[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2998 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2998

   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the annual 
   income level at which a person petitioning for a family-sponsored 
 immigrant's admission must agree to provide support in a case where a 
United States employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for a period 
of not less than one year after admission or where the sponsored alien 
                        is under the age of 18.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 1999

Mr. McCollum (for himself and Mr. Diaz-Balart) 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 reduce the annual 
   income level at which a person petitioning for a family-sponsored 
 immigrant's admission must agree to provide support in a case where a 
United States employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for a period 
of not less than one year after admission or where the sponsored alien 
                        is under the age of 18.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SPONSOR'S AFFIDAVIT OF 
              SUPPORT WHERE FAMILY-SPONSORED IMMIGRANT HAS JOB OFFER.

    (a) In General.--Section 213A(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a(a)(1)(A)) is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(A) in which the sponsor--
                            ``(i) agrees to provide support to maintain 
                        the sponsored alien at an annual income that is 
                        not less than 125 percent of the Federal 
                        poverty line during the period in which the 
                        affidavit is enforceable;
                            ``(ii) agrees to provide support to 
                        maintain the sponsored alien (in the case only 
                        of a sponsored alien described in section 
                        212(a)(4)(C)) at an annual income that is not 
                        less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty 
                        line during the period in which the affidavit 
                        is enforceable and provides a written contract 
                        (which may be contingent on the sponsored 
                        alien's physical presence in the United States) 
                        obligating an employer to employ the sponsored 
                        alien during a 1-year period of employment in 
                        the United States at an annual income that is 
                        not less than 100 percent of the Federal 
                        poverty line (for a family unit of a size equal 
                        to the number of members of the sponsored 
                        alien's expected household in the United States 
                        (including family and non-family dependents)); 
                        or
                            ``(iii) agrees to provide support to 
                        maintain the sponsored alien, in the case only 
                        of a sponsored alien described in section 
                        212(a)(4)(C) who will be under 18 years of age 
                        throughout the period in which the affidavit is 
                        enforceable, at an annual income that is not 
                        less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty 
                        line during the period in which the affidavit 
                        is enforceable;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 213A(f)(2) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a(f)(2)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(2) Income requirement case.--Such term also includes an 
        individual who does not meet the requirement of paragraph 
        (1)(E) but--
                    ``(A) who accepts joint and several liability 
                together with an individual under paragraph (5); or
                    ``(B) who--
                            ``(i) is petitioning for the admission of 
                        an alien described in section 212(a)(4)(C);
                            ``(ii) demonstrates (as provided in 
                        paragraph (6)) the means to maintain an annual 
                        income equal to at least 100 percent of the 
                        Federal poverty line; and
                            ``(iii) in a case described in subsection 
                        (a)(1)(A)--
                                    ``(I) is petitioning for the 
                                admission of an alien described in 
                                clause (ii) of such subsection; or
                                    ``(II) provides the employment 
                                contract referred to in clause (iii) of 
                                such subsection.''.
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