In the Senate of the United States,
November 20 (legislative day, November 2), 1993.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 783) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title III of the
Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes in the laws
rerlating to nationality and naturalization’’, do pass with the
following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
Titles I and III of this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immi-
gration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of
1993’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS OF IMMIGRATION LAWS
Sec. 101. American Institute in Taiwan.
Sec. 102. Special immigrant status of retired officers and employees of inter-
national organizations.
Sec. 103. Treatment of Tibet under per country levels.
Sec. 104. Authority for Secretary of State to make refugee determinations.
Sec. 105. Clarification of certain grounds for exclusion and deportation.
Sec. 106. Labor market information pilot program for employment-based immi-
grants.
Sec. 107. United States citizens entering and departing on United States pass-
ports.
Sec. 108. Applications for visas.
Sec. 109. Limitations on performance of longshore work by alien crewmembers—
Alaska exception.
Sec. 110. Family unity and temporary protected status.
Sec. 111. Adjustment of status of certain representatives of foreign governments
and international organizations.
Sec. 112. Priority dates for aliens registered on the Western Hemisphere waiting
list.
Sec. 113. Other miscellaneous and technical corrections to immigration-related
provisions.
TITLE II—NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION AMENDMENTS OF
1993
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Equal treatment of women in conferring citizenship for children born
abroad.
Sec. 203. Nationals, but not citizens, at birth based on use of physical presence
instead of residence.
Sec. 204. Children born out of wedlock.
Sec. 205. Child born outside of the United States of an alien parent; conditions
for automatic citizenship.
Sec. 206. Naturalization of children on application of citizen parent.
Sec. 207. Former citizens of United States regaining United States citizenship.
Sec. 208. Intent to reside permanently in the United States after naturalization.
Sec. 209. Terminology relating to expatriation.
Sec. 210. Administrative and judicial determinations relating to loss of citizen-
ship.
Sec. 211. Cancellation of United States passports and consular reports of birth.
Sec. 212. Report on citizenship of certain legalized aliens.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Secretary of State to issue United States passports to United States
citizens and nationals only.
Sec. 302. Fraud and misuse of travel documents.
Sec. 303. Border Patrol Museum and Memorial Library Foundation.
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Sec. 304. Special immigrant status for certain aliens employed abroad.
TITLE 
I—TECHNICAL 
CORREC-
TIONS 
OF 
IMMIGRATION
LAWS
SEC. 101. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN.
Section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or of the American Institute in
Taiwan,’’ after ‘‘of the United States Government
abroad,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of the American
Institute in Taiwan, the Director thereof)’’ after
‘‘Foreign Service establishment’’.
SEC. 102. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS OF RETIRED OFFI-
CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 101(a)(27)(I)(iii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(I)(iii)) is amended by
striking subclause (II) and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(II) files a petition for status under this subpara-
graph no later than six months after the date of such retire-
ment or six months after the date of enactment of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1993,
whichever is later.’’.
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SEC. 103. TREATMENT OF TIBET UNDER PER COUNTRY
LEVELS.
(a) APPLICATION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
ACT.—The approval referred to in the first sentence of sec-
tion 202(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall
be considered to have been granted, effective beginning with
fiscal year 1994, with respect to Tibet as a separate foreign
state, and not as a component or dependent area of another
foreign state.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Tibet’’ refers to the territory encompassed by Tibet
as of October 1, 1949.
SEC. 104. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE TO MAKE
REFUGEE DETERMINATIONS.
Section 207(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ immediately after ‘‘(1)’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘and subject to subparagraph
(B),’’ after ‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’; and
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(B) The Secretary of State, together with the Attorney
General, shall develop procedures under which the Secretary
may determine individuals to be qualified for admission to
the United States as refugees. Such determinations may be
made by the Secretary of State in situations (defined by
the Attorney General together with the Secretary of State)
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in which the Attorney General does not have immediate ac-
cess to the individual under consideration for admission as
a refugee and cannot expeditiously determine whether such
individual is qualified for refugee admission.’’.
