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I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5569 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To extend for 5 years the EB–5 regional center pilot program, and for other purposes.

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Extension of EB–5 regional center pilot program

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 shall set aside and all that follows through eligible for admission and inserting shall set aside 3,000 visas annually for 20 years to include such aliens as are eligible for admission.

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Sense of Congress

It is the sense of the Congress that, to the extent practicable, qualifying investments under section 610 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) should be made in targeted employment areas (as defined in section 203(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(B)(ii))), including rural areas (areas other than an area within a metropolitan statistical area or within the outer boundary of any city or town having a population of 20,000 or more (based on the most recent decennial census of the United States)) and high unemployment areas (areas that have experienced unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average rate).

Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2008.Lorraine C. Miller,Clerk.