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(3) INFORMATION.-Local educational agencies with the highest number of immigrant children and youth receiving funds under paragraph (1) may make information available on serving immigrant children and youth to local educational agencies in the State with sparse numbers of such children.

SEC. 7305. [20 U.S.C. 7545] STATE APPLICATIONS.

(a) SUBMISSION.-No State educational agency shall receive any payment under this part for any fiscal year unless such agency submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall

(1) provide that the educational programs, services, and activities for which payments under this part are made will be administered by or under the supervision of the agency;

(2) provide assurances that payments under this part will be used for purposes set forth in sections 7301 and 7307, including a description of how local educational agencies receiving funds under this part will use such funds to meet such purposes and will coordinate with other programs assisted under this Act, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and other Acts as appropriate;

(3) provide an assurance that local educational agencies receiving funds under this part will coordinate the use of such funds with programs assisted under part A or title I;

(4) provide assurances that such payments, with the exception of payments reserved under section 7304(e), will be distributed among local educational agencies within that State on the basis of the number of immigrant children and youth counted with respect to each such local educational agency under section 7304(b)(1);

(5) provide assurances that the State educational agency will not finally disapprove in whole or in part any application for funds received under this part without first affording the local educational agency submitting an application for such funds reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing;

(6) provide for making such reports as the Secretary may reasonably require to perform the Secretary's functions under this part;

(7) provide assurances

(A) that to the extent consistent with the number of immigrant children and youth enrolled in the nonpublic elementary or secondary schools within the district served by a local educational agency, such agency, after consultation with appropriate officials of such schools, shall provide for the benefit of such children and youth secular, neutral, and nonideological services, materials, and equipment necessary for the education of such children and youth;

(B) that the control of funds provided under this part to any materials, equipment, and property repaired, remodeled, or constructed with those funds shall be in a public agency for the uses and purposes provided in this part, and a public agency shall administer such funds and property; and

(C) that the provision of services pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided by employees of a public agency or through contract by such public agency with a person, association, agency, or corporation who or which, in the provision of such services, is independent of such nonpublic elementary or secondary school and of any religious organization, and such employment or contract shall be under the control and supervision of such public agency, and the funds provided under this paragraph shall not be commingled with State or local funds;

(8) provide that funds reserved under subsection (e) of section 7304 be awarded on a competitive basis based on merit and need in accordance with such subsection; and

(9) provide an assurance that State and local educational agencies receiving funds under this part will comply with the requirements of section 1120(b). (b) APPLICATION REVIEW.

(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary shall review all applications submitted pursuant to this section by State educational agencies.

(2) APPROVAL.-The Secretary shall approve any application submitted by a State educational agency that meets the requirements of this section.

(3) DISAPPROVAL.-The Secretary shall disapprove any application submitted by a State educational agency which does not meet the requirements of this section, but shall not finally disapprove an application except after providing reasonable notice, technical assistance, and an opportunity for a hearing to the State.

SEC. 7306. [20 U.S.C. 7546] ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

(a) NOTIFICATION OF AMOUNT.-The Secretary, not later than June 1 of each year, shall notify each State educational agency that has an application approved under section 7305 of the amount of such agency's allocation under section 7304 for the succeeding year.

(b) SERVICES TO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS.-If by reason of any provision of law a local educational agency is prohibited from providing educational services for children enrolled in elementary and secondary nonpublic schools, as required by section 7305(a)(7), or if the Secretary determines that a local educational agency has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of children enrolled in such schools, the Secretary may waive such requirement and shall arrange for the provision of services, subject to the requirements of this part, to such children. Such waivers shall be subject to consultation, withholding, notice, and judicial review requirements in accordance with the provisions of title I.

SEC. 7307. [20 U.S.C. 7547] USES OF FUNDS.

(a) USE OF FUNDS.-Funds awarded under this part shall be used to pay for enhanced instructional opportunities for immigrant children and youth, which may include

(1) family literacy, parent outreach, and training activities designed to assist parents to become active participants in the education of their children;

(2) salaries of personnel, including teacher aides who have been specifically trained, or are being trained, to provide services to immigrant children and youth;

(3) tutorials, mentoring, and academic or career counseling for immigrant children and youth;

(4) identification and acquisition of curricular materials, educational software, and technologies to be used in the program;

(5) basic instructional services which are directly attributable to the presence in the school district of immigrant children, including the costs of providing additional classroom supplies, overhead costs, costs of construction, acquisition or rental of space, costs of transportation, or such other costs as are directly attributable to such additional basic instructional services; and

(6) such other activities, related to the purposes of this part, as the Secretary may authorize.

