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            NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZA- TION AMENDMENTS ACT

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                 CONRAD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2626

  Mr. FORD (for Mr. Conrad for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Johnston, Mr. 
DeConcini, and Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the amendment of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to 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; as follows:

       At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
     House amendment, add the following:

     SEC. ____. WAIVER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT 
                   WITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL 
                   GRADUATES.

       (a) Waiver.--Section 212(e) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e)) is amended----
       (1) in the first proviso by inserting ``(or, in the case of 
     an alien described in clause (iii), pursuant to the request 
     of a State Department of Public Health, or its equivalent)'' 
     after ``interested United States Government agency''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``public interest'' the following: 
     ``except that in the case of a waiver requested by a State 
     Department of Public Health, or its equivalent the waiver 
     shall be subject to the requirements of section 214(k)''.
       (b) Restrictions on Waiver.--Section 214 of such Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(k)(1) In the case of a request by an interested State 
     agency for a waiver of the two-year foreign residence 
     requirement under section 212(e) with respect to an alien 
     described in clause (iii) of that section, the Attorney 
     General shall not grant such waiver unless----
       ``(A) in the case of an alien who is otherwise 
     contractually obligated to return to a foreign country, the 
     government of such country furnishes the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency with a statement in writing 
     that it has no objection to such waiver;
       ``(B) the alien demonstrates a bona fide offer of full-time 
     employment at a health facility and agrees to begin 
     employment at such facility within 90 days of receiving such 
     waiver and agrees to continue to work in accordance with 
     paragraph (2) at the health care facility in which the 
     alien is employed for a total of not less than 3 years 
     (unless the Attorney General determines that extenuating 
     circumstances such as the closure of the facility or 
     hardship to the alien would justify a lesser period of 
     time);
       ``(C) the alien agrees to practice medicine in accordance 
     with paragraph (2) for a total of not less than 3 years only 
     in the geographic area or areas which are designated by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage 
     of health care professionals; and
       ``(D) the grant of such waiver would not cause the number 
     of waivers allotted for that State for that fiscal year to 
     exceed twenty.
       ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding section 248(2), the Attorney 
     General may change the status of an alien that qualifies 
     under this subsection and section 212(e) to that of an alien 
     described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b).
       ``(B) No person who has obtained a change of status under 
     subparagraph (A) and who has failed to fulfill the terms of a 
     contract with a health facility shall be eligible to apply 
     for an immigrant visa, for permanent residence, or for any 
     other change of nonimmigrant status until it is established 
     that such person has resided and been physically present in 
     the country of his nationality or his last residence for an 
     aggregate of at least two years following departure from the 
     United States.
       ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     subsection, the two-year foreign residence requirement under 
     section 212(e) shall apply with respect to an alien described 
     in clause (iii) of that section, who has not otherwise been 
     accorded status under section 101(a)(27)(H), if at any time 
     the alien practices medicine in an area other than an area 
     described in paragraph (1)(C).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to aliens admitted to the United States under 
     section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
     or acquiring such status after admission to the United 
     States, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this 
     Act and before June 1, 1996.
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                 BROWN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2627

  Mr. Ford (for Mr. Brown for himself, Mr. Simon, Mr. Murkowski, and 
Mr. Lieberman) proposed an amendment to the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill H.R. 783, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section--

     ``SEC.  . VISAS FOR OFFICIALS OF TAIWAN.

       ``Whenever, the president of Taiwan or any other high-level 
     official of Taiwan shall apply to visit the United States for 
     the purposes of discussions with United States federal or 
     state government officials concerning:
       (i) Trade or business with Taiwan that will reduce the 
     U.S.-Taiwan trade deficit;
       (ii) Prevention of nuclear proliferation;
       (iii) Threats to the national security of the United 
     States;
       (iv) The protection of the global environment;
       (v) The protection of endangered species; or
       (vi) Regional humanitarian disasters.
       The official shall be admitted to the United States, unless 
     the official is otherwise excludable under the immigration 
     laws of the United States.''.

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