[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4504 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4504

 To temporarily increase the number of visas available for backlogged 
       spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

    Mr. Shays (for himself, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Davis of 
   Illinois, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mrs. Johnson of 
   Connecticut, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
Nadler, Mr. Petri, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Stark, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Yates) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To temporarily increase the number of visas available for backlogged 
       spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens.

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

SECTION 1. 5-YEAR INCREASE IN VISAS FOR BACKLOGGED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN 
              OF LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--In addition to any immigrant visa numbers 
otherwise available, 60,000 immigrant visa numbers shall be made 
available in each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2004 for aliens who 
have petitions approved for classification under section 203(a)(2)(A) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act for the fiscal year.
    (b) Priority.--
            (1) Subject to paragraph (2), visa numbers under this 
        section shall be made available in the order in which a 
        petition, on behalf of each such immigrant for classification 
        under section 203(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act, is filed with the Attorney General under section 204 of 
        such Act.
            (2) Visa numbers shall first be made available to aliens 
        for whom the petitioning alien did not become an alien lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence through the operation of 
        section 210 or 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
            (3) The per country numerical limitations of section 202 of 
        such Act shall not apply with respect to visa numbers made 
        available under this section, and visa numbers made available 
        under this section shall not be counted in determining whether 
        there are excess family admissions in a fiscal year under 
        section 201(c)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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