Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/677

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PUBLIC LAW 101-649—NOV. 29, 1990 104 STAT. 5067 merit made by subsection (a)) shall be effective on February 1, 1991. (4) CONSOLIDATION OF RELIEF IN JUDICIAL REVIEW.— The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to final orders of deportation entered on or after January 1, 1991. TITLE VI—EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION SEC. 601. REVISION OF GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION. (a) REVISED GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION. —Subsection (a) of section 212 (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended to read as follows: "(a) CLASSES OF EXCLUDABLE ALIENS. —Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the following describes classes of excludable aliens who are ineligible to receive visas and who shall be excluded from admission into the United States: "(1) HEALTH-RELATED GROUNDS. — Regulations. "(A) IN GENERAL.—Any alien— "(i) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to have a communicable disease of public health significance, "(ii) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Attorney General)— "(I) to have a physical or mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that may pose, or has posed, a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others, or "(11) to have had a physical or mental disorder and a history of behavior associated with the disorder, which behavior has posed a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others and which behavior is likely to recur or to lead to other harmful behavior, "(iii) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to be a drug abuser or addict, is excludable. "(B) WAIVER AUTHORIZED. — For provision authorizing waiver of certain clauses of subparagraph (A), see subsection (g). " (2) CRIMINAL AND RELATED GROUNDS. — "(A) CONVICTION OF CERTAIN CRIMES.— "(i) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in clause (ii), any alien convicted of, or who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of— "(I) a crime involving moral turpitude (other than a purely political offense), or "(II) a violation of (or a conspiracy to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)),