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SEC. 832. UNIFORM VITAL STATISTICS.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall consult with the State agency re-
sponsible for registration and certification of births and
deaths and, within 2 years of the date of enactment of
this Act, shall establish a pilot program for 3 of the 5
States with the largest number of undocumented aliens
of an electronic network linking the vital statistics records
of such States. The network shall provide, where practical,
for the matching of deaths with births and shall enable
the confirmation of births and deaths of citizens of such
States, or of aliens within such States, by any Federal
or State agency or official in the performance of official
duties. The Secretary and participating State agencies
shall institute measures to achieve uniform and accurate
reporting of vital statistics into the pilot program network,
to protect the integrity of the registration and certification
process, and to prevent fraud against the Government and
other persons through the use of false birth or death cer-
tificates.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the es-
tablishment of the pilot program under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall issue a written report to Congress with rec-
ommendations on how the pilot program could effectively
be instituted as a national network for the United States.
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 and
for subsequent fiscal years such sums as may be necessary
to carry out this section.
SEC. 833. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE IMMIGRA-
TION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal,
State, or local law, no State or local government entity
shall prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government en-
tity or any official within its jurisdiction from sending to
or receiving from the Immigration and Naturalization
Service information regarding the immigration status,
lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States. Not-
withstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or
local law (and excepting the attorney-client privilege), no
State or local government entity may be prohibited, or in
any way restricted, from sending to or receiving from the
Immigration and Naturalization Service information re-
garding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an
alien in the United States.
SEC. 834. REGULATIONS REGARDING HABITUAL RESI-
DENCE.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Immigration
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and Naturalization Service shall issue regulations govern-
ing rights of ‘‘habitual residence’’ in the United States
under the terms of Compacts of Free Association (Public
Law 99–239, Public Law 99–658, and Public Law 101–
219).
SEC. 835. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.
(a) INFORMATION REGARDING FEMALE GENITAL
MUTILATION.—The 
Immigration 
and 
Naturalization
Service (in cooperation with the Department of State)
shall make available for all aliens who are issued immi-
grant or nonimmigrant visas, prior to or at the time of
entry into the United States, the following information:
(1) Information on the severe harm to physical
and psychological health caused by female genital
mutilation which is compiled and presented in a
manner which is limited to the practice itself and re-
spectful to the cultural values of the societies in
which such practice takes place.
(2) Information concerning potential legal con-
sequences in the United States for (A) performing
female genital mutilation, or (B) allowing a child
under his or her care to be subjected to female geni-
tal mutilation, under criminal or child protection
statutes or as a form of child abuse.
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(b) LIMITATION.—In consultation with the Secretary
of State, the Commissioner of Immigration and Natu-
ralization shall identify those countries in which female
genital mutilation is commonly practiced and, to the ex-
tent practicable, limit the provision of information under
subsection (a) to aliens from such countries.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘female genital mutilation’’ means the removal or
infibulation (or both) of the whole or part of the clitoris,
the labia minora, or labia majora.
SEC. 836. DESIGNATION OF PORTUGAL AS A VISA WAIVER
PILOT PROGRAM COUNTRY WITH PROBA-
TIONARY STATUS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Portugal
is designated as a visa waiver pilot program country with
probationary status under section 217(g) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act for each of the fiscal years 1996,
1997, and 1998.
SEC. 837. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN POLISH
AND HUNGARIAN PAROLEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall adjust
the status of an alien described in subsection (b) to that
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if
the alien—
(1) applies for such adjustment,
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(2) has been physically present in the United
States for at least 1 year and is physically present
in the United States on the date the application for
such adjustment is filed,
(3) is admissible to the United States as an im-
migrant, except as provided in subsection (c), and
(4) pays a fee (determined by the Attorney
General) for the processing of such application.
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STA-
TUS.—The benefits provided in subsection (a) shall only
apply to an alien who—
(1) was a national of Poland or Hungary, and
(2) was inspected and granted parole into the
United States during the period beginning on No-
vember 1, 1989, and ending on December 31, 1991,
after being denied refugee status.
(c) WAIVER OF CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR INADMIS-
SIBILITY.—The provisions of paragraphs (4), (5), and
(7)(A) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act shall not apply to adjustment of status under this
section and the Attorney General may waive any other
provision of such section (other than paragraph (2)(C)
and subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph (3))
with respect to such an adjustment for humanitarian pur-
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poses, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in
the public interest.
(d) DATE OF APPROVAL.—Upon the approval of such
an application for adjustment of status, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall create a record of the alien’s admission as a law-
ful permanent resident as of the date of the alien’s inspec-
tion and parole described in subsection (b)(2).
