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(1) in subsections (b) and (d) by striking "the sum of $3000” and inserting "a fine of $3,000" each place it appears;

(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by striking “a sum equal" and inserting "an amount equal";

(3) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by striking “a sum sufficient to cover such fine" and inserting "an amount sufficient to cover such fine";

(4) by striking "sum" and "sums" each place either appears and inserting "fine";

(5) in subsection (c) by striking "Such" and inserting "Except as provided in subsection (e), such"; and

(6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

[Text of subsection (e) omitted.]

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to aliens brought to the United States more than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 210. EXTENSION OF VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM.

[Omitted; amended § 217(f) of the INA.]

SEC. 211. CREATION OF PROBATIONARY STATUS FOR PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES IN THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

[Omitted; amended subsections (a)(2)(B) and (c)(2) of § 217 of the INA and added subsection (g) to that section.]

SEC. 212. TECHNICAL CHANGES TO NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS.

(a) PANAMA CANAL SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS.-[Omitted; struck_subsection (c) of section 3201 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Public Law 96–70).]

(b) ARMED FORCES SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS.-[Omitted; struck subparagraph (C) of § 203(b)(6) of the INA.]

SEC. 213. EXTENSION OF TELEPHONE EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

[Omitted; amended § 274A(d)(4)(A) of the INA.]

SEC. 214. EXTENSION OF EXPANDED DEFINITION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT FOR RELIGIOUS WORKERS.

[Omitted; amended subclauses (II) and (III) of section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the

INA.]

SEC. 215. EXTENSION OF OFF-CAMPUS WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR STUDENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.-[Omitted; extended for 2 years the period and deadlines under § 221 of the Immigration Act of 1990; there was no subsection (b) in the law.]

SEC. 216. ELIMINATING OBLIGATION OF CARRIERS TO DETAIN STOWAWAYS.

[Omitted; amended first sentence of § 273(d) of the INA.]

SEC. 217. COMPLETING USE OF VISAS PROVIDED UNDER DIVERSITY TRANSITION PROGRAM.

(a) EXTENSION OF DIVERSITY TRANSITION PROGRAM.-[Omitted; amended § 132 of the Immigration Act of 1990.]

(b) ADMINISTRATION OF 1995 DIVERSITY TRANSITION PROGRAM.—

(1) ELIGIBILITY.—For the purpose of carrying out the extension of the diversity transition program under the amendments made by subsection (a), applications for natives of diversity transition countries submitted for fiscal year 1995 for diversity immigrants under section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be considered applications for visas made available for fiscal year 1995 for the diversity transition program under section 132 of the Immigration Act of 1990. No application period for the fiscal year 1995 diversity transition program shall be established and no new applications may be accepted for visas made available under such program for fiscal year 1995. Applications for visas in excess of the minimum available to natives of the country specified in section 132(c) of the Immigration Act of 1990 shall be selected for qualified applicants within the several regions defined in section 203(c)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in proportion to the region's share of visas issued in the diversity transition program during fiscal years 1992 and 1993.

(2) NOTIFICATION.-Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, notification of the extension of the diversity transition program for fiscal year 1995 and the provision of visa numbers shall be made to each eligible applicant under paragraph (1).

(3) REQUIREMENTS.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of carrying out the extension of the diversity transition program under the amendments made by subsection (a), the requirement of section 132(b)(2)

of the Immigration Act of 1990 shall not apply to applicants under such extension and the requirement of section 203(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply to such applicants.

SEC. 218. EFFECT ON PREFERENCE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR LABOR CERTIFICATION. Section 161(c)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-649) is amended

(1) by striking "or an application for labor certification before such date under section 212(a)(14)"; and

(2) in subparagraph (A)—

(A) by striking "or application"; and

(B) by striking", or 60 days after the date of certification in the case of labor certifications filed in support of the petition under section 212(a)(14) of such Act before October 1, 1991, but not certified until after October 1, 1993".

SEC. 219. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO IMMIGRATION-RELATED PROVISIONS.

(a) Section 101(a)(27)(J)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)(i)) is amended by striking "and has" and inserting "or whom such a court has legally committed to, or placed under the custody of, an agency or department of a State and who has".

(b)(1) The second sentence of section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting “(and each child of the alien)" after "the alien".

(2) The second sentence of section 204(a)(1)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)) is amended—

(A) by inserting "spouse" after "alien", and

(B) by inserting "of the alien (and the alien's children)" after "for classification".

(c) Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)) is amended by striking "TARGETTED", "TARGETTED", and "targetted" each place each appears and inserting "TARGETED", "TARGETED", and "targeted", respectively.

(d) Section 210(d)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1160(d)(3)) is amended by inserting "the" before "Service" the first place it appears. (e) Section 212(d)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 ́U.S.C. 1182(d)(11)) is amended by striking "voluntary" and inserting "voluntarily".

(f) Section 258 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1288) is amended in subsection (d)(3)(B) by striking "subparagraph (A)" and inserting "subparagraph (A)(iii)”.

