[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2738 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2738

To amend the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 to extend alien 
    eligibility for educational assistance under the SLIAG program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1993

 Mr. Martinez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 to extend alien 
    eligibility for educational assistance under the SLIAG program.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENDING ALIEN ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER 
              THE SLIAG PROGRAM.

    Section 204 of Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (C),
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (D) and inserting ``; and'', and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(E) with respect to funds made available during fiscal 
        year 1994, providers should give priority to those eligible 
        legalized aliens who have not completed 40 hours of training 
        programs designed to enable such aliens to attain citizenship 
        skills described in section 245A(b)(1)(D)(i) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act.''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end of subsection 
        (j)(4) the following: ``, except that, with respect to funding 
        for the provision of educational services described in 
        subsection (c)(1)(C) during fiscal year 1994, such five-year 
        limitation shall not apply''.

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