[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6590 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6590

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the country of 
    origin of a nonimmigrant religious worker to extend reciprocal 
        immigration treatment to nationals of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2008

 Mrs. Myrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the country of 
    origin of a nonimmigrant religious worker to extend reciprocal 
        immigration treatment to nationals of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING RECIPROCAL IMMIGRATION TREATMENT.

    Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s) Beginning on October 1, 2009, a visa may not be issued to an 
alien seeking status as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(R) 
unless the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that the 
country of the alien's nationality extends reciprocal immigration 
treatment to nationals of the United States who are seeking 
nonimmigrant status in order to work in a religious vocation or 
occupation.''.
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