
lence in the future; or 
‘‘(ee) that the release of the 
alien will threaten the safety of 
the community or any person, 
conditions of release cannot rea-
sonably be expected to ensure the 
safety of the community or any 
person, and the alien has been 
convicted of at least one aggra-
vated felony (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(43)); or 
‘‘(III) pending a determination 
under subclause (II), so long as the 
Secretary of Homeland Security has 
initiated the administrative review 
process not later than 30 days after 
the expiration of the removal period 
(including any extension of the re-
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