bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
97-s-3118,97,s,3118,Non-Immigrant Visa Waiver Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-12-18,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,0,Non-Immigrant Visa Waiver Act of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions.,2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-hr-7357,97,hr,7357,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-12-03,1982-12-18,Considered by House Unfinished Business.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,1,"Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly hire, maintain in his or her employment, or refer or recruit for a fee any alien not authorized to work.  Makes it unlawful for an employer of four or more persons to hire anyone without complying with the verification procedure set forth in this Act.  Makes following such procedure an affirmative defense for an employer so charged. Requires an employee to attest to his citizenship or legal work status. Requires an employer to:  (1) attest, under penalty of perjury, that he has examined an employee's identification papers; (2) list (on or appended to the verification form) the names and addresses of all persons who applied in writing for a position within 90 days of such position's being filled; (3) keep such records for three years or one year after an employee leaves, whichever is longer; and (4) make these records available to the Department of Justice, the Civil Rights Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Requires the President to implement a secure verification system within three years.  Prohibits the use of this system or any required identification document for other law enforcement purposes. Sets forth graduated civil and criminal penalties for hiring violations. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enjoin persons systematically violating such hiring or verification provisions.  Subjects employers to graduated civil penalties for verification and recordkeeping violations.  Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity before assessing any civil penalties. Permits the Attorney General to sue in U.S. district court to collect outstanding penalties. Entitles persons claiming to have been improperly denied employment to an administrative hearing.  Authorizes appeals to: (1) the United States Immigration Board; and (2) within 60 days of a Board decision, to the U.S. court of appeals.  Authorizes a party to seek enforcement of an administrative judge's order in U.S. district court.  Sets forth judgment limits. States that the provisions of this Part preempt State and local sanctions regarding employment of unauthorized aliens. Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for verification system implementation and monitoring.  Requires the President to report to Congress every six months. Directs the Civil Rights Commission, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to monitor such program and investigate allegations of abuse.  Directs the Commission to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to inform employers, employment agencies, unions, and the public about these requirements.  Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for such purposes. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to subject (beginning seven months after enactment) farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B:  Enforcement and Fees - Expresses the sense of Congress that:  (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities should be increased; and (2) such increase shall be provided for and monitored through the annual authorization of appropriations process. Eliminates the provisions preventing employment from being considered as harboring an alien. Makes it unlawful to knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien is not authorized to enter the United States bring such person into the country (up to $5,000 or one year's imprisonment with additional penalties for a subsequent offense). Requires the Attorney General to impose maintenance fees for an alien's use of border or other INS facilities. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum - Directs immigration officers to exclude without hearing or further inquiry aliens without proper documents, or without any reasonable basis for legal entry or asylum.  Requires that such aliens be informed of their right to an expedited redetermination proceeding. Directs the Attorney General after consulting with the congressional judiciary committees to establish procedures to assure that aliens are not excluded without an inquiry into their reasons for seeking U.S. entry. States that if an alien claims asylum the exclusion hearing shall be limited to the asylum issue. Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges. States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless modified by a court. Requires deportation or exclusion appeals to the Board to be filed within 20 days. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges.  Provides for the appointment of up to 70 judges. Grants such judges responsibility for exclusion, deportation, asylum, and status rescission cases, as well as penalty assessments. Provides for judicial review of exclusion cases and those asylum cases encompassed within deportation or exclusion orders.  States that such final orders shall be reviewed in U.S. appeal courts.  Reduces the period for filing such appeals from six months to 30 days. Restricts judicial review of asylum determinations to questions of:  (1) jurisdiction; (2) compliance with laws and regulations; (3) constitutionality; and (4) arbitrary decisionmaking. Prohibits judicial review decisions from reopening:  (1) exclusion, deportation, or asylum determinations; (2) denials of stays of exclusion or deportation; or (3) expedited exclusions. States that such restrictions and prohibitions should not be construed as limiting habeas corpus. Revises asylum provisions to:  (1) require an alien under an exclusion or deportation order to apply for asylum within 14 days and to complete such application within 30 days after notice of such order unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (2) prohibit an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred; (3) require asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law; (4) permit legal counsel at asylum hearings; (5) require an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum; (6) place the burden of proof on the applicant; (7) prohibit the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (8) require application determinations to be made within 30 days after the hearing (which shall be held within 45 days of the application's filing); and (9) make asylum hearings open to the public unless the alien requests otherwise. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days. Sets forth other administrative and operating provisions for the transfer of asylum proceedings from the existing special inquiry system to the administrative law judge system.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1983. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A:  Immigrants - Revises labor certification provisions to:  (1) require the Secretary of Labor to consider national, rather than local, employment and wage data; (2) include a finding that sufficient American workers could not be trained within a reasonable time period; and (3) prohibit courts from overturning certifications without compelling evidence that the decision was arbitrary. Makes such changes effective October 1, 1983. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"":  (1) unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations (""J"" status); and (2) unmarried Amerasian children (under 21 years old) of U.S. servicemen (""I"" status). Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress by December 31, 1984, regarding Amerasian admissions. Grants nonimmigrant status to:  (1) parents of children receiving ""J"" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving ""J"" status spouse. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of ""child"" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 to:  (1) extend the numerical limitation waiver to certain self- supporting retirees; and (2) permit certain aliens already in the United States with labor certificates and priority dates up to October 1, 1984, to work at their jobs until their visas are available. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker (H- 2 visa) provisions. Restricts the definition of agricultural labor or services to specified definitions in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Internal Revenue Code. Limits H-2 workers to an eight month stay in any calendar year.  Authorizes agricultural workers to remain longer if prior to enactment of this Act the Secretary of Labor has recognized an extension as necessary. Prohibits entry to workers who have violated entry conditions within the past five years. Prohibits entry to agricultural workers unless specified conditions have been met respecting housing, injury benefits, meals and transportation, and wage including piece rates, and recordkeeping. Requires an employer submitting an H-2 visa petition to certify that:  (1) there are not enough qualified U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected. Makes such certification a prerequisite for the admission of H-2 workers. Prohibits the Attorney General from approving more H-2 petitions in any fiscal year than were approved in FY 1982 unless the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Attorney General and to Congress that sufficient enforcement funds are available. Permits the Secretary to charge application fees. Requires employers of H-2 agricultural workers to pay them an additional amount equal to the amount of FICA and unemployment taxes that would have been paid to U.S. workers. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a petition if:  (1) a job is open because of a strike or other labor dispute; or (2) the employer violated certification terms, including failure to pay penalties. Provides with regard to H-2 agricultural workers that:  (1) employers must submit petitions at least 80 days in advance of need; (2) the Secretary must respond promptly in writing regarding a disapproved petition, and within 20 days of need regarding an approved petition; (3) there must be a 60-day recruitment period before an employer may file a petition; (4) the Secretary shall establish expedited procedures for review of denied petitions or de novo administrative hearings; and (5) producer associations may file such petitions (individual members or users are still liable for any violations). Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1983 for recruitment of domestic workers, work program monitoring, and certification expenses. Provides a private right of action in U.S. district court for any person aggrieved by a violation of the H-2 provisions. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, to:  (1) promulgate implementing regulations; and (2) report to Congress within 18 months regarding improvements in the temporary worker program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and advise the Attorney General regarding such tempory worker program. Requires foreign students to return to their home country for two years before being eligible to apply for U.S. permanent residence.  Permits waiver of such requirement where a student:  (1) is an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen; or (2) has an American degree and a college teaching or research job offer.  Ends such waiver program as of September 30, 1989. Permits foreign students with degrees in specified fields to change their nonimmigrant classification to ""trainee."" States that time spent in student or trainee status shall not count for purposes of eligibility for suspension of deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to five countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Title III:  Legalization - Provides for the status adjustment of certain aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status those aliens who:  (1) entered the United States illegally before January 1, 1977; (2) have since resided continuously in the country; (3) are otherwise admissible; and (4) apply for such adjustment in 1983.  Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1977.  (Stipulates that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirement must have been met or waived.) Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status Cuban/Haitian entrants and specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1980.  Requires such applications to be filed in 1983.  Permits such temporary resident aliens to: (1) work in the United States; (2) apply for permanent resident status after three years; and (3) travel abroad. Prohibits the legalization of persons:  (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Authorizes the Attorney General to terminate temporary resident status if an alien has not filed for adjustment to permanent status within three and one-half years. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with designated voluntary agencies, to disseminate information about such status legalization program. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens.  Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Requires the Attorney General to:  (1) issue implementing regulations by December 31, 1982; and (2) provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before January 1, 1983, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. Makes temporary resident (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) and (for their first three years) permanent residents, ineligible for Federal public assistance (other than medical care, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health). Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY 1983. Requires the President to report to Congress within 18 months on the impact of such program. Repeals Public Law 89-732 regarding status adjustment for certain Cubans who entered the United States before April 21, 1980. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948 to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for State legalization assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to available appropriations, to provide full reimbursement to States for costs incurred in providing specified services to aliens during the period they were ineligible for Federal assistance. Requires the Secretary of Education, subject to available appropriations, to assist States in meeting such aliens' added educational costs. Includes such legalized aliens under the coverage of titles I through IV of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7234,97,hr,7234,Immigration Emergency Act,Immigration,1982-09-30,1982-10-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5]",FL,R,M000350,3,"Immigration Emergency Act - Authorizes the President to declare an immigration emergency if in his judgment:  (1) a substantial number of undocumented aliens from a designated country (countries) or geographic area (areas) are ready to leave for the United States, or have already done so; and (2) the normal procedures and resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service would be inadequate to handle the influx of these aliens. Requires the President to explain such action to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate within 48 hours.  Terminates such emergency period after 120 days unless ended sooner or extended by the President. Authorizes the President during an immigration emergency to:  (1) prevent U.S. vessels, vehicles, or aircraft from traveling to designated countries or areas; (2) prevent inadmissible aliens from arriving by requiring their return or their vessel, vehicle, or aircraft's return to a suitable country or area; (3) exempt executive instrumentalities from additional specified environmental requirements for up to one year; and (4) designate one or more Federal agencies including the military to carry out these emergency powers (once they are invoked by the President). Requires an alien to be detained pending a final determination of admissibility.  Permits the Attorney General to transfer such detained aliens at any time.  Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's detention and transfer authority to habeas corpus questions of whether a particular person is within the category of aliens subject to detention. Grants search and seizure and disaster authority to agencies enforcing this Act. Prohibits U.S. conveyances to travel to, or within specified distances of, designated countries or areas during an immigration emergency without prior executive approval.  Provides penalties for violations, including fines, forfeiture, and imprisonment. Provides that violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act committed during an immigration emergency may be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard, or any component of the Department of the Treasury. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the fine for unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States. Permits the seizure of a vessel or aircraft so involved. Authorizes up to $35,000,000 for purposes of this title.",2025-08-29T19:50:11Z,
97-hr-7167,97,hr,7167,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the status of individuals who have been granted asylum.,Immigration,1982-09-22,1982-09-27,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Peyser, Peter A. [D-NY-23]",NY,D,P000280,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to state that a person granted asylum may not be involuntarily removed from the United States, regardless of any State judicial decree or law.",2023-05-11T13:12:00Z,
97-s-2923,97,s,2923,"A bill for the relief of Joseph Benjamin Pearson, formerly of South Africa.",Immigration,1982-09-17,1982-09-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-7060,97,hr,7060,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the date of registry for permanent residence from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1973.",Immigration,1982-09-08,1982-09-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2]",NE,R,D000065,4,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit a record of lawful admission for permanent residence to be made for certain aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1973 (currently prior to June 30, 1948).",2023-05-11T13:11:52Z,
97-sres-451,97,sres,451,A resolution regarding asylum for Hu Na.,Immigration,1982-08-18,1982-08-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA]",CA,R,H000384,2,"Urges the Administration to consider the United States' historical sanctuary role as it considers the asylum request of Hu Na, a citizen of the People's Republic of China.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hconres-391,97,hconres,391,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Hu Na should be granted asylum under the immigration laws of the United States.,Immigration,1982-08-05,1982-08-05,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11]",CA,D,L000090,27,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that Hu Na, a tennis player from the People's Republic of China, should be granted asylum in the United States.",2023-05-11T12:59:52Z,
97-hr-6754,97,hr,6754,"A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to aliens and nationality, as title 8, United States Code, ""Aliens and Nationality"".",Immigration,1982-07-14,1982-07-22,"Executive Comment Requested from HHS, State, Justice, Education.",House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,0,"Revises, codifies, and enacts without substantive change certain laws relating to aliens and nationality as title 8, United States Code, ""Aliens and Nationality."" Subdivides such title into the following subtitles:  (1) general; (2) immigration; (3) citizenship and nationality; (4) passports and travel control; and (5) refugees. Subtitle I:  General - Sets forth:  (1) definitions and special provisions, for certain nonimmigrants; (2) organization, administration, and authorities of the Immigration, and Naturalization Service, the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Bureau of Consular Affairs; and (3) miscellaneous liaison and procedural provisions. Subtitle II:  Immigration - Sets forth provisions respecting:  (1) immigrants and nonimmigrant admissions; (2) exclusion; (3) entry documents and registration; (4) entry and exclusion; (5) alien crew members; (6) deportation and classification changes; and (7) jurisdiction and civil and criminal penalties. Subtitle III:  Citizenship and Nationality - Sets forth provisions respecting:  (1) citizenship and nationality at birth and collective naturalization; (2) nationality through naturalization; (3) loss of nationality; (4) nationality documents; and (5) citizenship instruction and procedures if a right or privilege as a national is denied. Subtitle IV:  Passports and Travel Control - Sets forth provisions respecting:  (1) passports; and (2) travel control and related documents. Subtitle V:  Refugees - Sets forth refugee provisions respecting:  (1) admissions; (2) policy coordination and resettlement and educational assistance; and (3) international participation and emergency assistance.",2023-05-11T13:11:26Z,
