[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2876. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
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 or the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     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 lawful immigration 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 is a citizen of Iran who 
     has been admitted as, or has changed status to, 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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