[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2259 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2259

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
     adjustment of levels of immigration to reflect changes in the 
                unemployment rate of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1993

Mr. Smith of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
     adjustment of levels of immigration to reflect changes in the 
                unemployment rate of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment-Based Immigration 
Adjustment Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF WORLDWIDE LEVEL OF IMMIGRATION.

    (a) Family-Sponsored Immigrants.--Section 201(c) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``and paragraph (4)'' 
        after ``subparagraph (B)'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking ``In no case'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to paragraph (4), in no case''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) If for a calender year (beginning with 1993) the 
unemployment rate (as defined in subparagraph (D)) is--
            ``(i) greater than 0.5 percent above the unemployment rate 
        for 1990, the worldwide number of family-sponsored immigrants 
        under this subsection for the fiscal year beginning after that 
        shall be reduced by the percentage described in subparagraph 
        (B) for that calendar year; or
            ``(ii) less than 0.5 percent below the unemployment rate 
        for 1990, the worldwide number of family-sponsored immigrants 
        under this subsection for the fiscal year beginning after that 
        shall be increased by the percentage described in subparagraph 
        (C) for that calendar year.
    ``(B) The percentage described in this subparagraph for a calendar 
year is--
            ``(i) the percent by which the unemployment rate in the 
        year exceeds the unemployment rate for 1990, divided by
            ``(ii) the unemployment rate for 1990,
expressed as a percentage.
    ``(C) The percentage described in this subparagraph for a calendar 
year is--
            ``(i) the percent by which the unemployment rate for 1990 
        exceeds the unemployment rate in the year, divided by
            ``(ii) the unemployment rate for 1990,
expressed as a percentage.
    ``(D) In this section, the term `unemployment rate' means, the 
unemployment rate for the United States for a calendar year as 
determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.''.
    (b) Employment-Based Immigrants.--Section 201(d) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``, subject to paragraph 
        (3), after ``for a fiscal year''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) If for a calender year (beginning with 1993) the unemployment 
rate (as defined in subsection (c)(4)(D)) is--
            ``(A) greater than 0.5 percent above the unemployment rate 
        for 1990, the worldwide number of employment-based immigrants 
        under this subsection for the fiscal year beginning after that 
        shall be reduced by the percentage described in subsection 
        (c)(4)(B) for that calendar year; or
            ``(B) less than 0.5 percent below the unemployment rate for 
        1990, the worldwide number of employment-based immigrants under 
        this subsection for the fiscal year beginning after that shall 
        be increased by the percentage described in subsection 
        (c)(4)(C) for that calendar year.''.
    (c) Diversity Immigrants.--Section 201(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(1) Subject to 
        paragraph (2), the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) If for a calendar year (beginning with 1994) the unemployment 
rate (as defined in subsection (c)(4)(D)) is--
            ``(A) greater than 0.5 percent above the unemployment rate 
        for 1990, the worldwide number of diversity immigrants under 
        this subsection for the fiscal year beginning after that shall 
        be reduced by the percentage described in subsection (c)(4)(B) 
        for that calendar year; or
            ``(B) less than 0.5 percent below the unemployment rate for 
        1990, for the fiscal year beginning in the following year the 
        worldwide number of diversity immigrants under this subsection 
        shall be increased by the percentage described in subsection 
        (c)(4)(C) for that calendar year.''.
    (d) Diversity Transition for Aliens Who Are Natives of Certain 
Adversely Affected Foreign States.--Section 132 of the Immigration Act 
of 1990 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``Act,'' and inserting 
        ``Act and subject to subsection (g),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Adjustment Based on Unemployment Rate.--(1) If for a calendar 
year (beginning with 1993) the unemployment rate (as defined in 
paragraph (2)) is--
            ``(1) greater than 0.5 percent above the unemployment rate 
        for 1990, the number of visas made available under subsection 
        (a) for the fiscal year beginning after that shall be reduced 
        by the percentage described in section 201(c)(4)(B) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act for that calendar year; or
            ``(2) less than 0.5 percent below the unemployment rate for 
        1990, the number of visas made available under subsection (a) 
        for the fiscal year beginning after that shall be increased by 
        the percentage described in section 201(c)(4)(C) of that Act 
        for that calendar year.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `unemployment rate' means, the 
unemployment rate for the United States for a calendar year as 
determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to adjustments of numerical limitations for fiscal years 
beginning with fiscal year 1994.

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