[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S614-S615]
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  SA 30. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Shelby) to the bill 
H.R. 268, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC. __. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY VISA PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 203 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking 
     subsection (c).
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Immigration and nationality act.--The Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended--
       (A) in section 101(a)(15)(V) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(V)), by 
     striking ``section 203(d)'' and inserting ``section 203(c)'';
       (B) in section 201 (8 U.S.C. 1151)--
       (i) 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

       (ii) by striking subsection (e);
       (C) in section 203 (8 U.S.C. 1153)--
       (i) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii)(IV), by striking ``section 
     203(b)(2)(B)'' each place such term appears and inserting 
     ``clause (i)'';
       (ii) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and 
     (h) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively;
       (iii) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection 
     (a) or (b)'';

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       (iv) in subsection (d), as redesignated--

       (I) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (II) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);

       (v) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
       (vi) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``subsections (a), (b), and (c)'' and inserting ``subsections 
     (a) and (b)''; and
       (vii) in subsection (g), as redesignated--

       (I) by striking ``(d)'' each place such term appears and 
     inserting ``(c)''; and
       (II) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``subsection (a), 
     (b), or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)'';

       (D) in section 204 (8 U.S.C. 1154)--
       (i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I);
       (ii) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection (a), (b), 
     or (c) of section 203'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b) 
     of section 203''; and
       (iii) in subsection (l)(2)--

       (I) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 203 (a) or 
     (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (c) of section 203''; 
     and
       (II) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``section 203(d)'' 
     and inserting ``section 203(c)'';

       (E) in section 214(q)(1)(B)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1184(q)(1)(B)(i)), 
     by striking ``section 203(d)'' and inserting ``section 
     203(c)'';
       (F) in section 216(h)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1186a(h)(1)), in the 
     undesignated matter following subparagraph (C), by striking 
     ``section 203(d)'' and inserting ``section 203(c)''; and
       (G) in section 245(i)(1)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1255(i)(1)(B)), by 
     striking ``section 203(d)'' and inserting ``section 203(c)''.
       (2) Immigrant investor pilot program.--Section 610(d) of 
     the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
     Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 
     U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended by striking ``section 203(e) of 
     such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(e))'' and inserting ``section 203(d) 
     of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d))''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year 
     beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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