[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3732 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3732

 To provide for direct payment by foreign students of the information 
     fee under section 641 of the Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
                      Responsibility Act of 1997.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2000

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for direct payment by foreign students of the information 
     fee under section 641 of the Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
                      Responsibility Act of 1997.

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

SECTION 1. DIRECT PAYMENT BY FOREIGN STUDENTS OF INFORMATION FEE UNDER 
              SECTION 641 OF THE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT 
              RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1997.

    Section 641(e) of the Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1997 (division C of Public Law 104-208) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``subject to paragraph 
        (5),'' after ``Beginning on April 1, 1997,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``An approved'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to paragraph (5), an approved''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Remittance by foreign student.--Effective for aliens 
        first registering (or commencing activities in the United 
        States) with an institution or program after the date of the 
        enactment of this paragraph, the fee under paragraph (1) shall 
        be remitted directly by the alien involved to the Attorney 
        General (pursuant to a schedule established by the Attorney 
        General) and shall no longer be imposed or collected by the 
        institution of higher education or designated exchange visitor 
        program involved.''.
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