50 USC § 47c - Aliens; waiver of admission requirements

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title: "50 USC § 47c - Aliens; waiver of admission requirements"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "47c"
section_name: "Aliens; waiver of admission requirements"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS INFORMATION REWARDS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, § 4, 69 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(f)(7), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–622.)"
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# § 47c. Aliens; waiver of admission requirements

section 47b of this title8 U.S.C. 1101

If the information leading to an award under  is furnished by an alien, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may determine that the admission of such alien into the United States is in the public interest and, in that event, such alien and the members of his immediate family may receive immigrant visas and may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act [ et seq.].

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**Source Credit**: (July 15, 1955, ch. 372, § 4, 69 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(f)(7), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–622.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§ 1101 et seq.) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1996— substituted “admission” for “entry”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the intelligence community deemed to be a reference to the Director of National Intelligence. Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. See section 1081(a), (b) of , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by  effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after , see , set out as a note under , Aliens and Nationality.