[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1943. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to unsubsidized COBRA 
continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TERMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Title II of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 201--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     a period; and
       (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (B) by striking subsection (e);
       (2) in section 203--
       (A) by striking subsection (c);
       (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection (a), (b), 
     or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
       (C) in subsection (e)--
       (i) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
       (D) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsection (a), (b), 
     or (c) of this section'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or 
     (b)'';
       (E) in subsection (g), by striking ``subsections (a), (b), 
     and (c)'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and (b)''; and
       (F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking ``subsection (a), 
     (b), or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)''; and
       (3) in section 204--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I);
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection (a), (b), 
     or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)''; and
       (C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking ``section 203 (a) 
     or (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (d) of section 
     203''.
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Selectees.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any alien 
     who registered for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and 
     received notification before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act that he or she has been selected to apply for a 
     diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) may submit 
     an application for such visa under the applicable provisions 
     of law in effect on the day before such date of enactment.
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