I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2483
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes in the
laws relating to nonimmigrants and immigrants.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1993
Mr. MAZZOLI (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make
changes in the laws relating to nonimmigrants and immi-
grants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Amend-
ments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET FOR CERTAIN G–4 SPE-
CIAL IMMIGRANT PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27)(I)(iii)(II) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(27)(I)(iii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘before
January 1, 1993, and’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
101(a)(27)(I) of such Act is further amended by striking
‘‘or six months after the date of the enactment of the Im-
migration Technical Corrections Act of 1988, whichever
is later’’ each place it appears.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS AND NONIMMIGRANT
STATUS FOR CERTAIN USIA EMPLOYEES.
(a) SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(27)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (J),
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (K) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(L)(i) an immigrant who the Director of the
United States Information Agency certifies to the
Attorney General (I) possesses foreign language
skills essential to the Agency’s broadcasting activi-
ties, and (II) is employed, and has been employed
for 1 year, by the Agency in the United States in
a capacity requiring the utilization of such skills,
and (ii) the spouse or child of such an immigrant if
accompanying or following to join the immigrant.’’.
(2) NUMERICAL LIMITATION FOR SPECIAL IM-
MIGRANT STATUS.—Section 203(b)(4) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘and of which not more than 150 shall
be available in fiscal year 1994, and not more than
50 shall be available in any subsequent fiscal year,
to 
special 
immigrants 
described 
in 
section
101(a)(27)(L)(i)’’.
(3) PETITIONING PROCESS FOR SPECIAL IMMI-
GRANT STATUS.—Section 204(a)(1)(E) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act is amended—
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or
101(a)(27)(L)’’ after ‘‘101(a)(27)(D)’’, and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) In the case of an alien seeking classification as
a special immigrant described in section 101(a)(27)(L),
the Attorney General shall approve such a classification
upon receipt of a certification described in such section
issued by the Director of the United States Information
Agency if the alien is otherwise admissible.’’.
(4) ONE-TIME WAIVER OF FOREIGN RESIDENCE
REQUIREMENT FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES SEEKING
ADJUSTMENT
TO
SPECIAL
IMMIGRANT
STATUS.—
Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act shall not apply with respect to the adjustment
of status (under section 245 of such Act) of an alien
if—
(A) on or before the date of the enactment
of this Act and at the time of filing the applica-
tion for adjustment of status, the alien has the
status of a nonimmigrant described in section
101(a)(15)(J) of such Act, and
(B) the alien qualifies as a special immi-
grant under section 101(a)(27)(L)(i) of such
Act.
(5) USIA BASIC AUTHORITIES.—Section 804(1)
of the United States Information and Educational
Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(1)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘or as special immigrants
under section 101(a)(27)(L) of that Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(27)(L))’’ after ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15))’’.
(b) NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.—
‘‘(j)(1) The number of aliens who may be admitted
as (or otherwise be provided the status of) a nonimmigrant
under section 101(a)(15)(S)(i) in any fiscal year may not
exceed 50. No alien who may be admitted as such a non-
immigrant under such section but for such numerical limi-
tation may be admitted (or otherwise provided the status
of) a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(J).
‘‘(2) The period of authorized status as a non-
immigrant under section 101(a)(15)(S) shall not exceed
5 years.
‘‘(3) 
Nonimmigrants 
described 
in 
section
101(a)(15)(S)(ii) shall be granted authorization to engage
in employment in the United States and be provided an
‘employment authorized’ endorsement or other appro-
priate work permit.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 1993.
SEC. 4. FOREIGN ADOPTED CHILDREN.
(a) EXPANSION IN CLASSIFICATION OF CHILDREN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b)(1)(F) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(b)(1)(F)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘who is an orphan’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘emigration and adoption’’
and inserting ‘‘(i) who is an orphan because of
the death or disappearance of both parents, (ii)
who has been abandoned by both parents or by
the surviving parent, or (iii) for whom both par-
ents have (or the surviving parent has) in writ-
ing irrevocably released (whether to a public
agency or directly to a prospective adoptive par-
ent) the child for emigration and adoption’’,
and
(B) by striking ‘‘abroad’’.
(2) ADOPTION OF CHILDREN FROM CERTIFIED
FOREIGN
STATES.—Section 204 of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1154) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(h)(1) In the case of an alien who has been made
eligible for emigration and adoption under the laws of a
foreign state certified under paragraph (2), the alien shall
be deemed to be described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of
section 101(b)(1)(F).
‘‘(2)(A) A foreign state is considered to be certified
for purposes of paragraph (1) if the Secretary of State,
in consultation with the Attorney General, determines that
the foreign state meets the standards specified in para-
graph (3) with respect to the adoption of a child for place-
ment abroad.
‘‘(B) The Secretary of State shall revoke the certifi-
cation of a foreign state previously made under subpara-
graph (A) if the Secretary determines that the state no
longer meets the standards specified in paragraph (3).
