From: "Junwei W. Hou" <jwh3@PO.CWRU.EDU>
Subject:      S. 1216: A Brief Revisit
Reply-To: "Junwei W. Hou" <jwh3@po.CWRU.Edu>
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 17:43:48 GMT
Comments: To: china-nt@uga.cc.uga.edu, ccnl@utarlvm1.uta.edu

SJ Q&A (September 6, 1992): S. 1216: A Brief Revisit
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Note:  The following is a summarized record of the Congressional
activities relating to the legislative process of S. 1216, the
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992, of which the House has
amended, passed, and is to request for the concurrence of the
Senate.

DISCLAIMER:  The following text belongs to the public record and is
reprinted from Lexis, a subdivision of Mead Data Central, Inc..
The sole purpose of this reprint is to inform the readers of this
public bulletin, especially those Chinese students to whom the
legislation is intended to address.  This reprint may not be used
for the purposes other than those agreed upon between Lexis and the
law student.  The use of this reprint, therefore, is strictly
educational and noncommercial.  (Junwei Hou)
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                                  1991 S. 1216

                     CHINESE STUDENT PROTECTION ACT  OF 1992

DATE-INTRO: June 4, 1991

LAST-ACTION-DATE: August 10, 1992

FINAL STATUS: Pending

SPONSOR: Senator Slade Gorton R-WA

TOTAL-COSPONSORS: 9 Cosponsors:  7 Democrats / 2 Republicans

SYNOPSIS: A bill to provide for the deferral of enforced
departure and the granting of lawful temporary resident
status in the United States to certain classes of
nonimmigrant aliens of the People's Republic of China.

Legislative Chronology:

04/03/92 138 Cong Rec D 404   Senate Subcommittee on Immigration
                              and Refugee Affairs approved for full
                              Committee action, with an amendment
                              in the nature of a substitute
05/07/92 138 Cong Rec D 527   Senate Judiciary Committee ordered
                              favorably reported, with an amendment
                              in the nature of a substitute
05/07/92 138 Cong Rec S 6348  Reported in the Senate, with an
                              amendment in the nature of a
                              substitute
05/21/92 138 Cong Rec S 7150  Passed in the Senate, after agreeing
                              to a committee amendment in the
                              nature of a substitute, by voice vote
05/26/92 138 Cong Rec H 3731  Senate requested the concurrence of
                              the House
05/27/92 138 Cong Rec H 3833  Referred to the House Judiciary
                              Committee
06/24/92 138 Cong Rec D 784   House Subcommittee on International
                              Law, Immigration, and Refugees
                              approved for full Committee action
07/22/92 138 Cong Rec D 900   House Judiciary Committee ordered
                              reported
08/10/92 138 Cong Rec H 7818  House voted to suspend the rules and
                              pass, amended, by voice vote
08/10/92 138 Cong Rec H 7883  Reported in the House, amended
                              (H. Rept. 102-826)

BILL-DIGEST: (from the CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE)
0521/92 (Measure passed Senate, amended )  Chinese Student
Protection Act  of 1992 Sets forth the following rules for
certain Chinese (student) nationals who apply for adjustment
to lawful permanent resident (immigrant) status under the
Immigration and Nationality Act during the six-month period
beginning July 1, 1993: (1) such aliens shall be deemed to
have had an approved petition for employment-based
admission; (2) such aliens shall be exempt from provisions
regarding visa number availability, numerical levels, labor
certification, entry document requirements, and the two-year
home country residence requirement; and (3) the Attorney
General may waive other grounds for excludability (except
for certain criminal and security grounds) for humanitarian
or family reasons, or if otherwise in the public interest.
Applies such provisions to nationals of the People's
Republic of China (PRC) described in a specified Executive
Order who have resided continuously in the United States
since April 11, 1990, and who were not present in the PRC
for more than 90 days after such date and before the date of
enactment of this Act.  Makes such status adjustment
provisions inapplicable if the President determines and
certifies to the Congress before the application period that
conditions in the PRC permit the aliens' safe return.
Directs the Attorney General to disseminate status
adjustment information to the aliens if the President does
not make this determination.  Reduces annual PRC immigrant
visas to offset status adjustments under this Act.

CO-SPONSORS:

     Kennedy D-MA          Kohl D-WI             Dixon D-IL
     Cohen R-ME            Gore D-TN             D'Amato R-NY
     Cranston D-CA         Simon D-IL            Conrad D-ND

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DISCLAIMER:  The above text belongs to the public record and is
reprinted from Lexis, a subdivision of Mead Data Central, Inc..
The sole purpose of this reprint is to inform the readers of this
public bulletin, especially those Chinese students to whom the
legislation is intended to address.  This reprint may not be used
for the purposes other than those agreed upon between Lexis and the
law student.  The use of this reprint, therefore, is strictly
educational and noncommercial.  (JWH)
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