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PROVIDING FOR CONCURRENCE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 783, IMMIGRATION 
  AND NATIONALITY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 1994, WITH AN AMENDMENT

  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to 
the resolution (H. Res. 533) to provide for the concurrence of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 783) with an 
amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 533

       Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution the 
     bill (H.R. 783) to amend title III of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to make changes in the laws relating to 
     nationality and naturalization be and is hereby taken from 
     the Speaker's table to the end that the Senate amendment to 
     the text of the bill be and is hereby agreed to with the 
     following amendment:
       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
     amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill H.R. 783, 
     insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration and Nationality 
     Technical Corrections Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.

                TITLE I--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION

Sec. 101. Equal treatment of women in conferring citizenship to 
              children born abroad.
Sec. 102. Naturalization of children on application of citizen parent.
Sec. 103. Former citizens of United States regaining United States 
              citizenship.
Sec. 104. Intent to reside permanently in the United States after 
              naturalization.
Sec. 105. Terminology relating to expatriation.
Sec. 106. Administrative and judicial determinations relating to loss 
              of citizenship.
Sec. 107. Cancellation of United States passports and consular reports 
              of birth.
Sec. 108. Expanding waiver of the Government knowledge, United States 
              history, and English language requirements for 
              naturalization.
Sec. 109. Report on citizenship of certain legalized aliens.

          TITLE II--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

Sec. 201. American Institute in Taiwan.
Sec. 202. G-4 special immigrants.
Sec. 203. Clarification of certain grounds for exclusion and 
              deportation.
Sec. 204. United States citizens entering and departing on United 
              States passports.
Sec. 205. Applications for visas.
Sec. 206. Family unity.
Sec. 207. Technical amendment regarding one-house veto.
Sec. 208. Authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance for 
              fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997.
Sec. 209. Fines for unlawful bringing of aliens into the United States.
Sec. 210. Extension of visa waiver pilot program.
Sec. 211. Creation of probationary status for participant countries in 
              the visa waiver pilot program.
Sec. 212. Technical changes to numerical limitations concerning certain 
              special immigrants.
Sec. 213. Extension of telephone employment verification system.
Sec. 214. Extension of expanded definition of special immigrant for 
              religious workers.
Sec. 215. Extension of off-campus work authorization for students.
Sec. 216. Eliminating obligation of carriers to detain stowaways.
Sec. 217. Completing use of visas provided under diversity transition 
              program.
Sec. 218. Effect on preference date of application for labor 
              certification.
Sec. 219. Other miscellaneous and technical corrections to immigration-
              related provisions.
                TITLE I--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION

     SEC. 101. EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN CONFERRING CITIZENSHIP 
                   TO CHILDREN BORN ABROAD.

       (a) In General.--Section 301 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended--
       (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (g) and 
     inserting ``; and'', and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(h) a person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 
     24, 1934, outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United 
     States of an alien father and a mother who is a citizen of 
     the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, had 
     resided in the United States.''.
       (b) Waiver of Retention Requirements.--Any provision of law 
     (including section 301(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (as in effect before October 10, 1978), and the provisos 
     of section 201(g) of the Nationality Act of 1940) that 
     provided for a person's loss of citizenship or nationality if 
     the person failed to come to, or reside or be physically 
     present in, the United States shall not apply in the case of 
     a person claiming United States citizenship based on such 
     person's descent from an individual described in section 
     301(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as added by 
     subsection (a)).
       (c) Retroactive Application.--(1) Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), the immigration and nationality laws of the 
     United States shall be applied (to persons born before, on, 
     or after the date of the enactment of this Act) as though the 
     amendment made by subsection (a), and subsection (b), had 
     been in effect as of the date of their birth, except that the 
     retroactive application of the amendment and that subsection 
     shall not affect the validity of citizenship of anyone who 
     has obtained citizenship under section 1993 of the Revised 
     Statutes (as in effect before the enactment of the Act of May 
     24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797)).
       (2) The retroactive application of the amendment made by 
     subsection (a), and subsection (b), shall not confer 
     citizenship on, or affect the validity of any 
     denaturalization, deportation, or exclusion action against, 
     any person who is or was excludable from the United States 
     under section 212(a)(3)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(E)) (or predecessor provision) or 
     who was excluded from, or who would not have been eligible 
     for admission to, the United States under the Displaced 
     Persons Act of 1948 or under section 14 of the Refugee Relief 
     Act of 1953.
       (d) Application to Transmission of Citizenship.--This 
     section, the amendments made by this section, and any 
     retroactive application of such amendments shall not effect 
     any residency or other retention requirements for citizenship 
     as in effect before October 10, 1978, with respect to the 
     transmission of citizenship.

     SEC. 102. NATURALIZATION OF CHILDREN ON APPLICATION OF 
                   CITIZEN PARENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 322 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1433) is amended to read as 
     follows:


``child born outside the united states; application for certificate of 
                        citizenship requirements

       ``Sec. 322. (a) A parent who is a citizen of the United 
     States may apply to the Attorney General for a certificate of 
     citizenship on behalf of a child born outside the United 
     States. The Attorney General shall issue such a certificate 
     of citizenship upon proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney 
     General that the following conditions have been fulfilled:
       ``(1) At least one parent is a citizen of the United 
     States, whether by birth or naturalization.
       ``(2) The child is physically present in the United States 
     pursuant to a lawful admission.
       ``(3) The child is under the age of 18 years and in the 
     legal custody of the citizen parent.
       ``(4) If the citizen parent is an adoptive parent of the 
     child, the child was adopted by the citizen parent before the 
     child reached the age of 16 years and the child meets the 
     requirements for being a child under subparagraph (E) or (F) 
     of section 101(b)(1).
       ``(5) If the citizen parent has not been physically present 
     in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period 
     or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of 
     which were after attaining the age of fourteen years--
       ``(A) the child is residing permanently in the United 
     States with the citizen parent, pursuant to a lawful 
     admission for permanent residence, or
       ``(B) a citizen parent of the citizen parent has been 
     physically present in the United States or its outlying 
     possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than 
     five years, at least two of which were after attaining the 
     age of fourteen years.
       ``(b) Upon approval of the application (which may be filed 
     abroad) and, except as provided in the last sentence of 
     section 337(a), upon taking and subscribing before an officer 
     of the Service within the United States to the oath of 
     allegiance required by this Act of an applicant for 
     naturalization, the child shall become a citizen of the 
     United States and shall be furnished by the Attorney General 
     with a certificate of citizenship.
       ``(c) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to the 
     adopted child of a United States citizen adoptive parent if 
     the conditions specified in such subsection have been 
     fulfilled.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of section 341 of 
     such Act (8 U.S.C. 1452) is repealed.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The item in the table of contents 
     of such Act relating to section 322 is amended to read as 
     follows:

``Sec. 322. Child born outside the United States; application for 
              certificate of citizenship requirements.''.

       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first month 
     beginning more than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.

     SEC. 103. FORMER CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES REGAINING UNITED 
                   STATES CITIZENSHIP.

       (a) In General.--Section 324 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1435) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(d)(1) A person who was a citizen of the United States at 
     birth and lost such citizenship for failure to meet the 
     physical presence retention requirements under section 301(b) 
     (as in effect before October 10, 1978), shall, from and after 
     taking the oath of allegiance required by section 337 be a 
     citizen of the United States and have the status of a citizen 
     of the United States by birth, without filing an application 
     for naturalization, and notwithstanding any of the other 
     provisions of this title except the provisions of section 
     313. Nothing in this subsection or any other provision of law 
     shall be construed as conferring United States citizenship 
     retroactively upon such person during any period in which 
     such person was not a citizen.
       ``(2) The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
     subsection (c) shall apply to a person regaining citizenship 
     under paragraph (1) in the same manner as they apply under 
     subsection (c)(1).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first month 
     beginning more than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.

