[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1871 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1871

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the 
              special immigrant religious worker program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 1999

 Ms. Lofgren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the 
              special immigrant religious worker program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mother Teresa Religious Worker Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT THE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT RELIGIOUS WORKER 
              PROGRAM.

    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 ``before October 1, 
2000,'' each place it appears.
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