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[CITE: 50USC47c]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
  CHAPTER 4C--ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS INFORMATION 
                                 REWARDS
 
Sec. 47c. Aliens; waiver of admission requirements

    If the information leading to an award under section 47b of this 
title is furnished by an alien, the Secretary of State, the Attorney 
General, and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may 
determine that the admission of such alien into the United States is in 
the public interest and, in that event, such alien and the members of 
his immediate family may receive immigrant visas and may be admitted to 
the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the 
requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.].

(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, Sec. 4, 69 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, 
title III, Sec. 308(f)(7), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-622.)

                       References in Text

    The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in text, is act 
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 12 (Sec. 1101 et seq.) of Title 8, Aliens and 
Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``admission'' for ``entry''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective, with certain transitional 
provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 
days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104-208, set out 
as a note under section 1101 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.


                            Cross References

    Requirements for admission of aliens, see section 1182 of Title 8, 
Aliens and Nationality.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 47f of this title.