     SEC. 104. INTENT TO RESIDE PERMANENTLY IN THE UNITED STATES 
                   AFTER NATURALIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 338 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1449) is amended by striking 
     ``intends to reside permanently in the United States, except 
     in cases falling within the provisions of section 324(a) of 
     this title,''.
       (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 340(d) of such Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1451(d)) is repealed.
       (c) Conforming Redesignation.--Section 340 of such Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1451) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and 
     (i) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; 
     and
       (2) in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``subsections (c) or (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)''.
       (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 405 of the Immigration 
     Act of 1990 is amended by striking subsection (b).
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to persons admitted to citizenship on or after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 105. TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO EXPATRIATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 351 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1483) is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``expatriation'' and 
     inserting ``loss of nationality'';
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``expatriate himself, or be expatriated'' 
     and inserting ``lose United States nationality'', and
       (B) by striking ``expatriation'' and inserting ``loss of 
     nationality''; and
       (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``expatriated himself'' 
     and inserting ``lost United States nationality''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The item in the table of contents 
     of such Act relating to section 351 is amended to read as 
     follows:

``Sec. 351. Restrictions on loss of nationality.''.

     SEC. 106. ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DETERMINATIONS RELATING 
                   TO LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP.

       Section 358 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1501) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new sentence: ``Approval by the Secretary of State of a 
     certificate under this section shall constitute a final 
     administrative determination of loss of United States 
     nationality under this Act, subject to such procedures for 
     administrative appeal as the Secretary may prescribe by 
     regulation, and also shall constitute a denial of a right or 
     privilege of United States nationality for purposes of 
     section 360.''.

     SEC. 107. CANCELLATION OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS AND 
                   CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH.

       (a) In General.--Title III of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:


``CANCELLATION OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH

       ``Sec. 361. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to 
     cancel any United States passport or Consular Report of 
     Birth, or certified copy thereof, if it appears that such 
     document was illegally, fraudulently, or erroneously obtained 
     from, or was created through illegality or fraud practiced 
     upon, the Secretary. The person for or to whom such document 
     has been issued or made shall be given, at such person's last 
     known address, written notice of the cancellation of such 
     document, together with the procedures for seeking a prompt 
     post-cancellation hearing. The cancellation under this 
     section of any document purporting to show the citizenship 
     status of the person to whom it was issued shall affect only 
     the document and not the citizenship status of the person in 
     whose name the document was issued.
       ``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `Consular 
     Report of Birth' refers to the report, designated as a 
     `Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States', 
     issued by a consular officer to document a citizen born 
     abroad.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents is amended 
     by inserting after the item relating to section 360 the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 361. Cancellation of United States passports and Consular 
              Reports of Birth.''.

     SEC. 108. EXPANDING WAIVER OF THE GOVERNMENT KNOWLEDGE, 
                   UNITED STATES HISTORY, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 312 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``312.'',
       (2) by striking ``this requirement'' and all that follows 
     through ``That'',
       (3) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``this 
     paragraph'', and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b)(1) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply 
     to any person who is unable because of physical or 
     developmental disability or mental impairment to comply 
     therewith.
       ``(2) The requirement of subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 
     to any person who, on the date of the filing of the person's 
     application for naturalization as provided in section 334, 
     either--
       ``(A) is over fifty years of age and has been living in the 
     United States for periods totalling at least twenty years 
     subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence, or
       ``(B) is over fifty-five years of age and has been living 
     in the United States for periods totaling at least fifteen 
     years subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent 
     residence.
       ``(3) The Attorney General, pursuant to regulations, shall 
     provide for special consideration, as determined by the 
     Attorney General, concerning the requirement of subsection 
     (a)(2) with respect to any person who, on the date of the 
     filing of the person's application for naturalization as 
     provided in section 334, is over sixty-five years of age and 
     has been living in the United States for periods totaling at 
     least twenty years subsequent to a lawful admission for 
     permanent residence.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 245A(b)(1)(D) of such 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``312'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``312(a)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply to applications for naturalization filed on 
     or after such date and to such applications pending on such 
     date.
       (d) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall promulgate 
     regulations to carry out section 312(b)(3) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (as amended by subsection (a)).

     SEC. 109. REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP OF CERTAIN LEGALIZED ALIENS.

       Not later than June 30, 1996, the Commissioner of the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service shall prepare and 
     submit to the Congress a report concerning the citizenship 
     status of aliens legalized under section 245A and section 210 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Such report shall 
     include the following information by district office for each 
     national origin group:
       (1) The number of applications for citizenship filed.
       (2) The number of applications approved.
       (3) The number of applications denied.
       (4) The number of applications pending.
          TITLE II--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

     SEC. 201. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN.

       Section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``or of the American Institute in 
     Taiwan,'' after ``of the United States Government abroad,''; 
     and
       (2) by inserting ``(or, in the case of the American 
     Institute in Taiwan, the Director thereof)'' after ``Foreign 
     Service establishment''.

     SEC. 202. G-4 SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS.

       Section 101(a)(27)(I)(iii) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(I)(iii)) is amended by 
     striking ``(II)'' and all that follows through ``; or'' and 
     inserting the following: ``(II) files a petition for status 
     under this subparagraph no later than six months after the 
     date of such retirement or six months after the date of 
     enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Technical 
     Corrections Act of 1994, whichever is later; or''.

     SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION AND 
                   DEPORTATION.

       (a) Exclusion Grounds.--Section 212 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(I), by inserting ``or an 
     attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime'' after 
     ``offense)'',
       (2) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(II), by inserting ``or 
     attempt'' after ``conspiracy'', and
       (3) in the last sentence of subsection (h), by inserting 
     ``, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit murder or a 
     criminal act involving torture'' after ``torture''.
       (b) Deportation Grounds.--Section 241(a) of such Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1251(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)(C)--
       (A) by striking ``in violation of any law,'' and inserting 
     ``, or of attempting or conspiring to purchase, sell, offer 
     for sale, exchange, use own, possess, or carry,'', and
       (B) by inserting ``in violation of any law'' after 
     ``Code)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ``an attempt or'' 
     before ``a conspiracy'' each place it appears in clauses (ii) 
     and (iii).
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to convictions occurring before, on, or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 204. UNITED STATES CITIZENS ENTERING AND DEPARTING ON 
                   UNITED STATES PASSPORTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 215(b) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1185(b)) is amended by inserting 
     ``United States'' after ``valid''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to departures and entries (and attempts thereof) 
     occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 205. APPLICATIONS FOR VISAS.

       (a) In General.--The second sentence of section 222(a) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``the immigrant'' and inserting ``the 
     alien'', and
       (2) by striking ``present address'' and all that follows 
     through ``exempt from exclusion under the immigration 
     laws;''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to applications made on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 206. FAMILY UNITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 301(a) of the Immigration Act of 
     1990 is amended by inserting after ``May 5, 1988'' the 
     following: ``(in the case of a relationship to a legalized 
     alien described in subsection (b)(2)(B) or (b)(2)(C)) or as 
     of December 1, 1988 (in the case of a relationship to a 
     legalized alien described in subsection (b)(2)(A))''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall be deemed to have become effective as of October 1, 
     1991.

     SEC. 207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING ONE-HOUSE VETO.

       Section 13(c) of the Act of September 11, 1957 (8 U.S.C. 
     1255b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking the third sentence; and
       (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``If neither the 
     Senate nor the House of Representatives passes such a 
     resolution within the time above specified the'' and 
     inserting ``The''.

     SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR REFUGEE 
                   ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEARS 1995, 1996, AND 
                   1997.

       Section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1993 and 
     fiscal year 1994'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1995, fiscal 
     year 1996, and fiscal year 1997''.

     SEC. 209. FINES FOR UNLAWFUL BRINGING OF ALIENS INTO THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 273 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1323) is amended--
       (1) in subsections (b) and (d) by striking ``the sum of 
     $3000'' and inserting ``a fine of $3000'' each place it 
     appears;
       (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by striking ``a 
     sum equal'' and inserting ``an amount equal'';
       (3) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by striking 
     ``a sum sufficient to cover such fine'' and inserting ``an 
     amount sufficient to cover such fine'';
       (4) by striking ``sum'' and ``sums'' each place either 
     appears and inserting ``fine'';
       (5) in subsection (c) by striking ``Such'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in subsection (e), such''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) A fine under this section may be reduced, refunded, 
     or waived under such regulations as the Attorney General 
     shall prescribe in cases in which--
       ``(1) the carrier demonstrates that it had screened all 
     passengers on the vessel or aircraft in accordance with 
     procedures prescribes by the Attorney General, or
       ``(2) circumstances exist that the Attorney General 
     determines would justify such reduction, refund, or 
     waiver.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall apply with respect to aliens brought to the United 
     States more than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 210. EXTENSION OF VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM.

       Section 217(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1187(f)) is amended by striking ``ending'' and all 
     that follows through the period and inserting ``ending on 
     September 30, 1996''.

     SEC. 211. CREATION OF PROBATIONARY STATUS FOR PARTICIPANT 
                   COUNTRIES IN THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

       Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1187) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B) by inserting before the period 
     ``or is designated as a pilot program country with 
     probationary status under subsection (g)'';
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Pilot Program Country With Probationary Status.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Attorney General and the Secretary 
     of State acting jointly may designate any country as a pilot 
     program country with probationary status if it meets the 
     requirements of paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Qualifications.--A country may not be designated as a 
     pilot program country with probationary status unless the 
     following requirements are met:
       ``(A) Nonimmigrant visa refusal rate for previous 2-year 
     period.--The average number of refusals of nonimmigrant 
     visitor visas for nationals of the country during the two 
     previous full fiscal years was less than 3.5 percent of the 
     total number of nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of 
     that country which were granted or refused during those 
     years.
       ``(B) Nonimmigrant visa refusal rate for previous year.--
     The number of refusals of nonimmigrant visitor visas for 
     nationals of the country during the previous full fiscal year 
     was less than 3 percent of the total number of nonimmigrant 
     visitor visas for nationals of that country which were 
     granted or refused during that year.
       ``(C) Low exclusions and violations rate for previous 
     year.--The sum of--
       ``(i) the total number of nationals of that country who 
     were excluded from admission or withdrew their application 
     for admission during the preceding fiscal year as a 
     nonimmigrant visitor, and
       ``(ii) the total number of nationals of that country who 
     were admitted as nonimmigrant visitors during the preceding 
     fiscal year and who violated the terms of such admission,
     was less than 1.5 percent of the total number of nationals of 
     that country who applied for admission as nonimmigrant 
     visitors during the preceding fiscal year.
       ``(D) Machine readable passport program.--The government of 
     the country certifies that it has or is in the process of 
     developing a program to issue machine-readable passports to 
     its citizens.
       ``(3) Continuing and subsequent qualifications for pilot 
     program countries with probationary status.--The designation 
     of a country as a pilot program country with probationary 
     status shall terminate if either of the following occurs:
       ``(A) The sum of--
       ``(i) the total number of nationals of that country who 
     were excluded from admission or withdrew their application 
     for admission during the preceding fiscal year as a 
     nonimmigrant visitor, and
       ``(ii) the total number of nationals of that country who 
     were admitted as visitors during the preceding fiscal year 
     and who violated the terms of such admission,

     is more than 2.0 percent of the total number of nationals of 
     that country who applied for admission as nonimmigrant 
     visitors during the preceding fiscal year.
       ``(B) The country is not designated as a pilot program 
     country under subsection (c) within 3 fiscal years of its 
     designation as a pilot program country with probationary 
     status under this subsection.''.
       ``(4) Designation of pilot program countries with 
     probationary status as pilot program countries.--In the case 
     of a country which was a pilot program country with 
     probationary status in the preceding fiscal year, a country 
     may be designated by the Attorney General and the Secretary 
     of State, acting jointly, as a pilot program country under 
     subsection (c) if--
       ``(A) the total of the number of nationals of that country 
     who were excluded from admission or withdrew their 
     application for admission during the preceding fiscal year as 
     a nonimmigrant visitor, and
       ``(B) the total number of nationals of that country who 
     were admitted as nonimmigrant visitors during the preceding 
     fiscal year and who violated the terms of such admission,

     was less than 2 percent of the total number of nationals of 
     that country who applied for admission as nonimmigrant 
     visitors during such preceding fiscal year.''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)((2) by striking ``A country'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (g)(4), a 
     country''.

     SEC. 212. TECHNICAL CHANGES TO NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS 
                   CONCERNING CERTAIN SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS.

       (a) Panama Canal Special Immigrants.--Section 3201 of the 
     Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-70) is amended by 
     striking subsection (c).
       (b) Armed Forces Special Immigrants.--Section 203(b)(6) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(6)) is 
     amended by striking subparagraph (C).

     SEC. 213. EXTENSION OF TELEPHONE EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION 
                   SYSTEM.

       Section 274A(d)(4)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(d)(4)(A)) is amended in the second 
     sentence by striking ``three'' and inserting ``five''.

     SEC. 214. EXTENSION OF EXPANDED DEFINITION OF SPECIAL 
                   IMMIGRANT FOR RELIGIOUS WORKERS.

       Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) in subclause (II) by striking ``1994,'' and inserting 
     ``1997,''; and
       (2) in subclause (III) by striking ``1994,'' and inserting 
     ``1997,''.

     SEC. 215. EXTENSION OF OFF-CAMPUS WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR 
                   STUDENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 221 of the Immigration Act of 1990 
     (Pub. Law 101-649; 104 Stat. 4978) as amended by section 
     303(b)(1) of the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and 
     Naturalization Amendments of 1991 (Pub. Law 102-232; 105 
     Stat. 1747) is amended--
       (1) in the heading for subsection (a) by striking ``3-
     Year'' and inserting ``5-Year''; and
       (2) in subsection (a) by striking ``3-year'' and inserting 
     ``5-year''; and
       (3) in subsection (b) by striking ``1994,'' and inserting 
     ``1996,''.

     SEC. 216. ELIMINATING OBLIGATION OF CARRIERS TO DETAIN 
                   STOWAWAYS.

       The first sentence of section 273(d) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1323(d)) is amended to read as 
     follows: ``The owner, charterer, agent, consignee, commanding 
     officer, or master of any vessel or aircraft arriving at the 
     United States from any place outside the United States who 
     fails to deport any alien stowaway on the vessel or aircraft 
     on which such stowaway arrived or on another vessel or 
     aircraft at the expense of the vessel or aircraft on which 
     such stowaway arrived when required to do so by an 
     immigration officer, shall pay to the Commissioner the sum of 
     $3,000 for each alien stowaway, in respect of whom any such 
     failure occurs.''.

     SEC. 217. COMPLETING USE OF VISAS PROVIDED UNDER DIVERSITY 
                   TRANSITION PROGRAM.