SEC. 105. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR EX-
CLUSION AND DEPORTATION.
(a) EXCLUSION GROUNDS.—Section 212 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(I), by inserting ‘‘or
an attempt or conspiracy to commit that crime’’ after
‘‘offense)’’,
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)(II), by inserting
‘‘or attempt’’ after ‘‘conspiracy’’, and
(3) in the last sentence of subsection (h), by in-
serting ‘‘, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit
murder or a criminal act involving torture’’ after
‘‘torture’’.
(b) DEPORTATION GROUNDS.—Section 241(a) of such
Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘in violation of any law,’’
and inserting ‘‘, or of attempting or conspiring
to purchase, sell, offer for sale, exchange, use
own, possess, or carry,’’, and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘in violation of any law’’
after ‘‘Code)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘an at-
tempt or’’ before ‘‘a conspiracy’’ each place it appears
in clauses (ii) and (iii).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to convictions occurring before, on, or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 106. LABOR MARKET INFORMATION PILOT PROGRAM
FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANTS.
(a) 
PROGRAM
MADE
DISCRETIONARY.—Section
122(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended by
striking from the first sentence ‘‘shall’’ and inserting
‘‘may’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 122(a)(4) of
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘By’’ and inserting ‘‘In
the event a pilot program is established pursuant to this
subsection, by’’.
SEC. 107. UNITED STATES CITIZENS ENTERING AND DE-
PARTING ON UNITED STATES PASSPORTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(b) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1185(b)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘United States’’ after ‘‘valid’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to departures and entries (and at-
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tempts thereof) occurring on or after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 108. APPLICATIONS FOR VISAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of section
222(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1202(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the immigrant’’ and inserting
‘‘the alien’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘present address’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘exempt from exclusion under the im-
migration laws;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to applications made on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 109. LIMITATIONS ON PERFORMANCE OF LONGSHORE
WORK BY ALIEN CREWMEMBERS—ALASKA EX-
CEPTION.
(a) ALASKA EXCEPTION.—Section 258 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1288) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection
(e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(d) STATE OF ALASKA EXCEPTION.—(1) Subsection
(a) shall not apply to a particular activity of longshore
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work at a particular location in the State of Alaska if an
employer of alien crewmen has filed an attestation with the
Secretary of Labor at least 30 days before the date of the
first performance of the activity (or anytime up to 24 hours
before the first performance of the activity, upon a showing
that the employer could not have reasonably anticipated the
need to file an attestation for that location at that time)
setting forth facts and evidence to show that—
‘‘(A) the employer will make a bona fide request
for United States longshore workers who are qualified
and available in sufficient numbers to perform the ac-
tivity at the particular time and location from the
parties to whom notice has been provided under
clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (D), except
that—
‘‘(i) wherever two or more contract stevedor-
ing companies have signed a joint collective bar-
gaining agreement with a single labor organiza-
tion described in subparagraph (D)(i), the em-
ployer may request longshore workers from only
one of such contract stevedoring companies, and
‘‘(ii) a request for longshore workers to an
operator of a private dock may be made only for
longshore work to be performed at that dock and
only if the operator meets the requirements of
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section 32 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 932);
‘‘(B) the employer will employ all those United
States longshore workers made available in response
to the request made pursuant to subparagraph (A)
who are qualified and available in sufficient numbers
and who are needed to perform the longshore activity
at the particular time and location;
‘‘(C) the use of alien crewmembers for such activ-
ity is not intended or designed to influence an elec-
tion of a bargaining representative for workers in the
State of Alaska; and
‘‘(D) notice of the attestation has been provided
by the employer to—
‘‘(i) labor organizations which have been
recognized as exclusive bargaining representa-
tives of United States longshore workers within
the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act
and which make available or intend to make
available workers to the particular location
where the longshore work is to be performed,
‘‘(ii) contract stevedoring companies which
employ or intend to employ United States
longshore workers at that location, and
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‘‘(iii) operators of private docks at which
the employer will use longshore workers.
