S.Amdt. 20

SA 20. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take
into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with
theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

Beginning on page 5, strike line 11 and all that follows
through page 6, line 4, and insert the following:
(c) Visa Sanctions.--Section 243(d) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(d) Reserving Visa Sanctions as a Diplomatic Tool.--
``(1) Determination.--Upon receiving notice from the
Secretary of Homeland Security that the government of a
foreign country is denying or unreasonably delaying accepting
an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of
such country, the Secretary of State shall have the exclusive
authority to determine whether to discontinue granting visas
as a diplomatic tool for encouraging such country to accept
such alien.
``(2) Sanction.--If the Secretary of State elects to
discontinue granting visas pursuant to a determination under
paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall order consular
officers at the United States embassy and consulates in such
country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or
nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects,
nationals, and residents of such country.
``(3) Duration.--The sanction described in paragraph (2)
shall remain in place until the Secretary of Homeland
Security notifies the Secretary of State that the country
subject to such sanction is cooperating with the Department
of Homeland Security by accepting the return of its citizens,
subjects, nationals, and residents.''.
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