I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3983 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2012 Mr. Owens (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Hinchey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To permit aliens who lawfully enter the United States on valid visas as nonimmigrant elementary and secondary school students to attend public schools in the United States for longer than 1 year if such aliens reimburse the local educational agency that administers the school for the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at such school for the period of the alien’s attendance.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act.

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Nonimmigrant elementary and secondary school students

Section 214(m)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(m)(1)(B)) is amended by striking unless— and all that follows through (ii) and inserting unless.