[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1723 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1723

 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 to make the restrictions on foreign students added by such 
 Act inapplicable to students lawfully present in the United States on 
 the effective date of the restrictions in cases where a public school 
     or adult education program evidences a desire for such result.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1997

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 to make the restrictions on foreign students added by such 
 Act inapplicable to students lawfully present in the United States on 
 the effective date of the restrictions in cases where a public school 
     or adult education program evidences a desire for such result.

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

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN STUDENTS TO LAWFULLY 
              PRESENT NONIMMIGRANTS AT OPTION OF SCHOOL.

    (a) Inadmissibility of Certain Student Visa Abusers.--Section 
346(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-638) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(b) Effective Date.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to aliens who 
        obtain the status of a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(F) 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act after the end of the 60-
        day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        including aliens whose status as such a nonimmigrant is 
        extended after the end of such period.
            ``(2) Exception.--The amendment shall not apply to any 
        alien lawfully present in the United States as a nonimmigrant 
        on the last day of such 60-day period, if the alien submits to 
        the Attorney General credible evidence that a public elementary 
        or secondary school, or a publicly funded adult education 
        program, desires to enroll the alien, or continue the 
        enrollment of the alien, in a course of study at the school or 
        program without the alien's being subject to the restrictions 
        contained in the amendment.''.
    (b) Foreign Students.--Section 625(c) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 
110 Stat. 3009-700) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Effective Date.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to aliens who 
        obtain the status of a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(F) 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act after the end of the 60-
        day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        including aliens whose status as such a nonimmigrant is 
        extended after the end of such period.
            ``(2) Exception.--The amendments shall not apply to any 
        alien lawfully present in the United States as a nonimmigrant 
        on the last day of such 60-day period, if the alien submits to 
        the Attorney General credible evidence that a public elementary 
        or secondary school, or a publicly funded adult education 
        program, desires to enroll the alien, or continue the 
        enrollment of the alien, in a course of study at the school or 
        program without the alien's being subject to the restrictions 
        contained in the amendments.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-546).
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