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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2998
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the annual income
level at which a person petitioning for a family-sponsored immigrant’s
admission must agree to provide support in a case where a United
States employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for a period of
not less than one year after admission or where the sponsored alien
is under the age of 18.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself and Mr. DIAZ-BALART) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce
the annual income level at which a person petitioning
for a family-sponsored immigrant’s admission must agree
to provide support in a case where a United States
employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for a
period of not less than one year after admission or
where the sponsored alien is under the age of 18.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SPON-
SOR’S AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT WHERE FAM-
ILY-SPONSORED 
IMMIGRANT 
HAS 
JOB
OFFER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 213A(a)(1)(A) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a(a)(1)(A))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) in which the sponsor—
‘‘(i) agrees to provide support to
maintain the sponsored alien at an annual
income that is not less than 125 percent of
the Federal poverty line during the period
in which the affidavit is enforceable;
‘‘(ii) agrees to provide support to
maintain the sponsored alien (in the case
only of a sponsored alien described in sec-
tion 212(a)(4)(C)) at an annual income
that is not less than 100 percent of the
Federal poverty line during the period in
which the affidavit is enforceable and pro-
vides a written contract (which may be
contingent on the sponsored alien’s phys-
ical presence in the United States) obli-
gating an employer to employ the spon-
sored alien during a 1-year period of em-
ployment in the United States at an an-
nual income that is not less than 100 per-
cent of the Federal poverty line (for a fam-
ily unit of a size equal to the number of
members of the sponsored alien’s expected
household in the United States (including
family and non-family dependents)); or
‘‘(iii) agrees to provide support to
maintain the sponsored alien, in the case
only of a sponsored alien described in sec-
tion 212(a)(4)(C) who will be under 18
years of age throughout the period in
which the affidavit is enforceable, at an
annual income that is not less than 100
percent of the Federal poverty line during
the period in which the affidavit is enforce-
able;’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 213A(f)(2)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1183a(f)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) INCOME REQUIREMENT CASE.—Such term
also includes an individual who does not meet the re-
quirement of paragraph (1)(E) but—
‘‘(A) who accepts joint and several liability
together with an individual under paragraph
(5); or
‘‘(B) who—
‘‘(i) is petitioning for the admission of
an alien described in section 212(a)(4)(C);
‘‘(ii) demonstrates (as provided in
paragraph (6)) the means to maintain an
annual income equal to at least 100 per-
cent of the Federal poverty line; and
‘‘(iii) in a case described in subsection
(a)(1)(A)—
‘‘(I) is petitioning for the admis-
sion of an alien described in clause (ii)
of such subsection; or
‘‘(II) provides the employment
contract referred to in clause (iii) of
such subsection.’’.
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