       (a) Extension of Diversity Transition Program.--Section 132 
     of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-649) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the period at 
     the end of the first sentence the following: ``and in fiscal 
     year 1995 a number of immigrant visas equal to the number of 
     such visas provided (but not made available) under this 
     section in previous fiscal years''; and
       (2) in the next to last sentence of subsection (c), by 
     striking ``or 1993'' and inserting ``, 1993, or 1994''.
       (b) Administration of 1995 Diversity Transition Program.--
       (1) Eligibility.--For the purpose of carrying out the 
     extension of the diversity transition program under the 
     amendments made by subsection (a), applications for natives 
     of diversity transition countries submitted for fiscal year 
     1995 for diversity immigrants under section 203(c) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act shall be considered 
     applications for visas made available for fiscal year 1995 
     for the diversity transition program under section 132 of the 
     Immigration Act of 1990. No application period for the fiscal 
     year 1995 diversity transition program shall be established 
     and no new applications may be accepted for visas made 
     available under such program for fiscal year 1995. 
     Applications for visas in excess of the minimum available to 
     natives of the country specified in section 132(c) of the 
     Immigration Act of 1990 shall be selected for qualified 
     applicants within the several regions defined in section 
     203(c)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in 
     proportion to the region's share of visas issued in the 
     diversity transition program during fiscal years 1992 and 
     1993.
       (2) Notification.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, notification of the extension of 
     the diversity transition program for fiscal year 1995 and the 
     provision of visa numbers shall be made to each eligible 
     applicant under paragraph (1).
       (3) Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, for the purpose of carrying out the extention of the 
     diversity transition program under the amendments made by 
     subsection (a), the requirement of section 132(b)(2) of the 
     Immigration Act of 1990 shall not apply to applicants under 
     such extension and the requirement of section 203(c)(2) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply to such 
     applicants.

     SEC. 218. EFFECT ON PREFERENCE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR LABOR 
                   CERTIFICATION.

       Section 161(c)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public 
     Law 101-649) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``or an application for labor certification 
     before such date under section 212(a)(14)''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by striking ``or application''; and
       (B) by striking ``, or 60 days after the date of 
     certification in the case of labor certifications filed in 
     support of the petition under section 212(a)(14) of such Act 
     before October 1, 1991, but not certified until after October 
     1, 1993''.

     SEC. 219. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO 
                   IMMIGRATION-RELATED PROVISIONS.