(g) Section 241(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(c)) is amended by striking “or (3)(A) of subsection 241(a)” and inserting “and (3)(A) of subsection (a)".

(h) Section 242(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(h)) is amended by striking "Parole,," and inserting "Parole,”.

(i) Section 242B(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252b(c)(1)) is amended by striking the comma after “that”.

(j) Section 244A(c)(2)(A)(iii)(III) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.&. Deti (2444) is amended th

(1) by striking "Paragraphs" and inserting "paragraphs”, and

(2) by striking "or (3)(E)" and inserting “and (3)(Ě)”.

(k) Section 245(h)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(h)(2)(B)) is amended by striking "or (3)(E)" and inserting "and (3)(E)”.

(1)(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 245A(c)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(c)(7)), as added by Public Law 102-140, is amended(A) by indenting it 2 additional ems to the right; and

(B) by striking subsection (B)" and inserting "subparagraph (B)".

(2) Section 610(b) of Public Law 102-140 is amended by striking “404(b)(2)(ii)” and "404(b)(2)(iii)" and inserting "404(b)(2)(A)(ii)" and "404(b)(2)(Å)(iii)”, respectively.

(m) Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act, section 246(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended by striking the first 3 sentences.

(n) Section 262(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1302(c)) is amended by striking "subsection (a) and (b)" and inserting "subsections (a) and (b)”. (0) Section 272(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1322(a)) is amended by striking the comma after "so afflicted".

(p) The first sentence of section 273(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1323(b)) is amended by striking "collector of customs" and inserting "Commissioner".

(q) Section 274B(g)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(g)(2)(C)) is amended by striking "an administrative law judge" and inserting "the Special Counsel".

(r) Section 274C(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324c(b)) is amended by striking "title V" and all that follows through "3481)" and inserting "chapter 224 of title 18, United States Code".

(s) Section 280(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1330(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking "maintainance" and inserting "maintenance". (t) Effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 102-395, subsection (r) of section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356), as added by section 112 of such Public Law, is amended

(1) in the subsection heading, by_striking "Breached Bond/Detention Account" and inserting "BREACHED BOND/DETENTION FUND";

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking "(hereafter referred to as the Fund)" and inserting "(in this subsection referred to as the 'Fund')";

(3) in paragraph (2), by striking "the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended," and inserting "this Act";

(4) in paragraphs (4) and (6), by striking "the Breached Bond/Detention" each place it appears;

(5) in paragraph (4), by striking "of this Act" and inserting "of Public Law 102-395"; and

(6) in paragraph (5), by striking "account" and inserting "Fund".

(u) Section 310(b)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421(b)(5)(A)) is amended by striking "District Court" and inserting "district court". (v) Effective December 12, 1991, section 313(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1424(a)(2)) is amended by striking "and" before "(F)" and inserting "or".

(w) Section 333(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1444(b)(1)) is amended by striking "249(a)" and inserting "249".

(x) Section 412(e)(7)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(e)(7)(D)) is amended by striking "paragraph (1) or (2) of”.

(y) Section 302(c) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended by striking "effect" and inserting "affect".

(z) Effective as if included in the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991

(1) section 303(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act is amended by striking “paragraph (1)(A)" and inserting "paragraph (1)(A)(i)";

(2) section 304(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking "paragraph (1)(B)” and inserting "subsection (c)(1)(B)";

(3) paragraph (1) of section 305(j) of such Act is repealed (and section 407(d)(16)(C) of the Immigration Act of 1990 shall read as if such paragraph had not been enacted);

(4) paragraph (2) of section 306(b) of such Act is amended to read as follows:

"(2) Section 538(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended by striking the comma after "Service"."

(5) section 307(a)(6) of such Act is amended by striking "immigrants" the first place it appears and inserting "immigrant aliens";

(6) section 309(a)(3) of such Act is amended by striking "paragraph (1) and (2)" and inserting "paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)"; (7) section 309(b)(6)(F) of such

Act is

"210(a)(1)(B)(1)(B)" and inserting "210(a)(B)(1)(B)";

amended by striking

(8) section 309(b)(8) of such Act is amended by striking “274A(g)” and inrting #27tion 310 of such Act is amended "274A(h)"; and

(A) by adding "and" at the end of paragraph (1);

(B) by striking paragraph (2); and

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2) and by striking

"309(c)" and inserting "309(b)".

(aa) Effective as if included in section 4 of Public Law 102–110, section 161(c)(3) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended

(1) by striking "alien described in section 203(a)(3) or 203(a)(6) of such Act" and inserting "alien admitted for permanent residence as a preference immigrant under section 203(a)(3) or 203(a)(6) of such Act (as in effect before such date)"; and

(2) by striking "this section" and inserting "this title”.

(bb) Section 599E(c) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended by striking "and subparagraphs" and inserting "or subparagraph".

