SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF THE OPTIONAL PRACTICAL 
TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIMINATING THE OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAIN-
ING PROGRAM.—Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) 
EMPLOYMENT
AUTHORIZATION
FOR 
ALIENS NO LONGER ENGAGED IN FULL-TIME STUDY 
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no alien present in the United 
States 
as 
a 
nonimmigrant 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(F)(i) may be provided employment au-
thorization in the United States.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) SELECTEES.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), in the case of any alien who registered for the 
Optional Practical Training Program and received 
notification before the date of the enactment of this 
Act that he or she has been selected for employment 
authorization pursuant to such program, such au-
thorization shall be revoked, and any fee paid by 
such alien shall be refunded. 
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SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 203 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking 
subsection (c). 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 201— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(iii) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by striking subsection (e); 
(2) in section 203— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a), (b), or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b)’’; 
(C) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
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(D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a), (b), or (c) of this section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’; 
(E) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
sections (a) and (b)’’; and 
(F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b)’’; and 
(3) in section 204— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (I); 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a), (b), or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘section 203 (a) or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (d) of section 203’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) SELECTEES.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), in the case of any alien who registered for the 
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Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and received no-
tification before the date of the enactment of this 
Act that he or she has been selected to apply for a 
diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1153(c)), such application shall be revoked, and any 
fee paid by such alien shall be refunded. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 
Terms used in this Act have the meaning given such 
terms under section 101(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act. 
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