97-hconres-368,97,hconres,368,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress respecting the Secretary of State's recommending continuing extended voluntary departure status for Ethiopian nationals in the United States.,Immigration,1982-06-24,1982-06-30,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]",CA,D,D000373,59,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) Ethiopians who have lived in the United States for a substantial period of time should not be forced to return to Ethiopia; and (2) the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that extended voluntary departure status be continued for Ethiopians who have continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1980.",2023-05-11T12:59:50Z,
97-sconres-110,97,sconres,110,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress respecting the Secretary of State's recommending continuing extended voluntary departure status for Ethiopian nationals in the United States.,Immigration,1982-06-24,1982-06-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA]",MA,D,T000393,9,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) Ethiopians who have lived in the United States for a substantial period of time should not be forced to return to Ethiopia; and (2) the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that extended voluntary departure status be continued for Ethiopians who have continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1980.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-6506,97,hr,6506,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require consent or a warrant before entering onto farm property.,Immigration,1982-05-27,1982-06-10,Executive Comment Requested from Justice.,House,"Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39]",CA,R,D000044,19,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an Immigration and Naturalization Service official or employee from entering a farm or agricultural operation without a warrant or the owner's consent.,2023-05-11T13:11:03Z,
97-hr-6514,97,hr,6514,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-05-27,1982-12-01,Placed on Union Calendar No: 589.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,3,"(Reported to House from the Committee on Education and Labor with amendment, H. Rept. 97-890 (Part II)) Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly hire, maintain in his or her employment, or refer or recruit for a fee any alien not authorized to work. Makes it unlawful for an employer of four or more persons to hire anyone without complying with the verification procedure set forth in this Act. Makes following such procedure an affirmative defense for an employer so charged. Requires an employee to attest to his or her citizenship or legal work status. Requires an employer to:  (1) attest, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has examined an employee's identification papers; (2) list (on or appended to the verification form) the names and addresses of all persons who applied in writing for a position within 90 days of such position's being filled; (3) keep such records for three years or one year after an employee leaves, whichever is longer; and (4) make these records available to the Department of Justice, the Civil Rights Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Requires the President to implement a secure verification system within three years. Prohibits the use of this system or any required identification document for other law enforcement purposes. Sets forth graduated civil and criminal penalties for hiring violations. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enjoin persons systematically violating such hiring or verification provisions.  Subjects employers to graduated civil penalties for verification and recordkeeping violations.  Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity before assessing any civil penalties.  Permits the Attorney General to sue in U.S. district court to collect outstanding penalties. Entitles persons claiming to have been improperly denied employment to an administrative hearing.  Authorizes appeals to:  (1) the United States Immigration Board; and (2) within 60 days of a Board decision, to the U.S. court of appeals. Authorizes a party to seek enforcement of an administrative judge's order in U.S. district court. Sets forth judgment limits. States that the provisions of this Part preempt State and local sanctions regarding employment of unauthorized aliens. Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for verification system implementation and monitoring.  Requires the President to report to Congress every six months. Directs the Civil Rights Commission, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to monitor such program and investigate allegations of abuse.  Directs the Commission to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to inform employers, employment agencies, unions, and the public about these requirements.  Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for such purposes. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to subject (beginning seven months after enactment) farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B: Enforcement and Fees - Expresses the sense of Congress that:  (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities should be increased; and (2) such increase shall be provided for, and monitored through, the annual authorization of appropriations process. Eliminates the provisions preventing employment from being considered as harboring an alien. Makes it unlawful to knowingly, or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien is not authorized to enter the United States, bring such person into the country (up to $5,000 fine or one year's imprisonment with additional penalties for a subsequent offense). Requires the Attorney General to impose maintenance fees for an alien's use of border or other INS facilities. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum - Directs immigration officers to exclude without hearing or further inquiry aliens without proper documents or without any reasonable basis for legal entry or asylum.  Requires that such aliens be informed of their right to an expedited redetermination proceeding.  Directs the Attorney General after consulting with the congressional judiciary committees to establish procedures to assure that aliens are not excluded without an inquiry into their reasons for seeking U.S. entry. States that if an alien claims asylum the exclusion hearing shall be limited to the asylum issue. Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges. States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless modified by a court. Requires deportation or exclusion appeals to the Board to be filed within 20 days. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges.  Provides for the appointment of up to 70 judges. Grants such judges responsibility for exclusion, deportation, asylum, and status rescission cases, as well as penalty assessments. Provides for judicial review of exclusion cases and those asylum cases encompassed within deportation or exclusion orders.  States that such final orders shall be reviewed in U.S. appeal courts.  Reduces the period for filing such appeals from six months to 30 days. Restricts judicial review of asylum determinations to questions of:  (1) jurisdiction; (2) compliance with laws and regulations; (3) constitutionality; and (4) arbitrary decisionmaking. Prohibits judicial review decisions from reopening:  (1) exclusion, deportation, or asylum determinations; (2) denials of stays of exclusion or deportation; or (3) expedited exclusions. States that such restrictions and prohibitions should not be construed as limiting habeas corpus. Revises asylum provisions to:  (1) require an alien under an exclusion or deportation order to apply for asylum within 14 days and to complete such application within 30 days after notice of such order unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (2) prohibit an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred; (3) require asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law; (4) permit legal counsel at asylum hearings; (5) require an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum; (6) place the burden of proof on the applicant; (7) prohibit the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (8) require application determinations to be made within 30 days after the hearing (which shall be held within 45 days of the application's filing); and (9) make asylum hearings open to the public unless the alien requests otherwise. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days. Sets forth other administrative and operating provisions for the transfer of asylum proceedings from the existing special inquiry system to the administrative law judge system.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1983. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A:  Immigrants - Revises labor certification provisions to:  (1) require the Secretary of Labor to consider national, rather than local, employment and wage data; (2) include a finding that sufficient American workers could not be trained within a reasonable time period; and (3) prohibit courts from overturning certifications without compelling evidence that the decision was arbitrary. Makes such changes effective October 1, 1983. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"":  (1) unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations (""J"" status); and (2) unmarried Amerasian children (under 21 years old) of U.S. servicemen (""I"" status). Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress by December 31, 1984, regarding Amerasian admissions. Grants nonimmigrant status to:  (1) parents of children receiving ""J"" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving ""J"" status spouse. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of ""child"" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 to:  (1) extend the numerical limitation waiver to certain self-supporting retirees; and (2) permit certain aliens already in the United States with labor certificates and priority dates up to October 1, 1984, to work at their jobs until their visas are available. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker (H-2 visa) provisions.  Restricts the definition of agricultural labor or services to specified definitions in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Internal Revenue Code. Limits H-2 workers to an eight-month stay in any calendar year.  Authorizes agricultural workers to remain longer if before enactment of this Act the Secretary of Labor has recognized an extension as necessary. Prohibits entry to workers who have violated entry conditions within the past five years. Prohibits entry to agricultural workers unless specified conditions have been met respecting housing, injury benefits, meals and transportation and wages including piece rates, and recordkeeping. Requires an employer submitting an H-2 visa petition to certify that:  (1) there are not enough qualified U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected.  Makes such certification a prerequisite for the admission of H-2 workers. Prohibits the Attorney General from approving more H-2 petitions in any fiscal year than were approved in FY 1982 unless the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Attorney General and to Congress that sufficient enforcement funds are available. Permits the Secretary to charge application fees. Requires employers of H-2 agricultural workers to pay them an additional amount equal to the amount of FICA and unemployment taxes that would have been paid to U.S. workers. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a petition if:  (1) a job is open because of a strike or other labor dispute; or (2) the employer violated certification terms, including failure to pay penalties. Provides with regard to H-2 agricultural workers that:  (1) employers must submit petitions at least 80 days in advance of need; (2) the Secretary must respond promptly in writing regarding a disapproved petition, and within 20 days of need regarding an approved petition; (3) there must be a 60-day recruitment period before an employer may file a petition; (4) the Secretary shall establish expedited procedures for review of denied petitions or de novo administrative hearings; and (5) producer associations may file such petitions (individual members or users are still liable for any violations). Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1983 for recruitment of domestic workers, work program monitoring, and certification expenses. Provides a private right of action in U.S. district court for any person aggrieved by a violation of the H-2 provisions. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, to:  (1) promulgate implementing regulations; and (2) report to Congress within 18 months regarding improvements in the temporary worker program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and advise the Attorney General regarding such temporary worker program. Requires foreign students to return to their home country  for two years before being eligible to apply for U.S. permanent residence. Permits waiver of such requirement where a student:  (1) is an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen; or (2) has an American degree and a college teaching or research job offer.  Ends such waiver program as of September 30, 1989. Permits foreign students with degrees in specified fields to change their nonimmigrant classification to ""trainee."" States that time spent in student or trainee status shall not count for purposes of eligibility for suspension of deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to five countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Title III:  Legalization - Provides for the status adjustment of certain aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status those aliens who:  (1) entered the United States illegally before January 1, 1977; (2) have since resided continuously in the country; (3) are otherwise admissible; and (4) apply for such adjustment in 1983.  Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1977.  (Stipulates that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirement must have been met or waived.) Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status Cuban/Haitian entrants and specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1980.  Requires such applications to be filed in 1983.  Permits such temporary resident aliens to: (1) work in the United States; (2) apply for permanent resident status after three years; and (3) travel abroad. Prohibits the legalization of persons:  (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Authorizes the Attorney General to terminate temporary resident status if an alien has not filed for adjustment to permanent status within three and one- half years. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with designated voluntary agencies, to disseminate information about such status legalization program. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens.  Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Requires the Attorney General to:  (1) issue implementing regulations by December 31, 1982; and (2) provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before January 1, 1983, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. Makes temporary residents (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) and (for their first three years) permanent residents, ineligible for Federal public assistance (other than medical care, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health). Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY 1983. Requires the President to report to Congress within 18 months on the impact of such program. Repeals Public Law 89-732 regarding status adjustment for certain Cubans who entered the United States before April 21, 1980. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948 to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for State legalization assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to available appropriations, to provide full reimbursement to States for costs incurred in providing specified services to aliens during the period they were ineligible for Federal assistance. Requires the Secretary of Education, subject to available appropriations, to assist States in meeting such aliens' added educational costs.  Includes such legalized aliens under the coverage of titles I through IV of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
97-hr-6357,97,hr,6357,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal authority to establish an adverse effect wage rate, for nonimmigrant aliens brought into the United States for temporary agricultural labor, higher than the highest of the Federal or State minimum wage rate or the prevailing wage rate.",Immigration,1982-05-12,1982-06-07,Executive Comment Requested from Labor.,House,"Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5]",VA,D,D000038,5,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Attorney General from setting the adverse effect wage rate (for temporary agricultural worker admissions) higher than the highest of the Federal or State minimum or the prevailing local wage.,2023-05-11T13:10:50Z,
97-hconres-334,97,hconres,334,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no amnesty should be granted to aliens present illegally in the United States.,Immigration,1982-05-06,1982-05-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2]",KS,R,J000074,28,Expresses the sense of Congress that aliens illegally in the United States should not be given resident status.,2023-05-11T12:59:48Z,
97-s-2507,97,s,2507,A bill to require a properly executed warrant before an officer or employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service may enter a farm or other agricultural operation.,Immigration,1982-05-06,1982-05-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA]",CA,R,H000384,10,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an Immigration and Naturalization Service official or employee from entering a farm or agricultural operation without a warrant.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hconres-323,97,hconres,323,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress respecting the provision of refugee cash and medical assistance for the full 36-month period for refugees under 25 years of age while attending school.,Immigration,1982-04-29,1982-05-05,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3]",WI,R,G000524,0,Expresses the sense of Congress that:  (1) refugees under the age of 25 who are in high school (or equivalency) should have full cash and medical assistance available for the first 36-month period of U.S. residency; and (2) the Director of the Social Security Administration in charge of such refugee assistance should not promulgate or enforce any contrary rule.,2023-05-11T12:59:47Z,
97-hr-6232,97,hr,6232,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that cash and medical assistance be made available for the full 36-month period to refugees under 25 years of age while attending school.,Immigration,1982-04-29,1982-05-04,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3]",WI,R,G000524,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that full cash and medical assistance be provided for a 36- month period in the case of a refugee who is under 25 and a high school (or equivalency) student. (Currently such benefits may, but need not, be paid up to 100 percent of State and local costs for any refugee during the first 36 months of U.S. residency.)",2023-05-11T13:10:38Z,