(b) CONSORTIA.-A local educational agency that receives a grant under this part may collaborate or form a consortium with one or more local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations to carry out the program described in an application approved under this part.

(c) SUBGRANTS.-A local educational agency that receives a grant under this part may, with the approval of the Secretary, make a subgrant to, or enter into a contract with, an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, or a consortium of such entities to carry out a program described in an application approved under this part, including a program to serve out-of-school youth.

(d) CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local educational agency from serving immigrant children simultaneously with students with similar educational needs, in the same educational settings where appropriate.

SEC. 7308. [20 U.S.C. 7548] REPORTS.

(a) BIENNIAL REPORT.-Each State educational agency receiving funds under this part shall submit, once every two years, a report to the Secretary concerning the expenditure of funds by local educational agencies under this part. Each local educational agency receiving funds under this part shall submit to the State educational agency such information as may be necessary for such report.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The Secretary shall submit, once every two years, a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress concerning programs assisted under this part in accordance with section 14701.

SEC. 7309. [20 U.S.C. 7549] AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.

D. AMERASIAN IMMIGRATION

(§ 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in § 101(e) of Public Law 100-202, 101 Stat. 1329-183, December 22, 1987, 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, and as amended by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, Pub. L. 101-167, the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-649, and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, Pub. L. 101-513, and the Miscellaneous Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991, Pub. L. 102–232)

SEC. 584. [8 U.S.C. 1101 note] AMERASIAN IMMIGRATION.

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any numerical limitations specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Attorney General may admit aliens described in subsection (b) to the United States as immigrants if

(A) they are admissible (except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2)) as immigrants, and

(B) they are issued an immigrant visa and depart from Vietnam on or after March 22, 1988.1

(2) The provisions of paragraphs (4), (5), and (7)(A)2 of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not be applicable to any alien seeking admission to the United States under this section, and the Attorney General on the recommendation of a consular officer may waive any other provision of such section (other than paragraph (2)(C) or subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph (3)) 2 with respect to such an alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest. Any such waiver by the Attorney General shall be in writing and shall be granted only on an individual basis following an investigation by a consular officer.

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(3) Notwithstanding section 221(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, immigrant visas issued to aliens under this section shall be valid for a period of one year. (b)(1) An alien described in this section is an alien who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is residing in Vietnam and who establishes to the satisfaction of a consular officer or an officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service after a face-to-face interview, that the alien

(A)(i) was born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, and (ii) was fathered by a citizen of the United States (such an alien in this section referred to as a "principal alien");

(B) is the spouse or child of a principal alien and is accompanying, or following to join, the principal alien; or

(C) subject to paragraph (2), either (i) is the principal alien's natural mother (or is the spouse or child of such mother), or (ii) has acted in effect as the

18584(a)(1)(B) was amended by the 10th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (P.L. 101–167, 103 Stat. 1211, Nov. 21, 1989), to extend the period from March 21, 1990, to September 30, 1990, and was further amended by the 9th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, Pub. L. 101-513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1996) to extend the period indefinitely.

28603(a)(20) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-649, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5084) substituted a reference to paragraphs "(4), (5), and (7)(A)" for a reference to paragraphs "(14), (15), (20), (21), (25), and (32)" and struck "(other than paragraph (27), (29), or (33) and other than so much of paragraph (23) as relates to trafficking in narcotics)" and inserted "(other than paragraph (2)(C) or subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (3))". This was further amended by 307(1)(8) of the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991 (P.L. 102–232, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1757) by substituting “(E)" for "(D)".

88584(a)(3) was amended by the 6th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (P.L. 101-167, 103 Stat. 1211, Nov. 21, 1989), to extend the period of validity of visas from 8 months to 1 year.

principal alien's mother, father, or next-of-kin (or is the spouse or child of such an alien), and is accompanying, or following to join, the principal alien.

(2) An immigrant visa may not be issued to an alien under paragraph (1)(C) unless3 the officer referred to in paragraph (1) has determined, in the officer's discretion, that (A) such an alien has a bona fide relationship with the principal alien similar to that which exists between close family members, and (B) the admission of such an alien is necessary for humanitarian purposes or to assure family unity. If an alien described in paragraph (1)(C)(ii) is admitted to the United States, the natural mother of the principal alien involved shall not, thereafter, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act by virtue of such parentage.

(3) For purposes of this section, the term "child" has the meaning given such term in section 101(b)(1)(A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(c) Any alien admitted (or awaiting admission) to the United States under this section shall be eligible for benefits under chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act to the same extent as individuals admitted (or awaiting admission) to the United States under section 207 of such Act are eligible for benefits under such chapter.

