From: "Junwei W. Hou" <jwh3@PO.CWRU.EDU>
Subject:      S. 1216: Clarification
Reply-To: "Junwei W. Hou" <jwh3@po.CWRU.Edu>
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:22:53 GMT
Comments: To: ccnl@utarlvm1.uta.edu, china-nt@uga.cc.uga.edu

SJ Q&A (August 20, 1992)
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Note:  After I posted the news on the current status of S. 1216, I
have consulted with IFCSS HQ and rechecked the information I
gathered through the legal information computer network.  It seems
to me that, although the full text of the bill retrieved from the
network does not mention that the bill has passed the House, other
sources of information have indicated otherwise.   As the IFCSS
report has emphasized, the news I posted last night is not
conclusive and may be a result of my misinterpretation.  Please
accept my apology if my post last night caused or worsened your
anxiety with respect to the bill's fate.

     If the bill is still in House, the remaining steps of the bill
in House are merely technical.  These technical steps may include
a formal request from the House for the concurrence of the Senate,
the formal withdrawal of the motion for reconsideration presented
during the House debate, and perhaps some sort of technical
reversion in the bill.  Usually, a bill having passed the house
through the so-called "suspension of the rules" is referred to the
Senate for consent within 2-3 days.  It may be possible that, due
to the August recess, the House did not have enough time to refer
the bill to the Senate.   It is also possible that the computer
information network has not updated the current status of the bill.

     In this stage of the process, further delay in referring the
bill to the Senate may not be in the best interest of the bill's
passage by the end of this legislative term.  It will be helpful
for the CCSA or other key members of the lobby team to explain the
situation of the bill to the interested Chinese students.


     The following is an excerpt from the Congressional record.
The message in its text and the fact that Congresswoman Pelosi had
expressed her congratulations to Dr. Zhao Haiching should carry a
lot more weight on the current status of the bill. (Junwei Hou)

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                           Tuesday,  August  11, 1992

                 (Legislative day of Wednesday, August 5, 1992)
                               102nd Cong. 2nd Sess.
                               138 Cong Rec S 12343

REFERENCE: Vol. 138 No. 118
TITLE: MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

TEXT:

   [*S12343]   At 2:15 p.m., a message from the House of
Representatives, delivered by Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the House has passed the following bills, each
without amendment:

(Stuff deleted)

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   At 5:50 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives,
delivered by Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, announced that
the House agrees to the [*S12344]   report of the committee of
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5487) making
appropriations for Agriculture, rural development, Food and Drug
Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes; it recedes from
its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 6, 17,
21, 23, 27, 46, 59, 72, 73, 83, 102, 105, and 114 to the bill, and
agrees thereto, and that it recedes from its disagreement to the
amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24,
35, 47, 67, 69, 74, 80, 98, 99, 101, 106, 119, and 120 to the bill,
and agrees thereto, each with an amendment, in which it requests
the concurrence of the Senate.

   The message also announced that the House has passed the bill
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 (S. 1216) to provide for the adjustment of status under the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Immigration and Nationality Act of certain nationals of the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
People's Republic of China unless conditions permit their return in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
safety to the foreign state; with an amendment, in which it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
requests the concurrence of the Senate.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   The message further announced that the House has passed the
following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the
Senate:

   H.R. 3215. An act to reinvigorate cooperation between the United
States and Latin America in science and technology;

   H.R. 3603. An act to promote family preservation and the
prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of
alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and
delivery of child welfare, foster care, and adoption services;

     (stuff deleted)

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