       (a) Section 101(a)(27)(J)(i) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)(i)) is amended by 
     striking ``and has'' and inserting ``or whom such a court has 
     legally committed to, or placed under the custody of, an 
     agency or department of a State and who has''.
       (b)(1) The second sentence of section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ``(and each child 
     of the alien)'' after ``the alien''.
       (2) The second sentence of section 204(a)(1)(A) of such Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``spouse'' after ``alien'', and
       (B) by inserting ``of the alien (and the alien's 
     children)'' after ``for classification''.
       (c) Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)) is amended by striking 
     ``Targetted'', ``targetted'', and ``targetted'' each place 
     each appears and inserting ``Targeted'', ``targeted'', and 
     ``targeted'', respectively.
       (d) Section 210(d)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1160(d)(3)) is amended by inserting ``the'' 
     before ``Service'' the first place it appears.
       (e) Section 212(d)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(11)) is amended by striking 
     ``voluntary'' and inserting ``voluntarily''.
       (f) Section 258 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1288) is amended in subsection (d)(3)(B) by striking 
     ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(iii)''.
       (g) Section 241(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1251(c)) is amended by striking ``or (3)(A) of 
     subsection 241(a)'' and inserting ``and (3)(A) of subsection 
     (a)''.
       (h) Section 242(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1252(h)) is amended by striking ``Parole,,'' and 
     inserting ``Parole,''.
       (i) Section 242B(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1252b(c)(1)) is amended by striking the comma 
     after ``that''.
       (j) Section 244A(c)(2)(A)(iii)(III) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(A)(iii)(III)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Paragraphs'' and inserting 
     ``paragraphs'', and
       (2) by striking ``or (3)(E)'' and inserting ``and (3)(E)''.
       (k) Section 245(h)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(h)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``or 
     (3)(E)'' and inserting ``and (3)(E)''.
       (l)(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 245A(c)(7) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(c)(7)), as 
     added by Public Law 102-140, is amended--
       (A) by indenting it 2 additional ems to the right; and
       (B) by striking ``subsection (B)'' and inserting 
     ``subparagraph (B)''.
       (2) Section 610(b) of Public Law 102-140 is amended by 
     striking ``404(b)(2)(ii)'' and ``404(b)(2)(iii)'' and 
     inserting ``404(b)(2)(A)(ii)'' and ``404(b)(2)(A)(iii)'', 
     respectively.
       (m) Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     section 246(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended by striking the first 3 sentences.
       (n) Section 262(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1302(c)) is amended by striking ``subsection (a) 
     and (b)'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and (b)''.
       (o) Section 272(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1322(a)) is amended by striking the comma after 
     ``so afflicted''.
       (p) The first sentence of section 273(b) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1323(b)) is amended by striking 
     ``collector of customs'' and inserting ``Commissioner''.
       (q) Section 274B(g)(2)(C) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(g)(2)(C)) is amended by 
     striking ``an administrative law judge'' and inserting ``the 
     Special Counsel''.
       (r) Section 274C(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1324c(b)) is amended by striking ``title V'' and 
     all that follows through ``3481)''and inserting ``chapter 224 
     of title 18, United States Code''.
       (s) Section 280(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1330(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
     ``maintainance'' and inserting ``maintenance''.
       (t) Effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 
     102-395, subsection (r) of section 286 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356), as added by section 112 of 
     such Public Law, is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Breached Bond/
     Detention Account'' and inserting ``Breached Bond/Detention 
     Fund'';
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(hereafter referred to 
     as the Fund)'' and inserting ``(in this subsection referred 
     to as the `Fund')'';
       (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act of 1952, as amended,'' and inserting ``this 
     Act'';
       (4) in paragraphs (4) and (6), by striking ``the Breached 
     Bond/Detention'' each place it appears;
       (5) in paragraph (4), by striking ``of this Act'' and 
     inserting ``of Public Law 102-395''; and
       (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ``account'' and inserting 
     ``Fund''.
       (u) Section 310(b)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1421(b)(5)(A)) is amended by striking 
     ``District Court'' and inserting ``district court''.
       (v) Effective December 12, 1991, section 313(a)(2) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1424(a)(2)) is 
     amended by striking ``and'' before ``(F)'' and inserting 
     ``or''.
       (w) Section 333(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1444(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``249(a)'' 
     and inserting ``249''.
       (x) Section 412(e)(7)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(e)(7)(D)) is amended by striking 
     ``paragraph (1) or (2) of''.
       (y) Section 302(c) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is 
     amended by striking ``effect'' and inserting ``affect''.
       (z) Effective as if included in the Miscellaneous and 
     Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991--
       (1) section 303(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act is amended by 
     striking ``paragraph (1)(A)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
     (1)(A)(i)'';
       (2) section 304(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``paragraph (1)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection (c)(1)(B)'';
       (3) paragraph (1) of section 305(j) of such Act is repealed 
     (and section 407(d)(16)(C) of the Immigration Act of 1990 
     shall read as if such paragraph had not been enacted);
       (4) paragraph (2) of section 306(b) of such Act is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(2) Section 538(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is 
     amended by striking the comma after `Service'.'';
       (5) section 307(a)(6) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``immigrants'' the first place it appears and inserting 
     ``immigrant aliens'';
       (6) section 309(a)(3) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``paragraph (1) and (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1)(A) 
     and (1)(B)'';
       (7) section 309(b)(6)(F) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``210(a)(1)(B)(1)(B)'' and inserting ``210(a)(B)(1)(B)'';
       (8) section 309(b)(8) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``274A(g)'' and inserting ``274A(h)''; and
       (9) section 310 of such Act is amended--
       (A) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2) and by 
     striking ``309(c)'' and inserting ``309(b)''.
       (aa) Effective as if included in section 4 of Public Law 
     102-110, section 161(c)(3) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``alien described in section 203(a)(3) or 
     203(a)(6) of such Act'' and inserting ``alien admitted for 
     permanent residence as a preference immigrant under section 
     203(a)(3) or 203(a)(6) of such Act (as in effect before such 
     date)''; and
       (2) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``this 
     title''.
       (bb) Section 599E(c) of the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 
     (Public Law 101-167) is amended by striking ``and 
     subparagraphs'' and inserting ``or subparagraph''.
       (cc) Section 204(a)(1)(C) of the Immigration Reform and 
     Control Act of 1986 is amended by striking ``year 1993 the 
     first place it appears'' and inserting ``years 1993''.
       (dd) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this 
     section, the amendments made by this section shall be 
     effective as if included in the enactment of the Immigration 
     Act of 1990.
       (ee)(1) Section 210A of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1161) is repealed.
       (2) The table of contents of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 210A.
       (ff) Section 122 of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended 
     by striking subsection (a).
       (gg) The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 
     (Public Law 103-198; 107 Stat. 2304) is amended by striking 
     section 8.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hastings). Pursuant to the rule, the 
gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli] will be recognized for 20 
minutes, and the gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum] will be 
recognized for 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli].
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this measure, the 
Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994.
  Mr. Speaker, this legislation was originally passed by the House last 
November, November 20, 1993. It consisted then of five separate 
sections, all of which dealt with the immigration and naturalization 
provisions of the law. The bill also passed the House that very same 
day, but the Senate added an amendment to our bill. The bill before us 
at this moment. Mr. Speaker, is the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment to the bill, H.R. 783. I will be happy in a moment to 
describe some of the aspects of the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from Texas [Mr. Brooks], our distinguished chairman.
  (Mr. BROOKS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank the gentleman from 
Kentucky, Romano Mazzoli, chairman of the Subcommittee on International 
Law, Immigration, and Refugees of the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
his fine efforts on this legislation, and for his substantial 
contributions to the effectiveness of this Congress over the years that 
he has spent here, 24 years of dedicated service. We will all miss him, 
and wish him every success in his future.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Florida, Bill 
McCollum. I do not thank him very often. He is the ranking member of 
the subcommittee, and I appreciate his strong contribution to this 
effort. It is not often, but when he does the right thing I want to 
recognize him and encourage him in that effort.
  I am hopeful that our action today will set the stage for the Senate 
to send this bill promptly to the President.
  Mr. Speaker, this resolution provides for the consideration of 
amendments to H.R. 783, legislation which provides improvements to the 
immigration laws and those relating to naturalization and citizenship. 
H.R. 783 passed the House on November 20, 1993, and was amended by the 
Senate and returned to the House the same day.
  The bill has many important provisions, several which deserve 
mention. It removes discriminatory barriers which have been in the law 
for decades and which treated women differently from men for the 
purposes of transmitting citizenship. There is no basis for such a 
distinction, and understandably, the State department no longer wishes 
to defend this distinction.
  The bill also extends the Visa Waiver Pilot Program for 2 years. This 
important program allows millions of visitors from low-risk countries 
to travel to the United States without the burden of obtaining a visa. 
It has greatly facilitated both tourism and business exchange and 
should be continued.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all the Members to support this effort.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, as the distinguished chairman of the committee, the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. BROOKS] has said, the bill does many 
important things for the immigration and nationality category of the 
law. The bill provides five major, core provisions, Mr. Speaker. These 
provisions correct problems in current immigration law which impose 
unnecessary burdens on persons who wish to become citizens, and on the 
transmission of citizenship from parent to child.
  One of the provisions corrects a problem in the law which dates all 
the way back to 1934. Prior to 1934, only U.S. citizen men could confer 
citizenship on children born outside the United States. The child of a 
U.S. citizen father and a noncitizen mother was a U.S. citizen, but the 
converse was not the case.
  In 1934 Congress revised this clearly discriminatory rule. However, 
the 1934 act was not made retroactive. Thus, there are persons who were 
born abroad earlier than 1934 to U.S. citizen mothers and alien fathers 
who are not now citizens of the United States.
  H.R. 783 corrects this inequity, but it does so while expressly 
prohibiting the conferral of citizenship to anyone who assisted in any 
form of Nazi persecution.
  H.R. 783 also enables children of U.S. citizens who live and work 
abroad for long periods of time to receive U.S. citizenship. As we 
know, Mr. Speaker, now more and more people are living and working 
abroad. This is a very important change in the law.
  Under current law, U.S. citizen parents are forced to decide between 
quitting their jobs abroad and returning to the United States or 
denying their children U.S. citizenship. H.R. 783 makes it easier for 
U.S. citizen parents to pass on U.S. citizenship to their children who 
are born abroad.
  The bill requires, with regard to the U.S. history and government 
knowledge portions of the naturalization test, that the Attorney 
General publish regulations which recognize the special needs and the 
equities of persons who are over 65 years of age, but who have been 
permanent residents in the United States for at least 20 years.
  The bill also provides a general waiver of all testing requirements 
for persons of any age who, because of physical or developmental 
disability or mental impairment, could not reasonably be expected to 
pass the test.
  The bill allows an individual who lost U.S. citizenship because of 
failure to meet the retention requirements of the law as they existed 
prior to their repeal in 1978 to regain their citizenship upon 
application to the Attorney General.
  An extremely important provision in this bill, Mr. Speaker, section 
210, which, as the chairman of our committee has explained, extends the 
existing visa waiver pilot program for 2 years. Under the visa waiver 
program, visitors from abroad can come to the United States for 
business and/or pleasure from these qualifying foreign countries 
without having a visa for stays up to 90 days.
  Twenty-two countries now satisfy these standards and are participants 
in the program. Very quickly, they are France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
Brunei, Great Britain, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Andorra, Austria, 
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, 
New Zealand, Norway, San Marino, and Spain.
  In general, for its nationals to qualify for visa waiver, a foreign 
country must have a low rate of visa refusal, averaging less than 2 
percent during the 2 previous fiscal years and less than 2.5 percent 
during any one fiscal year. In addition, the Attorney General must 
determine that a country's inclusion must not damage U.S. law 
enforcement interests. To stay in the program the countries have to 
maintain these low rates of visa violations.
  Visa waiver was first enacted by Congress in 1983 as a part of a 3-
year pilot program. In 1990, after it had been proven successful, 
Congress extended the program until September 30 of this year, and most 
of the feedback we have had, Mr. Speaker, indicates that the program 
has been very favorably received. The travel and tourism industries, as 
well as officials from both current and past administrations, are very 
much in favor of the program. This bill would extend the program.
  In addition, Mr. Speaker, in addition to extending the program, it 
provides that countries whose rates are low, rates of visa refusal, but 
not quite low enough to qualify under current law, could qualify for 
visa waiver on a probationary basis. Specifically, a country would 
qualify if its refusal rate was less than 3.5 percent for the 2 fiscal 
years and less than 3 percent during the past fiscal year.
  H.R. 783 also reauthorizes appropriations for the refugee 
resettlement program for 3 years. Such an authorization is needed to 
help assist the States with the cost of resettling refugees.
  H.R. 783 extends for 3 years a pilot program that allows nonimmigrant 
students to work during their collegiate years off campus, a provision 
strongly supported by the Nation's universities.
  The bill also extends for 3 years a program strongly supported by 
many religious organizations which grants special immigrant status to 
religious workers.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a truly bipartisan, very noncontroversial bill. 
It makes a series of minor but important changes to the immigration 
law. The Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees 
of the Committee on the Judiciary, which I am very privileged to chair, 
held a hearing on H.R. 783 on March of last year and the Visa Waiver 
Program on August 11 of 1994. The subcommittee has heard from Members 
of Congress, administration officials, and all interested parties.
  H.R. 783 was marked up by the subcommittee in May 1993 and ordered 
favorably reported to the full Committee on the Judiciary by voice 
vote. The bill was favorably reported by the full committee November 
1993. It passed the House November 20, 1993, by a voice vote under 
suspension.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like not only to thank my colleagues in this 
effort, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCOLLUM], and my friend, the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer], and all members of our 
committee, but I would like to mark at this point very briefly the 
passing of Mr. Jerry Tinker, who has worked with the Senate committee 
for a number of years, the committee headed by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts, Senator Kennedy.
  Jerry Tinker began working with Senator Kennedy back in 1970, about 
the time that I came to the House.

