Sec. 1291. TREATMENT OF RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT AND RWANDAN PATRIOTIC ARMY UNDER IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
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## SEC. 1291 TREATMENT OF RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT AND RWANDAN PATRIOTIC ARMY UNDER IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT **[**[8 U.S.C. 1182 note](/us/usc/t8/s1182)**]** ###
(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)Exceptions #####
(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— ######
(i)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; or ######
(ii)such alien committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the commission of— ######
(I)an offense described in section 2441 of title 18, United States Code; or ######
(II)an offense described in Presidential Proclamation 8697, dated August 4, 2011. #####
(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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TREATMENT OF RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT AND RWANDAN PATRIOTIC ARMY UNDER IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
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