datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
ons and refrain from replacing them at any time 
with any weapons of mass destruction; 
(2) redirect resources that are currently being 
used for nuclear weapons programs to use—
(A) in converting all nuclear weapons in-
dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically 
beneficial peacetime activities during the 3 
years following the effective date of this Act, 
and 
(B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
cation, agriculture, and environmental restora-
tion, including alternative fuel sources; 
(3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to 
eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
ations; and 
(4) actively promote policies to induce all other 
countries to join in these commitments for world 
peace and security. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect when the President certifies 
to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
ments have taken effect.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2648
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the use of proceeds 
of tax exempt private activity bonds for community and water facility 
loans guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2003
Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit 
the use of proceeds of tax exempt private activity bonds 
for community and water facility loans guaranteed under 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. USE OF PROCEEDS OF TAX EXEMPT PRIVATE 
ACTIVITY 
BONDS 
FOR 
COMMUNITY 
AND 
WATER 
FACILITY 
LOANS 
GUARANTEED 
UNDER CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 149(b) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to excep-
tions) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS THE PRO-
CEEDS
OF
WHICH
ARE
FOR
CERTAIN
LOANS 
GUARANTEED
UNDER
CONSOLIDATED
FARM 
AND
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
ACT.—Paragraph 
(1) shall not apply to any bond the proceeds of 
which are used to make a loan which is guaran-
teed by the Secretary of Agriculture under sec-
tion 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (as in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this subparagraph).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 264
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of 
lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2003
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death 
of a spouse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF LUMP-SUM DEATH PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘(i) 
Upon the death’’ and all that follows through ‘‘individual’s 
death.’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) Upon the death of an individual who died as 
a fully or currently insured individual or as the spouse
of a fully or currently insured individual, an amount equal 
to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) three times the applicable primary insur-
ance amount determined under paragraph (3), or 
‘‘(B) $255, 
shall be payable under this subsection. 
‘‘(2) Payments under this subsection in connection 
with a deceased individual shall be paid—
‘‘(A) to the surviving spouse of the individual, 
or 
‘‘(B) if no person qualifies for payment under 
subparagraph (A), or if such person dies before re-
ceiving payment, in equal shares to each person who 
is entitled (or would have been so entitled had a 
timely application been filed), either on the basis of 
the wages and self-employment income of any such 
person who dies before receiving payment or on the 
basis of the wages and self-employment income of 
the deceased individual referred to in paragraph (1), 
to benefits under subsection (d) of this section for 
the month in which the relevant death occurred. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the applica-
ble primary insurance amount determined under this para-
graph is the larger of—
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2651
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to establish 
antibullying programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2003
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RUSH, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. 
FROST, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. BACA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. NADLER, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
States to establish antibullying programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety and Vio-
lence Prevention Act’’.
‘‘(A) the deceased individual’s primary insur-
ance amount (if any), determined without regard to 
the amendments made by section 2201 of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, relating to 
repeal of the minimum benefit provisions, or 
‘‘(B) the primary insurance amount (if any) 
which would be so determined with respect to the 
surviving spouse of the deceased individual if such 
spouse had died on the date of the death of the de-
ceased individual.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202(i) of 
such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘No payment’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) No payment’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘such insured individual’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the deceased indi-
vidual referred to in paragraph (1)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘In the case of any individual 
who died outside the forty-eight’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(5) In the case of any individual who died outside 
the forty-eight’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘the provisions of the preceding 
sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’;
(5) by striking ‘‘the second sentence of’’ each 
place it appears; 
(6) by striking ‘‘In the case of any individual 
who died outside the fifty’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) In the case of any individual who died outside 
the fifty’’; and 
(7) by striking ‘‘the provisions of the third sen-
tence of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(4)’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with 
respect to deaths occurring after 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ANTIBULLYING PROGRAMS. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall make a grant to each State that submits an 
application in accordance with subsection (c) to enable the 
State to establish an antibullying program described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts provided as a grant 
to a State under this section shall be used for the estab-
lishment and operation of an antibullying program, which 
shall consist of the following: 
(1) Antibullying educational, counseling, men-
toring, and peer programs. 
(2) A statewide database for schools to report, 
in real time, school-related crimes, violence, and bul-
lying. 
(3) A statewide hot line for anonymous report-
ing by students and staff of information on bullying. 
(4) An emergency response plan for responding 
to school-related crimes, violence, and bullying. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under this 
section, a State shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. 
(d) BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary may 
make grants under this section only to the extent or in 
the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education. 
(2) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, and any other territory or possession of 
the United States.
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‘‘(2) an amount equal to the excess (if any) 
of—
‘‘(A) the costs of converting such platform 
for use in the culture of marine organisms, over 
‘‘(B) the amount that could have been re-
ceived if such platform were sold as scrap on 
shore. 
‘‘(c) ELECTION.—This section shall apply to any tax-
payer for any taxable year only if such taxpayer elects (at 
such time and in such manner as the Secretary may by 
regulations prescribe) to have this section apply for such 
taxable year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code 
is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of para-
graph (14), by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (15) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) the marine organisms culturing credit de-
termined under section 45G(a).’’. 
(2) 
NO
CARRYBACK
BEFORE
EFFECTIVE 
DATE.—Subsection (d) of section 39 of such Code 
(relating to carryback and carryforward of unused 
credits) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2004 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for fiscal year 2004. 