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  He became staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Refugee Affairs and in that position, Mr. Speaker, helped shape all 
of the major legislation which has emanated from the Senate and really 
from the Congress until his passing just a few days ago.
  It always was a pleasure working with Jerry. He was affable, 
personable and very knowledgeable about the law. I will, along with all 
members of the staff and the Congress who have worked with him, miss 
him in the years ahead.
  We extend our condolences to his family, very particularly his 
daughters Katherine and Caroline.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of House Resolution 533 providing for 
the House to agree, with modifications, to the Senate amendment to the 
House bill 783, a bill which passed this House last November by voice 
vote under suspension of the rules. This bill makes several important 
changes to the immigration laws.
  Section 101 of the bill modifies the Immigration and Nationality Act 
to make it clear that any person born outside the United States to 
parents, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, will be considered a U.S. 
citizen. Under present law, children born outside the United States 
before 1934 whose mother was a U.S. citizen but whose father was not a 
U.S. citizen are not deemed to be U.S. citizens. If the child's father 
had been the U.S. citizen, however, then the child would be a U.S. 
citizen. This bill corrects this inequity in the law to provide for a 
uniformed determination of citizenship where at least one parent is a 
U.S. citizen.
  Section 103 addresses another inequity in the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. From 1934 through 1978, U.S. citizens who were born 
abroad to a U.S. citizen parent and an alien parent were required to 
live in the United States for a specified period of time in order to 
retain their U.S. citizenship. This residency requirement was repealed 
in 1978 but he repeal was not retroactive. As a result, persons who had 
not lived in the United States for the requisite period of time lost 
their U.S. citizenship. H.R. 783 provides a means by which these 
persons may regain their U.S. citizenship.
  Section 108 relates to the tests that persons seeking to become 
naturalized U.S. citizens must pass in order to be naturalized. Under 
present law, applicants for naturalization must pass both an English 
language test and a test relating to U.S. Government and history. 
Current law provides that waivers of the English language test may be 
granted to persons who suffer a disability preventing them from passing 
the test, and to persons who are over the age of 50 and who have lived 
in the United States for 20 years or over the age of 55 and who have 
lived in the United States for 50 years. Section 108 of this bill would 
extend a similar waiver to the Government and history test for any 
person who is over 65 years of age and who has lived in the United 
States for at least 20 years. This waiver is to be determined on a case 
by case basis by the Attorney General pursuant to regulations that she 
shall promulgate.
  The bill also provides for the extension of several existing 
provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act currently set to 
terminate on September 30, 1994.
  Section 213 of the bill provides for the extension of time within 
which the President may undertake demonstration projects relating to 
the laws prohibiting the employment of illegal aliens. Specifically, 
this section will extend for an additional 2 years the telephone 
employment verification system, a demonstration project presently 
ongoing pursuant to which employers may verify by telephone the 
employment eligibility of potential employees. The use of a telephonic 
verification system for potential employee eligibility to work has been 
the subject of much discussion of late. Congressman Ken Calvert has 
taken the lead on this issue and former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, 
Chair of the Bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, in her 
testimony before a Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee noted 
that one of the Commission's eventual recommendations is likely to be 
the implementation of such a system. I believe that such a system would 
be an efficient, quick way for employers to verify the work eligibility 
of potential employees. This system would dramatically decrease the 
opportunities for illegal aliens to obtain work in the United States, 
one of the principle magnets that draws illegal aliens to this country. 
H.R. 4577, a bill that I cosponsored with Congressmen Calvert would 
implement such a system on a nationwide basis.
  Section 214 provides for the extension of the religious worker 
category of special immigrant through 1997. Section 215 provides for 
the extension for 2 more years the off-campus work authorization 
presently given foreign students who are studying in the United States.
  Section 209 extends for 2 more years the visa waiver pilot program. 
Under this program, citizens of specified foreign countries are 
entitled to travel to the United States as tourists or business 
visitors for periods up to 90 days without having to obtain a visa 
prior to entering the country. The countries which participate in this 
program are those which have had historically low rates of refusal for 
visa applications by the citizens. The benefits of extending this 
program are several. First, participant countries must waive any visa 
requirement placed upon United States citizens who wish to travel to 
their country. Second, by eliminating the requirement that citizens of 
participant countries apply for visas, the overwhelming majority of 
which are granted, this program significantly reduces the work load 
placed upon American embassy personnel abroad. As a result, fewer 
employees are needed in those embassies with the resultant cost savings 
benefiting American taxpayers. Finally, the number of tourists from 
program participant countries visiting the United States generally 
increases once the country becomes part of the program. As tourism is a 
major industry in this country, eliminating unnecessary barriers to 
tourist travel is beneficial to our economy.
  In addition to extending the present program, section 210 of the bill 
creates a new category of probationary participating in the visa waiver 
program to enable countries to participate in the program which are not 
now eligible to do so. Countries eligible for this new probationary 
status of participant will be those which have made demonstrable 
improvements in their visa refusal rates and which would otherwise be 
eligible to participate in the program in the near future. By 
expediting their inclusion in the program, we cause the resultant 
benefits in increased tourism and cost saving at our embassies to occur 
sooner rather than later. These provisions do not affect the screening 
process that goes on at our border which keeps out those who are 
convicted criminals, terrorists, etcetera.
  Finally, I point out that this bill makes numerous technical 
corrections in the immigration laws. I take this opportunity to note 
one in particular. It is the intention of the drafters of the bill that 
section 218 be retroactive to the original effective date of the 
Immigration Act of 1990. The purpose of this provision is to make it 
clear that the priority date of any petition filed for classification 
under section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act which is 
accompanied by an individual labor certification from the Department of 
Labor shall be the date the application for certification was accepted 
for processing by any office within the employment service system of 
the Department of Labor. This section is intended to remedy an 
inadvertent result created by the Miscellaneous and Technical 
Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991. As a result of how 
that act has been interpreted, persons on whose behalf permanent 
residence petitions were not filed before October 1, 1993 ran the risk 
of losing their priority date with respect to becoming legal permanent 
residents. This has led to situations where persons who had waited for 
several years to become a permanent resident are placed at the bottom 
of the waiting list and are forced to wait many more years before 
becoming permanent residents. The change under H.R. 783 will make it 
clear that priority date for this purpose is to be the date of any 
application for labor certification processed by the Department of 
Labor regardless as to whether a petition for permanent residence was 
filed on or before October 1, 1993.
  The language in H.R. 783 has been worked out among various members of 
the subcommittee. I would like to thank Chairman Mazzoli and 
Congressmen Howard Berman and Barney Frank for their work during the 
development of this bill last year. I have been pleased to have 
continued that close relationship with Chairman Mazzoli during the 
further modifications to the bill during this session of the 103d 
Congress. I believe the resulting product is a good piece of 
legislation and I urge my colleagues to support it.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Fish], the ranking member of our full Committee on 
the Judiciary.
  Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, the gentleman from Florida, 
for yielding me the time.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that the legislation we are considering 
includes an extension of the visa waiver pilot program and a new 
probationary visa waiver status based on appropriate standards. My 
interest in the visa waiver pilot program goes back many years and 
includes involvement in its original formulation.
  The United States, in my view, benefits when it expedites 
international visitor travel in ways that are consistent with the 
requirements of immigration law enforcement. The experience with the 
pilot program demonstrates that inspection by an immigration officer at 
the point of entry is a sufficient safeguard for visitors from certain 
countries selected on the basis of objective criteria. The extension of 
the program advances U.S. interests by facilitating travel 
opportunities.
  The new probationary visa waiver status represents a modest expansion 
of eligibility criteria to embrace countries that have very good 
records with the U.S. visa refusal rate and the overstay rate are 
viewed in combination. The visa refusal rate for Ireland, for example, 
approaches--but does not reach--the criteria of existing law; 
nevertheless, relatively few visitors from Ireland violate the terms of 
their admission by overstaying. An outstanding record of compliance 
with U.S. immigration law merits recognition in the visa waiver 
formula.
  The new provision gives expression to the principle of permitting a 
very favorable overstay rate to counterbalance a rejection rate that 
slightly exceeds the current limit. Such a principle recognizes the 
special equities of a country that approaches current visa waiver 
requirements if its nationals--visiting the United States--adhere to 
our immigration law.
  With the pilot program about to expire, I welcome legislative action 
providing for the program's continuation with a provision to 
accommodate the deserving circumstances I have described.

