IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT

Amendments

Immigration: make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (S. 1198), S9634, S9689 [18SE], S10305 [1OC]

———reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (S. 1178), S10026, S10027, S10069 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions

Citizenship: treatment of descendants of the children of certain female U.S. citizens born abroad (see S. 677; H.R. 1599), S3901 [1MY], H2679 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: exempt certain aliens from the requirement that they work only in areas designated as having a shortage of health care professionals (see S. 970), S6496 [26JN]

Education: permit certain nonimmigrant aliens to study in publicly funded adult education programs (see H.R. 1543), H2349 [7MY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see S. 1563; H.R. 2377), S12575 [13NO], H6715 [1AU]

———allow certain aliens to obtain nonimmigrant visitor's visas (see H.R. 225), H146 [9JA]

———clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302, 2442), H6406 [30JY], H7118 [9SE]

———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]

———eliminate the cap on cancellations of removal and suspensions of deportation (see H.R. 1545), H2350 [7MY]

———establish a telephone reporting system to permit certain individuals traveling by boat to enter the U.S. from Canada without applying for admission at a port of entry (see H.R. 1384), H1705 [17AP]

———extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see S. 1517), S12461 [10NO]

———extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program and collect data relative to number of nonimmigrants residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 2578), H8264 [30SE]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see S. 1198; H.R. 2491), S9637 [18SE], H7527 [17SE]

———make technical corrections to certain immigration laws (see H.R. 2413), H6962 [5SE]

———modify certain employment regulations (see H.R. 2412), H6962 [5SE]

———permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2664), H8832 [9OC]

———prohibit counting of work experience while an unauthorized alien for purposes of admission as an employment-based immigrant or a nonimmigrant (see H.R. 471), H243 [21JA]

———reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see S. 1178), S9332 [15SE]

———reform the temporary agricultural workers program (see S. 169), S163 [21JA]

———regulations relative to certain foreign students (see H.R. 1724), H3202 [22MY]

———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (see H.R. 694, 2027, 2505, 2551), H521 [12FE], H4338 [24JN], H7599 [18SE], H7910 [25SE]

———waiver of vaccination requirement for orphan children (see H.R. 2473), H7281 [15SE]

———waiver of vaccination requirements for certain adopted children (see H.R. 2430), H7008 [8SE]

Letters

Religious Workers Act: Mother Teresa, Missionaries of Charity, S9634 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Immigration: allow certain aliens to obtain nonimmigrant visitor's visas (H.R. 225), E9 [7JA]

———clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (H.R. 2302), H7352 [16SE]

———clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (H.R. 2442), H7012 [9SE]

———eliminate the cap on cancellations of removal and suspensions of deportation (H.R. 1545), E861 [7MY]

———extend program allowing immigrants to renew status based on family relationship or employment opportunity while remaining in the country, H7915-H7917 [26SE], H8099, H8100 [29SE], E1866 [25SE]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (S. 1198), H8060, H8061 [29SE], H8290 [1OC]

———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (H.R. 2027), H7623-H7626 [23SE]

———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (H.R. 2505), E1792 [18SE]

———requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits (H.R. 694), E249 [13FE]

Remarks in Senate

Citizenship: treatment of descendants of the children of certain female U.S. citizens born abroad (S. 677), S3902 [1MY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (S. 1563), S12608 [13NO]

———extend Visa Waiver Pilot Program (S. 1517), S12497 [10NO]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (S. 1198), S9633-S9635 [18SE], S10305 [1OC]

———reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (S. 1178), S9334-S9337 [15SE], S10026 [26SE]

———reform the temporary agricultural workers program (S. 169), S547 [21JA]

Summaries

Agricultural Work Force Stability and Protection Act (S. 169), S548 [21JA]

Texts of

H.R. 2027, requirements for Canadian border boat landing permits, H7623 [23SE]

S. 677, Equity in Transmission of Citizenship Act, S3903 [1MY]

S. 1178, Visa Waiver Pilot Program reauthorization, S9335 [15SE], S10027 [26SE]

S. 1198, Religious Workers Act, S9635 [18SE], H8060 [29SE]

S. 1517, Visa Waiver Pilot Program extension, S12497 [10NO]

S. 1563, Temporary Agricultural Worker Act, S12609-S12614 [13NO]