In the Senate of the United States,
November 19, 2004.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2655) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend and extend the
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of
1998.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE
PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING
PROGRAM ACT.—
(1) PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT
REQUIREMENTS.—
Section 2(a) of the Irish Peace Process Cultural and
Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS.—
An alien entering the United States as a participant
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in the program shall satisfy the following require-
ments:
‘‘(A) The alien shall be a citizen of the
United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland.
‘‘(B) The alien shall be between 21 and 35
years of age on the date of departure for the
United States.
‘‘(C) The alien shall have resided continu-
ously in a designated county for not less than 18
months before such date.
‘‘(D) The alien shall have been continuously
unemployed for not less than 12 months before
such date.
‘‘(E) The alien may not have a degree from
an institution of higher education.’’.
(2) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 2 of the
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program
Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘the
third program year and for the 4 subsequent
years,’’ and inserting ‘‘each program year,’’; and
(B) by amending subsection (d) to read as
follows:
‘‘(d) SUNSET.—
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‘‘(1) Effective October 1, 2008, the Irish Peace
Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998
is repealed.
‘‘(2) 
Effective 
October 
1, 
2008, 
section
101(a)(15)(Q) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(Q)) is amended—
‘‘(A) by striking ‘or’ at the end of clause (i);
‘‘(B) by striking ‘(i)’ after ‘(Q)’; and
‘‘(C) by striking clause (ii).’’.
(3) COST-SHARING.—Section 2 of the Irish Peace
Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998
(8 U.S.C. 1101 note), as amended by paragraph (2),
is further amended—
(A) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d)
as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (b), the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(c) COST-SHARING.—The Secretary of State shall
verify that the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
continue to pay a reasonable share of the costs of the admin-
istration of the cultural and training programs carried out
pursuant to this Act.’’.
(4) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Irish Peace
Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998
(8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service’’ each place such term appears
and inserting ‘‘Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’’.
(b) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—
(1) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
NONIMMIGRANT
STA-
TUS.—Section 101(a)(15)(Q) of the Immigration and
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(Q)) 
is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; and
(B) in clause (ii)(I)—
(i) by striking ‘‘35 years of age or
younger having a residence’’ and inserting
‘‘citizen of the United Kingdom or the Re-
public of Ireland, 21 to 35 years of age, un-
employed for not less than 12 months, and
having a residence for not less than 18
months’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘36 months)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘24 months)’’.