97-hr-6071,97,hr,6071,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the procedures relating to asylum, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1982-04-05,1982-04-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12]",NY,D,C000371,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the United States Asylum Commission and the National Advisory Council on Asylum and Refugee Policy. Revises existing asylum provisions. Authorizes appropriations.,2023-05-11T13:10:24Z,
97-hjres-445,97,hjres,445,A joint resolution posthumously proclaiming Christopher Columbus to be an honorary citizen of the United States.,Immigration,1982-03-23,1982-03-25,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24]",NY,D,O000134,0,Grants posthumous honorary citizenship to Christopher Columbus.,2023-05-11T13:01:32Z,
97-hr-5872,97,hr,5872,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-03-17,1982-05-27,Clean Bill H.R.6514 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,21,"Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly hire, recruit, or refer any alien not authorized to work.  Makes following the appropriate verification procedures an affirmative defense for an employer so charged. Sets forth a transitional verification procedure (for the first three years) under which an employer must attest that he or she has examined the alien's identity and work eligibility papers (passport, social security card, etc.). Requires the President to implement a secure verification system within three years.  Prohibits the use of this system or any required identification document for other law enforcement purposes. Sets forth graduated civil and criminal penalties for verification violations. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to inform employers, employment agencies, unions, and the public about these requirements.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or five years' imprisonment or both). Part B:  Enforcement and Fees - Makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly, or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien is not authorized to enter the United States, bring such person into the country (up to $2,500 or one year's imprisonment or both). Expresses the sense of Congress that:  (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities and resources should be increased;  and (2) the Attorney General should use his existing authority under such Act to impose maintenance and operating fees for an alien's use of INS border facilities and services. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum Inspection and Exclusion - Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of administrative law judges under such Act.  Provides that the Chairman of such Board shall appoint these administrative law judges. Grants such judges responsibility over cases of exclusion, deportation, status rescission, and asylum. Requires exclusion appeals to be filed with the Board (rather than the Attorney General) within 15 days.  Limits judicial review in exclusion and asylum cases to the question of habeas corpus.  Reduces the period for filing a petition for judicial review of final orders of exclusion, deportation, and asylum from six months to 30 days. Revises asylum provisions to:  (1) require an alien under an exclusion or deportation order to apply for asylum within 14 days after notice of such order unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (2) prohibit an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred; (3) require asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law; (4) permit legal counsel at asylum hearings; (5) require an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum; (6) place the burden of proof on the applicant; and (7) prohibit the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's county cause a change in asylum eligibility. Requires the President to nominate members of the Board within 45 days. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions for the transfer of asylum proceedings from the existing special inquiry system to the administrative law judge system.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1983. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Immigrants - Revises numerical limitation provisions to:  (1) establish a ""family reunification"" category of 325,000 (minus the number of prior-year immediate relatives); (2) establish an ""independent"" category of 100,000 (minus the number of prior-year special immigrants); and (3) permit 40,000 annual entrants each from Mexico and Canada, with each country entitled to the other's unused visas. Sets forth family reunification preference allocations as follows: (1) unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; (2) spouses and children of permanent residents; (3) married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; and (4) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens with already approved visas.  Sets forth ""independent"" preference allocations as follows:  (1) aliens of exceptional ability; (2) skilled workers; (3) investors; (4) unskilled workers; and (5) nonpreference workers. Sets forth an interpreference allocation guide. Provides that labor certifications will be granted on the basis of national job market data, and requires a finding that U.S. workers could not be trained (or be presently available) within a reasonable period of time. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" Amerasian children who: (1) are unmarried and between 14 and 21 years old; (2) were fathered by a U.S. citizen on active duty in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos, and subject to discrimination in such countries; (3) are orphans or have been put up for adoption; and (4) are coming to the United States to be adopted by a U.S. citizen or citizens.  Limits such annual entrants to 2,000.  Terminates such category after five years. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations. Part B: Nonimmigrants - Limits (H-2 visa) temporary workers to a maximum stay of eight months per year unless the Secretary of Labor extends such period. Requires an employer petition (to bring in such workers) to certify that:  (1) there are not enough U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected.  Provides that:  (1) employers need not submit such petition more than 80 days in advance of need; and (2) the Secretary must take a decision on a petition within 20 days of need, or else the petition is considered approved.  Provides for a seven-day expedited certification.  Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Agriculture, to report annually to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1983 to recruit domestic workers and monitor the nonimmigrant worker program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report on the H-2 worker program to Congress within six months. Prohibits foreign students from adjusting their status to permanent resident unless they are immediate relatives of U.S. citizens. Requires foreign students to return to their home country for two years before being eligible to apply for a U.S. permanent resident visa. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to five countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Title III:  Legalization - Authorizes adjustment of status to permanent resident for specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1978. Authorizes a temporary resident status for Cuban/Haitian entrants and for specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1980. Permits such temporary resident aliens to:  (1) work in the United States; and (2) apply for permanent resident status after two years. Makes temporary residents (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) ineligible for Federal public assistance (other than medical care, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health). Prohibits the legalization of persons:  (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States;  or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with designated voluntary agencies and the Secretary of Labor, to disseminate information about such status legalization program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1983.",2025-08-29T19:49:37Z,
97-hr-5879,97,hr,5879,Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1982,Immigration,1982-03-17,1982-10-25,Became Public Law No: 97-363.,House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,0,"(Measure passed House, amended, roll #162 (357-58)) Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1983 appropriations for refugee resettlement assistance. Expresses the intent of Congress that self-sufficiency is the goal of such assistance. Requires the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to:  (1) study the feasibility of providing interim support through the case management system and separating medical assistance from cash assistance; and (2) report to Congress by January 1, 1983. Requires the Director to implement resettlement policies dealing with the problems of initial resettlement concentration and consultation among governmental officials and representatives of the sponsoring voluntary agencies. Requires the Director to maintain data on refugee dependency and secondary migration within the United States. Amends initial resettlement provisions to require sponsoring agencies to: (1) use or obligate all Federal funds in the fiscal year they are received; (2) notify welfare agencies of jobs offered to refugees;  and (3) assure that refugees with known health problems report to the appropriate health agencies. Authorizes the Director to reimburse State and local health agencies for providing medical screening and initial treatment to refugees. Requires the Government Accounting Office to conduct annual grant and contract audits. Authorizes the Secretary to fully reimburse States for cash and medical assistance provided refugees during their first 36 months in the United States. Includes job or language training as an eligibility requirement for cash assistance.  Terminates such assistance (after opportunity for hearing) if a refugee refuses appropriate employment or training. Prohibits such assistance to full-time students in institutions of higher education. Requires welfare agencies to notify the sponsoring agency when a refugee applies for assistance. Requires the Director to report to Congress:  (1) by January 1, 1983, on the need for an aid program for refugee-concentrated areas; and (2) by September 30, 1983, on the feasibility of establishing refugee orientation centers.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-2222,97,s,2222,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-03-17,1982-09-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",Senate,"Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]",WY,R,S000429,7,"(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #329 (80-19)) Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly hire, maintain in his or her employment, or refer or recruit for a fee any alien not authorized to work.  Makes it unlawful for an employer of four or more persons to hire anyone without complying with the verification procedure set forth in this Act. Makes following such procedure an affirmative defense for an employer so charged. Sets forth such verification procedure which requires an employer (of four or more persons) to attest, under penalty of perjury, that he has examined an employee's identification papers, and requires an employee to attest to his citizenship or legal work status.  Requires employers to keep such records for five years or one year after an employee leaves, whichever is longer. Requires the President to implement a secure verification system within three years.  Prohibits the use of this system or any required identification document for other law enforcement purposes. Sets forth graduated civil and criminal penalties for verification violations. Requires such system to protect the privacy and security of personal information and identifiers used in it.  Requires recommendations to Congress regarding civil and criminal sanctions for misuse of such information. Directs the President to evaluate the suitability of existing Federal and State identification systems for purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enjoin persons systematically violating such hiring provisions. Subjects employers to a $500 civil penalty for verification and recordkeeping violations.  Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity before assessing any civil penalties. Permits the Attorney General to sue in U.S. district court to collect outstanding penalties. States that the provisions of this Part preempt State and local sanctions regarding employment of unauthorized aliens. Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for verification system implementation and monitoring. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to inform employers, employment agencies, unions, and the public about these requirements.  Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for such purposes. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or five years' imprisonment or both). Requires the General Accounting Office to review such employer sanctions program and report to the appropriate congressional committees at specified intervals.  Authorizes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate related discrimination allegations. Specifies how violations shall be counted when determining an employer's penalty for illegal hiring, and establishes separate units of corporate liability. Part B:  Enforcement and Fees - Expresses the sense of Congress that:  (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities should be increased;  and (2) such increase shall be provided for and monitored through the annual authorization of appropriations process. Eliminates the provision preventing employment from being considered as harboring an alien. Makes it unlawful to knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien is not authorized to enter the United States bring such person into the country (up to $2,500 or one year's imprisonment, with additional penalties for a subsequent offense). Requires the Attorney General to impose maintenance fees for an alien's use of border or other INS facilities. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum Inspection and Exclusion - Directs immigration officers at entry points to exclude without hearing or further inquiry aliens without proper documents, or without any reasonable basis for legal entry or asylum.  States that if an alien claims asylum, the exclusion hearing shall be limited to the asylum issue. Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges.  States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless modified by a court or the Attorney General. Permits the Attorney General to review a Board determination within 30 days if the matter is in the national interest. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges.  Provides for the appointment of up to 70 judges.  Grants such judges responsibility for exclusion, deportation, asylum, and status rescission cases. Requires exclusion appeals to be filed with the Board (rather than with the Attorney General) within 15 days.  Limits judicial review in exclusion and asylum cases to the question of habeas corpus.  Reduces the period for filing a petition for judicial review of final orders of exclusion, deportation, and asylum from six months to 45 days. Prohibits judicial review of:  (1) exclusion, deportation, or asylum determinations; (2) denial of stays of exclusion or deportation;  or (3) summary exclusion. Requires an action for judicial review of any administrative action, other than a final order of deportation, to be filed within 30 days after the date of the final administrative action, or of the date of enactment, whichever is later. Revises asylum provisions to:  (1) require an alien under an exclusion or deportation order to apply for asylum within 14 days and to complete such application within 35 days after notice of such order unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility;  (2) prohibit an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred;  (3) require asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law;  (4) permit legal counsel at asylum hearings;  (5) require an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum;  (6) place the burden of proof on the applicant;  (7) prohibit the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility;  (8) require the Secretary of State to make human rights reports available to the Attorney General on a continuing basis;  (9) state that asylum hearings shall be closed to the public unless the applicant requests otherwise; (10) require the Attorney General to notify the Secretary of State of individual asylum claims; and (11) exempt asylum records and documents from disclosure. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days.  Sets forth other administrative and operating provisions for the transfer of asylum proceedings from the existing special inquiry system to the administrative law judge system.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1983. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Immigrants - Revises numerical limitation provisions to:  (1) establish a ""family reunification"" category of 350,000 (minus the number of prior-year immediate relatives);  (2) establish an ""independent"" category of 75,000 (minus the number of prior-year special immigrants); and (3) permit 40,000 annual entrants each from Mexico and Canada, with each country entitled to the other's unused visas. Sets forth ""family reunification"" preference allocations as follows:  (1) unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens;  (2) spouses and children of permanent residents; (3) married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens;  and (4) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens with already approved visas.  Sets forth ""independent"" preference allocations as follows:  (1) aliens of exceptional ability;  (2) skilled workers;  (3) investors; and (4) nonpreference aliens according to application date. Sets forth an interpreference allocation guide. Revises labor certification provisions to:  (1) require the Secretary of Labor to consider national, rather than local, employment and wage data;  (2) include a finding that sufficient American workers could not be trained within a reasonable time period; (3) prohibit courts from overturning certifications without compelling evidence that the decision was arbitrary;  and (4) permit the job offer requirement to be waived for aliens of exceptional ability. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" specified retirees of certain international organizations, their spouses (or surviving spouses), and their unmarried sons and daughters. Includes within the definition of ""nonimmigrant"": (1) parents of minor children having special immigrant status;  (2) other children of such parents;  and (3) children of surviving spouses or retirees (of foreign organizations) having special immigrant status. Sets forth transitional provisions. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker provisions. Limits (H-2 visa) temporary workers to a maximum eight-month stay per year, except for agricultural workers who may stay for more than one year if previously so allowed. Requires an employer H-2 visa petition to certify that:  (1) there are not enough local U.S. workers for the job;  and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected. Permits the Secretary of Labor to charge application fees. Prohibits the Secretary from approving such petition if:  (1) the job is open because of a strike or lock-out;  (2) the alien violated temporary worker admissions terms within the past five years;  or (3) the employer violated similar terms within the past two years. Provides with regard to temporary agricultural workers that:  (1) employers need not submit such petition more than 80 days in advance of need;  (2) the Secretary must decide on a petition within 20 days of need;  (3) producer associations may file such petitions;  and (4) the Secretary shall establish expedited procedures for review of denied petitions or de novo administrative hearings. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Agriculture, to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1983 to recruit domestic workers and monitor the nonimmigrant worker program. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive the two-year foreign residence requirement for status adjustment to immigrant (or for nonimmigrant trainees) for specified numbers of students with certain high technology degrees. Prohibits other foreign students (except those who are immediate relatives of U.S. citizens) and visitors admitted under the visa waiver program from adjusting to immigrant status. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program by October 1, 1983, for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Title III:  Legalization - Authorizes adjustment of status to permanent resident for specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1977. Requires such applications to be filed within 18 months. Authorizes a temporary resident status for Cuban/Haitian entrants and for specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1980.  Requires such applications to be filed within 18 months. Permits such temporary resident aliens to:  (1) work in the United States;  (2) apply for permanent resident status after three years;  and (3) travel abroad. Makes temporary residents (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants)  and (for three years) such permanent residents ineligible for Federal public assistance. Authorizes FY 1983 through 1988 appropriations for block grants to States to assist them with additional costs resulting from this program.  Sets forth allocation and other program provisions. Prohibits the legalization of persons:  (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States;  or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Authorizes the Attorney General to terminate temporary resident status if an alien has not filed for adjustment to permanent status within 31 months. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with designated voluntary agencies and the Secretary of Labor, to disseminate information about such status legalization program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1983. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate a definition of ""resided continuously"" and to establish entry requirements after consulting with the appropriate congressional committees and volunteer agencies. Title IV:  General Provisions - Requires the President to submit various reports to the appropriate congressional committees on specified amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act made by this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) immigration laws should be vigorously and uniformly enforced; and (2) in so doing the rights and safety of U.S. citizens and aliens should be safeguarded. Title V:  Sense of the Congress - Expresses the sense of the Congress that English is the sole official language of the United States.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-5841,97,hr,5841,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immigrant status for certain aliens classified or previously classified as 'G-4 nonimmigrants' and for certain members of their immediate families.,Immigration,1982-03-16,1982-03-19,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25]",NY,R,F000141,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit retirees of certain international organizations and their families who have lived in the United States for specified periods of time to remain here upon termination of such employment.,2023-05-11T13:10:01Z,
97-hr-5771,97,hr,5771,Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-03-09,1982-03-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-11]",FL,D,M000688,0,"Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a United States Immigration Court.  States that such Court shall consist of a 50 judge trial division and a seven judge appellate division.  Sets forth jurisdictional provisions. Permits Supreme Court review of immigration appellate division decisions based on a writ of certiorari or on appeal from a holding declaring an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Sets forth appellate review procedures. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to:  (1) establish an ""asylum officer"" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make an asylum determination final; (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings from being reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. Gives exclusive judicial review responsibility in an asylum claim to the appellate division of the Immigration Court.  Denies review under the Administrative Procedure Act. Makes conforming amendments to:  (1) exclusion and deportation hearing and appeals provisions; and (2) certificate of identity provisions.",2025-08-29T19:49:37Z,
97-sres-336,97,sres,336,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that extended voluntary departure status should be granted to El Salvadorans in the United States whose safety would be endangered if they were required to return to El Salvador.,Immigration,1982-03-09,1982-03-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that aliens who are nationals of El Salvador be granted extended voluntary departure status until they can reside safely in El Salvador.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-5649,97,hr,5649,Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-03-01,1982-03-10,"Executive Comment Requested from Admin Office US Courts, Justice.",House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5]",FL,R,M000350,15,"Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a United States Immigration Court.  States that such Court shall consist of a 50 judge trial division and a seven judge appellate division.  Sets forth jurisdictional provisions. Permits Supreme Court review of immigration appellate division decisions based on a writ of certiorari or on appeal from a holding declaring an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Sets forth appellate review procedures. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to:  (1) establish an ""asylum officer"" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make an asylum determination final; (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings from being reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. Gives exclusive judicial review responsibility in an asylum claim to the appellate division of the Immigration Court.  Denies review under the Administrative Procedure Act. Makes conforming amendments to:  (1) exclusion and deportation hearing and appeals provisions; and (2) certificate of identity provisions.",2025-08-29T19:49:32Z,
97-hr-5632,97,hr,5632,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt United States nationals from certain naturalization requirements.,Immigration,1982-02-25,1982-03-02,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Del. Sunia, Foto I. F. [D-AS-At Large]",AS,D,S001077,9,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt American nationals residing in a State, territory, or possession from language and history naturalization requirements.",2023-05-11T13:09:44Z,
97-hr-5545,97,hr,5545,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States Armed Forces personnel.,Immigration,1982-02-22,1982-02-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-6]",CA,D,B001156,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow preference visas to be given to an alien who:  (1) requests such treatment; (2) was born after 1950 in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, or Thailand; (3) was fathered by an American serviceman; and (4) provides a guarantee of financial support. Stipulates that such guarantee must: (1) be signed by a citizen or lawful permanent resident who is at least 21 years old; and (2) provide that such signing sponsor will provide necessary financial support for five years.  Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.",2023-05-11T13:09:36Z,
97-hr-5495,97,hr,5495,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that Federal refugee assistance be provided for not less than 100 percent of cash and medical assistance costs required during the first 36 months that refugees are in the United States.,Immigration,1982-02-09,1982-02-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7]",WA,D,L000486,19,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require (currently only  allows) that Federal refugee assistance be provided for 100 percent (currently up to 100 percent) of certain refugee cash and medical assistance.,2023-05-11T13:09:32Z,
97-s-2088,97,s,2088,A bill to require treatment of citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands as citizens of the United States of America for purposes of particular federal statutes.,Immigration,1982-02-09,1982-09-13,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]",ID,R,M000346,0,"Permits the Federal Government to pay compensation to or employ citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands. Deems a citizen of the Islands to be a U.S. citizen for purposes of specified statutes relating to the uniformed services if such citizen declares, in writing, an intention to become a U.S. citizen upon full implementation of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Deems citizens of the Islands to be U.S. citizens for purposes of specified statutes relating to:  (1) Federal employment; (2) protection and services in foreign countries; (3) commerce; (4) political and civil rights; and (5) Federal programs and benefits. Prohibits this Act from extending to the Islands any law not otherwise geographically applicable to or within the Islands. Deems citizens of the Islands to be U.S. citizens for purposes of any provision requiring U.S. citizenship in certain statutes applicable to the Islands.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-hjres-388,97,hjres,388,A joint resolution proclaiming William Penn and Hannah Callowhill Penn to be honorary citizens of the United States.,Immigration,1982-01-28,1982-02-01,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Smith, Joseph F. [D-PA-3]",PA,D,S000579,14,Proclaims William Penn and Hannah Callowhill Penn as honorary citizens.,2023-05-11T13:01:27Z,
97-hr-5384,97,hr,5384,Polish Refugee Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-01-28,1982-10-28,Executive Comment Received From State.,House,"Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10]",NY,D,B000432,23,Polish Refugee Act of 1982 - Declares that the Government of the United States should give special consideration to persons who have fled the political crisis in Poland. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an unlimited number of Poles to enter the United States as refugees.,2025-08-29T19:49:27Z,
97-s-2023,97,s,2023,Polish Refugee Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-01-28,1982-06-01,Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,Polish Refugee Act of 1982 - Declares that the Government of the United States should give special consideration to persons who have fled the political crisis in Poland. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an unlimited number of Poles to enter the United States as refugees.,2025-08-29T19:51:25Z,
97-hr-5287,97,hr,5287,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who seek to enter the United States to do research at colleges and universities.,Immigration,1981-12-16,1981-12-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include certain aliens seeking to enter the United States to do university-level research within the definition of ""aliens who are members of the teaching profession or who have exceptional ability in the sciences or the arts.""",2023-05-11T13:09:14Z,
97-hres-310,97,hres,310,A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General of the United States should grant extended voluntary departure status to members of the Silva class of aliens living in the United States.,Immigration,1981-12-16,1982-03-26,"Executive Comment Requested from Justice, State.",House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,1,"Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should grant voluntary departure status to ""Silva class"" aliens (those aliens born in the Western Hemisphere and granted priority immigration visas between July 1, 1968, and December 31, 1976).",2023-05-11T13:00:29Z,
97-s-1998,97,s,1998,"International Organizations Staffs Children, Survivors, and Retirees Act of 1981",Immigration,1981-12-16,1982-02-01,Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,1,"International Organizations Staffs' Children, Survivors, and Retirees Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit retirees of certain international organizations and their families who have lived in the United States for specified periods of time to remain here upon termination of such employment.",2025-08-29T19:51:25Z,
97-s-2003,97,s,2003,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to procedures for the annual admission of refugees.,Immigration,1981-12-16,1981-12-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]",KY,D,H000905,7,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for State and local consultation respecting refugee admissions.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-1959,97,s,1959,"A bill to require all nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees, in order to protect the internal security of the United States and impede espionage.",Immigration,1981-12-15,1982-06-23,Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.,Senate,"Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL]",AL,R,D000259,1,Requires nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees. Requires the Attorney General to:  (1) make these registration statements open to the public; and (2) deport persons violating this Act. States that such deportations shall not be subject to judicial review or other related provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hres-304,97,hres,304,A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should seek a halt in any deportation proceedings involving Polish citizens until he determines that the political situation in Poland is stable.,Immigration,1981-12-14,1981-12-15,Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Nelligan, James L. [R-PA-11]",PA,R,N000027,57,Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should halt any deportation proceedings of Polish citizens until he determines that the political situation in Poland is stable and such Poles will encounter no undue risk by returning.,2023-05-11T13:00:29Z,
97-s-1935,97,s,1935,A bill relating to the number of immigrant visas for Taiwan.,Immigration,1981-12-10,1981-12-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,0,"Provides Taiwan with an annual immigration limit of 20,000.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-5105,97,hr,5105,A bill to require all nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees.,Immigration,1981-11-23,1982-06-16,Executive Comment Received From Justice.,House,"Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15]",PA,R,R000277,32,Requires nationals of Communist countries to register with the Attorney General before engaging in certain activities involving Members of Congress and congressional employees. Requires the Attorney General to deport persons violating this Act. States that such deportations shall not be subject to judicial review or other related provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2023-05-11T13:08:55Z,
97-hres-266,97,hres,266,A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning proposed Presidential emergency powers with respect to immigration.,Immigration,1981-11-10,1981-11-16,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-21]",NY,D,G000047,5,Expresses the sense of Congress that any presidential request for peacetime emergency powers to promote a national immigration policy is a most dangerous and unwise precedent.,2023-05-11T13:00:26Z,
97-hr-4864,97,hr,4864,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to preventing an adverse impact of refugee and immigration policies on distressed areas, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1981-10-29,1981-11-03,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Resident Commissioner Corrada, Baltasar [I-PR-At Large]",PR,I,C000788,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to reimburse State and local governments for increased public expenses caused by refugee resettlement.  Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983-1985. Amends the Refugee Act of 1980 to require the Director and the Coordinator for Refugee Affairs to inform State and local governments likely to be affected by annual refugee admissions. Requires the Director to seek to settle refugees in areas that are not distressed (as defined in this Act based on income, housing, and unemployment).  Prohibits initial resettlement funds to be used to place refugees in these areas. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require temporary alien temporary alien workers to have bona fide job offers in order to be admitted into the United States. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an admissions point system for aliens seeking to immigrate under either of the two work-related preference categories.",2023-05-11T13:08:36Z,
97-s-1789,97,s,1789,Alien Parental Amnesty Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-10-29,1981-11-03,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,Alien Parental Amnesty Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust the status to permanent resident of certain parents of children born in the United States.,2025-08-29T19:51:25Z,
97-hr-4832,97,hr,4832,Omnibus Immigration Control Act,Immigration,1981-10-22,1981-10-29,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,0,"Omnibus Immigration Control Act - Title I: Temporary Resident Status for Illegal Aliens - Authorizes the Attorney General to grant temporary resident status to illegal aliens (with certain disqualifiers) who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1980, and have continuously resided here since that time. Requires such persons to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within 12 months after registration begins, and every three years thereafter.  Prohibits family members of such aliens from being given ""family"" admissions preference. Makes such aliens ineligible for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, the National Housing Act, Medicaid, and food stamp programs. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust such aliens' status to permanent resident after ten years' continuous residence if they have a basic knowledge of English and are otherwise admissible.  Excludes these status adjustments from numerical immigration limitations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title II: The Unlawful Employment of Aliens Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make employers of four or more persons liable to $500 fines ($1000 for subsequent violations) for knowingly employing illegal aliens.  Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against an employer engaging in a pattern or practice of such employment. Establishes a presumption of ""knowing"" employment where an employer does not check a prospective employee's work status documentation.  Directs the Attorney General to develop a standard work status form.  Requires employers to keep such forms available for INS inspection. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to permit the Secretary of Labor to refuse a registration certificate to a contractor who has employed illegal aliens. Provides criminal penalties for the fraudulent duplication or use of immigration or work status documents. Title III: Cuban/Haitian Temporary Resident Status Act of 1981 - Grants ""Cuban/Haitian temporary resident"" status to specified categories of Cuban and Haitian nationals in the United States.  Requires them to register every three years.  Permits the Attorney General to issue them work authorizations. Authorizes the Attorney General to deny or terminate such status if he finds that the alien: (1) has a drug conviction; (2) participated in the persecution of others; (3) has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States; or (4) is presently detained in the United States. Makes Cuban/Haitian temporary residents ineligible for specified refugee benefits, housing assistance, food stamps, supplemental security assistance, aid to families with dependent children, assistance for the aged, disabled, or blind, and other medical assistance. Requires detention of aliens denied Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status until a final determination of admissibility is made.  Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's authority to detain, transfer, or release such aliens to a habeas corpus proceeding of whether a detainee falls within the category of detainable aliens. