[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1724 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1724

   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate certain 
   restrictions on foreign students added by the Illegal Immigration 
            Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.


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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 Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate certain 
   restrictions on foreign students added by the Illegal Immigration 
            Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATING RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN STUDENTS.

    (a) Admission of Nonimmigrants.--
            (1) In general.--Section 214 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by striking 
        subsection (l) (as added by section 625(a) of the Illegal 
        Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-1820)).
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 101(a)(15)(F) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)) is 
        amended by striking ``consistent with section 214(l)'' after 
        ``such a course of study''.
    (b) Classes of Excludable Aliens.--Section 212(a)(6) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)) is amended by 
striking subparagraph (G) (as added by section 346 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-638)).
    (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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