(cc) Section 204(a)(1)(C) of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended by striking "year 1993 the first place it appears” and inserting “years 1993".

(dd) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the amendments made by this section shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990.

(ee)(1) Section 210A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1161) is repealed.

(2) The table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 210A.

(ff) Section 122 of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended by striking subsection (a).

(gg) The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–198; 107 Stat. 2304) is amended by striking section 8.

SEC. 220. WAIVER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES.

(a) WAIVER.-[Omitted; amended § 212(e) of the INA.]

(b) RESTRICTIONS ON WAIVER.-[Omitted; added a subsection (k) at the end of §214 of the INA.]

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this section shall apply to aliens admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or acquiring such status after admission to the United States, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act and before June 1, 1996. SEC. 221. VISAS FOR OFFICIALS OF TAIWAN.

Whenever the President of Taiwan or any other high-level official of Taiwan shall apply to visit the United States for the purposes of discussions with United States Federal or State government officials concerning

(1) trade or business with Taiwan that will reduce the United States-Taiwan trade deficit;

(2) prevention of nuclear proliferation;

(3) threats to the national security of the United States;

(4) the protection of the global environment;

(5) the protection of endangered species; or

(6) regional humanitarian disasters. [sic]

The [sic] official shall be admitted to the United States, unless the official is otherwise excludable under the immigration laws of the United States.

SEC. 222. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED FELONY.

(a) EXPANSION OF DEFINITION.-[Omitted; amended section 101(a)(43) of the INA in its entirety.]

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this section shall apply to convictions entered on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 223. SUMMARY DEPORTATION.

(a) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.-[Omitted; amended subsections (b)(4)(D) and (b)(4)(E) of section 242A of the INA.]

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.-[Omitted; amended § 106(d)(1)(D) of the INA.] SEC. 224. JUDICIAL DEPORTATION.

(a) JUDICIAL DEPORTATION.—[Omitted; added subsection (d) to section 242A.] (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.-[Omitted; added exception to the ninth sentence of § 242(b) of the INA.]

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this section shall apply to all aliens whose adjudication of guilt or guilty plea is entered in the record after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 225. CONSTRUCTION OF EXPEDITED DEPORTATION REQUIREMENTS.

No amendment made by this Act and nothing in section 242(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(i)) shall be construed to create any substantive or procedural right or benefit that is legally enforceable by any party against the United States or its agencies or officers or any other person.

III. REFUGEE-RELATED PROVISIONS

A. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1962

(Public Law 87-510, June 28, 1962; 76 Stat. 121, as amended)

That this Act may be cited as the "Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962”. SEC. 2. [22 U.S.C. 2601] (a) The President is hereby authorized to continue membership for the United States in the International Organization for Migration in accordance with its constitution approved in Venice, Italy, on October 19, 1953, as amended in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 20, 1987. For the purpose of assisting in the movement of refugees and migrants and to enhance the economic progress of the developing countries by providing for a coordinated supply of selected manpower, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary from time to time for the payment by the United States of its contributions to the Organization and all necessary salaries and expenses incident to United States participation in the Organization.

(b)* There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary from time to time

(1) for contributions to the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for assistance to refugees under his mandate or persons on behalf of whom he is exercising his good offices, and for contributions to the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross; and to other relevant international organizations; and

(2) for assistance to or on behalf of refugees who are outside the United States designated by the President (by class, group, or designation of their respective countries of origin or areas of residence) when the President determines that such assistance will contribute to the foreign policy interests of the United States.

(c)(1) Whenever the President determines it to be important to the national interest he is authorized to furnish on such terms and conditions as he may determine assistance under this Act for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs.

*Paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (b) provided, before enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980, as follows:

(1) for contributions to the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for assistance to refugees under his mandate or in behalf of whom he is exercising his good offices,

(2) for assistance to or in behalf of refugees designated by the President (by class, group, or designation of their respective countries of origin or areas of residence) when the President determines that such assistance will contribute to the defense, or to the security, or to the foreign policy interests of the United States;

(3) for assistance to or in behalf of refugees in the United States whenever the President shall determine that such assistance would be in the interest of the United States: Provided, That the term "refugees" as herein used means aliens who (A) because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion, fled from a nation or area of the Western Hemisphere; (B) cannot return thereto because of fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion; and (C) are in urgent need of assistance for the essentials of life;

(4) for assistance to State or local public agencies providing services for substantial numbers of individuals who meet the requirements of subparagraph (3) (other than clause (C) thereof) for (A) health services and educational services to such individuals, and (B) special training for employment and services related thereto;

(5) for transportation to, and resettlement in, other areas of the United States of individuals who meet the requirements of subparagraph (3) (other than clause (C) thereof) and who, having regard for their income and other resources, need assistance in obtaining such services; and (6) for establishment and maintenance of projects for employment or refresher professional training of individuals who meet the requirements of subparagraph (3) (other than clause (C) thereof) and, who, having regard for their income and resources, need such employment or need assistance in obtaining such retraining.

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