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        S.1565

                       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 make technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central 
                          American Relief Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO NICARAGUAN ADJUSTMENT AND CENTRAL 
AMERICAN RELIEF ACT.
    (a) Adjustment of Status.--Section 202(a)(1) of the Nicaraguan 
Adjustment and Central American Relief Act is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
    ``Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
    Act, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (B)--
            (A) by striking ``is otherwise eligible to receive an 
        immigrant visa and''; and
            (B) by striking ``(6)(A), and (7)(A)'' and inserting 
        ``(6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B)''.
    (b) Adjustment of Status for Spouses and Children.--Section 
202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act 
is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
    ``Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
    Act, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (D)--
            (A) by striking ``is otherwise eligible to receive an 
        immigrant visa and'';
            (B) by striking ``exclusion'' and inserting 
        ``inadmissibility''; and
            (C) by striking ``(6)(A), and (7)(A)'' and inserting 
        ``(6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B)''.
    (c) Transitional Rules with Regard to Suspension of Deportation.--
Section 309(c)(5)(C) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996, as added by section 203(a)(1) of the 
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act is amended (1) in 
clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting ``of 
this paragraph'' after ``subparagraph (A)''; (2) in clause (ii), by 
striking ``this clause (i)'' and inserting ``clause (i)''.
    (d) Temporary Reduction in Diversity Visas.--Section 203(d) of the 
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``otherwise'' before 
    ``available under that section''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
            (A) by striking ``309(c)(5)(C)'' and inserting 
        ``309(c)(5)(C)(i)''; and
            (B) by striking ``year exceeds--'' and inserting ``year; 
        exceeds''.
    (e) Temporary Reduction in Other Workers' Visas.--Section 
203(e)(2)(A) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief 
Act is amended by striking ``(d)(2)(A), exceeds--'' and inserting 
``(d)(2)(A); exceeds''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section--
        (1) shall take effect upon the enactment of the Nicaraguan 
    Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (as contained in the 
    District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998); and
        (2) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of such 
    Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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