S.Amdt. 708

SA 708. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1591, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At page 53, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 56, line 4 and insert the following:

“(b) Automatic Relief for the Hmong and Other Groups That Do Not Pose a Threat to the United States.--For purposes of section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. Sec. 1181(a)(3)(B)), the Hmong, the Montagnards, the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA), the Chin National Front/Chin National Army (CNF/CNA), the Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD), the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), the Mustangs, the Alzados, and the Karenni National Progressive Party shall not be considered to be a terrorist organization on the basis of any act or event occurring before the date of the enactment of this section. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to alter or limit the authority of the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security to exercise their discretionary authority pursuant to section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i).”.

(c) Technical Correction.--Section 212(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)) is amended by striking “Subclause (VII)” and replacing it with “Subclause (IX)”.

(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this section, and these amendments and section 212(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(ii), as amended by this section, shall apply to--

(1) removal proceedings instituted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this section; and

(2) acts and conditions constituting a ground for inadmissibility, excludability, deportation, or removal occurring or existing before, on, or after such date.