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(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by striking subsection (e). 
(b) ALLOCATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISAS.— 
Section 203 (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b),’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), and 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’. 
(c) PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
TUS.—Section 204 (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made this 
section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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SEC. 824. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
207(a) (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and sub-
section (b), the number of refugees who may be admitted 
under this section in any fiscal year shall be such number 
as the President determines, before the beginning of the 
fiscal year and after appropriate consultation, is justified 
by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national 
interest. 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) 
and (C), the number determined under paragraph (1) for 
a fiscal year may not exceed the number of United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees-referred refugees who 
were resettled in a country other than the United States 
(excluding any internally resettled person) in the second 
preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(B) The number determined under paragraph (1) 
for a fiscal year may exceed the limit specified in subpara-
graph (A) by the number of refugees admitted pursuant 
to section 599D(b)(3) of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1990 (8 U.S.C. 1157 note). 
‘‘(C) The number determined under paragraph (1) 
for a fiscal year may exceed the limit specified in subpara-
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graph (A) if the Congress enacts a law providing for a 
higher number.’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY REFUGEE SITUATIONS.—Section 
207(b) (8 U.S.C. 1157(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
President may fix’’ and inserting ‘‘the President may, if 
the Congress enacts a law providing such authority, fix’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 825. ALIENS SUBJECT TO DIRECT NUMERICAL LIMITA-
TIONS. 
Section 201(b)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (C), (D), and 
(E); and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) Aliens who are admitted under sec-
tion 207.’’. 
SEC. 
826. 
EDUCATION 
OF 
FAMILY-SPONSORED 
IMMI-
GRANTS. 
Section 203(a) (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—An adult alien other than a 
derivative spouse is not eligible for a visa under this
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subsection unless the alien has attained at least a 
high school education or its equivalent.’’. 
SEC. 827. SPONSORSHIP LEVELS. 
Section 213A(f)(1)(E) (8 U.S.C. 1183a(f)(1)(E)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘125 percent of the Federal poverty 
line’’ and inserting ‘‘200 percent of the poverty line’’. 
SEC. 828. REPEAL OF SECTION 245(I). 
Section 245(i) (8 U.S.C. 1255(i)) is repealed. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 244 (8 U.S.C. 1254a) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3)(D); 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by moving the text of subpara-
graph (A) up and to the right so that it 
follows immediately after the paragraph 
heading; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘to deny 
temporary protected status to an alien based on 
the alien’s immigration status or’’;
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘dis-
ruption of living conditions’’ and in-
serting ‘‘physical destruction of homes 
and businesses’’; 
(II) by amending clause (ii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) the foreign state is unable, tem-
porarily, to house and employ the aliens 
who are nationals of the state residing in 
the United States, but has officially re-
quested designation and submitted to the 
Secretary of State a specific plan to repa-
triate such nationals in a short and speci-
fied period of time; and’’; and 
(III) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a period; 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘An initial designation, or extension of a designation, of 
a foreign state (or part of such foreign state) under this 
paragraph shall not become effective if the Secretary of 
Homeland Security finds that permitting the aliens to re-
main temporarily in the United States is contrary to the 
national interest of the United States.’’ 
(B) in the last sentence of paragraph (2), 
by striking ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 
months’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘all’’ after ‘‘and shall determine whether’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘all’’ after ‘‘no longer continues to meet’’; 
and 
(iii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(C) EXTENSION
OF
DESIGNATION.—If 
the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
under subparagraph (A) that a foreign state (or 
part of such foreign state) continues to meet all 
the conditions for designation under paragraph 
(1) and that the foreign state warrants an ex-
tension, the period of designation of the foreign 
State is extended for an additional period of 6