[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2006. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. Hassan) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. __. PROVISIONAL PROTECTED PRESENCE FOR QUALIFIED 
                   INDONESIANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 
                   MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 244A. PROVISIONAL PROTECTED PRESENCE FOR QUALIFIED 
                   INDONESIANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 
                   MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary--
       ``(1) shall grant provisional protected presence to an 
     alien who files an application demonstrating that he or she 
     meets the eligibility criteria under subsection (b) and pays 
     the appropriate application fee; and
       ``(2) shall provide such alien with employment 
     authorization.
       ``(b) Eligibility Criteria.--An alien is eligible for 
     provisional protected presence under this section and 
     employment authorization if--
       ``(1) the alien has been continuously physically present in 
     the United States since the date that is 10 years before the 
     date of the enactment of this section;
       ``(2) the alien is a citizen of Indonesia;
       ``(3) the alien is a member of a religious minority in 
     Indonesia; and
       ``(4) the alien--
       ``(A) is not inadmissible under paragraph (2), (3), (6)(E), 
     (6)(G), (8), (10)(A), (10)(C), or (10)(D) of section 212(a) 
     of this Act;
       ``(B) has not ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise 
     participated in the persecution of any person on account of 
     race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular 
     social group, or political opinion; and
       ``(C) has not been convicted of--
       ``(i) any offense under Federal or State law, other than a 
     State offense for which an essential element is the alien's 
     immigration status, that is punishable by a maximum term of 
     imprisonment of more than 1 year; or
       ``(ii) 3 or more offenses under Federal or State law, other 
     than State offenses for which an essential element is the 
     alien's immigration status, for which the alien was convicted 
     on different dates for each of the 3 offenses and imprisoned 
     for an aggregate of 90 days or more.
       ``(c) Duration of Provisional Protected Presence and 
     Employment Authorization.--Provisional protected presence and 
     the employment authorization provided under this section 
     shall be effective until the date that is three years after 
     the date of the enactment of this section.
       ``(d) Status During Period of Provisional Protected 
     Presence.--
       ``(1) In general.--An alien granted provisional protected 
     presence is not considered to be unlawfully present in the 
     United States during the period beginning on the date such 
     status is granted and ending on the date described in 
     subsection (c).
       ``(2) Status outside period.--The granting of provisional 
     protected presence under this section does not excuse 
     previous or subsequent periods of unlawful presence.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 244 
     the following:

``Sec. 244A. Provisional protected presence for Indonesians living in 
              the United States for more than 10 years.''.
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