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[CITE: 8USC1182d]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
Part II--Admission Qualifications for Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens 
                               and Aliens
 
Sec. 1182d. Denial of visas to confiscators of American property


(a) Denial of visas

    Except as otherwise provided in section 6091 of title 22, and 
subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of State may 
deny the issuance of a visa to any alien who--
        (1) through the abuse of position, including a governmental or 
    political party position, converts or has converted for personal 
    gain real property that has been confiscated or expropriated, a 
    claim to which is owned by a national of the United States, or who 
    is complicit in such a conversion; or
        (2) induces any of the actions or omissions described in 
    paragraph (1) by any person.

(b) Exceptions

    Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to--
        (1) any country established by international mandate through the 
    United Nations; or
        (2) any territory recognized by the United States Government to 
    be in dispute.

(c) Reporting requirement

    Not later than 6 months after October 21, 1998, and every 12 months 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report, including--
        (1) a list of aliens who have been denied a visa under this 
    subsection; and
        (2) a list of aliens who could have been denied a visa under 
    subsection (a) of this section but were issued a visa and an 
    explanation as to why each such visa was issued.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, Sec. 2225, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-819.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, and also as part of the Foreign Affairs 
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, and the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and not as part of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.