‘‘(2)(A) An employer filing an attestation under para-
graph (1) who seeks to use alien crewmen to perform
longshore work shall be responsible while the attestation is
valid to make bona fide requests for United States longshore
workers under paragraph (1)(A) and to employ United
States longshore workers, as provided in paragraph (1)(B),
before using alien crewmen to perform the activity or activi-
ties specified in the attestation, except that an employer
shall not be required to request longshore workers from a
party if that party has notified the employer in writing
that it does not intend to make available United States
longshore workers to the location at which the longshore
work is to be performed.
‘‘(B) If a party that has provided such notice subse-
quently notifies the employer in writing that it is prepared
to make available United States longshore workers who are
qualified and available in sufficient numbers to perform the
longshore activity to the location at which the longshore
work is to be performed, then the employer’s obligations to
that party under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph
(1) shall begin 60 days following the issuance of such notice.
‘‘(3)(A) In no case shall an employer filing an attesta-
tion be required—
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‘‘(i) to hire less than a full work unit of United
States longshore workers needed to perform the
longshore activity;
‘‘(ii) to provide overnight accommodations for
the longshore workers while employed; or
‘‘(iii) to provide transportation to the place of
work, except where—
‘‘(I) surface transportation is available;
‘‘(II) such transportation may be safely ac-
complished;
‘‘(III) travel time to the vessel does not ex-
ceed one-half hour each way; and
‘‘(IV) travel distance to the vessel from the
point of embarkation does not exceed 5 miles.
‘‘(B) In the cases of Wide Bay, Alaska, and Klawock/
Craig, Alaska, the travel times and travel distances speci-
fied in subclauses (III) and (IV) of subparagraph (A) shall
be extended to 45 minutes and 71⁄2 miles, respectively, un-
less the party responding to the request for longshore work-
ers agrees to the lesser time and distance limitations speci-
fied in those subclauses.
‘‘(4) Subject to subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub-
section (c)(4), attestations filed under paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall—
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‘‘(A) expire at the end of the 1-year period begin-
ning on the date the employer anticipates the
longshore work to begin, as specified in the attestation
filed with the Secretary of Labor, and
‘‘(B) apply to aliens arriving in the United
States during such 1-year period if the owner, agent,
consignee, master, or commanding officer states in
each list under section 251 that it continues to com-
ply with the conditions in the attestation.
‘‘(5)(A) Except as otherwise provided by subparagraph
(B), subsection (c)(3) and subparagraphs (A) through (E)
of subsection (c)(4) shall apply to attestations filed under
this subsection.
‘‘(B) The use of alien crewmen to perform longshore
work in Alaska consisting of the use of an automated self-
unloading conveyor belt or vacuum-actuated system on a
vessel shall be governed by the provisions of subsection (c).
‘‘(6) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘contract stevedoring companies’
means those stevedoring companies licensed to do
business in the State of Alaska that meet the require-
ments of section 32 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 932); and
‘‘(B) the term ‘employer’ includes any agent or
representative designated by the employer; and
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‘‘(C) the terms ‘qualified’ and ‘available in suffi-
cient numbers’ shall be defined by reference to indus-
try standards in the State of Alaska, including safety
considerations.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 258(a) (8 U.S.C. 1288(a)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘subsection (c) or subsection (d)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (c), (d), or (e)’’.
(2) 
Section 
258(c)(4)(A) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1288(c)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or subsection
(d)(1)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each of the two places
it appears.
(3) Section 258(c) (8 U.S.C. 1288(c)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subsection
(d), this subsection shall not apply to longshore work per-
formed in the State of Alaska.’’.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—(1) The Secretary of Labor
shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out this section.
(2) Attestations filed pursuant to section 258(c) (8
U.S.C. 1288(c)) with the Secretary of Labor before the date
of enactment of this Act shall remain valid until 60 days
after the date of issuance of final regulations by the Sec-
retary under this section.
