; or (ii) the Secretary or Attorney General determines that the security of a particular proceeding would be threatened by such access. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) Commission The term Commission means the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. (3) Credible fear of persecution The term credible fear of persecution has the meaning given the term in section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v) ). (4) Immigration officer The term immigration officer means an immigration officer performing duties under section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1225(b) ) with respect to aliens who— (A) are apprehended after entering the United States; (B) may be eligible to apply for asylum under section 208 of that Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158 ); or (C) may have a credible fear of persecution. 137. Alignment with Refugee Convention obligations by prohibiting criminal prosecution of refugees (a) In general An alien who has expressed a credible or reasonable fear of persecution, filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, done at New York December 10, 1984, or expressed an intent to file such an application, may not be prosecuted under section 275(a) or 276(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1325(a) , 1326(a)) until the earlier of— (1) the date on which any such application has been finally adjudicated and denied, including any appeals of such denial