6. P.L. 99-500, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 1987 (October 18, 1986), continued the prohibition against the use of Legal Services Corporation funds for most aliens not admitted for permanent residence, continued the ban against the use of military construction funds for illegal aliens, continued the Government-wide ban against employment of non-citizens with specified exceptions, and prohibited implementation of HUD regulations prohibiting unlawful aliens receiving housing assistance.

7. P.L. 99-509, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (October 21, 1986), amended section 1903 of the Social Security Act to restrict Medicaid eligibility to aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or permanently residing in the United States under color of law, except in the case of otherwise qualified aliens who have an emergency medical condition (section (9406).

8. P.L. 99-514, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (October 22, 1986), added a new section 6039E to the Internal Revenue Code requiring aliens applying for permanent resident status to provide certain information, including whether they are required to file a tax return for the 3 most recent taxable years (section 1234).

9. P.L. 99-595 (October 31, 1986) amended section 3306(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code to extend until January 1, 1993 the period during which employers are not required to pay Federal unemployment tax on wages of temporary alien agricultural workers admitted under sections 101(a)(15)(H) and 214(c) of the INA.

I. 100th CONGRESS, 1987-1988

A. Legislation Amending the INA OR IRCA

1. P.L. 100-71, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, FY87 (July 11, 1987; 101 Stat. 391) amended section 286(h)(1)(A) of the INA to permit INS travel fee funds to remain available until expended (101 Stat. 394).

2. P.L. 100-202, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, FY88 (Dec. 22, 1987; 101 Stat. 1329), amended section 210(d) of the INA as amended by IRCA, relating to special agricultural worker applications (101 Stat. 1329-18).

3. P.L. 100-203, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Dec. 22, 1987; 101 Stat. 1330) made a technical correction to section 201(b)(2)(B) of IRCA (101 Stat. 1330-321).

4. P.L. 100-204, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY88-89 (Dec. 22, 1987; 101 Stat. 1331), amended section 212(a)(23) of the INA relating to the exclusion of drug law violators (101 Stat. 1399).

5. P.L. 100-205, the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (Sept. 28, 1988; 102 Stat. 1851), amended section 214 of the INA concerning entry as nonimmigrants of Canadian citizen professionals (102 Stat. 1877).

6. P.L. 100-459, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY89 (Oct. 1, 1988; 102 Stat. 2186), amended sections 286 and 344 of the INA to create revolving "Immigration Examinations Fee Account" (102 Stat. 2203); and amended section 101(b)(2) of the INA, relating to the adoption of illegitimate children of American fathers, to expire October 1, 1989 (102 Stat. 2203).

7. P.L. 100-525, the Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1988 (Oct. 24, 1988), consisted of miscellaneous amendments to the INA and IRCA, and other immigration-related provisions.

8. P.L. 100-658, the Immigration Amendments of 1988 (Nov. 15, 1988), amended section 314 of IRCA (NP-5 program), which made more visas available to countries disadvantaged by the repeal of the national origins quota system, by extending it to FY89 and FY90 and increasing the annual number of visas available from 5,000 to 15,000.

9. P.L. 100-690, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Nov. 18, 1988), amended the INA in Title VII, Subtitle J--Provisions Relating to the Deportation of Aliens Who Commit Aggravated Felonies (sections 7341-7350).

B. Legislation Affecting the INA, INS Operations, or Refugees

1. P.L. 100-71, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, FY87, included a FY87 appropriation for INS of $137,216,000 (101 Stat. 393 and 472); struck INS preinspection limitation of section 208(a) of P.L. 99-500 and P.L. 99-591 (101 Stat. 472); and required the President to add AIDS virus infection (HIV) to dangerous contagious diseases for the purposes of section 212(a)(6) of the INA (101 Stat. 475).

2. P.L. 100-202, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, FY88, included FY88 appropriations of $741,114,000 for INS within the Justice Department (101 Stat. 1329-12); $346,933,000 for the Office of Refugee Resettlement within HHS (101 Stat. 1329-271); and $870,000 for the Commission for the Study of International Migration

and Cooperative Economic Development created by IRCA (101 Stat. 1329-31). Included provisions relating to Amerasian immigration (101 Stat. 1329-183), and prohibiting the implementation of proposed INS H-1 regulations (101 Stat. 1329-17); as well as provisions similar to those in P.L. 100-204 relating to Cuban political prisoners (101 Stat. 1329-39); Indochinese refugee resettlement (101 Stat. 1329-40), and legalization of status of certain aliens previously granted extended voluntary departure (EVD) (101 Stat. 1329-43).

3. P.L. 100-204, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY88-FY89, included the Moynihan-Frank amendment, a temporary prohibition against the exclusion or deportation of aliens on certain political and ideological grounds (101 Stat. 1399); as well as provisions relating to the legalization of status of certain aliens previously granted EVD (101 Stat. 1400), Cuban political prisoners (101 Stat. 1401), and Indochinese resettlement (101 Stat. 1402). Also authorizedds for migration and refugee assistance for FY88-89 (101 Stat. 1337); required study and report concerning the status of individuals with diplomatic immunity in the United States (101 Stat. 1345); and required report on visa information system on drug traffickers (101 Stat. 1397). 4. P.L. 100-239, the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of 1987 (Jan. 11, 1988; 101 Stat. 1778), added a new section 8704 to title 46, U.S. Code deeming certain individuals employed on fishing vessels as employed in the United States for the purposes of the employer sanctions provisions of section 274A of the INA (101 Stat. 1781).

