For purposes of this Act, in every provision that lim-
its or eliminates judicial review or jurisdiction to re-
view, the terms ‘judicial review’ and ‘jurisdiction to
review’ include habeas corpus review pursuant to
section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, or any
other habeas corpus provision, sections 1361 and
1651 of such title, and review pursuant to any other
provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory).’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting
‘‘pursuant to subsection (f)’’ after ‘‘unless’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (9), by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in
this section, no court shall have jurisdiction, by
habeas corpus under section 2241 of title 28,
United States Code, or any other habeas corpus
provision, by section 1361 or 1651 of such title,
or by any other provision of law (statutory or
nonstatutory), to review such an order or such
questions of law or fact.’’; and
(3) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘(statutory
or nonstatutory), including section 2241 of title 28,
United States Code, or any other habeas corpus pro-
vision, and sections 1361 and 1651 of such title’’
after ‘‘notwithstanding any other provision of law’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to cases in which the
final administrative order of removal, deportation, or ex-
clusion was issued before, on, or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(c) TRANSFER OF CASES.—If an alien’s case, brought
under section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, and
challenging a final administrative order of removal, depor-
tation, or exclusion, is pending in a district court on the
date of the enactment of this Act, then the district court
shall transfer the case (or the part of the case that chal-
lenges the order of removal, deportation, or exclusion) to
the court of appeals for the circuit in which a petition for
review could have been properly filed under section
242(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1252), as amended by this section, or under section
309(c)(4)(D) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-
migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note).
The court of appeals shall treat the transferred case as
if it had been filed pursuant to a petition for review under
such section 242, except that subsection (b)(1) of such
section shall not apply.
(d) TRANSITIONAL RULE CASES.—A petition for re-
view filed under former section 106(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (as in effect before its repeal by sec-
tion 306(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1252 note))
shall be treated as if it had been filed as a petition for
review under section 242 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252), as amended by this section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or
nonstatutory), including section 2241 of title 28, United
States Code, or any other habeas corpus provision, and
sections 1361 and 1651 of such title, such petition for re-
view shall be the sole and exclusive means for judicial re-
view of an order of deportation or exclusion.
SEC. 106. DELIVERY BONDS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) DELIVERY
BOND.—The term ‘‘delivery
bond’’ means a written suretyship undertaking for
the surrender of an individual against whom the De-
partment of Homeland Security has issued an order
to show cause or a notice to appear, the performance
of which is guaranteed by an acceptable surety on
Federal bonds.
(2) PRINCIPAL.—The term ‘‘principal’’ means
an individual who is the subject of a bond.
(3) SURETYSHIP
UNDERTAKING.—The term
‘‘suretyship undertaking’’ means a written agree-
ment, executed by a bonding agent on behalf of a
surety, which binds all parties to its certain terms
and conditions and which provides obligations for
the principal and the surety while under the bond
and penalties for forfeiture to ensure the obligations
of the principal and the surety under the agreement.
(4) BONDING
AGENT.—The term ‘‘bonding
agent’’ means any individual properly licensed, ap-
proved, and appointed by power of attorney to exe-
cute or countersign surety bonds in connection with
any matter governed by the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101, et seq.),
and who receives a premium for executing or
countersigning such surety bonds.
(5) SURETY.—The term ‘‘surety’’ means an en-
tity, as defined by, and that is in compliance with,
sections 9304 through 9308 of title 31, United
States Code, that agrees—
(A) to guarantee the performance, where
appropriate, of the principal under a bond;
(B) to perform the bond as required; and
(C) to pay the face amount of the bond as
a penalty for failure to perform.
(b) VALIDITY, AGENT NOT CO-OBLIGOR, EXPIRA-
TION, RENEWAL, AND CANCELLATION OF BONDS.—
(1) VALIDITY.—Delivery bond undertakings are
valid if such bonds—
(A) state the full, correct, and proper
name of the alien principal;
(B) state the amount of the bond;
(C) are guaranteed by a surety and
countersigned by an agent who is properly ap-
pointed;
(D) bond documents are properly executed;
and
(E) relevant bond documents are properly
filed with the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2) BONDING AGENT NOT CO-OBLIGOR, PARTY,
OR GUARANTOR IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NO
REFUSAL
IF
ACCEPTABLE
SURETY.—Section
9304(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no bonding
agent of a corporate surety shall be required to exe-
cute bonds as a co-obligor, party, or guarantor in an
individual capacity on bonds provided by the cor-
porate surety, nor shall a corporate surety bond be
refused if the corporate surety appears on the cur-