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SEC. 110. FAMILY UNITY AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STA-
TUS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(a) of the Immigration
Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after ‘‘May 5, 1988’’
the following: ‘‘(in the case of a relationship to a legalized
alien described in subsection (b)(2)(B) or (b)(2)(C)) or as
of December 1, 1988 (in the case of a relationship to a legal-
ized alien described in subsection (b)(2)(A))’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall be deemed to have become effective as of
October 1, 1991.
SEC. 111. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN REP-
RESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 13(c) of the Act of September 11, 1957 (8
U.S.C. 1255b(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking the third sentence; and
(2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘If neither
the Senate nor the House of Representatives passes
such a resolution within the time above specified the’’
and inserting ‘‘The’’.
SEC. 112. PRIORITY DATES FOR ALIENS REGISTERED ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE WAITING LIST.
Section 9(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
Amendments of 1976 (Public Law 94–571) is hereby re-
pealed.
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(e) Section 212(d)(11) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(11)) is amended by striking
‘‘voluntary’’ and inserting ‘‘voluntarily’’.
(f) Section 217(e)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(e)(1)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1)’’.
(g) Section 241(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘or (3)(A)
of subsection 241(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (3)(A) of sub-
section (a)’’.
(h) Section 242(h) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘Parole,,’’
and inserting ‘‘Parole,’’.
(i) Section 242B(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252b(c)(1)) is amended by striking the
comma after ‘‘that’’.
(j) Section 244A(c)(2)(A)(iii)(III) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(A)(iii)(III)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Paragraphs’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraphs’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘or (3)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘and
(3)(E)’’.
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(k) Section 245(h)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(h)(2)(B)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or (3)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (3)(E)’’.
(l)(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 245A(c)(7) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(c)(7)),
as added by Public Law 102–140, is amended—
(A) by indenting it 2 additional ems to the
right; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (B)’’ and inserting
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’.
(2) Section 610(b) of Public Law 102–140 is amended
by striking ‘‘404(b)(2)(ii)’’ and ‘‘404(b)(2)(iii)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘404(b)(1)(A)(ii)’’ and ‘‘404(b)(2)(A)(iii)’’, respec-
tively.
(m) Effective as of the date of the enactment of this
Act, section 246(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended by striking the first 3 sen-
tences.
(n) Section 262(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1302(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection
(a) and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’.
(o) Section 272(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1322(a)) is amended by striking the comma
after ‘‘so afflicted’’.
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(p) The first sentence of section 273(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1323(b)) is amended
by striking ‘‘collector of customs’’ and inserting ‘‘Commis-
sioner’’.
(q) Section 274B(g)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(g)(2)(C)) is amended by
striking ‘‘an administrative law judge’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Special Counsel’’.
(r) Section 274C(b) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1324c(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘title
V’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3481)’’and inserting
‘‘chapter 224 of title 18, United States Code’’.
(s) Section 280(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1330(b)(1)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘maintainance’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance’’.
(t) Effective as if included in the enactment of Public
Law 102–395, subsection (r) of section 286 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356), as added by sec-
tion 112 of such Public Law, is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘Breached Bond/Detention Fund’’ and inserting
‘‘BREACHED BOND/DETENTION FUND’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(hereafter re-
ferred to as the Fund)’’ and inserting ‘‘(in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘Fund’)’’;
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(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended,’’ and
inserting ‘‘this Act’’;
(4) in paragraphs (4) and (6), by striking ‘‘the
Breached Bond/Detention’’;
(5) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘of this Act’’
and inserting ‘‘of Public Law 102–395’’;
(6) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘account’’ and
inserting ‘‘Fund’’; and
(7) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Breached
Bond/Detention’’ each of the two places it appears.
(u) Section 310(b)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421(b)(5)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘District Court’’ and inserting ‘‘district court’’.
(v) Effective December 12, 1991, section 313(a)(2) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1424(a)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(F)’’ and inserting
‘‘or’’.
(w) Section 333(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1444(b)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘249(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘249’’.
(x) Section 412(e)(7)(D) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(e)(7)(D)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1) or (2) of’’.
