Notes on 8 U.S.C. § 1222 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 8 U.S.C. § 1222 : US Code - Notes

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, Sec. 232, 66 Stat. 196;
Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 206(a), formerly Sec.
206], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-39, 1783-56, renumbered Sec.
206(a), Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(b)(1), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat.
2615; Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 206], Oct. 30,
1986, 100 Stat. 3341-39, 3341-56; Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(b)(2),
(d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2615; Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title
III, Secs. 308(b)(2), (3)(C), (c)(2)(A), (d)(4)(H), Sept. 30, 1996,
110 Stat. 3009-615, 3009-616, 3009-618.)
CODIFICATION                           
The text of section 1224 of this title, which was transferred to
subsec. (b) of this section by Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(b)(3)(C),
was based on acts June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, Sec.
234, 66 Stat. 198; Oct. 24, 1988, Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 9(k), 102
Stat. 2620; Nov. 29, 1990, Pub. L. 101-649, title VI, Sec.
603(a)(10), 104 Stat. 5083; Sept. 30, 1996, Pub. L. 104-208, div.
C, title III, Secs. 308(b)(3)(A), (B), (d)(3)(A), 371(b)(3), 110
Stat. 3009-615, 3009-617, 3009-645.
AMENDMENTS                            
1996 - Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(b)(2)(B), amended section
catchline generally.
Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(b)(2)(A), inserted "(a) Detention of
aliens" before "For the purpose of".
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(d)(4)(H), substituted
"inadmissible under" for "excluded by" and "inadmissible classes"
for "the excluded classes".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(b)(3)(C), transferred
section 1224 of this title to subsec. (b) of this section. See
Codification note above.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 308(c)(2)(A), added subsec.
(c).
1988 - Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2), amended Pub. L. 99-500
and 99-591. See 1986 Amendment note below.
1986 - Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 206(a),
formerly Sec. 206], as redesignated and amended by Pub. L. 100-525,
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2), substituted "by the Attorney General" for "on
board the vessel or at the airport of arrival of the aircraft
bringing them, unless the Attorney General directs their detention
in a United States immigration station or other place specified by
him at the expense of such vessel or aircraft except as otherwise
provided in this chapter, as circumstances may require or
justify,".
Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 206], a corrected
version of Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 206(a)], was
repealed by Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 4(d), effective as of Oct. 30,
1986.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT                 
Amendment by section 308(b)(2), (3)(C), (c)(2)(A), (d)(4)(H) of
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 this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT                 
Section 4(c) of Pub. L. 100-525 provided that: "The amendments
made by subsections (a) and (b) [amending this section and sections
1223, 1227, and 1356 of this title and enacting provisions set out
as a note under section 1356 of this title] shall be effective as
if they were included in the enactment of the Department of Justice
Appropriation Act, 1987 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public
Law 99-500)."
ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF
FUNCTIONS
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer
of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out
under section 1551 of this title.
DESIGNATION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY PHYSICIANS AS CIVIL SURGEONS
Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1079, Oct. 23, 1992, 106
Stat. 2514, as amended by Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title III, Sec.
308(g)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-622, provided that:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, United States military
physicians with not less than four years professional experience
shall be considered to be civil surgeons for the purpose of the
performance of physical examinations required under section 232(b)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1224 [8 U.S.C.
1222(b)]) of special immigrants described in section 101(a)(27)(K)
of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(K))."