[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1642 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1642

To extend the duration of the immigrant investor regional center pilot 
        program for 5 additional years, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the duration of the immigrant investor regional center pilot 
        program for 5 additional years, 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. PILOT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Processing Priority Under Pilot Immigration Program for 
Regional Centers to Promote Economic Growth.--Section 610 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) In processing petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)) for 
classification under section 203(b)(5) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(b)(5)), the Secretary of Homeland Security may give priority to 
petitions filed by aliens seeking admission under the pilot program 
described in this section. Notwithstanding section 203(e) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1153(e)), immigrant visas made available under such section 
203(b)(5) may be issued to such aliens in an order that takes into 
account any priority accorded under the preceding sentence.''.
    (b) Extension.--Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended by striking ``10 years'' and 
inserting ``15 years''.
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