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(y) Section 302(c) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is
amended by striking ‘‘effect’’ and inserting ‘‘affect’’.
(z) Effective as if included in the Miscellaneous and
Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of
1991—
(1) section 303(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’;
(2) section 304(b)(2) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (c)(1)(B)’’;
(3) paragraph (1) of section 305(j) of such Act
is repealed (and section 407(d)(16)(C) of the Immi-
gration Act of 1990 shall read as if such paragraph
had not been enacted);
(4) paragraph (2) of section 306(b) of such Act
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) Section 538(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990
is amended by striking the comma after ‘Service’.’’;
(5) section 307(a)(6) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘immigrants’’ the first place it appears and
inserting ‘‘immigrant aliens’’;
(6) section 309(a)(3) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘paragraph (1) and (2)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)’’;
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(7) section 309(b)(6)(F) of such Act is amended
by striking ‘‘210(a)(1)(B)(1)(B)’’ and inserting
‘‘210(a)(B)(1)(B)’’;
(8) section 309(b)(8) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘274A(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘274A(h)’’; and
(9) section 310 of such Act is amended—
(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1);
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2) and by striking ‘‘309(c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘309(b)’’.
(aa) Effective as if included in section 4 of Public Law
102–110, section 161(c)(3) of the Immigration Act of 1990
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘alien described in section
203(a)(3) or 203(a)(6) of such Act’’ and inserting
‘‘alien admitted for permanent residence as a pref-
erence 
immigrant 
under 
section 
203(a)(3) 
or
203(a)(6) of such Act (as in effect before such date)’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this
title’’.
(bb) Section 599E(c) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
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1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended by striking ‘‘and
subparagraphs’’ and inserting ‘‘or subparagraph’’.
(cc) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
section, the amendments made by this section shall be effec-
tive as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Act
of 1990.
TITLE 
II—NATIONALITY 
AND
NATURALIZATION 
AMEND-
MENTS OF 1993
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Nationality and Natu-
ralization Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 202. EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN CONFERRING
CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN BORN ABROAD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (g) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(h) a person born before noon (Eastern Stand-
ard Time) May 24, 1934, outside the limits and juris-
diction of the United States of an alien father and a
mother who is a citizen of the United States who,
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prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the
United States.’’.
(b) WAIVER
OF RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.—Any
provision of law (including section 301(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (as in effect before October 10,
1978), and the provisos of section 201(g) of the Nationality
Act of 1940) that provided for a person’s loss of citizenship
or nationality if the person failed to come to, or reside or
be physically present in, the United States shall not apply
in the case of a person claiming United States citizenship
based on section 301(h) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (as added by subsection (a)).
(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the immigration and nationality
laws of the United States shall be applied (to persons born
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act)
as though the amendment made by subsection (a), and sub-
section (b), had been in effect as of the date of their birth,
except that the retroactive application of the amendment
and that subsection shall not affect the validity of citizen-
ship of anyone who has obtained citizenship under section
1993 of the Revised Statutes (as in effect before the enact-
ment of the Act of May 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 797)).
(2) The retroactive application of the amendment
made by subsection (a), and subsection (b), shall not confer
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citizenship 
on, 
or 
affect 
the 
validity 
of 
any
denaturalization, deportation, or exclusion action against,
any person who is or was excludable from the United States
under section 212(a)(3)(E) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(E))(or predecessor provi-
sion) or who was excluded from, or who would not have
been eligible for admission to, the United States under the
Displaced Persons Act of 1948 or under section 14 of the
Refugee Relief Act of 1953.
