Reading Room Document

Authority of the Surgeon General to Direct the Public Health Service Not to Certify Arriving Homosexual Aliens as Possessing a "Mental Defect or Disease" Solely Because of Their Homosexuality

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182)—Immigration and Naturalization Service—Public Health Service—Homosexuality as Grounds for Exclusion The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/22231/download.

December 10, 1979