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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1067 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1067

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a report by the 
 Federal Bureau of Investigation on the criminal record for aliens who 
  are residing in the United States and who apply to immigrate to the 
                             United States.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1993

   Mr. Thomas of California introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a report by the 
 Federal Bureau of Investigation on the criminal record for aliens who 
  are residing in the United States and who apply to immigrate to the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. CRIMINAL RECORD REPORT FOR IMMIGRANTS.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 222(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(b)) is amended by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)'' 
and by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) In the case of an alien who is applying for an immigrant visa 
(or for adjustment of status under section 245(a)) and who has resided 
within the United States for more than 6 months during the 5-year 
period before the date of application, such application shall include 
such a report, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the alien's 
criminal record, as the Attorney General specifies.''.
    (b) Fees.--Section 286 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (m)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(m)'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) The Attorney General (in consultation with the Secretary of 
State) shall establish, as an adjudication fee under this subsection, a 
fee in an amount sufficient to provide for the preparation and 
submission of a report on a criminal record (described in section 
222(b)(2)). With respect to applicants for an immigrant visa, such a 
fee may be collected by the Secretary of State and forwarded to the 
Attorney General.''; and
            (2) in subsection (n), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, except that the amount of such 
        deposits attributable to the fees described in subsection 
        (m)(2) shall remain available until expended to the Attorney 
        General to reimburse any appropriation the amount paid out of 
        such appropriation for the preparation and submittal of reports 
        referred to in such subsection''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to applications for visas or adjustment of status made on or 
after the first day of the first month beginning more than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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