[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 183 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 183

    To provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of the 
 requirement to reimburse local educational agencies for the costs of 
                        the students' education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

Mr. McCollum (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Pickett) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of the 
 requirement to reimburse local educational agencies for the costs of 
                        the students' education.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITED WAIVER OF REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN 
              FOREIGN STUDENTS.

    Section 214(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(l)), as added by section 625(a)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3009-699), 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``An alien'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to paragraph (3), an alien'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(subject to the 
        application of paragraph (3))'' before ``are met).''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Attorney General shall waive the application of paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii) for an alien seeking to pursue a course of study at a public 
secondary school if the local educational agency described in the 
paragraph determines and certifies to the Attorney General that the 
waiver will promote the educational interest of the agency and will not 
impose an undue financial burden on the agency.''.
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