[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2491 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2491

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the 
                     religious worker visa program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 1997

 Ms. Lofgren 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 make permanent the 
                     religious worker visa program.

    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 ``Mother Teresa Religious Worker Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT THE RELIGIOUS WORKER VISA PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking 
``before October 1, 1997,'' each place it appears.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 1997.
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