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A bill to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 to state that for purposes of alien inadmissibility based upon terrorist-related grounds the African National Congress (ANC) shall not be considered to be a terrorist organization on the basis of any act or event that occurred before the date of enactment of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of State (after consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General) to determine, in such Secretary's sole unreviewable [...]

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  • 06/26/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 06/26/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.
  • 06/26/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
  • 06/26/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 850.
  • 06/12/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m.

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File name Last Updated
S.2979 Reported in Senate06/29/2008