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Union Calendar No. 364 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5570 
[Report No. 110–589] 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the sunset 
in the special immigrant nonminister religious worker visa program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2008 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate 
the sunset in the special immigrant nonminister religious 
worker visa program. 
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 ‘‘Religious Worker Visa 
Extension Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET FOR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT 
NONMINISTER
RELIGIOUS
WORKER
VISA 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the 
Immigration
and
Nationality
Act
(8
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘before Octo-
ber 1, 2008,’’ each place such term appears. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on September 
30, 2008. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Religious Worker Visa 
Extension Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT NONMINISTER RELIGIOUS 
WORKER PROGRAM. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than December 31, 
2008, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue final 
regulations to eliminate or reduce fraud in the special im-
migrant categories described in subclauses (II) and (III) 
of section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)). 
(b) EXTENSIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 
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1, 2008,’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2010,’’. 
(2) CONDITIONAL FURTHER EXTENSION.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)), as 
amended by paragraph (1), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010,’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2016,’’. 
(B) CONDITIONAL
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The 
amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall 
take effect on March 1, 2009, but only if the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security has complied with 
subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2010, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the Congress a report containing the results 
of a study of the effectiveness of the regulations described 
in subsection (a). 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the spe-
cial immigrant nonminister religious worker program, 
and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 364 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5570 
[Report No. 110–589] 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
eliminate the sunset in the special immigrant 
nonminister religious worker visa program. 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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