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) adjust the status of a Cuban/Haitian temporary resident to that of permanent resident after five years of maintaining such status; and (2) waive other specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when otherwise in the public interest. Terminates (and prohibits new applications) asylum proceedings for an alien granted Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status. Repeals Federal law allowing Cuban refugees to adjust their status after one year. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Title IV: Fair and Expeditious Appeal Asylum and Exclusion Act of 1981 - Shortens the deportation appeal period from six months to 30 days. Provides for a 30-day appeal period for judicial review of any administrative action or regulation under such Act. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to: (1) establish an ""asylum officer"" to  conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make such determination final (permits the Attorney General or the Commissioner of INS to reverse); (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings from being reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. States that judicial review of an asylum claim is not subject to review under the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be based solely on whether the denial was arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with the law. Provides that any alien who presents himself for inspection by an immigration officer may be excluded from entering the United States by that officer if the alien does not have documentary proof of admissibility. Makes such determination final and not subject to further agency or judicial review. Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; (4) require transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (presently with a customs collector); and (5) increase such fine from $300 to $500. Repeals existing withholding of deportation provisions. Title V: Immigrant Visas for Canada and Mexico - Increases the annual number of immigrant visas from Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. Increases the limitation for either country by the amount of unused visas from the other country in the previous year.  Decreases the annual over all immigration limitation from 270,000 to 230,000. Title VI: Temporary Mexican Workers Act - Establishes a two-year temporary Mexican worker program.  Limits such program to 50,000 annual entrants.  Prohibits these workers from being employed in jobs with an adequate supply of domestic workers. Requires participating States to: (1) determine which of their industries or occupations has an adequate worker supply; and (2) estimate how many Mexican workers could be otherwise employed without adversely affecting labor conditions.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate such workers among the requesting States and to so inform the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of INS. Requires a U.S. employer to apply to the State in which such workers will be employed.  Sets forth applications approval provisions. States with regard to such workers that they: (1) shall be granted one-year multiple entry ""M"" visas; (2) may change employment in the United States; and (3) shall be ineligible for future program participation if they violate the terms of admission. Makes such workers ineligible for food stamps, unemployment compensation, housing benefits, and specified Social Security assistance. Prohibits such workers from adjusting their status to permanent resident or from changing nonimmigrant classifications. Requires participating States to report annually to the Secretary. Title VII: Immigration Emergency Act - Authorizes the President to disclose an immigration emergency if in his judgment: (1) a substantial number of undocumented aliens from a designated country (countries) or geographic area (areas) are ready to leave for the United States, or have already done so; and (2) the normal resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the procedures under such Act would be inadequate to handle the influx of these aliens. Requires the President to explain such action to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate within 48 hours.  Terminates such emergency period after 120 days unless ended sooner or extended by the President. Authorizes the President during an Immigration emergency to: (1) intercept or prevent U.S. vessels, vehicles or aircraft from travelling to designated countries or areas; (2) prevent inadmissible aliens from arriving by requiring their return or their vessel's, vehicle's, or aircrafts' return to a suitable country or area; (3) exempt executive instrumentalities from additional specified environmental requirements for up to one year; (4) close harbors, ports, roads and airports; (4) designate one or more Federal agencies including the military to carry out these emergency powers (once they are invoked by the President); and (5) enforce the admissibility and asylum determination provisions of this Act beyond the territorial limits of the United States, including on the high seas. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissions and asylum procedures for such aliens. Eliminates judicial review of such determinations. Permits the Attorney General to: (1) deport an alien to a country other than the one he came from when necessary; and (2) permit an alien to post a surety bond to ensure admissions compliance. Requires an alien to be detained pending a final determination of admissibility unless he or she is clearly admissible.  Permits the Attorney General to transfer such detained aliens at any time. Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's detention and transfer authority to habeas corpus questions of whether a particular person is within the category of aliens subject to detention. Sets forth enforcement, departure, and judicial review provisions for ports, airports, and roads closed under authority of this Act. Grants search and seizure and disaster authority to agencies enforcing this Act. Prohibits U.S. conveyances to travel to, or within specified distances of, designated countries or areas during an immigration emergency without prior executive approval.  Provides penalties for violations, including fines, forfeiture, and imprisonment. Provides that violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act committed during an immigration emergency may be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard, or any component of the Department of the Treasury. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the fine for unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States.  Permits the seizure of a vessel or aircraft so involved. Authorizes up to $35,000,000 for purposes of this title. Title VIII: Unauthorized Entry and Transportation Act - Makes it a misdemeanor (punishable by a mandatory $2500 fine and imprisonment of up to one year) to bring an unauthorized alien into the United States, regardless of any future action with respect to such alien.  Makes it a felony (punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and imprisonment of up to five years) to bring in such an alien for financial gain or by fraud, or to fail to bring such alien to an immigration official. Prohibits bringing an alien into the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry or other place. Revises existing conveyance seizure and forfeiture provisions to: (1) permit seizure and forfeiture of any conveyance intended to be used in violation of admissions laws; (2) eliminate the requirement that INS show that a conveyance's owner or person in charge knew of its illegal use; (3) eliminate INS' liability for administrative and related expenses, including third-party liens, in cases of innocent owners of seized conveyances. Authorizes the Attorney General to keep a forfeited conveyance for official use, or sell or otherwise dispose of it. Provides with regard to the burden of proof in a forfeiture action that once INS shows probable cause (for the search and seizure) the claimant must show that the conveyance was not used illegally or that the exceptions apply.  States that specified administrative, judicial, and INS records, and testimony of immigration officers shall be prima facie evidence of probable cause. Expands exisiting arrest authority to include Federal and State law enforcement personnel. Title IX: Labor Certification Act - Amends the existing labor certification provision to: (1) permit the Secretary to use labor market information without reference to the specific job opportunity for which certification is requested; (2) permit the Secretary to waive the job offer requirement for an alien of exceptional ability; and (3) limit judicial review of the Secretary's labor certification decisions. Title X: Emergency Interdiction Act - Authorizes the President to enter into arrangements with other nations in order to prevent illegal immigration into the United States. Authorizes the President to direct the Coast Guard or other Federal agency including the military to stop ships of foreign nations having such arrangements with the United States and examine them for aliens illegally headed for the United States.  States that such ships may be returned to the country from which they came or to some other location.  Prohibits refugees from being returned to the country from which they are fleeing. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissibility standards for those aliens who have not landed in the United States.",2025-08-29T19:49:16Z,
97-s-1765,97,s,1765,Omnibus Immigration Control Act,Immigration,1981-10-22,1981-11-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Omnibus Immigration Control Act - Title I: Temporary Resident Status for Illegal Aliens - Authorizes the Attorney General to grant temporary resident status to illegal aliens (with certain disqualifiers) who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1980, and have continuously resided here since that time. Requires such persons to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within 12 months after registration begins, and every three years thereafter.  Prohibits family members of such aliens from being given family admissions preference. Makes such aliens ineligible for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income, the National Housing Act, Medicaid, and food stamp programs. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust such aliens' status to permanent resident after ten years' continuous residence if they have a basic knowledge of English and are otherwise admissible.  Excludes these status adjustments from numerical immigration limitations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title II: Unlawful Employment of Aliens Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make employers of four or more persons liable to $500 fines ($1000 for subsequent violations) for knowingly employing illegal aliens.  Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against an employer engaging in a pattern or practice of such employment. Establishes a presumption of ""knowing"" employment where an employer does not check a prospective employee's work status documentation.  Directs the Attorney General to develop a standard work status form.  Requires employers to keep such forms available for INS inspection. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to permit the Secretary of Labor to refuse a registration certificate to a contractor who has employed illegal aliens. Provides criminal penalties for the fraudulent duplication or use of immigration or work status documents. Title III: Cuban/Haitian Temporary Resident Status Act of 1981 - Grants ""Cuban/Haitian temporary resident"" status to specified catagories of Cuban and Haitian nationals in the United States.  Requires them to register every three years.  Permits the Attorney General to issue them work authorizations. Authorizes the Attorney General to deny or terminate such status if he finds that the alien: (1) had a drug conviction; (2) participated in the persecution of others; (3) has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States; or (4) is presently detained in the United States. Makes Cuban/Haitian temporary residents ineligible for specified refugee benefits, housing assistance, food stamps, supplemental security assistance, aid to families with dependent children, assistance for the aged, disabled, or blind, and other medical assistance. Requires detention of aliens denied Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status until a final determination of admissibility is made.  Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's authority to detain, transfer, or release such aliens to a habeas corpus proceeding if a detainee falls within the category of detainable aliens. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) adjust the status of a Cuban/Haitian temporary resident to that of permanent resident after five years of maintaining such status; and (2) waive other specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when otherwise in the public interest. Terminates (and prohibits new applications for) asylum proceedings for an alien granted Cuban/Haitian temporary resident status. Repeals Federal law allowing Cuban refugees to adjust their status after one year. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Fair and Expeditious Appeal Asylum and Exclusion Act of 1981 - Shortens the deportation appeal period from six months to 30 days. Provides for a 30-day appeal period for judicial review of any administrative action or regulation under such Act. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to: (1) establish an ""asylum officer"" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make such determination final (permits the Attorney General or the Commissioner of INS to reverse); (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings to be reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. States that judicial review of an asylum claim is not subject to review under the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be based solely on whether the denial was arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with the law. Provides that any alien who presents himself for inspection by an immigration officer may be excluded from entering the United States by that officer if the alien does not have documentary proof of admissibility.  Makes such determination final and not subject to further agency or judicial review. Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; (4) require transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (currently with a customs collector); and (5) increase such fine from $300 to $500. Repeals existing withholding of deportation provisions. Title V: Immigrant Visas for Canada and Mexico - Increases the annual number of immigrant visas from Mexico and Canada to 40,000 each. Increases the limitation for either country by the amount of unused visas from the other country in the previous year.  Decreases the annual overall immigration limitation from 270,000 to 230,000. Title VI: Temporary Mexican Workers Act - Establishes a two-year temporary Mexican worker program.  Limits such program to 50,000 annual entrants.  Prohibits these workers from being employed in jobs with an adequate supply of domestic workers. Requires participating States to: (1) determine which of their industries or occupations has an adequate worker supply; and (2) estimate how many Mexican workers could be otherwise employed without adversely affecting labor conditions.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate such workers among the requesting States and to so inform the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of INS. Requires a U.S. employer to apply to the State in which such workers will be employed.  Sets forth application approval provisions. States with regard to such workers that they: (1) shall be granted one-year multiple entry ""M"" visas; (2) may change employment in the United States; and (3) shall be ineligible  for future program participation if they violate the terms of admission. Makes such workers ineligible for food stamps, unemployment compensation, housing benefits, and specified Social Security assistance. Prohibits such workers from adjusting their status to permanent resident or from changing nonimmigrant classifications. Requires participating States to report annually to the Secretary. Title VII: Immigration Emergency Act - Authorizes the President to declare an immigration emergency if in his judgment: (1) a substantial number of undocumented aliens from a designated country (countries) or geographic area (areas) are ready to leave for the United States, or have already done so; and (2) the normal resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the procedures under such Act would be inadequate to handle the influx of these aliens. Requires the President to explain such action to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate within 48 hours. Terminates such emergency period after 120 days unless ended sooner or extended by the President. Authorizes the President during an immigration emergency to: (1) prevent or intercept U.S. vessels, vehicles, or aircraft from travelling to designated countries or areas; (2) prevent inadmissible aliens from arriving by requiring their return or their vessel, vehicle, or aircraft's return to a suitable country or area; (3) exempt executive instrumentalities from additional specified environmental requirements for up to one year; (4) close harbors, ports, roads, and airports; (4) designate one or more Federal agencies including the military to carry out these emergency powers (once they are invoked by the President); and (5) enforce the admissibility and asylum determination provisions of this Act beyond the territorial limits of the United States, including on the high seas. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissions and asylum procedures for such aliens.  Eliminates judicial review of such determinations. Permits the Attorney General to: (1) deport an alien to a country other than the one he came from when necessary; and (2) permit an alien to post a surety bond to ensure admissions compliance. Requires an alien to be detained pending a final determination of admissibility unless he or she is clearly admissible.  Permits the Attorney General to transfer such detained aliens at any time.  Limits judicial review of the Attorney General's detention and transfer authority to habeas corpus questions of whether a particular person is within the category of aliens subject to detention. Sets forth enforcement, departure, and judicial review provisions for ports, airports, and roads closed under authority of this Act. Grants search and seizure and disaster authority to agencies enforcing this Act. Prohibits U.S. conveyances to travel to, or within specified distances of, designated countries or areas during an immigration emergency without prior executive approval. Provides penalties for violations, including fines, forfeiture, and imprisonment. Provides that violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act committed during an immigration emergency may be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard, or any component of the Department of the Treasury. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the fine for unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States.  Permits the seizure of a vessel or aircraft so involved. Authorizes up to $35,000,000 for purposes of this title. Title VIII: Unauthorized Entry and Transportation Act - Makes it a misdemeanor (punishable by a mandatory $2500 fine and imprisonment of up to one year) to bring an unauthorized alien into the United States, regardless of any future action with respect to such alien. Makes it a felony (punishable by a fine up to $10,000 and imprisonment of up to five years) to bring in such an alien for financial gain or by fraud, or to fail to bring such alien to an immigration official. Prohibits bringing an alien into the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry or other place. Revises existing conveyance seizure and forfeiture provisions to: (1) permit seizure and forfeiture of any conveyance intended to be used in violation of admissions laws; (2) eliminate the requirement that INS show that a conveyance's owner or person in charge knew of its illegal use; and (3) eliminate INS' liability for administrative and related expenses, including third-party liens, in cases of innocent owners of seized conveyances. Authorizes the Attorney General to keep a forfeited conveyance for official use, or sell or otherwise dispose of it. Provides with regard to the burden of proof in a forfeiture action that once INS shows probable cause (for the search and seizure) the claimant must show that the conveyance was not used illegally or that the exceptions apply.  States that specified administrative, judicial, and INS records, and testimony of immigration officers shall be prima facie evidence of probable cause. Expands existing arrest authority to include Federal and State law enforcement personnel. Title IX: Labor Certification Act - Amends the existing labor certification provision to: (1) permit the Secretary to use labor market information without reference to the specific job opportunity for which certification is requested; (2) permit the Secretary to waive the job offer requirement for an alien of exceptional ability; and (3) limit judicial review of the Secretary's labor certification decisions. Title X: Emergency Interdiction Act - Authorizes the President to enter into arrangements with other nations in order to prevent illegal immigration into the United States. Authorizes the President to direct the Coast Guard or other Federal agency including the military to stop ships of foreign nations having such arrangements with the United States and examine them for aliens illegally headed for the United States. States that such ships may be returned to the country from which they came or to some other location. Prohibits refugees from being returned to the country from which they are fleeing. Authorizes the Attorney General to establish admissibility standards for those aliens who have not landed in the United States.",2025-08-29T19:51:25Z,
