[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1184 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1184

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive nonimmigrant visa 
fees for aliens seeking to enter the United States to engage in certain 
                         charitable activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 17, 1997

   Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
 DeWine, and Mr. Biden) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive nonimmigrant visa 
fees for aliens seeking to enter the United States to engage in certain 
                         charitable activities.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF NONIMMIGRANT VISA FEES FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE 
              PURPOSES.

    Section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1351) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Subject 
to such criteria as the Secretary of State may prescribe, including the 
duration of stay of the alien and the financial burden upon the 
charitable organization, the Secretary of State shall waive or reduce 
the fee for application and issuance of a nonimmigrant visa for any 
alien coming to the United States primarily for, or in activities 
related to, a charitable purpose involving health or nursing care, the 
provision of food or housing, job training, or any other similar direct 
service or assistance to poor or otherwise needy individuals in the 
United States.''.
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