(d) The Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, shall report to Congress 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years, after the date of the enactment of this Act on the implementation of this section. Each such report shall include the number of aliens who are issued immigrant visas and who are admitted to the United States under this section and number of waivers granted under subsection (a)(2) and the reasons for granting such waivers.

(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the definitions contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the administration of this section and nothing contained in this section shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in the administration and enforcement of such Act or any other law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization. The fact that an alien may be eligible to be granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section shall not preclude the alien from seeking such status under any other provision of law for which the alien may be eligible.

3 a The 11th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (P.L. 101-513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1996), struck "the principal alien involved is unmarried and", which appeared after "unless", effective as of December 22, 1987.

4 The 9th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance, Department of State, in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Pub. L. 100-461, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2268-15) provides that "the provisions of subsection (c) of section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 100-202, shall apply to an individual who (1) departs from Vietnam after the date of the enactment of this Act (viz., October 1, 1988], and (2) is described in subsection (b) of such section, but who is issued an immigrant visa under section 201(b) or 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (rather than under subsection (a) of such section), or would be described in subsection (b) of such section if such section also applied to principal aliens who were citizens of the United States (rather than merely to aliens)". The 11th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (P.L. 101-167, 103 Stat. 1211, Nov. 21, 1989), as amended by chapter III of the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, and Other Urgent Needs, and Transfers, and Reducing Funds Budgeted for Military Spending Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 101-302, May 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 228) struck "2-year period" [sic] and inserted "period" and the 9th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, Pub. L. 101-513, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1996) struck out any limitation on the period of depar ture from Vietnam.

E. TITLE IX OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1988 AND 1989

(Public Law 100-204, 101 Stat. 1399, December 22, 1987; as amended by § 555 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989, Pub. L. 100461, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2268–36)

TITLE IX-IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROVISIONS

[SEC. 901. PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OR DEPORTATION OF ALIENS ON CERTAIN GROUNDS.1

[(a) 2 GENERAL.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien may be denied a visa or excluded from admission into the United States, subject to restrictions or conditions on entry into the United States, or subject to deportation because of any past, current or expected beliefs, statements, or associations which, if engaged in by a United States citizen in the United States, would be protected under the Constitution of the United States.

[(b) CONSTRUCTION REGARDING EXCLUDABLE ALIENS.-Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the existing authority of the executive branch to deport, to deny issuance of a visa to, to deny adjustment of status of, 3 or to deny admission to the United States of, any alien

[(1) for reasons of foreign policy or national security, except that such deportation or denial may not be based on past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations which, if engaged in by a United States citizen in the United States, would be protected under the Constitution of the United States, unless 4 such alien is seeking issuance of a visa, adjustment of status, or admission to the United States as an immigrant. [sic];

[(2) who a consular official or the Attorney General knows or has reasonable ground to believe has engaged, in an individual capacity or as a member of an organization, in a terrorist activity or is likely to engage after entry in a terrorist activity; or

[(3) who seeks to enter in an official capacity as a representative of a purported labor organization in a country where such organizations are in fact instruments of a totalitarian state.

In addition, nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed as applying to an alien who is described in section 212(a)(33) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (relating to those who assisted in the Nazi persecutions), to an alien described in the last sentence of section 101(a)(42) of such Act (relating to those assisting in other persecutions) who is seeking the benefits of section 207, 208, 243(h)(1), or 245A of such Act (relating to admission as a refugee, asylum, withholding of deportation, and legalization), or to an alien who is described in section 21(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. In paragraph (2), the term "terrorist activity" means

1Section repealed by § 603(a)(21) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101–649, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5084).

2 Previous to the enactment of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989, subsection (a) read as follows:

(a) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien may be denied a visa or excluded from admission into the United States, subject to restrictions or conditions on entry into the United States, or subject to deportation because of any past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations which, if engaged in by a United States citizen in the United States, would be protected under the Constitution of the United States.

In the amendments made by Public Law 100-461, there were several corrections made in the enrollment that were footnoted in the law as passed; these corrections are incorporated and shown in the text. In addition, the IN is missing before GENERAL in subsection (a). Also, §128(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (P.L. 101-246, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 30) inserted the phrase "subject to restrictions or conditions on entry into the United States," after "United States,".

The phrase "to deny adjustment of status of was inserted by the 8th proviso of § 555 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Pub. L. 100-461, Oct. 1, 1988).

The language from "unless" through the period was inserted by the 8th proviso of § 555 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Pub. L. 100-461, Oct. 1, 1988).

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