97-hr-4795,97,hr,4795,Agricultural Foreign Guest Worker Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-10-20,1981-10-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17]",CA,R,P000097,0,"Agricultural Foreign Guest Worker Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to redefine a ""nonimmigrant temporary worker"" as a person coming to the United States for not more than one year to work in a place where unemployed domestic workers cannot be found. Requires an employer to file a temporary foreign agricultural labor certification, including a job offer for domestic workers, with the Secretary of Agriculture.  Requires the Secretary to make such certification or to refer suitable domestic workers within 30 days. Permits extension of admission and term certification. Requires an employer to comply with standards of housing, wages, workers' compensation, and recordkeeping. Authorizes the Secretary to fix and collect certification fees.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T19:49:16Z,
97-hjres-339,97,hjres,339,A joint resolution posthumously proclaiming Anwar Sadat to be an honorary citizen of the United States.,Immigration,1981-10-07,1981-10-08,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23]",OH,D,M001044,23,"Proclaims Anwar Sadat to be an honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously.",2023-05-11T13:01:22Z,
97-s-1698,97,s,1698,An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.,Immigration,1981-10-01,1982-10-22,Became Public Law No: 97-359.,Senate,"Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL]",AL,R,D000259,41,"(Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. citizen after 1950 in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand. Requires in the case of an alien under 18 years old that sponsorship has been arranged through a licensed welfare agency and that written emigration permission has been given by the mother or guardian. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee (or until the applicant is 21 years old, whichever is longer) signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is at least 21 years old and of good moral character.  Requires a sponsor to assume legal custody of an applicant under 18 years old until such applicant's eighteenth birthday. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit in U.S. district court unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-4630,97,hr,4630,"A bill to provide for the exclusion from the United States of aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations, to require investigations of registered agents of such organizations, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1981-09-30,1981-10-02,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27]",CA,R,D000435,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported.  Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens.  Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States.  Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization criminally liable.",2023-05-11T13:08:16Z,
97-hr-4646,97,hr,4646,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that the Office of Refugee Resettlement be within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.,Immigration,1981-09-30,1982-02-10,Executive Comment Received From HHS.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,3,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to place the Office of Refugee Resettlement, currently in the Department of Health and Human Services, within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.",2023-05-11T13:08:17Z,
97-s-1663,97,s,1663,Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981,Immigration,1981-09-25,1981-09-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]",WY,R,S000429,4,"Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit ""F"" student visas to academic and language training and create an ""M"" visa for nonacademic and vocational study. Excludes adultery and possession of 30 grams or less of marihuana from the determination of good moral character under such Act. Redefines ""child"" to include an orphan under the age of 16 and a child adopted before the age of 16. Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (currently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his discretionary waiver of excludability.  Includes minor drug offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents making admission as immigrants. Eliminates a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as an admission requirement for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1978.  Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (currently two years with a one year extension). Directs that such period shall not exceed seven years unless the alien's country has an exceptional need for such specialty training.  Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (currently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Requires: (1) the alien to file an affidavit of good academic standing annually with the Attorney General; and (2) the Director of the International Communication Agency to report annually to Congress regarding such aliens. Amends waiver of standards provisions regarding such training programs to: (1) require a training program to have a comprehensive plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians to qualify for such a waiver; and (2) extend such waiver authority from December 31, 1981, to December 31, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to report to Congress at the beginning of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 regarding the distribution (geography, nationality, and specialty) of those aliens who have entered the United States under such waiver. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" certain alien physicians (and families) who entered the United States before January 10, 1978, and were practicing medicine here. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to report to Congress by January 15, 1983, concerning the value of medical exchange programs. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable period (currently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country in which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; and (4) require such transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (currently with a customs collector). Makes the existing mandatory waiver of fraudulent entry deportation provisions regarding alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary. Permits minor drug possession offenses to be waived for such persons.  Provides that such deportation waiver shall also apply to improper entry documents resulting from such fraud.  Provides with regard to such cancelled deportation proceedings, that the reduction of available immigrant visas shall come from the overall permanent or conditional entry visa allotment rather than from the nonpreference allotment.  Permits certain nonimmigrant exchange aliens to have deportation proceedings suspended and have their status adjusted to permanent resident. Revises the category of nonimmigrant aliens who cannot have their nonimmigrant classification changed to another nonimmigrant classification without first applying to the Attorney General for such change. Eliminates annual current address reporting for permanent residents and three month reporting for temporary residents.  Requires address changes to be reported. Authorizes the Attorney General to order such current address reporting. Provides with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (5) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be on such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses be present at a final naturalization hearing; and (2) a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a State naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (currently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year. Prohibits an alien diplomat from having his/her status adjusted to that of a permanent resident unless such alien has shown compelling reasons that: (1) he/she is unable to return to the country of accreditation; and (2) the adjustment would be in the national interest. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain technical immigrant visa defects which are not the fault of the alien involved. Prohibits persons who participated in Nazi-related persecutions from departing voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding or from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Requires no specified period of residence within the jurisdiction of a naturalization court for the adopted child of certain U.S. parents not currently residing in the United States. Exempts alien investors from immigrant visa numerical limitations if as of June 1, 1978, they: (1) had applied for status adjustment; (2) were qualified as nonpreference immigrants; and (3) were exempt from labor certifications because of their actual investment and managerial role in a U.S. business. Requires the reduction of the annual total country limitations for foreign medical graduates and investors who adjust their status to permanent resident.",2025-08-29T19:51:19Z,
97-hr-4514,97,hr,4514,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1981-09-17,1981-09-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,1,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the visa requirement for qualifying tourist or business visitors from countries extending reciprocal privileges to U.S. citizens. Makes permanent resident adjustment and nonimmigrant change of classification provisions inapplicable to such persons. Makes transporters guarantee and be responsible for returning such persons to their countries.  Sets fines for defaulting transporters.,2023-05-11T13:08:05Z,
97-hr-4327,97,hr,4327,Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981,Immigration,1981-07-29,1981-12-29,Became Public Law No: 97-116.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,6,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit ""F"" student visas to academic and language training and create an ""M"" visa for nonacademic and vocational study. Redefines ""child"" to include an orphan under the age of 16 and a child adopted before the age of 16. Excludes adultery and a single offense of simple possession of 30 grams or less of marihuana from the determination of good moral character under such Act. Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding the discretionary waiver of excludability.  Includes such drug possession offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Eliminates the requirement of a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties for admission of an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1978.  Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension).  Stipulates that such period shall not exceed seven years unless the alien's country has an exceptional need for such specialty training. Permits such an alien to change his or her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Requires: (1) the alien to file an affidavit of good academic standing annually with the Attorney General; and (2) the Director of the International Communication Agency to report annually to the Congress regarding such aliens. Amends waiver of standards provisions regarding such training programs to: (1) require a training program to have a comprehensive plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians to qualify for such a waiver; and (2) extend such waiver authority from December 31, 1981, to December 31, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Director of the International Communication Agency to report to the Congress at the beginning of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 regarding the distribution (geography, nationality and specialty) of those aliens who have entered the United States under such waiver. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" certain alien physicians (and families) who entered the United States before January 10, 1978, and were practicing medicine here. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to report to Congress by January 15, 1983, concerning the value of medical exchange programs. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; and (4) require such transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (presently with a customs collector). Makes the existing mandatory waiver of fraudulent entry deportation provisions regarding the alien spouse, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary. Permits simple drug possession offenses to be waived for such persons. Provides that such deportation waiver shall also apply to improper entry documents resulting from such fraud.  Provides with regard to such cancelled deportation proceedings that the reduction of available immigrant visas shall come from the overall permanent or conditional entry visa allotment rather than from the nonpreference allotment.  Permits certain nonimmigrant exchange aliens to have deportation proceedings suspended and have their status adjusted to permanent resident. Revises the category of nonimmigrant aliens who cannot have their nonimmigrant classification changed to another nonimmigrant classification without first applying to the Attorney General for such change. Eliminates annual address reporting for permanent residents and three month reporting for temporary residents.  Requires address changes to be reported within ten days.  Authorizes the Attorney General to require particular groups of aliens to report their current addresses. Provides with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (5) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be on such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses be present at a final naturalization hearing; and (2) a 30-day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a State naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (presently $6,000) and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year. Prohibits an alien diplomat from having his or her status adjusted to that of a permanent resident unless such alien has shown compelling reasons that: (1) he or she is unable to return to the country of accreditation; and (2) the adjustment would be in the national interest. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain technical immigrant visa defects which are not the fault of the alien involved. Prohibits persons who participated in Nazi-related persecutions from departing voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding or from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Requires no specified period of residence within the jurisdiction of a naturalization court for the adopted child of certain U.S. parents not currently residing in the United States. Exempts alien investors from immigrant visa numerical limitations if as of June 1, 1978, they: (1) had applied for status adjustment; (2) were qualified as nonpreference immigrants; and (3) were exempt from labor certifications because of their actual investment and managerial role in a U.S. business. Requires the reduction of the annual total country limitations for foreign medical graduates and investors who adjust their status to permanent resident.",2023-05-11T13:07:49Z,
97-sres-191,97,sres,191,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to investigating the program for resettling Indochinese refugees.,Immigration,1981-07-22,1981-07-22,Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]",KY,D,H000905,1,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that:  (1) the Indochinese refugee settlement program should be investigated to determine if refugee status is being granted to persons migrating primarily for economic reasons; and (2) if so, the program should be phased out.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
97-hr-4162,97,hr,4162,Immigration Improvements Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-07-15,1981-11-19,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9]",WI,R,S000244,2,"Immigration Improvements Act of 1981 - Title I: Change in Numerical Limitations and Entry of Aliens into the United States - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to submit an annual immigration plan to the Congress. Sets forth congressional procedures for considering such plan. Establishes an overall annual immigration numerical limitation.  Breaks it down into categories of immediate relatives, refugees, and other immigrants. Makes corresponding limitation changes in current refugee and immigrant admissions.  Revises emergency situation refugee admissions provisions. Requires brothers or sisters of U.S. citizens to be unmarried to qualify for fifth preference immigration priority. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) prepare contingency plans for processing large groups of asylum applicants illegally in the United States; and (2) file quarterly admissions reports with the Congress. Title II: Improved Enforcement - Directs the Attorney General to disregard work experience gained while illegally in the United States when considering an alien's visa application. Makes it unlawful to hire an illegal alien. Provides civil penalties for employer violations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude illegal aliens from eligibility for the earned income tax credit.  Disallows a deduction for compensation paid to such persons. Authorizes the Attorney General to enter into agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies to help apprehend escaped aliens. Directs the Attorney General to submit a plan to the Congress for expanding and upgrading the border patrol. Makes an alien excludable or deportable for knowingly smuggling illegal aliens into the United States (currently an alien must have done so ""knowingly and for gain""). Places the burden of proof in deportation proceedings on the Attorney General. Amends the Social Security Act to limit AFDC and Medicaid benefits to citizens and permanent residents. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to prescribe a uniform fee schedule.",2025-08-29T19:49:01Z,
97-hr-4086,97,hr,4086,A bill to confer citizenship posthumously on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski.,Immigration,1981-07-09,1981-07-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Donnelly, Brian J. [D-MA-11]",MA,D,D000416,59,"Confers U.S. citizenship on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski, posthumously.",2023-05-11T13:07:30Z,
97-hr-4045,97,hr,4045,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the transportation of undocumented aliens and to reimburse air carriers for detention expenses.,Immigration,1981-06-26,1981-07-20,Executive Comment Requested from Justice.,House,"Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1]",TX,D,H000070,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) refund transporter bonds in cases of aliens admitted or paroled into the United States despite documentary inadmissibility; and (2) reimburse air carriers for detention expenses.,2023-05-11T13:07:27Z,