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  Mr. Speaker, today may well mark two events. One referred to by the 
chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli] 
is the passing of Jerry Tinker. Some of us attended his funeral today. 
As well I think this may be the last piece of legislation that Chairman 
Mazzoli brings from his subcommittee to the House floor. The field, if 
I might call it that, of immigration and refugee policy in the Congress 
of the United States has few experts, and if you remove from that pool 
of authority and wisdom and experience Ron Mazzoli and Jerry Tinker, 
then there is very little left: it is very thin. These two 
distinguished gentleman have served this body for over two decades and 
really have been in the forefront of immigration law with great 
knowledge which is deeply respected on both sides of the aisle. My 
chairman Mr. Mazzoli, and I have served together for so many, many 
years on the Immigration Subcommittee as well as on other 
subcommittees. I do not mind leaving the Congress myself because there 
will be a great change in leadership on this fundamental issue when the 
gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli] leaves.
  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time and yielding myself a 
few moments, I want to add, besides wishing a fond farewell to Chairman 
Mazzoli, who has been our chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Fish] is himself leaving this Congress at this time, 
and we are going to miss him because he has spent an enormous amount of 
time contributing to the immigration and refugee matters. When I first 
came here some 14 years ago he was already a leading expert, and that 
is when I believe Chairman Mazzoli became the chairman of the 
subcommittee for the first time. And while the gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Fish], speaks, and I know it will be a great loss of Chairman 
Mazzoli and his knowledge of this field, Mr. Fish himself is a great 
loss when he leaves because he has contributed mightily to the major 
legislation in this field during my tenure and before that.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. I would like to 
thank my friend, first from Florida for his very kind remarks. I recall 
when he was a first-term Member 14 years ago when he and I traveled I 
think maybe during the first few months of his entry into Congress, and 
that friendship which gelled that day and on that trip has remained 
intact and firm for all of these years. I certainly have enjoyed 
working with him and will miss his counsel and his steady presence on 
the committee.
  For my friend from New York, Mr. Fish, who will be retiring as I will 
at the end of this time, I want to tell him how much I have admired him 
as a human being as well as an immigration expert. I recall, without 
going into all of the details, some few years ago the gentleman did not 
have the very best of health, and despite that, back in 1984 and 1982 
and thereabouts we forged ahead with the earlier versions of the 
Immigration Control Act of 1986. I remember vividly and will carry with 
me for my entire life the courage and dedication and fortitude that the 
gentleman from New York exhibited under other than pleasant situations 
then in order to serve his district and in order to serve the country 
and in order to make sure that the subject of immigration, which can 
very easily tip over into an exercise in xenophobia, always stayed in 
the meddle of the road and on top of the table. I want to thank the 
gentleman for that in every way.
  Mr. Speaker, with great pleasure, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman 
from Indiana [Mr. McCloskey] who played an absolutely crucial part in 
the adoption of language in this bill on visa waivers.
  (Mr. McCLOSKEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, before commenting I want to extend a special 
appreciation to the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli] and the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum] for all of their work and 
leadership on this very important issue. As an aside, I guess I would 
say as chairman of the Friends of Ireland, and being named McCloskey, 
with an O'Neill and a Tiernan in my immediate background, I have a 
special affection for things Irish, and I know particularly the 
gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Mazzoli, shares that, being an alumnus of 
the Fighting Irish. And I might say that this friendship and leadership 
has been magnificent over the years, and I look forward as a neighbor 
geographically and as a friend, to further contributions to public 
service by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli]. So I say, ``Thank 
you so very much.''
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 783, the Nationality 
and Naturalization Amendments of 1994. H.R. 783 will reauthorize the 
visa waiver pilot program while implementing much needed reforms. The 
visa waiver program enables tourists and business travelers from 
specified countries to come to the United States without first having 
to obtain a nonimmigrant visa. Current eligibility standards hinge 
largely on a country's non-immigrant visa refusal rate. Unfortunately, 
this standard is overly narrow and has led to questionable 
participation criteria.

  This program has particular significance to me as chairman of the 
Friends of Ireland Committee. The fact that Ireland has been excluded 
from participation best illustrates the current program's shortcomings. 
Ireland is one of only three western European countries excluded from 
the visa waiver program, even though Ireland has demonstrated exemplary 
overstay rates and steadily declining refusal rates during the last 3 
years. Additionally, while Irish citizens are denied inclusion, 
citizens from Northern Ireland are able to fully participate in the 
pilot program. Given such realities, it is apparent that the 
eligibility criteria is arbitrary.
  H.R. 783 will correct these shortcomings by incorporating the 
overstay rate as a factor in determining eligibility for probationary 
status in the visa waiver program. The overstay rate is a critical 
element because it demonstrates how many nationals of a particular 
country actually violated the terms of their stay in the United States. 
I would like to commend chairman Ron Mazzoli and Bill McCollum, the 
distinguished ranking member of the subcommittee, for their leadership 
on this issue and for incorporating this reform into H.R. 783. It is a 
common sense approach which enjoys broad bipartisan support.
  Reforming the eligibility requirements for the visa waiver pilot 
program has been designated as a high priority by the Irish Government 
and the Friends of Ireland Committee. The visa waiver pilot program has 
proven its worth over the years by generating tourist dollars for our 
economy and by generating good will toward many of our neighbors 
overseas. Today's reauthorization and reforms will extend those 
benefits while increasing the integrity of the program. I urge my 
colleagues to vote in favor of H.R. 783.
  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Moorhead].
  Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  I rise in support of H.R. 783. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to comment as we 
come to the end of this Congress that we are losing three of the finest 
men that I have known in Congress as we lose Ron Mazzoli and Bill 
Hughes and Hamilton Fish. They have been true gentlemen in this 
Congress and Members who have worked hard and worked together with each 
one of us. They have made a tremendous contribution during the years 
that they have been in Congress, and yet whether they agreed with us or 
not, they are always the kind of people that are agreeable even though 
they cannot vote always the same way we vote. I have enjoyed their 
friendship and I have learned a lot from each one of them, and 
certainly as they leave they have my affection and bon voyage for each 
one of them. And I hope I see all three of them back as many times as 
they can be here.

