To impose travel and other related restrictions on heads of state of countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending events at the United Nations in New York City.

Directs the President to impose specified travel and other related restrictions on heads of state of countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending U.N. events in New York City.

Authorizes the President to waive such restrictions if in the national interest.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3898 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3898

 To impose travel and other related restrictions on heads of state of 
countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending events 
                at the United Nations in New York City.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2007

Mr. Fossella (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Kuhl 
 of New York, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Poe, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Baker, Mrs. Myrick, 
Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Terry, and Mr. Pitts) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose travel and other related restrictions on heads of state of 
countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending events 
                at the United Nations in New York City.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRAVEL AND OTHER RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON HEADS OF STATE OF 
              COUNTRIES THAT ARE STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM WHO ARE 
              ATTENDING EVENTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall impose the following restrictions on the heads of state 
of countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending 
events at the United Nations headquarters building in New York City:
            (1) Restrict the travel of such heads of state only to 
        travel between one of the three New York City area airports and 
        the country's mission or embassy in New York City and the 
        United Nations headquarters building in New York City.
            (2) Restrict the participation of such heads of state only 
        to United Nations-sanctioned events, including by restricting 
        the participation of such heads of state in any function at the 
        Federal, State, or local level unless it is directly related to 
        the activities of the United Nations.
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection 
(a) if the President--
            (1) determines that it is in the national security interest 
        of the United States to do so; and
            (2) submits to Congress a report that contains the reasons 
        for such determination.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``state sponsor of 
terrorism'' means a country the government of which the Secretary of 
State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or any other 
provision of law, to be a government that has repeatedly provided 
support for acts of international terrorism.
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