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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1449
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who
commit acts of torture or war crimes abroad are inadmissible and remov-
able and to establish within the Criminal Division of the Department
of Justice an Office of Special Investigations having responsibilities under
that Act with respect to all alien participants in war crimes or acts
of genocide or torture abroad.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. FOLEY (for himself and Mr. ACKERMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
that aliens who commit acts of torture or war crimes
abroad are inadmissible and removable and to establish
within the Criminal Division of the Department of Jus-
tice an Office of Special Investigations having respon-
sibilities under that Act with respect to all alien partici-
pants in war crimes or acts of genocide or torture
abroad.
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 ‘‘Anti-Atrocity Alien De-
portation Act’’.
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND REMOVABILITY OF ALIENS
WHO HAVE COMMITTED ACTS OF TORTURE
OR WAR CRIMES ABROAD.
(a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(3)(E) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1182(a)(3)(E)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) COMMISSION OF ACTS OF TOR-
TURE
OR
WAR
CRIMES.—Any alien who,
outside 
the 
United 
States, 
has
committed—
‘‘(I) any act of torture, as de-
fined in section 2340 of title 18,
United States Code; or
‘‘(II) any war crime, as defined
in section 2441(c) of title 18, United
States Code;
is inadmissible.’’.
(b) REMOVABILITY.—Section 237(a)(4)(D) of such
Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(D)) is amended by striking
‘‘clause (i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to offenses committed before, on,
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL IN-
VESTIGATIONS.
(a) AMENDMENT OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NA-
TIONALITY ACT.—Section 103 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(g) The Attorney General shall establish within the
Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office
of Special Investigations with the authority of inves-
tigating, and, where appropriate, taking legal action to re-
move, denaturalize, or prosecute any alien found to be in
violation 
of 
clause 
(i), 
(ii), 
or 
(iii) 
of 
section
212(a)(3)(E).’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Justice for the
fiscal year 2002 such sums as may be necessary to
carry out the additional duties established under sec-
tion 103(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(as added by this Act) in order to ensure that the
Office of Special Investigations fulfills its continuing
obligations regarding Nazi war criminals.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
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