96-22609. Requirement for the Registration and Fingerprinting of Certain Nonimmigrants Bearing Iranian and Libyan Travel Documents

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22609]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1783-96; AG Order No. 2052-96]
RIN 1115-AC83


Requirement for the Registration and Fingerprinting of Certain 
Nonimmigrants Bearing Iranian and Libyan Travel Documents

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides for the registration and fingerprinting 
of certain nonimmigrants bearing Iranian or Libyan travel documents who 
apply for admission to the United States. This notice is published in 
response to concern for national security resulting from terrorist 
attacks and uncovered plots directed by nationals of Iran and Libya. 
This procedure is necessary to assist in protecting national security.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrice Ward, Acting Chief Inspector, Inspections Division, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service, 425 I Street NW., Room 4064, Washington, DC 
20536, telephone number: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 16, 1991, a final regulation was 
published in the Federal Register at 56 FR 1566 requiring the 
registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants bearing Iraqi 
and Kuwaiti travel documents. The requirement was promulgated in 
response to the United States condemnation of Iraq's invasion of 
Kuwait, United States sanctions against Iraq, and the theft of 
thousands of Kuwaiti passports during the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq, 
all of which heightened the potential for domestic anti-United States 
terrorist activities.
    The Service published an interim rule in the Federal Register on 
December 23, 1993 at 58 FR 68024 that removed the requirement for the 
registration and fingerprinting of certain nonimmigrants bearing Iraqi 
and Kuwaiti travel documents and added a new paragraph (f) to 8 CFR 
264.1. Paragraph (f) provides that the Attorney General may require, by 
public notice in the Federal Register, certain nonimmigrants of 
specific countries to be registered and fingerprinted upon arrival in 
the United States, pursuant to section 263(a)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.

Notice of Requirement for Registration and Fingerprinting of Certain 
Iranian and Libyan Nonimmigrants

    Recent terrorist activities perpetrated against the United States 
make it necessary for the United States to register and fingerprint 
certain nonimmigrants from Iran and Libya upon their application for 
admission to the United States. Therefore, all nonimmigrants bearing 
Iranian or Libyan travel documents who apply for admission to the 
United States, except those applying for admission under section 
101(a)(15)(A) or 101(a)(15)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
shall be registered on Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record), 
photographed, and fingerprinted on Form FD-258 (Fingerprint Chart) by 
the Service at the Port-of-Entry where the aliens apply for admission 
to the United States.

    Dated: August 28, 1996.
Janet Reno,
Attorney General.
[FR Doc. 96-22609 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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