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[S. 1198 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1198

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special 
  immigrant religious worker program, to amend the Illegal Immigration 
 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline 
   for designation of an effective date for paperwork changes in the 
  employer sanctions program, and to require the Secretary of State to 
 waive or reduce the fee for application and issuance of a nonimmigrant 
   visa for aliens coming to the United States for certain charitable 
                                purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 3-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT RELIGIOUS WORKER 
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 
``1997,'' each place it appears and inserting ``2000,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF NONIMMIGRANT VISA FEES FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE 
PURPOSES.
    (a) In General.--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.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. 6-MONTH EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR DESIGNATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE 
FOR PAPERWORK CHANGES IN EMPLOYER SANCTIONS PROGRAM.
    (a) In General.--Section 412(e)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 
110 Stat. 3009-668) is amended by striking ``12'' and inserting ``18''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.