(e) NO OFFSET IN NUMBER OF VISAS AVAILABLE.—
When an alien is granted the status of having been law-
fully admitted for permanent residence under this section,
the Secretary of State shall not be required to reduce the
number of immigrant visas authorized to be issued under
the Immigration and Nationality Act.
SEC. 838. SUPPORT OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make
available funds under this section, in each of 5 consecutive
years (beginning with 1996), to the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service or to other public or private nonprofit
entities to support demonstration projects under this sec-
tion at 10 sites throughout the United States. Each such
project shall be designed to provide for the administration
of the oath of allegiance (under section 337(a) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act) on a business day around
the 4th of July for approximately 500 people whose appli-
cation for naturalization has been approved. Each project
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shall provide for appropriate outreach and ceremonial and
celebratory activities.
(b) SELECTION OF SITES.—The Attorney General
shall, in the Attorney General’s discretion, select diverse
locations for sites on the basis of the number of natu-
ralization applicants living in proximity to each site and
on the degree of local community participation and sup-
port in the project to be held at the site. Not more than
2 sites may be located in the same State. The Attorney
General should consider changing the sites selected from
year to year.
(c) AMOUNTS AVAILABLE; USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) AMOUNT.—The amount that may be made
available under this section with respect to any sin-
gle site for a site for a year shall not exceed $5,000.
(2) USE.—Funds provided under this section
may only be used to cover expenses incurred carry-
ing out symbolic swearing-in ceremonies at the dem-
onstration sites, including expenses for—
(A) cost of personnel of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service (including travel and
overtime expenses),
(B) local outreach,
(C) rental of space, and
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(D) costs of printing appropriate brochures
and other information about the ceremonies.
(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds that are
otherwise available to the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service to carry out naturalization activi-
ties (including funds in the Immigration Examina-
tions Fee Account, under section 286(n) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act) shall be available
under this section.
(d) APPLICATION.—In the case of an entity other
than the Immigration and Naturalization Service seeking
to conduct a demonstration project under this section, no
amounts may be made available to the entity under this
section unless an appropriate application has been made
to, and approved by, the Attorney General, in a form and
manner specified by the Attorney General.
(e) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such term in section
101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(36)).
SEC. 839. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO SERVED
WITH SPECIAL GUERRILLA UNITS IN LAOS.
(a) WAIVER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
FOR CERTAIN ALIENS
WHO SERVED WITH SPECIAL
GUERRILLA UNITS IN LAOS.—The requirement of para-
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graph (1) of section 312(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(a)) shall not apply to the nat-
uralization of any person who—
(1) served with a special guerrilla unit operat-
ing from a base in Laos in support of the United
States at any time during the period beginning Feb-
ruary 28, 1961, and ending September 18, 1978, or
(2) is the spouse or widow of a person described
in paragraph (1).
(b) NATURALIZATION THROUGH SERVICE IN A SPE-
CIAL GUERRILLA UNIT IN LAOS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of sub-
section (a) and subsection (b) (other than paragraph
(3)) of section 329 of the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) shall apply to an alien who
served with a special guerrilla unit operating from a
base in Laos in support of the United States at any
time during the period beginning February 28,
1961, and ending September 18, 1978, in the same
manner as they apply to an alien who has served
honorably in an active-duty status in the military
forces of the United States during the period of the
Vietnam hostilities.
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(2) PROOF.—The Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service shall verify an alien’s service with a
guerrilla unit described in paragraph (1) through—
(A) review of refugee processing docu-
mentation for the alien,
(B) the affidavit of the alien’s superior of-
ficer,
(C) original documents,
(D) two affidavits from persons who were
also serving with such a special guerrilla unit
and who personally knew of the alien’s service,
or
(E) other appropriate proof.
The Service shall liberally construe the provisions of this
subsection to take into account the difficulties inherent in
proving service in such a guerrilla unit.
SEC. 840. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE MIS-
SION OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATU-
RALIZATION SERVICE.
It is the sense of the Congress that the mission state-
ment of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the
Department of Justice should include that it is the respon-
sibility of the Service to detect, apprehend, and remove
those noncitizens whose entry was illegal, whether undocu-
mented or fraudulent, and those found to have violated
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the conditions of their stay, particularly those involved in
drug trafficking or other criminal activity.
SEC. 841. AUTHORIZATION OF REIMBURSEMENT OF CER-
TAIN POLISH APPLICANTS FOR THE 1995 DI-
VERSITY IMMIGRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—After the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, shall establish a process to provide for the reim-
bursement of all fees to each national of Poland (other
than a national illegally residing in the United States) who
was an applicant for the diversity immigrant program for
1995 under section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act who did not receive such a visa.