97-hr-4021,97,hr,4021,Comprehensive Immigration Amendments of 1981,Immigration,1981-06-25,1981-07-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.,House,"Rep. McCloskey, Paul N., Jr. [R-CA-12]",CA,R,M000343,0,"Comprehensive Immigration Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney General to create a record of lawful admission for, or to defer deportation of, specified aliens present illegally in the United States for at least two years. Establishes a commuter worker program for temporary workers from Mexico and the Western Hemisphere. Sets forth program guidelines.  Prohibits present nonimmigrants to change to commuter worker status. Permits adjustment to permanent resident after five years of commuter worker status. Subjects an alien to deportation and criminal penalties for false statements made on an admissions application. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) increase the size and technological capacity of the border patrol; (2) establish a system for issuing machine-readable alien identification cards; and (3) report to the President and the Congress within six months. Authorizes necessary appropriations beginning in fiscal year 1982. Increases the fines for smuggling aliens into the United States. Directs the Secretary of State to consult with Mexico on such commuter worker program and related issues and to report periodically to the Congress. Amends the Social Security Act to require new cards to be counterfeit-resistant and show work status when appropriate.  Establishes penalties for their false use or manufacture. Makes it unlawful for an employer to hire illegal immigrants.  Provides penalties for such violations. Requires the Attorney General to establish hiring regulations.",2025-08-29T19:49:01Z,
97-hr-3961,97,hr,3961,United States-Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-06-18,1981-06-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2]",ID,R,H000171,0,"United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the nonimmigrant admission of Mexican nationals as temporary workers in the United States.  Provides that: (1) the Attorney General shall establish annual and monthly quotas for temporary worker visas based on the chronological order of application; (2) such temporary services or labor shall not exceed 180 days per year; (3) such visas shall not limit the geographic area or employment within which an alien may work unless specific restrictions are requested by the Secretary of Labor in order to protect domestic workers; (4) an alien who violates the 180-day visa limitation or any imposed geographic restriction shall be ineligible for another temporary visa for five years; and (5) an alien who enters the United States illegally shall be ineligible for obtaining a temporary work visa for ten years. Excludes such temporary Mexican workers from the definition of ""immigrant"" for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.  Includes such workers within the category of aliens whose nonimmigrant status may not be adjusted to that of an immigrant. Prohibits the Attorney General from consenting to the reapplication for admission of any such workers whose 180-day limitation has been exhausted. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. Requires the Attorney General to report semiannually to Congress regarding the temporary worker visa program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish with Mexico an advisory commission to advise the Attorney General with regard to such temporary worker program.",2025-08-29T19:48:56Z,
97-hr-3932,97,hr,3932,A bill to amend section 312(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.,Immigration,1981-06-16,1981-06-19,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]",FL,D,P000218,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the naturalization (English) language waiver provision.,2023-05-11T13:07:15Z,
97-hr-3602,97,hr,3602,A bill to provide for adjustment to refugee admission status of certain Cuban and Haitian nationals presently in the United States.,Immigration,1981-05-18,1982-04-29,Executive Comment Received From Justice.,House,"Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12]",NY,D,C000371,20,"Requires the Attorney General to adjust the status of specified numbers of Haitians and Cubans to that of refugees if:  (1) the alien makes application within one year of enactment of this Act; and (2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Applies the provisions of this Act to any alien who:  (1) is a native or citizen of Haiti who first arrived unlawfully in the State of Florida on or after January 1, 1972, and before May 14, 1981; (2) is or has been within the jurisdiction of office number six of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (3) is not resettled in any foreign country on the date of enactment of this Act; and (4) on such date does not have a lawful status in the United States or has the status of an alien paroled into the United States as a Cuban/Haitian entrant (status pending). Requires the Attorney General to establish a record of an alien's admission as a refugee as of the date of such adjustment. Provides that aliens granted refugee status under this act shall be treated for all purposes as aliens admitted as refugees under the Immigration and Nationality Act, including the purpose of providing assistance to States and public and nonprofit agencies for the provision of cash and services to such aliens.",2023-05-11T13:06:45Z,
97-hr-3517,97,hr,3517,Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-05-12,1982-09-30,Became Public Law No: 97-271.,House,"Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large]",VI,D,D000209,30,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status alien workers and their dependents who have resided continuously in the Virgin Islands since June 30, 1975, if:  (1) application for such adjustment is made within one year; (2) such persons were physically present in the Virgin Islands at the time of such filing; and (3) the worker is otherwise admissible as an immigrant.  States that such status adjustments shall not reduce the number of available total or national immigrant visas.  Authorizes the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of the Virgin Islands, to limit the number of second preference immigrant visas issued to spouses or unmarried sons or daughters of aliens adjusted under this Act. Prohibits fourth (married sons or daughters) or fifth (brothers or sisters) preference immigrant petitions from being filed by aliens adjusted under this Act unless a case of extreme hardship exists. Prohibits the admission of alien workers to perform temporary labor in the Virgin Islands (except athletes and entertainers for limited stays). Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and the Interior, and the Attorney General, in consultation with officials of the Virgin Islands, to assess the social and economic impact of this Act on the Virgin Islands and to report to the President and Congress within one year.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-3524,97,hr,3524,"A bill to repeal section 202(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1981-05-12,1981-11-03,"Executive Comment Requested from HHS, State, Justice.",House,"Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]",CA,D,D000373,31,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove ""sexual deviation"" as a category of immigration admissions ineligibility.",2023-05-11T13:06:39Z,
97-hr-3405,97,hr,3405,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act.,Immigration,1981-05-04,1981-11-17,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of ""child"" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act.",2023-05-11T13:06:29Z,
97-s-1076,97,s,1076,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt nonimmigrant aliens entering the United States to perform agricultural labor from the provisions of section 212 of that Act, relating to the establishment of adverse wage rates for nonimmigrant labor.",Immigration,1981-04-30,1981-05-04,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude temporary agricultural workers from the ""adverse effect on U.S. workers' wages"" provision for purposes of U.S. entry.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-1041,97,s,1041,"A bill to repeal certain provisions applicable to compensation for the overtime inspectional services of employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1981-04-29,1981-05-22,Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from CBO; Justice Department; Office of Personnel Management.,Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,0,Repeals current Federal law regarding overtime compensation for Immigration and Naturalization Service employees performing inspection duties.  Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make such overtime calculable under appropriate provisions of Title 5 of the United States Code.,2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-hr-3283,97,hr,3283,"A bill to repeal certain provisions applicable to compensation for the overtime inspectional services of employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1981-04-28,1981-05-01,Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.,House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,0,Repeals current Federal law regarding overtime compensation for Immigration and Naturalization Service employees performing inspection duties.  Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make such overtime calculable under appropriate provisions of Title 5 of the United States Code.,2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
97-hr-3206,97,hr,3206,Federal Illegal Alien Grant-in-Aid to Localities Program Act,Immigration,1981-04-09,1981-04-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14]",FL,D,P000218,0,Federal Illegal Alien Grant-in-Aid to Localities Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to localities for costs incurred in providing humanitarian and administrative services to illegal aliens.  Sets forth the terms and conditions for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1981.,2025-08-29T19:48:41Z,
97-s-930,97,s,930,Guest Worker Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-04-08,1981-04-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA]",CA,R,H000384,0,"Guest Worker Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the nonimmigrant admission of Mexican nationals as temporary workers in the United States. Limits temporary services or labor to 180 days per year.  Directs that such visas shall not limit the geographic area within which an alien may work unless specific restrictions are requested by the Secretary of Labor in order to protect domestic workers. Makes an alien who violates the 180 day visa limitation or any imposed geographic restriction ineligible for another temporary visa for five years. Makes an alien who enters the United States illegally ineligible for a temporary work visa for five years.  Requires a participant to post a refundable $500 bond. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States Consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. Excludes such temporary Mexican workers from the definition of ""immigrant"" for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Includes such workers within the category of aliens whose nonimmigrant status may not be adjusted to that of an immigrant. Prohibits the Attorney General from consenting to the reapplication for admission of any such workers deported from the United States. Requires the Attorney General to report semiannually to Congress regarding the temporary worker visa program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish with Mexico an advisory commission to advise the Attorney General with regard to such temporary worker program. Prohibits the knowing employment of illegal aliens.  Provides civil  penalties for such violations. Authorizes necessary appropriations. Terminates such Mexican worker program five years after enactment of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:51:02Z,
97-sjres-65,97,sjres,65,"A joint resolution proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting the President to ascertain from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his return to freedom.",Immigration,1981-04-08,1981-10-05,Became Public Law No: 97-54.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,57,Proclaims Raoul Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States.  Requests the President to ascertain his whereabouts from the Soviet Union and to secure his freedom.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hres-126,97,hres,126,A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that extended voluntary departure status should be granted to El Salvadorans in the United States whose safety would be endangered if they were required to return to El Salvador.,Immigration,1981-04-07,1981-12-24,"Executive Comment Requested from Justice, State.",House,"Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-20]",NY,D,W000258,31,Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that aliens who are nationals of El Salvador be granted extended voluntary departure status until they can reside safely in El Salvador.,2023-05-11T13:00:12Z,
97-hr-3027,97,hr,3027,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain courts which have naturalization jurisdiction to retain up to $20,000 of the fees collected in naturalization proceedings held in such courts in any fiscal year.",Immigration,1981-04-06,1981-04-07,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12]",NJ,R,R000262,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow State courts to retain up to $20,000 (currently $3,000) in annual naturalization petition fees.",2023-05-11T13:05:57Z,
97-hr-2984,97,hr,2984,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the authority under section 212 of that act to establish an adverse wage rate for nonimmigrant aliens brought into the United States for agricultural labor.,Immigration,1981-04-02,1981-04-30,Executive Comment Requested from Labor.,House,"Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5]",VA,D,D000038,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude temporary agricultural workers from the ""adverse effect on U.S. workers' wages"" provision for purposes of U.S. entry.",2023-05-11T13:05:54Z,
97-hjres-220,97,hjres,220,"A joint resolution proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting the President to ascertain from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his return to freedom.",Immigration,1981-03-26,1981-09-22,Other Measure S.J.Res.65 Passed House in Lieu.,House,"Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-11]",CA,D,L000090,280,Proclaims Raoul Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States.  Requests the President to ascertain his whereabouts from the Soviet Union and to secure his freedom.,2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
97-hr-2782,97,hr,2782,Immigration and National Security Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-03-24,1981-11-19,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6]",TN,R,B000280,9,"Immigration and National Security Act of 1981 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) increase the size of the Border Patrol and improve its technology and equipment; (2) establish an alien identification card system; and (3) report to the President and Congress regarding such matters within one year of enactment of this Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit annual immigration to 350,000 (presently 270,000).  Gives admission priority to immediate family members.  Provides that in an emergency the President may, after appropriate consultation with Congress, reallocate available immigrant visas or use visas available for the succeeding fiscal year. Requires the President to report annually to Congress concerning the projected number of admissions (including immediate relatives, refugees, parolees, and immigrants).  Requires such report to include a determination by the Secretary of Labor regarding the effect of such admissions on U.S. employment. Revises asylum provisions to: (1) require an applicant to show that qualifying conditions (of persecution) existed prior to departure from his or her country; (2) define ""entry into the United States"" for an applicant involved in an exclusion or deportation proceeding; and (3) direct the Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretaries of State and Health and Human Services, to prepare plans for processing applicants, including establishing reception centers outside the United States. Restricts the exercise of the Attorney General's parole authority to a case-by-case basis. Authorizes the Attorney General to permit certain aliens who entered the United States illegally before January 1, 1978, to remain as immigrants. Prohibits the knowing employment of illegal aliens.  Provides civil and criminal penalties for violations. Directs the Attorney General: (1) to include such enforcement efforts in his annual report; and (2) in cooperation with the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services to develop a phased prevention program the main elements of which include affirmation of U.S. citizenship, verification of social security records, and issuance of new social security cards. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe a uniform schedule of immigration-related fees and charges. Authorizes necessary appropriations.",2025-08-29T19:48:34Z,
97-s-776,97,s,776,Immigration and National Security Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-03-24,1982-07-30,Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.,Senate,"Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]",KY,D,H000905,10,"Immigration and National Security Act of 1981 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) increase the size of the Border Patrol and improve its technology and equipment; (2) establish an alien identification card system; and (3) report to the President and Congress regarding such matters within one year of enactment of this Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit annual immigration to 350,000 (presently 270,000). Gives admission priority to immediate family members. Provides that in an emergency the President may, after appropriate consultation with Congress, reallocate available immigrant visas or use visas available for the succeeding fiscal year. Requires the President to report annually to Congress concerning the projected number of admissions (including immediate relatives, refugees, parolees, and immigrants).  Requires such report to include a determination by the Secretary of Labor regarding the effect of such admissions on U.S. employment. Revises asylum provisions to: (1) require an applicant to show the qualifying conditions (of persecution) that existed prior to departure from his or her country; (2) define ""entry into the United States"" for an applicant involved in an exclusion or deportation proceeding; and (3) direct the Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretaries of State and Health and Human Services, to prepare plans for processing applicants, including establishing reception centers outside the United States. Restricts the exercise of the Attorney General's parole authority to a case-by-case basis. Authorizes the Attorney General to permit certain aliens who entered the United States illegally before January 1, 1978, to remain as immigrants. Prohibits the knowing employment of illegal aliens.  Provides civil and criminal penalties for violations. Directs the Attorney General: (1) to include such enforcement efforts in his annual report; and (2) in cooperation with the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services develop a phased prevention program whose main elements include affirmation of U.S. citizenship, verification of social security records, and issuance of new social security cards. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe a uniform schedule of immigration-related fees and charges. Authorizes necessary appropriations.",2025-08-29T19:50:55Z,
97-sjres-55,97,sjres,55,A joint resolution to grant honorary citizenship posthumously to Douglas Clyde Macintosh.,Immigration,1981-03-24,1981-04-02,"Executive Comment Requested from Justice, State.",Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,3,Directs the President to declare Douglas Clyde Macintosh an honorary U.S. citizen (posthumously).,2023-05-11T13:13:19Z,
