S.Amdt. 2429

SA 2429. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. TREATMENT OF RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT AND RWANDAN
PATRIOTIC ARMY UNDER IMMIGRATION AND
NATIONALITY ACT.

(a) Removal of Treatment as Terrorist Organizations.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Rwandan Patriotic Front and the Rwandan Patriotic Army shall
be excluded from the definition of terrorist organization (as
defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III))) for
purposes of such section 212(a)(3)(B) for any period before
August 1, 1994.
(2) Exception.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney
General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, as applicable, may suspend the application of
paragraph (1) for the Rwandan Patriotic Front or the Rwandan
Patriotic Army in the sole and unreviewable discretion of
such applicable Secretary.
(B) Report.--Not later than, or contemporaneously with, a
suspension of paragraph (1) under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as
applicable, shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on the justification for such suspension.
(b) Relief From Inadmissibility.--
(1) Activities before august 1, 1994.--Section 212(a)(3)(B)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(3)(B)) shall not apply to an alien with respect to
any activity undertaken by the alien in association with the
Rwandan Patriotic Front or the Rwandan Patriotic Army before
August 1, 1994.
(2) Exception.--
(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the
Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as
applicable, determines in the sole unreviewable discretion of
such applicable Secretary that, in the totality of the
circumstances, such alien--
(i) poses a threat to the safety and security of the United
States; or
(ii) does not merit a visa, admission to the United States,
or a grant of an immigration benefit or protection.
(B) Implementation.--Subparagraph (A) shall be implemented
by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the Attorney General.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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