SEC. 203. NATIONALS, BUT NOT CITIZENS, AT BIRTH BASED
ON USE OF PHYSICAL PRESENCE INSTEAD OF
RESIDENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 308(2) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408(2)) is amended by
striking ‘‘have had a residence’’ and inserting ‘‘were phys-
ically present’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to persons born on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 204. CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(c) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1409(c)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately after ‘‘(c)’’;
and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) For the purpose of satisfying the physical presence
requirements of this subsection, the mother may include any
period during which she is physically present abroad as the
dependent unmarried daughter and a member of the house-
hold of a person—
‘‘(A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of
the United States; or
‘‘(B) employed by the United States Government
or an international organization, as defined in sec-
tion 1 of the International Organizations Immunities
Act (59 Stat. 669; 22 U.S.C. 288).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a)(2) shall apply to mothers of persons born on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 205. CHILD BORN OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AN ALIEN PARENT; CONDITIONS FOR AUTO-
MATIC CITIZENSHIP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 321(a)(3) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1432(a)(3)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘sole or joint’’ before ‘‘legal custody of the
child’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to the awarding of custody before,
on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 206. NATURALIZATION OF CHILDREN ON APPLICATION
OF CITIZEN PARENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 322 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1433) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘CHILD BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; APPLICATION
FOR CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS
‘‘SEC. 322. (a) A parent who is a citizen of the United
States may apply to the Attorney General for a certificate
of citizenship on behalf of a child born outside the United
States. The Attorney General shall issue such a certificate
of citizenship upon proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney
General that the following conditions have been fulfilled:
‘‘(1) At least one parent is a citizen of the Unit-
ed States, whether by birth or naturalization.
‘‘(2) The child is physically present in the Unit-
ed States pursuant to a lawful admission.
‘‘(3) The child is under the age of 18 years and
in the legal custody of the citizen parent.
‘‘(4) If the citizen parent is an adoptive parent
of the child, the child was adopted by the citizen par-
ent before the child reached the age of 16 years and
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‘‘(c) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to the
adopted child of a United States citizen adoptive parent
if the conditions specified in such subsection have been ful-
filled.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of sec-
tion 341 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1452) is repealed.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item in the table of
contents of such Act relating to section 322 is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 322. Child born outside the United States; application for certificate of citi-
zenship requirements.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the first day of the first month
beginning more than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 207. FORMER CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES REGAIN-
ING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 324 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1435) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) A person who was a citizen of the United
States at birth and lost such citizenship for failure to meet
the physical presence retention requirements under section
301(b) (as in effect before October 10, 1978), shall, from
and after taking the oath of allegiance required by section
337 be a citizen of the United States and have the status
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of a citizen of the United States by birth, without filing
an application for naturalization, and notwithstanding
any of the other provisions of this title except the provisions
of section 313. Nothing in this subsection or any other pro-
vision of law shall be construed as conferring United States
citizenship retroactively upon such person during any pe-
riod in which such person was not a citizen.
‘‘(2) The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub-
section (c) shall apply to a person regaining citizenship
under paragraph (1) in the same manner as they apply
under subsection (c)(1).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first
month beginning more than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 208. INTENT TO RESIDE PERMANENTLY IN THE UNIT-
ED STATES AFTER NATURALIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 338 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1449) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘intends to reside permanently in the United States,
except in cases falling within the provisions of section
324(a) of this title,’’.
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 340(d) of such Act
(8 U.S.C. 1451(d)) is repealed.
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(c) CONFORMING REDESIGNATION.—Section 340 of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h),
and (i) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), re-
spectively; and
(2) in subsection (d) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsections (c) or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(c)’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 405 of the
Immigration Act of 1990 is amended by striking subsection
(b).
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to persons admitted to citizenship
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 209. TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO EXPATRIATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 351 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1483) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EXPATRIATION’’
and inserting ‘‘LOSS OF NATIONALITY’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘expatriate himself, or be
expatriated’’ and inserting ‘‘can lose United
States nationality’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘expatriation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘loss of nationality’’; and
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(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘expatriated
himself’’ and inserting ‘‘lost United States national-
ity’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item in the table of
contents of such Act relating to section 351 is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 351. Restrictions on loss of nationality.’’.
SEC. 210. ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DETERMINA-
TIONS RELATING TO LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP.
