Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–395, title II, § 201(d)(3), , 114 Stat. 1636, provided that:

“The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall be effective as if included in the enactment of section 216 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–208 110 Stat. 3009–572 ). The amendment made by paragraph (2) [amending section 1015 of this title ] shall be effective as if included in the enactment of section 215 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–208 110 Stat. 3009–572 ). The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply to an alien prosecuted on or after , except in the case of an alien whose criminal proceeding (including judicial review thereof) has been finally concluded before the date of the enactment of this Act [ ].”