(b) FUNDING.—The Secretary of State shall use such
funds as may be available at the discretion of the Sec-
retary to carry out the purpose of this section.
(c) REVIEW.—The Secretary of State shall review the
procedures of the Department of State regarding the ad-
ministration of the diversity immigrant program to ensure
that the erroneous notification which occurred with re-
spect to the 1995 diversity immigrant program for Polish
residents does not recur.
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SEC. 842. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENTS REGARD-
ING NOTICE.
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available under this Act
should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—In provid-
ing grants under this Act, the Attorney General, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to each recipient
of a grant a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 843. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO
STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Of the $130,000,000 appropriated in fiscal
year 1995 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program (SCAAP), the Department of Justice dis-
bursed the first $43,000,000 to States on October 6,
1994, 32 days before the 1994 general election, and
then failed to disburse the remaining $87,000,000
until January 31, 1996, 123 days after the end of
fiscal year 1995.
(2) While H.R. 2880, the continuing appropria-
tion measure funding certain operations of the Fed-
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eral Government from January 26, 1996 to March
15, 1996, included $66,000,000 to reimburse States
for the cost of incarcerating documented illegal im-
migrant felons, the Department of Justice failed to
disburse any of the funds to the States during the
period of the continuing appropriation.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that—
(1) the Department of Justice was disturbingly
slow in disbursing fiscal year 1995 funds under the
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to States
after the initial grants were released just prior to
the 1994 election; and
(2) the Attorney General should make it a high
priority to expedite the disbursement of Federal
funds intended to reimburse States for the cost of
incarcerating illegal immigrants, aiming for all State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program funds to be dis-
bursed during the fiscal year for which they are ap-
propriated.
Subtitle C—Technical Corrections
SEC. 851. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 103–
322 (VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACT OF 1994).—
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(1) Section 60024(1)(F) of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322) (in this subsection referred to as
‘‘VCCLEA’’) is amended by inserting ‘‘United
States Code,’’ after ‘‘title 18,’’.
(2) Section 130003(b)(3) of VCCLEA is
amended by striking ‘‘Naturalization’’ and inserting
‘‘Nationality’’.
(3)(A) Section 214 (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended
by redesignating the subsection (j), added by section
130003(b)(2) of VCCLEA (108 Stat. 2025), and the
subsection (k), added by section 220(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Technical Amendments Act
of 1994 (Public Law 103–416, 108 Stat. 4319), as
subsections (k) and (l), respectively.
(B) 
Section 
101(a)(15)(S) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(S)) is amended by striking ‘‘214(j)’’
and inserting ‘‘214(k)’’.
(4)(A) Section 245 (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended
by redesignating the subsection (i) added by section
130003(c)(1) of VCCLEA as subsection (j).
(B) 
Section 
241(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1251(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)), 
as 
amended 
by 
section
130003(d) of VCCLEA and before redesignation by
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section 305(a)(2), is amended by striking ‘‘245(i)’’
and inserting ‘‘245(j)’’.
(5) Section 245(j)(3), as added by section
130003(c)(1) of VCCLEA and as redesignated by
paragraph (4)(A), is amended by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) or
(2)’’.
(6) Section 130007(a) of VCCLEA is amended
by striking ‘‘242A(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘242A(a)(3)’’.
(7) The amendments made by this subsection
shall be effective as if included in the enactment of
the VCCLEA.
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO IMMIGRATION AND
NATIONALITY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 1994.—
(1) Section 101(d) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–416) (in this subsection referred to as
‘‘INTCA’’) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘APPLICATION’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘This’’ and inserting ‘‘AP-
PLICABILITY
OF
TRANSMISSION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—This’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘any residency or other re-
tention requirements for’’ and inserting ‘‘the
application of any provision of law relating to
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residence or physical presence in the United
States for purposes of transmitting United
States’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘as in effect’’ and all that
follows through the end and inserting ‘‘to any
person whose claim is based on the amendment
made by subsection (a) or through whom such
a claim is derived.’’.
(2) Section 102 of INTCA is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) TRANSITION.—In applying the amendment made
by subsection (a) to children born before November 14,
1986, any reference in the matter inserted by such amend-
ment to ‘five years, at least two of which’ is deemed a
reference to ‘10 years, at least 5 of which’.’’.
(3) Section 351(a) (8 U.S.C. 1483(a)), as
amended by section 105(a)(2)(A) of INTCA, is
amended by striking the comma after ‘‘nationality’’.
(4) Section 207(2) of INTCA is amended by in-
serting a comma after ‘‘specified’’.