97-hr-2556,97,hr,2556,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the President, in the case of acts of terrorism or other hostile acts committed with the participation or acquiescence of a foreign state, to exclude and deport from the United States nonimmigrant aliens who are nationals of that state.",Immigration,1981-03-17,1981-03-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7]",AL,D,S000320,31,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the President, in the case of acts of terrorism or other hostile acts committed with the assistance or acquiescence of a foreign state, to exclude or deport nationals of that state from the United States.  Permits the President to modify, terminate, or exclude certain classes of aliens from such an order. Limits administrative and judicial procedures and appeals for such aliens.",2023-05-11T13:05:22Z,
97-s-733,97,s,733,A bill to establish a field office of the United States Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service at Glacier International Airport.,Immigration,1981-03-17,1981-03-17,Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,0,"Designates Glacier International Airport in Kalispell, Montana, an international airport of entry.  Directs the Commissioner of Customs, in conjunction with the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, to establish and staff a field office at such airport. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-2305,97,hr,2305,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for third preference treatment of alien investors.,Immigration,1981-03-04,1981-04-02,"Executive Comment Requested from Justice, Labor, State.",House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36]",NY,D,L000556,1,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide third preference immigration priority for aliens who are investing at least $200,000 in an enterprise in the United States of which they will be principal managers and which will employ United States citizens or permanent residents.",2023-05-11T13:04:57Z,
97-hr-2306,97,hr,2306,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for third preference treatment of alien investors.,Immigration,1981-03-04,1981-04-02,"Executive Comment Requested from Justice, Labor, State.",House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36]",NY,D,L000556,4,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide third preference immigration priority for aliens who are investing a substantial amount in an enterprise in the United States of which they will be principal managers and which will employ United States citizens or permanent residents.,2023-05-11T13:04:57Z,
97-s-609,97,s,609,Naturalization Processing Compensation Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-03-03,1981-03-03,Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,W000502,1,"Naturalization Processing Compensation Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow State courts to retain one half of all naturalization petition fees (presently limited to $3,000 annually).",2025-08-29T19:50:55Z,
97-s-592,97,s,592,"A bill to amend the Act of October 5, 1978, to extend the duration of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy.",Immigration,1981-02-27,1981-02-27,Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,Amends Federal law to extend the life of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy for 30 additional days.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hjres-190,97,hjres,190,A joint resolution conferring United States citizenship posthumously on Rosinella Verdi.,Immigration,1981-02-25,1981-02-27,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-13]",NJ,R,C000809,0,"Confers U.S. citizenship on Rosinella Verdi, posthumously.",2023-05-11T13:01:09Z,
97-hr-2097,97,hr,2097,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a one-House congressional veto of Presidential determinations that the number of refugee admissions in a fiscal year should exceed fifty thousand.,Immigration,1981-02-25,1981-06-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Rules of the House.,House,"Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3]",TN,D,L000381,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality  Act to provide for a one-House Congressional veto of a Presidential determination to exceed the annual 50,000 refugee admission ceiling. Requires such a Presidential determination to be transmitted to both Houses of Congress.",2024-02-07T14:47:33Z,
97-hr-2105,97,hr,2105,A bill to amend the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to certain deportable aliens.,Immigration,1981-02-25,1981-02-27,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-13]",NJ,R,C000809,2,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens an alien convicted of a crime of moral turpitude at any time after entry, regardless of whether imprisoned or not. States that such provision shall apply only to crimes committed after January 1, 1979. Reduces from six months to one month the period in which:  (1) the Attorney General must effectuate a final order of deportation; (2) an alien so ordered must leave the United States or be in violation of law; and (3) a petition for judicial review of a deportation order must be filed.",2023-05-11T13:04:41Z,
97-hr-2142,97,hr,2142,A bill to amend the Refugee Act of 1980 to extend the period for payment of child welfare services and cash and medical assistance for certain refugees.,Immigration,1981-02-25,1981-07-22,Clean Bill to be Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.,House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-34]",CA,R,L000517,44,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend from April 1, 1981, to October 1, 1982, the period for payment of (refugee) child welfare services and cash and medical assistance for certain refugees.",2023-05-11T13:04:44Z,
97-hr-2043,97,hr,2043,Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981,Immigration,1981-02-24,1981-09-22,Executive Comment Received From HHS.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,4,"Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of ""immigrant"" an alien (and accompanying spouse and children) having a foreign residence (with no intention of abandoning such residence) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational, language, or other nonacademic institution approved by the Attorney General. Provides that such vocational-nonacademic student category shall become effective six months after enactment of this Act. Redefines the definition of ""child"" to include: (1) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (2) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act.  Limits the existing drug-related provision relating to good moral character to ""trafficking in narcotics."" Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his/her discretionary waiver of excludability.  Includes drug offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents seeking admission as immigrants. Eliminates a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialities as an admission requirement for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1978.  Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension).  Stipulates that such period shall not exceed seven years unless the alien's country has an exceptional need for such specialty training.  Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Amends waiver of standards provisions regarding such training programs to: (1) require a training program to have a comprehensive plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians to qualify for such a waiver; and (2) extend such waiver authority from December 31, 1981, to December 31,1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to report to the Congress at the beginning of fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984 regarding the distribution (geography, nationality, and specialty) of those aliens who have entered the United States under such waiver. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" certain alien physicians (and families) practicing medicine in a State as of January 9, 1978, who: (1) entered the United States before January 1, 1974; or (2) entered the United States between January 1, 1974, and January 10, 1977, and practiced in a physician shortage area for at least 48 months. Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend deportation (and adjust status to that of a permanent resident) of an alien physician (and family) currently working or intending to work in a physician shortage area. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to report to Congress by January 15, 1983, concerning the value of medical exchange programs. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportion shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory;(3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; and (4) require such transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (presently with a customs collector). Makes the existing mandatory waiver of fraudulent entry deportation provisions regarding alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary.  Permits nontrafficking drug offenses to be waived for such persons. Provides that such deportation waiver shall also operate with regard to improper entry documents resulting from such fraud.  Provides, with regard to such cancelled deportation proceedings, that the reduction of available immigrant visas shall come from the overall permanent or conditional entry visa allotment rather than from the nonpreference immigrant allotment.  Permits certain nonimmigrant exchange aliens to have deportation proceedings suspended and have their status adjusted to permanent resident. Revises the category of nonimmigrant aliens who cannot have their nonimmigrant classification changed to another nonimmigrant classification without first applying to the Attorney General for such change. Repeals alien change of address requirements concerning: (1) yearly current address notification; and (2) three-month notification of current address by temporary residents. Provides with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (5) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be on such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses verify an individual's naturalization petition; and (2) certain affidavit and proof of residence requirements for such petition. Repeals the provisions requiring: (1) witnesses to be present at a final naturalization hearing; and (2) a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a State naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (presently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year. Prohibits an alien diplomat from having his/her status adjusted to that of a permanent resident unless such alien has shown compelling reasons that: (1) he/she is unable to return to the country of accreditation; and (2) the adjustment would be in the national interest. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain technical immigrant visa defects which are not the fault of the alien involved. Includes individuals who participated in Nazi-related World War II persecutions within the category of excludable aliens which the Attorney General may not allow to depart voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding.  Prohibits the Attorney General from suspending the deportation and adjusting the status (to that of a lawful permanent resident) of such individuals. Requires no specified period of residence within the jurisdiction of a naturalization court for the adopted child of certain U.S. parents not currently residing in the United States. Exempts alien investors from immigrant visa numerical limitations if as of June 1, 1978, they: (1) had applied for status adjustment; (2) were qualified as nonpreference immigrants; and (3) were exempt from labor certifications because of their actual investment and managerial role in a U.S. business.",2025-08-29T19:48:18Z,
97-hr-2056,97,hr,2056,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to alien graduates of foreign medical schools.,Immigration,1981-02-24,1981-03-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,1,"Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 and the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as one of the requirements for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school to be admitted as an immigrant or nonimmigrant exchange visitor. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension).  Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study, upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency, once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States).  Makes such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978.  Extends the waiver authority regarding such aliens to December 31, 1983.  Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a case-by-case determination regarding such waiver. Adds the additional requirement before such waiver may be authorized that the medical program concerned have an approved plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians. Requires that such plan describe:  (1) problems anticipated without such waiver and alternative methods to reduce any health services disruption; (2) changes in the program and recruiting efforts to attract U.S. citizens; and (3) how the program, on a yearly basis, has phased down its dependence on such aliens.  Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to:  (1) monitor the issuance of such waivers and programs; and (2) report to the Congress at the start of fiscal years 1982-1984 on the nationality, specialization, and geographic distribution of such aliens receiving waivers. Includes such aliens and their dependents within the definition of ""special immigrant."" Requires the Secretary, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to evaluate the effectiveness of such medical training programs and to report to the Congress by January 15, 1983.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
97-hr-1980,97,hr,1980,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit more persons to immigrate from colonies of foreign states.,Immigration,1981-02-23,1981-02-25,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-6]",CA,D,B001156,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow additional immigrant visas to be issued to certain persons born in colonies of foreign states.,2023-05-11T13:04:32Z,
97-hr-1965,97,hr,1965,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide criminal penalties for the knowing employment of illegal aliens.,Immigration,1981-02-19,1981-02-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish criminal penalties for the knowing employment of illegal aliens.,2023-05-11T13:04:31Z,
97-hr-1930,97,hr,1930,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen, serving on board a fishing vessel having its home port or operating base in the United States, nonimmigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.",Immigration,1981-02-18,1982-10-05,Executive Comment Received From Justice.,House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,1,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen serving on board a fishing vessel having its home port or operating base in the United States nonimmigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.",2023-05-11T13:04:28Z,
97-hr-1871,97,hr,1871,A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain Vietnam evacuees residing in Guam.,Immigration,1981-02-17,1981-11-17,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,0,"Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status to that of permanent resident of certain residents of Guam (and their immediate families) who are natives of Korea, India, China, or the Philippines and who were evacuated from Vietnam and paroled into the United States before May 30, 1975.",2023-05-11T13:04:24Z,
97-hr-1872,97,hr,1872,A bill to waive the visa requirements for aliens visiting Guam for not more than fifteen days.,Immigration,1981-02-17,1981-11-17,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain visa requirements for nonimmigrant aliens visiting Guam for not more than 15 days.,2023-05-11T13:04:24Z,
97-hr-1773,97,hr,1773,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission and status of aliens who are graduates of foreign medical schools.,Immigration,1981-02-05,1981-02-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3]",NE,R,S000622,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as an admission requirement for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of March 1, 1978.  Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States).  Makes such provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" certain alien physicians (and families) practicing medicine in a State as of January 9, 1978, who:  (1) entered the United States before January 1, 1974; or (2) entered the United States between January 1, 1974, and January 10, 1977, and practiced in a physician shortage area for at least 48 months. Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend deportation (and adjust status to that of a permanent resident) of an alien physician (and family) currently working or intending to work in a physician shortage area. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communication Agency, to report to Congress within two years of enactment of this Act concerning the value of medical exchange programs.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
97-hr-1650,97,hr,1650,United States-Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-02-04,1981-03-05,"Executive Comment Requested from Justice, Labor, State.",House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-34]",CA,R,L000517,16,"United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1981 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the nonimmigrant admission of Mexican nationals as temporary workers in the United States.  Provides that: (1) the Attorney General shall establish annual and monthly quotas for temporary worker visas based on the chronological order of application; (2) such temporary services or labor shall not exceed 180 days per year; (3) such visas shall not limit the geographic area or employment within which an alien may work unless specific restrictions are requested by the Secretary of Labor in order to protect domestic workers; (4) an alien who violates the 180-day visa limitation or any imposed geographic restriction shall be ineligible for another temporary visa for five years; and (5) an alien who enters the United States illegally shall be ineligible for obtaining a temporary work visa for ten years. Excludes such temporary Mexican workers from the definition of ""immigrant"" for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Includes such workers within the category of aliens whose nonimmigrant status may not be adjusted to that of an immigrant. Prohibits the Attorney General from consenting to the reapplication for admission of any such workers whose 180-day limitation has been exhausted. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. Requires the Attorney General to report semiannually to Congress regarding the temporary worker visa program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish with Mexico an advisory commission to advise the Attorney General with regard to such temporary worker program.",2025-08-29T19:48:14Z,
97-hconres-51,97,hconres,51,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to persons fleeing Eastern European countries.,Immigration,1981-02-03,1981-02-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24]",NY,D,O000134,0,Expresses the sense of the Congress that persons from Eastern European countries wishing to enter the United States because of oppression in their countries should be admitted into the United States to the same extent as other refugees.,2023-05-11T12:59:25Z,
97-s-386,97,s,386,Education Gateway City Act of 1981,Immigration,1981-02-03,1981-02-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Education.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"Education Gateway City Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and concerned city officials and individuals to assess efforts to be made by the Department of Education in response to the unique educational needs in areas of high immigrant concentration; and (2) report to the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:42Z,