[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3226 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3226

     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an 
   additional 3 years the special immigrant religious worker program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 19 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an 
   additional 3 years 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 ``Religious Workers Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. 3-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT RELIGIOUS WORKER PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--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 
``2000,'' each place it appears and inserting ``2003,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2000.
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