5. P.L. 100-242, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (Feb. 5, 1988; 101 Stat. 1815), amended section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to revise SAVE verification and enforcement procedures added by section 121(a)(2) of IRCA, and the provision for reimbursement added by section 121(b)(6) of IRCA (101 Stat. 1861).

6. P.L. 100-393, the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, FY88 (Aug. 14, 1988; 102 Stat. 969), included an appropriation of $24 million for the U.S. Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance Fund authorized by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, of which not less than $6 million was to be made available for Soviet and other Eastern European refugees (102 Stat. 973). 7. P.L. 100-435, the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (Sept. 19, 1988), made a technical redesignation of the provision of the Food Stamp Act authorizing appropriations for administration of SAVE program, as added by section 121(b)(5) of IRCA (101 Stat. 1662).

8. P.L. 100-436, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY89 (Sept. 20, 1988; 102 Stat. 1680), included an appropriation of $382,356,000 for HHS's Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) (102 Stat. 1696, 1716).

9. P.L. 100-449, the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, provided for reciprocal treatment of Canadian citizens as nonimmigrant treaty traders under section 101(a)(15)(E) of the INA (102 Stat. 1876).

10. P.L. 100-459, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY89, included an appropriation for INS of $800 million plus any unused user fees from the immigration legalization program (102 Stat. 2196); and appropriations of $500,000 for the Commission on Agricultural Workers (102 Stat. 2214), and $1,290,000 for the Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development (102 Stat. 2216), both created by IRCA. Continued the ban against adoption of H-1 regulations previously proposed by INS (102 Stat. 2203).

11. P.L. 100-461, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act FY89, in section 555 amended section 901 of P.L. 100-204 (the Moynihan-Frank amendment) to extend the temporary prohibition against the exclusion or deportation of aliens on certain political or ideological grounds to 1991, but only for nonimmigrants. Also prohibited the USIA from using any funds in FY88-89 to end its J-1 au pair program, and required a GAO study of the cultural exchange program under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the INA.

12. P.L. 100-504, the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 (title I) (Oct. 18, 1988; 102 Stat. 2515), established new Office of Inspector General in certain Departments, including Justice (102 Stat. 2515), and transferred the functions of three offices of INS to Justice's Inspector General's office (102 Stat. 2516).

13. P.L. 100-658, the Immigration Amendments of 1988 (Nov. 15, 1988), made 10,000 immigrant visas available each year for FY90-91 to underrepresented countries in the immigrant visa allocation in FY88; and extended H-1 nonimmigrant status for certain registered nurses through Dec. 1, 1989.

14. P.L. 100-690, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Nov. 18. 1988), required denial of passports to certain convicted drug traffickers (sec. 4603); required development of

a machine-readable document border security program (sec. 4604); authorized appro-
priations for specified INS personnel enhancement (sec. 6151); provided for INS for-
eign language training (sec. 6165); and included a supplemental FY89 appropriation
of $26.2 million for INS (title X).

15. H. Con Res. 303, commending humanitarian treatment of Southeast Asian ref-
ugees and urging further measures to ensure humanitarian treatment of refugees
(passed House Oct. 5, 1988, Senate Oct. 12, 1988).

C. Legislation Regulating Alien Participation in Federal Assistance Programs and
Other Federal Activities

1. P.L. 100-202, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, continued the prohi-
bition against the use of Legal Services Corporation funds for most aliens not admit-
ted for permanent residence (101 Stat. 1329–33); continued the ban against the use
of military construction funds for illegal aliens (101 Stat.liation Act, added section
1611(c)(5) to the Social Security Act, to disregard, in the computation of income for
the purposes of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), payments under section 412(e)
of the INA (relating to assistance for refugees) and payments under section 501(a) of
P.L. 96-422 (relating to assistance for Cuban and Haitian entrants) (101 Stat. 1330-
301).

3. P.L. 100-239, the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of
1987, set forth requirements relating to the manning by aliens of certain fishing ves-
sels (101 Stat. 1780).

4. P.L. 100-242, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, in section
164 (entitled Modification of restriction on use of assisted housing by aliens) amend-
ed section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to add
aliens legalized either temporarily or permanently under section 245A of the INA to
those eligible for housing assistance; and to add a new subsection (c), modifying re-
strictions (101 Stat. 1860).

5. P.L. 100-297, the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Sec-
ondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (Apr. 28, 1988; 102 Stat. 130), in
section 1001 rewrote the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, includ-
ing part D of title IV, sections 4401-4410 ("Emergency Immigrant Education Act of
1984"), dealing with Federal assistance for immigrant education (102 Stat. 242).

6. P.L. 100-442, the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, FY89 (Sept. 22, 1988; 102 Stat. 1721), continued the2 Stat. 1829), continued
the ban against the use of military construction funds for illegal aliens (102 Stat.
1833).

8. P.L. 100-459, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY89, continued the prohibition against
the use of Legal Services Corporation funds for most aliens not admitted for perma-
nent residence (102 Stat. 2225).

9. P.L. 100-647, the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (Nov. 10,
1988), amended section 202(n) of the Social Security Act to deny Social Security ben-
efits to aliens deported under section 241(a)(19) of the INA (relating to Nazi persecu-
tion) (section 8004).

D. TABLES OF TRANSMISSION REQUIREMENTS OVER TIME FOR
CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS BORN ABROAD

(Source: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; as of April 5, 1989; NOTE.-These tables are intended for use only as a useful generalized reference guide, and not to make determinations or to be cited in any case.)

BIRTH ABROAD TO U.S. CITIZEN PARENT AND ALIEN PARENT-Continued