[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 840 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 840

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission to 
  the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the 
 spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1999

 Mr. Pallone 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 permit the admission to 
  the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the 
 spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ADMISSION OF CERTAIN ``B'' AND ``F'' VISA NONIMMIGRANTS WHO 
              ARE SPOUSES OR CHILDREN OF UNITED STATES PERMANENT 
              RESIDENT ALIENS.

    Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(r)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien--
            ``(A) who is--
                    ``(i) the spouse or child of an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
                and
                    ``(ii) not eligible to enter the United States as 
                an immigrant except by reason of being such a spouse or 
                child; and
            ``(B) who seeks admission to the United States for purposes 
        of visiting the permanent resident spouse or parent or for 
        studying in the United States; and
            ``(C) who is otherwise qualified;
may be denied issuance of a visa, or may be denied admission to the 
United States, as a nonimmigrant alien described in section 
101(a)(15)(B) who is coming to the United States temporarily for 
pleasure or as a nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(F).
    ``(2) Whenever an alien described in paragraph (1) seeks admission 
to the United States as a nonimmigrant alien described in section 
101(a)(15)(B) who is coming temporarily for pleasure or as a 
nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(F), the fact that a 
petition has been filed on the alien's behalf for classification of the 
alien as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall not 
constitute evidence of the alien's intention to abandon his or her 
foreign residence.''.
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