(a) FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS.—Sec-
tion 358 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1501) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘Approval by the Secretary of State of a certificate
under this section shall constitute a final administrative
determination of loss of United States nationality under
this Act, subject to such procedures for administrative ap-
peal as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation, and also
shall constitute a denial of a right or privilege of United
States nationality for purposes of section 360.’’.
(b) JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.—Subsections (a) and (b)
of section 360 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1503) are each amended
by inserting ‘‘, including approval of a certificate in ac-
cordance with section 358,’’ after ‘‘official thereof,’’.
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SEC. 211. CANCELLATION OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS
AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Immigration and
Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘CANCELLATION OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS AND
CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH
‘‘SEC. 361. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized
to cancel any United States passport or Consular Report
of Birth, or certified copy thereof, if it appears that such
document was illegally, fraudulently, or erroneously ob-
tained from, or was created through illegality or fraud
practiced upon, the Secretary. The person for or to whom
such document has been issued or made shall be given at
such person’s last known address written notice of the inten-
tion to cancel such document, together with the reasons
therefor, and shall be given at least 60 days in which to
show, pursuant to such regulation as the Secretary may
prescribe, why such document should not be canceled. The
cancellation under this section of any document purporting
to show the citizenship status of the person to whom it was
issued shall affect only the document and not the citizenship
status of the person in whose name the document was is-
sued.
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘Consular
Report of Birth’ refers to the report, designated as a ‘Report
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of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States’, issued
by a consular officer to document a citizen born abroad.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 360
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 361. Cancellation of United States passports and Consular Reports of
Birth.’’.
SEC. 213. REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP OF CERTAIN LEGALIZED
ALIENS.
Not later than June 30, 1996, the Commissioner of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall prepare and
submit to the Congress a report concerning the citizenship
status of aliens legalized under section 245A and section
210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Such report
shall include the following information by district office for
each national origin group:
(1) The number of applications for citizenship
filed.
(2) The number of applications approved.
(3) The number of applications denied.
(4) The number of applications pending.
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TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. SECRETARY OF STATE TO ISSUE UNITED STATES
PASSPORTS TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS
AND NATIONALS ONLY.
Section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1902 (32 Stat. 386;
22 U.S.C. 212) is amended by striking ‘‘for any other per-
sons than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not,
to the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘for any person other
than a citizen or national of the United States.’’.
SEC. 302. FRAUD AND MISUSE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18 of the United States Code
is amended—
(1) in section 911—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $1,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘three years’’ and inserting
‘‘six years’’;
(2) in section 1001—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $10,000’’
and inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting
‘‘ten years’’;
(3) in section 1541—
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(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $500’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting
‘‘ten years’’;
(4) in section 1542—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $2,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting
‘‘ten years’’;
(5) in section 1543—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $2,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting
‘‘ten years’’;
(6) in section 1544—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $2,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting
‘‘ten years’’; and
(7) in section 1545—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than $2,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘three years’’ and inserting
‘‘five years’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to offenses committed on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 303. BORDER PATROL MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL LI-
BRARY FOUNDATION.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 203 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(40 U.S.C. 484) or any other provision of law, the Attorney
General is authorized to transfer to the Border Patrol Mu-
seum and Memorial Library Foundation, incorporated in
the State of Texas—
(1) such equipment, artifacts, and memorabilia
held by the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
and
(2) such real property of the United States,
as the Attorney General may determine is necessary to fur-
ther the purposes of the Museum and Foundation.
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Attorney General
is authorized to provide technical assistance, through the
detail of personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, to the Border Patrol Museum and Memorial Li-
brary Foundation for the purpose of demonstrating the use
of the items transferred under subsection (a).
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SEC. 304. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN
ALIENS EMPLOYED ABROAD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—An alien lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence shall be considered,
for purposes of section 101(a)(27)(A) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(A)), to be tem-
porarily visiting abroad during any period before, on, or
after the date of enactment of this Act in which the alien
is employed by the American University of Beirut or by
Beirut University College.
(b) REPEAL.—Private Law 98–53 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note) is hereby repealed.
Attest:
Secretary.