(5) Section 101(a)(43) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43))
is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (K)(ii), by striking
the comma after ‘‘1588’’, and
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(B) in subparagraph (O), by striking ‘‘sus-
picion’’ and inserting ‘‘suspension’’.
(6) Section 273(b) (8 U.S.C. 1323(b)), as
amended by section 209(a) of INTCA, is amended
by striking ‘‘remain’’ and inserting ‘‘remains’’.
(7) Section 209(a)(1) of INTCA is amended by
striking ‘‘$3000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000’’.
(8) Section 209(b) of INTCA is amended by
striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.
(9) Section 217(f) (8 U.S.C. 1187(f)), as
amended by section 210 of INTCA, is amended by
adding a period at the end.
(10) Section 219(cc) of INTCA is amended by
striking ‘‘ ‘year 1993 the first place it appears’ ’’
and inserting ‘‘ ‘year 1993’ the first place it ap-
pears’’.
(11) Section 219(ee) of INTCA is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The amendments made by this subsection shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.’’.
(12) Paragraphs (4) and (6) of section 286(r)
(8 U.S.C. 1356(r)) are amended by inserting ‘‘the’’
before ‘‘Fund’’ each place it appears.
(13) Section 221 of INTCA is amended—
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(A) by striking each semicolon and insert-
ing a comma,
(B) by striking ‘‘disasters.’’ and inserting
‘‘disasters,’’, and
(C) by striking ‘‘The official’’ and inserting
‘‘the official’’.
(14) Section 242A (8 U.S.C. 1252a), as added
by section 224(a) of INTCA and before redesigna-
tion as section 238 by section 308(b)(5), is amended
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
(15) Section 225 of INTCA is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 242(i)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sections 242(i) and 242A’’, and
(B) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘, 
1252a’’ 
after
‘‘1252(i)’’.
(16) Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, the amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of
INTCA.
(c) STRIKING REFERENCES TO SECTION 210A.—
(1)(A) 
Section 
201(b)(1)(C) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1151(b)(1)(C)) and section 274B(a)(3)(B) (8 U.S.C.
1324b(a)(3)(B)) are each amended by striking ‘‘,
210A,’’.
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(B) Section 241(a)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(1)),
before redesignation by section 305(a)(2), is amend-
ed by striking subparagraph (F).
(2) Sections 204(c)(1)(D)(i) and 204(j)(4) of
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 are
each amended by striking ‘‘, 210A,’’.
(d) MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT.—
(1) Before being amended by section 308(a),
the item in the table of contents relating to section
242A is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 242A. Expedited deportation of aliens convicted of committing aggra-
vated felonies.’’.
(2) Section 101(c)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1101(c)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘, 321, and 322’’ and inserting
‘‘and 321’’.
(3) Pursuant to section 6(b) of Public Law
103–272 (108 Stat. 1378)—
(A) 
section 
214(f)(1) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1184(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section
101(3) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958’’
and inserting ‘‘section 40102(a)(2) of title 49,
United States Code’’; and
(B) 
section 
258(b)(2) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1288(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section
105 or 106 of the Hazardous Materials Trans-
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portation Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1804, 1805)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 5103(b), 5104, 5106,
5107, or 5110 of title 49, United States Code’’.
(4) 
Section 
286(h)(1)(A) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1356(h)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting a period
after ‘‘expended’’.
(5) 
Section 
286(h)(2)(A) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1356(h)(2)(A)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause
(iv),
(B) by moving clauses (v) and (vi) 2 ems
to the left,
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ in clauses (v) and
(vi) and inserting ‘‘and for’’,
(D) by striking the colons in clauses (v)
and (vi), and
(E) by striking the period at the end of
clause (v) and inserting ‘‘; and’’.
(6) Section 412(b) (8 U.S.C. 1522(b)) is
amended by striking the comma after ‘‘is author-
ized’’ in paragraph (3) and after ‘‘The Secretary’’ in
paragraph (4).
(e) MISCELLANEOUS CHANGE IN THE IMMIGRATION
ACT OF 1990.—Section 161(c)(3) of the Immigration Act
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of 1990 is amended by striking ‘‘an an’’ and inserting ‘‘of
an’’.
(f) MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES IN OTHER ACTS.—
(1) Section 506(a) of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Year 1990 (Public Law 101–193)
is amended by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting
‘‘such section’’.
(2) Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, as
amended by section 505(2) of Public Law 103–317,
is amended—
(A) by moving the indentation of sub-
sections (f) and (g) 2 ems to the left, and
(B) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(g)’’
and all that follows through ‘‘shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(g) Subsections (d) and (e) shall’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 21,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.