What it changes

1 change to S. 2611

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  1. Adds SEC. __. INADMISSIBILITY EXCEPTION FOR ALIENS WHO INVOLUNTARILY PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS wherever appropriate

    Adds a section

    Inserted: SEC. __. INADMISSIBILITY EXCEPTION FOR ALIENS WHO INVOLUNTARILY PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    Inserted: Section 212(a)(3)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended--

    Inserted: (1) in clause (vi)(III), by striking "not, which" and inserting "not, that the Secretary of the State, in consultation with or upon the request of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, has certified"; and

    Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following:

    Inserted: "(vii) Exception for involuntary material support.--An individual shall not be considered to have provided material support for a terrorist organization or activity under clause (iv)(VI) if the individual establishes, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, that such support was involuntary or provided to protect the alien or another person from the use of, or the threat of, unlawful force that a reasonable person in the alien's situation would not have resisted.".

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SA 3974. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. INADMISSIBILITY EXCEPTION FOR ALIENS WHO INVOLUNTARILY PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 212(a)(3)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended--

(1) in clause (vi)(III), by striking “not, which” and inserting “not, that the Secretary of the State, in consultation with or upon the request of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, has certified”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(vii) Exception for involuntary material support.--An individual shall not be considered to have provided material support for a terrorist organization or activity under clause (iv)(VI) if the individual establishes, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, that such support was involuntary or provided to protect the alien or another person from the use of, or the threat of, unlawful force that a reasonable person in the alien's situation would not have resisted.”.

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May 15, 2006