‘‘(C) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Attorney General, shall review and determine, by not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section and at least every 2 years thereafter, whether each
of at least the 10 principal foreign states (from which chil-
dren described in section 101(b)(1)(F) are being adopted)
meets the standards specified in paragraph (3).
‘‘(3) The standards specified in this paragraph for
a foreign state, with respect to the adoption of a child
for placement abroad, are that the foreign state provides
for the following:
‘‘(A) The adoption of a child for placement
abroad is not permitted except under the cir-
cumstances described in any of clauses (i) through
(iii) of section 101(b)(1)(F) and the foreign state
makes it a crime to kidnap or sell a child.
‘‘(B) The foreign state has reliable means of
ascertaining a child’s identity and the identity of the
child’s parents.
‘‘(C) In the case of a child alleged to be an or-
phan because of the death or disappearance of both
parents or alleged to have been abandoned by both
parents or by the surviving parent, the foreign state
makes reasonable efforts to identify the child’s par-
ents and to determine whether such parents are alive
and their whereabouts.
‘‘(D) If the child is not an orphan because of
the death or disappearance of both parents and has
not been abandoned by both parents or by the sur-
viving parent, biological (and any prior adoptive)
parents are provided (i) notice of the adoption pro-
ceedings, (ii) an opportunity to contest the adoption,
(iii) notice of the permanent and irrevocable nature
of the adoption, and (iv) notice that upon the adop-
tion any derivative immigration rights that the par-
ents may have had through the child will be extin-
guished.
‘‘(4) The Secretary of State shall cause to be pub-
lished in the Federal Register—
‘‘(A) periodically a list of foreign states certified
under paragraph (2), and
‘‘(B) notice of any revocation effected under
paragraph (2)(B).’’.
(3) INCREASE
IN
MAXIMUM
AGE
FOR
ADOP-
TION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 101(b)(1) of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘sixteen’’ in subparagraphs (E) and
(F) and inserting ‘‘eighteen’’.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
341(c)(2)(B) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1452(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘16
years’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years’’.
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR BUYING CHILDREN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Title 18 of the United
States Code is amended by inserting after chapter 7
the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 8—CHILD BUYING
‘‘Sec.
‘‘131. Buying of children.
‘‘§ 131. Buying of children
‘‘Whoever is a citizen or national of the United States
and purchases for anything of value the custody or control
of a person who—
‘‘(1) is under the age of 18 years; and
‘‘(2) is an alien;
with the intent to establish lawful permanent residency for
such alien, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.’’
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of
chapters at the beginning of such title is amended
by inserting after the item relating to chapter 7 the
following new item:
‘‘8. Child buying .................................................................................
131’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall take effect on the first day of the first
month beginning more than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) The amendments made by subsection
(b) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(2) PUBLICATION OF FOREIGN STATE LIST.—
The Secretary of State shall first provide for the
publication of a list of the foreign states certified
under section 204(h)(2) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (as added by the amendment made by
subsection (a)(2)) by not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR REFUGEES AD-
MITTED TO THE UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 209 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) is amended—
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows:
‘‘PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR REFUGEES;
ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR ASYLEES’’;
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) Any alien admitted to the United States under
section 207 shall be regarded as lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence as of the date of
arrival into the United States.’’; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘this section’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item in the table
of contents relating to section 209 of such Act is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 209. Permanent resident status for refugees; adjustment of status for
asylees.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to aliens admitted to the United
States under section 207 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 6. ALIEN WITNESS COOPERATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NONIMMIGRANT CLAS-
SIFICATION.—Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(R),
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (S) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(T) subject to section 214(j), an alien—
‘‘(i) who the Attorney General determines
(I) is in possession of critical reliable informa-
tion concerning a criminal organization or en-
terprise, and (II) is willing to supply such infor-
mation to Federal or State law enforcement au-
thorities or a Federal or State court of law, and
‘‘(ii) whose presence in the United States
the Attorney General determines is essential to
the success of an authorized criminal investiga-
tion or the successful prosecution of an individ-
ual involved in the criminal organization or en-
terprise,
and the spouse and minor children of the alien if ac-
companying, or following to join, the alien.’’.
(b) CONDITIONS OF ENTRY.—
(1) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.—
Section 212(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)) is
amended by inserting at the beginning the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(1) The Attorney General may, in his or her discre-
tion, waive the application of subsection (a) (other than
paragraph (3)(E) thereof) in the case of a nonimmigrant
described in section 101(a)(15)(T), if the Attorney Gen-
eral deems it in the national interest. Any such waiver
shall be deemed a waiver of any comparable ground for
deportation under section 241(a)(1)(A).’’.
(2) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS; PERIOD OF AD-
MISSION; ETC.—Section 214 of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1184) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(k)(1) The number of aliens who may be provided
a visa as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(T) in
any fiscal year may not exceed 100.
‘‘(2) No alien may be admitted into the United States
as such a nonimmigrant more than 5 years after the date
of the enactment of this subsection.
