[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2728 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2728

To extend the provisions of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 
  to certain aliens who entered the United States without inspection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 1997

Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Towns, Mr. Abercrombie, 
 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Dellums, 
  Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Owens, Mr. Flake, Mr. Stark, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
  Lantos, Mr. Yates, Mr. Manton, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. 
   Poshard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the provisions of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 
  to certain aliens who entered the United States without inspection.

    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 ``Chinese Student Protection Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CHINESE STUDENT PROTECTION ACT TO CERTAIN ALIENS 
              WHO ENTERED WITHOUT INSPECTION.

    (a) In General.--Subject to this Act, the provisions of the Chinese 
Student Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-404, October 9, 1992) 
shall be effective with respect to and shall apply to an alien who is 
described under subsection (b) of such Act and who was or would have 
been considered ineligible for adjustment of status under such Act by 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service because the alien entered 
the United States without inspection.
    (b) Application Period.--For purposes of the application of the 
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 under this Act, the term 
``application period'' shall be the 90 day period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Waiver.--The requirement under section 245(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act that an alien be inspected and admitted 
or paroled into the United States to be eligible for adjustment of 
status under such section shall not apply to aliens described under 
subsection (a).
    (d) Fee.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien 
applying for adjustment of status under this Act, shall remit with such 
application a sum equalling five times the fee required for the 
processing of applications under section 245 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act as of the date of a receipt of the application.
    (e) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, when an alien is granted the status of having 
been lawfully admitted for permanent residence pursuant to this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall not be required to reduce the number of 
immigrant visas authorized to be issued under the Immigration and 
Nationality Act.
    (f) Applicable Provisions.--Subsection (c)(1) of the Chinese 
Student Protection Act of 1992 shall not apply to adjustment of status 
under this Act.
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