To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes.
PL 110-257 (H.R.5690), enacted 07/01/2008

122 STAT. 2426 
PUBLIC LAW 110–257—JULY 1, 2008 
Public Law 110–257 
110th Congress 
An Act 
To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization 
for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the African 
National Congress regarding admissibility, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FROM 
TREATMENT AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION FOR CER-
TAIN ACTS OR EVENTS. 
Section 691(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of Public 
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2365) is amended by inserting ‘‘the African 
National Congress (ANC),’’ after ‘‘the Karenni National Progressive 
Party,’’. 
SEC. 2. RELIEF FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL 
CONGRESS REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY. 
(a) EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State, after con-
sultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation 
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may deter-
mine, in such Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discretion, that 
paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(I), (2)(B), and (3)(B) (other than clause (i)(II)) 
of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)) shall not apply to an alien with respect to activities under-
taken in association with the African National Congress in opposi-
tion to apartheid rule in South Africa. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
should immediately exercise in appropriate instances the authority 
in subsection (a) to exempt the anti-apartheid activities of aliens 
who are current or former officials of the Government of the 
Republic of South Africa. 
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS FROM CER-
TAIN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATABASES. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that databases used to 
determine admissibility to the United States are updated so that 
8 USC 1182 note. 
8 USC 1182 note. 
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122 STAT. 2427 
PUBLIC LAW 110–257—JULY 1, 2008 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5690: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 110–620, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008): 
May 6, 8, considered and passed House. 
June 26, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate 
amendment. 
they are consistent with the exemptions provided under section 
2. 
Approved July 1, 2008. 
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