[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1580 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1580

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special 
                  immigrant religious worker program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 3, 2003

  Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. DeWine) 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 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 2003''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT 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 
``2003'' each place that term appears and inserting ``2008''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2003.
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