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  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to my friend, the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Hughes], who is, as we have heard, a 
fellow retiree from this Congress and who has been my dear friend and 
seatmate for the better part of the last 20 years.
  Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 783, which 
is the House amendments to the Nationality and Naturalization 
Amendments Act of 1994.
  But I take the time also to congratulate the gentleman from Kentucky 
and the gentleman from Florida for their work on immigration and 
naturalization matters, and particularly to commend him and the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Fish], who have developed over the years 
the reputation of having the expertise in the Congress on these 
matters.
  If you live in Florida, immigration is extremely important. For 
Kentucky, it is not so very important and, frankly, it does not have 
the kind of sex appeal that a lot of other things have. But the work 
has been very important.
  I do not think there is anything more important to this country than 
trying to put our immigration and naturalization policies in order.
  They have built a solid foundation on which we can build in the years 
ahead. I salute the gentleman from Kentucky. He has done yeoman's work, 
as has the gentleman from New York [Mr. Fish], in this very complex, 
very difficult, often unappreciated area of the law.
  I wish him and Ham the very best of everything in the years ahead.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, again, I want to thank my friend, the gentleman from New 
Jersey. As I said, Bill and Nancy Hughes have been friends of Helen and 
Ron Mazzoli's for a long time. That friendship will endure and continue 
into the years ahead, and I share the feeling, and they are reciprocal, 
that we have a chance to get together from time to time.
  Mr. Speaker, before I conclude and ask for a positive vote on this 
pending resolution, House Resolution 533, I would like to pay public 
tribute to members of my subcommittee who have been so loyal and 
devoted and dedicated, and not just for this Congress but for many of 
them. But sitting with me on the floor today, Gene Pugliese and Kevin 
Anderson, and back in the office, Kitty Urban, Les Megyeri, Judy Knott, 
and Lizzie Daniels, because as we all know, we serve here generally to 
the extent that we have people around us to support us, and I have been 
very happy and the very, very grateful beneficiary of excellent 
professional work by the staff as well as friendship from them, and so 
I wanted to say that before we conclude.
  And last but not least, Mr. Speaker, I think this is a good bill. 
H.R. 783 does weave together activities which emanated from our 
subcommittee, some from the other body. They have been blended together 
in, I think, a perfectly harmonious way, and I think they make changes 
to the better in immigration law.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 783, the 
Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994. I want 
to thank Mr. Brooks and Mr. Mazzoli for their hard work on behalf of 
this legislation. As the senior Democrat of the Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Refugees, I want to highlight three important 
provisions.
  First is a provision I drafted to roll-over the remaining diversity 
visas set to expire at the end of fiscal year 1994. These visas were 
part of the Transition Diversity Program which sought to bring in 
immigrants from countries of low admission. This provision is crucial 
because about 4,000 visas for the Irish alone will be left over. The 
Irish, who have been a bedrock of our successful immigration community 
must receive all the visas set aside for them. Their contributions to 
this country are numerous and will continue to be so.
  The roll-over visas will be added to the allocation for the Schumer 
Permanent Diversity Program which begins in fiscal year 1995. They will 
be chosen from a fresh applicant pool and guaranteed to give the Irish 
community a large percentage of the immigration pie.
  Second, the Visitor Visa Waiver Program [VVWP] has long been an 
important issue to me. I put a provision in my preinspection bill last 
year to make it a permanent program. I also cosponsored several bills 
seeking to expand the program to Ireland, and other European Union 
countries.
  The VVWP saves the Government money in visa processing costs, boosts 
the tourism industry, and develops our relations with other countries. 
It is of particular benefit to New York and our local industries.
  Because of its positive results, I support letting more countries 
into the program. H.R. 783, extends the VVWP till 1996 and establishes 
a pilot program that liberalizes the entrance criteria allowing new 
countries to participate on a probationary basis. At this time, INS has 
determined that under this new provision Ireland and Zimbabwe will be 
added. Ireland has taken tremendous strides in lowering their refusal 
rates and deserves the chance to participate.
  Recently we completed the successful World Cup Soccer games in 
America. Imagine how much more successful the ticket sales and tourist 
industry would have been if more spectators had been able to travel 
without the hassle of obtaining a tourist visa.
  In our changing world where new international alignments are being 
formed every day, it makes sense to expand the program. Countries like 
Ireland, that present little or no risk of abuse of their visas, are 
only a welcome addition.
  Third is provision to eliminate the gender inequality in 
naturalization law and to exclude those persons who participated in 
Nazi activities during WWII. Currently, only a child of an American 
father born overseas can be naturalized. This provision would extend 
naturalization to children born of American mothers--ironing out a 
wrinkle in our immigration law. However, there are several Nazi 
expatriation cases pending in the United States that would be 
jeopardized if Nazi children of American mothers were to be 
naturalized. Nazis born to American fathers do not have this problem 
because a recent court case ruled that if an individual was aware of 
their U.S. citizenship at the time the crimes were committed they can 
be found guilty of an expatriating crime. Obviously Nazis naturalized 
retroactively could not have known of their U.S. citizenship during the 
time their crimes were committed. Proper prosecution of these 
individuals depends on the ability to denaturalize and deport them to 
stand trial overseas for war crimes. Although this is a strange twist 
in the law it must be reconciled. H.R. 783 would do just that.
  I urge the House to pass H.R. 783. These provisions which would 
adjust current issues in immigration law must be adopted. Thank you for 
your consideration.
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 783, 
legislation that will make four specific changes to existing 
nationality and naturalization laws. All of these changes will work to 
correct inequities in our current laws, but I would like to focus on 
just one of them today--one that I have worked on actively with a 
number of my colleagues during my years in the Congress.
  This provision will exempt aliens 50 years of age or older who have 
been permanent U.S. residents for at least 20 years, and those older 
than 55 who have been permanent U.S. residents for at least 15 years, 
from the history and government knowledge portions of the 
naturalization test.
  As you know, Mr. Speaker, current law exempts these individuals from 
only the English language portion of the test.
  It has long been plain to me that a number of elderly immigrant 
aliens reside in this country but have not been naturalized because 
they fear, or are unable to pass, the government knowledge requirement 
for naturalization.
  Many of us here today have neighborhoods in our districts that are 
primarily composed of immigrants from Italy, Greece, Ireland, Poland, 
Germany, or some other nation. If you were to really look carefully at 
these communities, then you will find some of these alien individuals, 
constituents who have been, in effect, completely forgotten.
  Absent the corrective language of this provision of H.R. 783, their 
dream of American citizenship may never be realized--because they fear 
the immigration and naturalization service test.
  Obviously, since these individual have lived in this country for so 
many years, they are largely aware of our form of government and have 
abided by our laws. However, the thought of a test on these issues by a 
stranger can be so frightening to them that they may not follow 
through. That is why I believe that the requirement of a naturalization 
test for the elderly, who are so fragile and vulnerable, is in need of 
revision.
  Currently, the Immigration and Nationality Act exempts individuals 
desiring naturalization from the requirement to speak, read, and write 
English if they are at least 50 years old and have been legal residents 
of the United States for a minimum of 20 years. However, that 
requirement for a knowledge-of-government test hasn't been addressed in 
a similar manner by the Congress.
  This inequity has long concerned me, and I have in the past 
introduced legislation containing language similar to that contained in 
this provision of H.R. 783. I would emphasize that this provision has 
absolutely no impact on immigration ceilings or on the influx of new 
aliens.
  Therefore, I ask that all of my colleagues support this legislation 
with your vote today and offer a ray of hope to the forgotten.
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hastings). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mazzoli] that the House 
suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, H. Res. 533.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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