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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5063

To amend the Immigration Act of 1990 to provide for complete use of

visas made available under the diversity transition program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 20, 1994

Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration Act of 1990 to provide for complete use of visas made available under the diversity

transition program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. COMPLETING USE OF VISAS PROVIDED UNDER

4 DIVERSITY TRANSITION PROGRAM.

5 (a) EXTENSION OF DIVERSITY TRANSITION PRO6 GRAM.—Section 132 of the Immigration Act of 1990

7 (Public Law 101–649) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the pe9 riod at the end of the first sentence the following:

10 ‘‘and in fiscal year 1995 a number of immigrant
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1 visas equal to the number of such visas provided

2 (but not made available) under this section in pre3 vious fiscal years’’; and

4 (2) in the next to last sentence of subsection

5 (c), by striking ‘‘or 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1993, or

6 1994’’.

7 (b) ADMINISTRATION OF 1995 DIVERSITY TRANSI8 TION PROGRAM.—

9 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—For the purpose of carrying

10 out the extension of the diversity transition program

11 under the amendments made by subsection (a), ap12 plications for natives of diversity transition countries

13 submitted for fiscal year 1995 for diversity immi14 grants under section 203(c) of the Immigration and

15 Nationality Act shall be considered applications for

16 visas made available for fiscal year 1995 for the di17 versity transition program under section 132 of the

18 Immigration Act of 1990. No application period for

19 the fiscal year 1995 diversity transition program

20 shall be established and no new applications may be

21 accepted for visas made available under such pro22 gram for fiscal year 1995. Applications for visas in

23 excess of the minimum available to natives of the

24 country specified in section 132(c) of the Immigra25 tion Act of 1990 shall be selected for qualified appli-
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1 cants within the several regions defined in section

2 203(c)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality

3 Act in proportion to the region’s share of visas is4 sued in the diversity transition program during fiscal

5 years 1992 and 1993.

6 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, notification

8 of the extension of the diversity transition program

9 for fiscal year 1995 and the provision of visa num10 bers shall be made to each eligible applicant under

11 paragraph (1).

12 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law, for the purpose of carrying

14 out the extention of the diversity transition program

15 under the amendments made by subsection (a), the

16 requirement of section 132(b)(2) of the Immigration

17 Act of 1990 shall not apply to applicants under such

18 extension and the requirement of section 203(c)(2)

19 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply

20 to such applicants.

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