CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION.

SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION. (a) Exclusion Grounds.—Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(I), by inserting “or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime” after “offense)”, (2) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(II), by inserting “or attempt” after “conspiracy”, and (3) in the last sentence of subsection (h), by inserting “, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit murder or a criminal act involving torture” after “torture”. (b) Deportation Grounds.—Section 241(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(C)— (A) by striking “in violation of any law,” and inserting “, or of attempting or conspiring to purchase, sell, offer for sale, exchange, use, own, possess, or carry,”, and (B) by inserting “in violation of any law” after “Code)”; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting “an attempt or” before “a conspiracy” each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii). (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to convictions occurring before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.