[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2595. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. BARRING CITIZENS OF IRAN FROM SEEKING EDUCATION 
                   RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR AND ENERGY SECTORS.

       (a) In General.--Section 501(a) of the Iran Threat 
     Reduction and Syrian Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
     8771(a)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Visa denial.--The Secretary of State shall deny a 
     visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude 
     from the United States, any alien who is a citizen of Iran if 
     the Secretary of State determines that such alien seeks to 
     enter the United States to participate in coursework at an 
     institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) to 
     prepare the alien for a career in--
       ``(A) the energy sector of Iran; or
       ``(B) nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or a related 
     field in Iran.
       ``(2) Status termination.--The Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall terminate the status and work authorization, 
     and revoke any petition of, any alien who is a citizen of 
     Iran if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines such 
     alien has changed his or her program or course of study after 
     admission to the United States to a field that would prepare 
     the alien for a career in the energy sector, nuclear science, 
     nuclear engineering, or a related field in Iran. Any change, 
     or attempted change, in a course of study prohibited under 
     this paragraph constitutes a failure to maintain nonimmigrant 
     status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101 et seq.).''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to--
       (1) all visa applications filed on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) the status of any alien who has been admitted as a 
     nonimmigrant academic, vocational, or exchange student under 
     subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), 
     before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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