SEC. 8099. The total amount appropriated in title II 
is hereby reduced by $320,000,000 to reduce cost growth 
in information technology development, to be derived as 
follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$60,000,000. 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$100,000,000. 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $100,000,000. 
(4) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, De-
fense-Wide’’, $60,000,000. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to initiate a new start program without prior notifica-
tion to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 8101. The amounts appropriated in title II are 
hereby reduced by $539,000,000 to reflect cash balance 
and rate stabilization adjustments in Department of De-
fense Working Capital Funds, as follows:
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(2) FOREIGN
RESIDENCE
REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182) is amended—
(A) by redesignating the subsection (p) as
added by section 1505(f) of Public Law 106–386
(114 Stat. 1526) as subsection (s); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(t)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person
admitted under section 101(a)(15)(Q)(ii)(I), or acquiring
such status after admission, shall be eligible to apply for
nonimmigrant status, an immigrant visa, or permanent
residence under this Act until it is established that such
person has resided and been physically present in the per-
son’s country of nationality or last residence for an aggre-
gate of at least 2 years following departure from the United
States.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive
the requirement of such 2-year foreign residence abroad if
the Secretary determines that—
‘‘(A) departure from the United States would
impose exceptional hardship upon the alien’s spouse
or child (if such spouse or child is a citizen of the
United States or an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence); or
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‘‘(B) the admission of the alien is in the public
interest or the national interest of the United
States.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2655
AN ACT
To amend and extend the Irish Peace Process
Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2655
AN ACT
To amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and
Training Program Act of 1998.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE
PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAIN-
ING 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
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
6 months before such date.
‘‘(D) The alien shall have been continu-
ously unemployed for not less than 6 months
before such date.
‘‘(E) The alien may not have a degree
from an institution of higher education.’’.
(1) the obligation would have been properly
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly
chargeable to any current appropriation account of
the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obli-
gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation
of the Department of Defense under the provisions
of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law
101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro-
vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub-
sequent review or investigation discloses that there
was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex-
pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur-
rent account under the authority of this section shall
be reversed and recorded against the expired ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount
charged to a current appropriation under this sec-
tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent
of the total appropriation for that account.
SEC. 8071. Funds appropriated for the Department
of Defense in this Act or any other Act for the current
(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,’’;
(B) by amending subsection (d)(1) to read
as follows:
‘‘(1) Effective October 1, 2008, this Act is re-
pealed, except for subsection (a)(3), which is re-
pealed effective October 1, 2009.’’; and
(C) in subsection (d)(2), by striking
‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2008,’’.
(3) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—The 
Irish
Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act
of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended—
(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 ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Department of Homeland
Security’’.
(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,
unemployed for not less than 6 months,
and having a residence for not less than 6
months’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘36 months)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘24 months)’’.
(2) FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182) is amended—
(A) by redesignating the subsection (p) as
added by section 1505(f) of Public Law 106–
386 (114 Stat. 1526) as subsection (s); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(t)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no per-
son admitted under section 101(a)(15)(Q)(ii)(I), or ac-
quiring such status after admission, shall be eligible to
apply for nonimmigrant status, an immigrant visa, or per-
manent residence under this Act until it is established that
such person has resided and been physically present in the
person’s country of nationality or last residence for an ag-
gregate of at least 2 years following departure from the
United States.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive
the requirement of such 2-year foreign residence abroad
if the Secretary determines that—
‘‘(A) departure from the United States would
impose exceptional hardship upon the alien’s spouse
or child (if such spouse or child is a citizen of the
United States or an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence); or
‘‘(B) the admission of the alien is in the public
interest or the national interest of the United
States.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2655
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program
Act of 1998.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE PROCESS
CULTURAL AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
(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 in the program
shall satisfy the following requirements:
‘‘(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 continuously 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 institu-
tion 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.—
‘‘(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).’’.
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SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE 
PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAIN-
ING 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 
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 
6 months before such date. 
‘‘(D) The alien shall have been continu-
ously unemployed for not less than 6 months 
before such date. 
‘‘(E) The alien may not have a degree 
from an institution of higher education.’’.
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(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 sub-
sections (d) and (e), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (b), the following 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 administration of the cultural
and training programs carried out pursuant to this Act.’’.
(4) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Irish Peace Process Cul-
tural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note)
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place such
term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Immigration and Naturalization
Service’’ each place such term appears and inserting
‘‘Department of Homeland Security’’.
(b) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—
(1) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
NONIMMIGRANT
STATUS.—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 ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’; 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 Republic of Ireland, 21 to 35 years
of age, unemployed for not less than 12 months, and
having a residence for not less than 18 months’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘36 months)’’ and inserting ‘‘24
months)’’.
(2) FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.—Section 212 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—
(A) by redesignating the subsection (p) as added by
section 1505(f) of Public Law 106–386 (114 Stat. 1526)
as subsection (s); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(t)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person admitted
under section 101(a)(15)(Q)(ii)(I), or acquiring such status after
admission, shall be eligible to apply for nonimmigrant status, an
immigrant visa, or permanent residence under this Act until it
is established that such person has resided and been physically
present in the person’s country of nationality or last residence
for an aggregate of at least 2 years following departure from the
United States.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the require-
ment of such 2-year foreign residence abroad if the Secretary deter-
mines that—
‘‘(A) departure from the United States would impose excep-
tional hardship upon the alien’s spouse or child (if such spouse
or child is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence); or
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‘‘(B) the admission of the alien is in the public interest
or the national interest of the United States.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.