[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10948]
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  CONSIDERING AS PASSED AND ADOPTED S. 1565, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO 
NICARAGUAN ADJUSTMENT AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RELIEF ACT; S. 1559, CENTER 
FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK HERITAGE; S. CON. RES. 70, CORRECTING TECHNICAL 
                     ERROR IN ENROLLMENT OF S. 1026

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the following 
measures be taken from the Speaker's desk and be considered as passed 
or adopted respectively:
  S. 1565, to make technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment 
and Central American Relief Act; S. 1559, to provide for the design, 
construction, furnishing, and equipping of a Center for Historically 
Black Heritage within Florida A&M University; and S. Con. Res. 70, to 
correct a technical error in the enrollment of the bill S. 1026.
  The text of S. 1565 is as follows:

                                S. 1565

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

     SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO NICARAGUAN ADJUSTMENT AND 
                   CENTRAL AMERICAN RELIEF ACT.

       (a) Adjustment of Status.--Section 202(a)(1) of the 
     Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) by striking ``is otherwise eligible to receive an 
     immigrant visa and''; and
       (B) by striking ``(6)(A), and (7)(A)'' and inserting 
     ``(6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B)''.
       (b) Adjustment of Status for Spouses and Children.--Section 
     202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American 
     Relief Act is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (D)--
       (A) by striking ``is otherwise eligible to receive an 
     immigrant visa and'';
       (B) by striking ``exclusion'' and inserting 
     ``inadmissibility''; and
       (C) by striking ``(6)(A), and (7)(A)'' and inserting 
     ``(6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B)''.
       (c) Transitional Rules with Regard to Suspension of 
     Deportation.--Section 309(c)(5)(C) of the Illegal Immigration 
     Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as added by 
     section 203(a)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central 
     American Relief Act is amended (1) in clause (i),in the 
     matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting ``of this 
     paragraph'' after ``subparagraph (A)''; (2) in clause (ii), 
     by striking ``this clause (i),'' and inserting ``clause 
     (i)''.
       (d) Temporary Reduction in Diversity Visas.--Section 203(d) 
     of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``otherwise'' before 
     ``available under that section''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
       (A) by striking ``309(c)(5)(C)'' and inserting 
     ``309(c)(5)(C)(i)''; and
       (B) by striking ``year exceeds--'' and inserting ``year; 
     exceeds''.
       (e) Temporary Reduction in Other Workers' Visas.--Section 
     203(e)(2)(A) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central 
     American Relief Act is amended by striking ``(d)(2)(A), 
     exceeds--'' and inserting ``(d)(2)(A); exceeds''.
       (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section--
       (1) shall take effect upon the enactment of the Nicaraguan 
     Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (as contained in 
     the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998); and
       (2) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of 
     such Act.
  The text of S. 1559 is as follows:

                                S. 1559

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

     SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTER FOR REGIONAL BLACK 
                   CULTURE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Currently 500,000 historically important artifacts of 
     the Civil War era and the early days of the civil rights 
     movement in the Southeast region of the United States are 
     housed at Florida A&M University.
       (2) To preserve this large repository of African-American 
     history and artifacts it is appropriate that the Federal 
     Government share in the cost of construction of this national 
     repository for culture and history.
       (b) Definition.--In this section:
       (1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the Center for 
     Historically Black Heritage at Florida A&M University.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Interior acting through the Director of the National Park 
     Service.
       (c) Construction of Center.--The Secretary may award a 
     grant to the State of Florida to pay for the Federal share of 
     the cost, design, construction, furnishing, and equipping of 
     the Center at Florida A&M University.
       (d) Grant Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--In order to receive a grant awarded under 
     subsection (c), Florida A&M University, shall submit to the 
     Secretary a proposal.
       (2) Federal share.--The Federal share described in 
     subsection (c) shall be 50 percent.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Secretary of Interior to carry out 
     this section a total of $3,800,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
     any succeeding fiscal years. Funds appropriated pursuant to 
     the authority of the preceding sentence shall remain 
     available until expanded.

  The text of Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 is as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 70

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (S. 1026) to 
     reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the 
     Secretary of the Senate shall strike subsection (a) of 
     section 2 and insert the following:
       ``(a) In General.--Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended by striking `until' and 
     all that follows through `but' and inserting `until the close 
     of business on September 30, 2001, but'.''.

     

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