May 27, 1997) and urging the Government of Mex-
ico to participate fully in the Convention’s formal 
implementation monitoring mechanism; 
(8) helping the Government of Mexico to 
strengthen education and training opportunities 
throughout the country, with a particular emphasis 
on improving rural education; and 
(9) encouraging the Government of Mexico to 
create incentives for persons who have migrated to 
the United States to return to Mexico. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BILATERAL 
PARTNERSHIP ON HEALTH CARE.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Government of the United States and the 
Government of Mexico should enter into a partnership to 
examine uncompensated and burdensome health care costs 
incurred by the United States due to legal and illegal im-
migration, including— 
(1) increasing health care access for poor and 
under served populations in Mexico; 
(2) assisting Mexico in increasing its emergency 
and trauma health care facilities along the border, 
with emphasis on expanding prenatal care in the 
United States–Mexico border region; 
(3) facilitating the return of stable, incapaci-
tated workers temporarily employed in the United
States to Mexico in order to receive extended, long- 
term care in their home country; and 
(4) helping the Government of Mexico to estab-
lish a program with the private sector to cover the 
health care needs of Mexican nationals temporarily 
employed in the United States. 
TITLE VI—FAMILY UNITY AND 
BACKLOG REDUCTION 
SEC. 601. ELIMINATION OF EXISTING BACKLOGS. 
(a) 
FAMILY-SPONSORED
IMMIGRANTS.—Section 
201(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) WORLDWIDE LEVEL OF FAMILY-SPONSORED IM-
MIGRANTS.—The worldwide level of family-sponsored im-
migrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal 
to the sum of— 
‘‘(1) 480,000; 
‘‘(2) the difference between the maximum num-
ber of visas authorized to be issued under this sub-
section during the previous fiscal year and the num-
ber of visas issued during the previous fiscal year; 
and 
‘‘(3) the difference between— 
‘‘(A) the maximum number of visas au-
thorized to be issued under this subsection dur-
ing fiscal years 2001 through 2005 minus the 
number of visas issued under this subsection 
during those years; and 
‘‘(B) the number of visas described in sub-
paragraph (A) that were issued after fiscal year 
2005.’’. 
(b) 
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
IMMIGRANTS.—Section 
201(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) WORLDWIDE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED 
IMMIGRANTS.—The worldwide level of employment-based 
immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal 
to the sum of— 
‘‘(1) 290,000; 
‘‘(2) the difference between the maximum num-
ber of visas authorized to be issued under this sub-
section during the previous fiscal year and the num-
ber of visas issued during the previous fiscal year; 
and 
‘‘(3) the difference between— 
‘‘(A) the maximum number of visas au-
thorized to be issued under this subsection dur-
ing fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and the 
number of visa numbers issued under this sub-
section during those years; and
‘‘(B) the number of visas described in sub-
paragraph (A) that were issued after fiscal year 
2005.’’. 
SEC. 602. COUNTRY LIMITS. 
Section 202(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, (4), and (5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and (4)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘7 percent (in the case of 
a single foreign state) or 2 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 percent (in the case of a single foreign 
state) or 5 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 603. ALLOCATION OF IMMIGRANT VISAS. 
(a) PREFERENCE ALLOCATION FOR FAMILY-SPON-
SORED IMMIGRANTS.—Section 203(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PREFERENCE ALLOCATIONS FOR FAMILY-SPON-
SORED IMMIGRANTS.—Aliens subject to the worldwide 
level specified in section 201(c) for family-sponsored immi-
grants shall be allocated visas as follows: 
‘‘(1) UNMARRIED
SONS
AND
DAUGHTERS
OF 
CITIZENS.—Qualified immigrants who are the un-
married sons or daughters of citizens of the United 
States shall be allocated visas in a quantity not to 
exceed 10 percent of such worldwide level plus any 
visas not required for the class specified in para-
graph (4). 
‘‘(2) SPOUSES
AND
UNMARRIED
SONS
AND 
DAUGHTERS OF PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS.— 
Visas in a quantity not to exceed 50 percent of such 
worldwide level plus any visas not required for the 
class specified in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to 
qualified immigrants— 
‘‘(A) who are the spouses or children of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, 
which visas shall constitute not less than 77 
percent of the visas allocated under this para-
graph; or 
‘‘(B) who are the unmarried sons or 
daughters of an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence. 
‘‘(3) MARRIED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF CITI-
ZENS.—Qualified immigrants who are the married 
sons and daughters of citizens of the United States 
shall be allocated visas in a quantity not to exceed 
10 percent of such worldwide level plus any visas not