[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3239 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3239

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special 
 immigrant status for certain United States international broadcasting 
                               employees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 25 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

 Mr. Lott (for Mr. Helms (for himself and Mr. Kennedy)) introduced the 
following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, 
                               and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special 
 immigrant status for certain United States international broadcasting 
                               employees.

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

SECTION 1. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
              INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Special Immigrant Category.--Section 101(a)(27) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (K);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (L); 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(M) subject to the numerical limitations of section 
        203(b)(4), an immigrant who seeks to enter the United States to 
        work as a broadcaster in the United States for the 
        International Broadcasting Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of 
        Governors, or for a grantee of the Broadcasting Board of 
        Governors, and the immigrant's accompanying spouse and 
        children.''.
    (b) Numerical Limitations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) is amended by inserting 
        before the period at the end the following: ``, and not more 
        than 100 may be made available in any fiscal year to special 
        immigrants, excluding spouses and children, who are described 
        in section 101(a)(27)(M)''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to visas made available in any fiscal year 
        beginning on or after October 1, 2000.
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