‘‘(3) The period of admission of an alien as such a
nonimmigrant may not exceed 3 years. Such period may
not be extended by the Attorney General.
‘‘(4) As a condition for the admission, and continued
stay in lawful status, of such a nonimmigrant, the non-
immigrant (A) shall report not less often than quarterly
to the Commissioner such information concerning the
alien’s whereabouts and activities as the Attorney General
may require, (B) may not be convicted of any criminal
offense in the United States after the date of such admis-
sion, and (C) must have executed a form that waives the
nonimmigrant’s right to contest, other than on the basis
of an application for withholding of deportation, any ac-
tion for deportation of the alien instituted before the alien
obtains lawful permanent resident status.
‘‘(5) The Attorney General shall submit a report an-
nually to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives and of the Senate concerning (A) the
number of such nonimmigrants admitted, (B) the number
of successful criminal prosecutions or investigations re-
sulting from cooperation of such aliens, (C) the number
of such nonimmigrants whose admission has not resulted
in successful criminal prosecution or investigation, and
(D) the number of such nonimmigrants who have failed
to report quarterly (as required under paragraph (4)) or
who have been convicted of crimes in the United States
after the date of their admission as such a non-
immigrant.’’.
(3) PROHIBITION
OF
CHANGE
OF
STATUS.—
Section 248(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1258(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or (K)’’ and inserting ‘‘(K), or
(T)’’.
(c) ADJUSTMENT TO PERMANENT RESIDENT STA-
TUS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 245 of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(h)(1) If, in the opinion of the Attorney General—
‘‘(A) a nonimmigrant admitted into the United
States under section 101(a)(15)(T) has supplied in-
formation described in clauses (i) and (ii) of such
section, and
‘‘(B) the provision of such information has sub-
stantially contributed to the success of an authorized
criminal investigation or the successful prosecution
of an individual described in clause (ii) of such sec-
tion,
the Attorney General may adjust the status of the alien
(and the spouse and child of the alien if admitted under
such section) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence if the alien is not described in section
212(a)(3)(E).
‘‘(2) Upon the approval of adjustment of status under
paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall record the
alien’s lawful admission for permanent residence as of the
date of such approval and the Secretary of State shall re-
duce by one the number of visas authorized to be issued
under sections 201(d) and 203(b)(4) for the fiscal year
then current.’’.
(2) EXCLUSIVE MEANS OF ADJUSTMENT.—Sec-
tion 245(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘(4)’’ and by in-
serting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘;
or (5) an alien who was admitted as a nonimmigrant
described in section 101(a)(15)(T)’’.
(d) EXTENDING PERIOD OF DEPORTATION FOR CON-
VICTION OF A CRIME.—Section 241(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) of such
Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(or 10 years in the case of an alien provided lawful
permanent resident status under section 245(h))’’ after
‘‘five years’’.
SEC. 7. TEMPORARY NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR ALIEN
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF CITIZENS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), as
amended by sections 3(b)(1) and 6(a) of this Act, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(S);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (T) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(U) an alien, and the children of the alien if
accompanying or following to join the alien, who is
the spouse of a citizen of the United States.’’.
(b) CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS.—Section 214 of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184), as amended by sections 3(b)(2)
and 6(b)(2) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(l)(1) The period of authorized status as a non-
immigrant under section 101(a)(15)(U) shall terminate—
‘‘(A) 3 months after the date of obtaining such
status, unless the citizen spouse (or in the case of
a child, citizen parent) has filed a classification peti-
tion under section 204(a) for classification of the
nonimmigrant as an immediate relative, or
‘‘(B) if such a petition is filed on a timely basis,
after the end of such period as the Attorney General
determines to be sufficient to permit the filing of an
application for an immigrant visa, or an application
for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence, on behalf of the
nonimmigrant and, if such an application is filed,
the final disposition of such an application.
The Attorney General may not extend the 3-month period
of authorized status under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(2) 
Nonimmigrants 
described 
in 
section
101(a)(15)(U) shall be granted authorization to engage in
employment in the United States and be provided an ‘em-
ployment authorized’ endorsement or other appropriate
work permit.’’.
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—
(1) ADJUSTMENT
TO
PERMANENT
RESIDENT
STATUS
ONLY
ON
BASIS
OF
CITIZEN
IMMEDIATE
RELATIVE PETITION.—Section 245(d) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1255(d)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ‘‘The Attorney General
may not adjust, under subsection (a), the status of
a 
nonimmigrant 
alien 
described 
in 
section
101(a)(15)(U) who is the spouse of a citizen (or
child of such a spouse) except on the basis of a peti-
tion filed by such citizen under section 204(a) to
classify the alien as an immediate relative of the citi-
zen.’’.
(2) NO
CHANGE
OF
NONIMMIGRANT
STATUS
FROM U NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.—Section 248(1) of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1258(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘(K), or (T)’’ and inserting ‘‘(K), (T), or (U)’’.
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