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
98-s-2917,98,s,2917,A bill to confer citizenship posthumously on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski,Immigration,1984-08-08,1984-10-17,See H.R. 960.,Senate,"Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA]",MA,D,T000393,9,"Confers U.S. citizenship on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski, posthumously.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-6072,98,hr,6072,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the entry as immediate relatives of spouses, children, and parents of persons who died a service-connected death while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.",Immigration,1984-08-02,1984-09-04,"Executive Comment Requested from DOD, Justice.",House,"Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12]",NY,D,O000159,13,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the entry, as immediate relatives, of spouses, children, and parents of certain persons who died a service- connected death while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.",2021-06-29T21:23:44Z,
98-hr-6057,98,hr,6057,A bill to amend the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 with respect to determinations of the number of eligible participants under such Act.,Immigration,1984-08-01,1984-08-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19]",NY,D,B000432,0,"Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to state that, with regard to general and special impact assistance, eligible participant and fund reduction estimates shall be made: (1) when actual data from State or local educational agencies is unavailable; and (2) on the basis of the most recent data available from the Immigration and Naturalization Service.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-hr-5984,98,hr,5984,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the naturalization of certain aliens through service in the Armed Forces of the United States for at least 3 years.,Immigration,1984-06-29,1984-07-06,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45]",CA,R,H000981,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require at least three years of service in the Armed Forces during a period of armed conflict in order for certain aliens to qualify for naturalization based on such military service.  Applies naturalization eligibility to such aliens who reside in a former possession or colony of the United States.,2021-06-29T21:21:58Z,
98-hjres-598,98,hjres,598,A joint resolution proclaiming Douglas Clyde Macintosh to be an honorary citizen of the United States.,Immigration,1984-06-20,1984-06-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3]",CT,D,M000992,5,Proclaims Douglas Clyde Macintosh an honorary U.S. citizen.,2021-06-29T20:05:08Z,
98-hr-5875,98,hr,5875,A bill to permit the naturalization of certain Filipino war veterans.,Immigration,1984-06-15,1984-06-18,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31]",CA,D,D000592,31,Directs the Attorney General to provide for the naturalization of certain resident Filipino World War II veterans.,2021-06-29T21:20:50Z,
98-s-2714,98,s,2714,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require certain foreign students studying in the United States to meet certain academic standards.,Immigration,1984-05-24,1984-06-04,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define bona fide student for nonimmigrant category purposes as a college or university student maintaining at least a nine credit hour semester and an overall passing grade for each semester.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hjres-568,98,hjres,568,A joint resolution conferring United States citizenship posthumously on Mrs. Mary Josephine Kaszkiewicz.,Immigration,1984-05-10,1984-07-03,Executive Comment Requested from Justice.,House,"Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5]",NJ,R,R000465,0,Confers United States citizenship posthumously on Mrs. Mary Josephine Kaszkiewicz.,2021-06-29T20:04:57Z,
98-hr-5578,98,hr,5578,Polish Nationals Adjustment Act of 1984,Immigration,1984-05-03,1984-05-07,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3]",PA,D,B000644,0,Polish Nationals Adjustment Act of 1984 - Provides for the adjustment to permanent resident status (immigrant) of certain Polish nationals residing in the United States.,2025-08-29T17:41:51Z,
98-hr-5465,98,hr,5465,Polish Refugee Act of 1984,Immigration,1984-04-12,1984-04-19,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3]",NY,D,M001057,28,"Polish Refugee Act of 1984 - Gives refugee status (and asylum for those persons already in the United States) to those Poles who fled Poland after January 1, 1981, because of social, political, or religious persecution or fear of persecution. Entitles such persons to refugee assistance as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act.",2025-08-29T17:38:59Z,
98-s-2518,98,s,2518,A bill for the relief of Therese Nyuwir Poupele Kpoda.  ,Immigration,1984-04-02,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT]",CT,R,W000253,0,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of ""consular officer,"" for purposes of authority to issue visas, officers designated by the governors of the Canal Zone and the outlying possessions.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-5227,98,hr,5227,Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1984,Immigration,1984-03-22,1984-03-29,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,3,"Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make only the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas and be permitted admission into the United States:  (1) those afflicted with dangerous contagious diseases; (2) those suffering from mental illness which could endanger public safety; (3) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, with specified exceptions; (4) any alien convicted of two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentences actually imposed were five years or more; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations; (6) any alien participating in the persecution of a person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion; (7) any alien deemed by the Attorney General as a probable security risk for certain specified reasons; (8) any alien who is an active member of an organization engaged in violence or terrorist activities; (9) those aliens seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor, with certain qualified exceptions; (10) any alien who is a graduate of a medical school not accredited by a body approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education, with certain exceptions; (11) any excluded or deported alien who seeks readmission within one year of the event, unless such readmission is consented to by the Attorney General; (12) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (13) any stowaway alien; (14) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (15) any immigrant not in possession of a valid immigrant visa and passport at the time of admission; (16) any nonimmigrant not in possession of a valid passport authorizing the alien to return to the country from which he or she came; and (17) any alien ineligible for U.S. citizenship, including a person who left or remained outside the United States to avoid U.S. military service in time of war or national emergency. Repeals provisions dealing with bond and conditions for admission for permanent residence for retarded, tubercular, and mentally ill aliens. Makes deportable by the Attorney General only those aliens within one of the following classes:  (1) any alien who at the time of entry was within one or more of the classes of aliens excludable by then existing law; (2) any alien entering the United States without inspection or at a time and place other than as designated by the Attorney General; (3) any alien admitted as a nonimmigrant who has failed to maintain such status; (4) any alien arriving from foreign contiguous territory or adjacent islands who has not resided in such territory or islands for at least two years prior to such arrival; (5) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude committed within five years from the date of entry and who is either sentenced or confined for a term of one year or longer; (6) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude; (7) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of a violation of certain drug laws; (8) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted under weapons-possession laws; (9) any alien who at any time is convicted on any of various specified loyalty laws (e.g. sabotage, treason and sedition, selective service, etc.); (10) any alien who fails to comply with alien registration laws or foreign agent registration laws; (11) any alien convicted of fraud or misuse of visas or other entry documents; (12) any alien engaging in activity which endangers the public safety or national security; (13) any alien who is an active member of an organization engaged in violence or terrorist activities; or (14) any alien engaged in or associated with the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945, who participated in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion.",2025-08-29T17:38:43Z,
98-hr-5126,98,hr,5126,"A bill to provide for 1,000 additional immigrant visas for unmarried nieces and unmarried nephews of citizens of the United States.",Immigration,1984-03-14,1984-03-19,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,"Provides for 1,000 additional annual immigrant visas for unmarried nieces and nephews (under 21 years old) of U.S. citizens.",2021-06-29T21:11:03Z,
98-hr-5118,98,hr,5118,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nonimmigrant alien crewmen on fishing vessels to stop temporarily at ports in Guam.,Immigration,1984-03-13,1984-04-05,"Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, Justice, State.",House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen serving on a U.S.-based fishing vessel nonimmigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam.,2021-06-29T21:10:48Z,
98-hr-5068,98,hr,5068,"A bill to make additional immigrant visas available for immigrants from certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1984-03-08,1984-03-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Annunzio, Frank [D-IL-11]",IL,D,A000212,3,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 7,500 additional immigrant visas available to a country whose past year's visa total was less than three-fourths of such country's average annual visas during the ten- fiscal year period beginning July 1, 1955. Allocates 70 percent (40 percent family, 30 percent occupational) to preference aliens, and 30 percent to nonpreference aliens.  Bases entry on chronological order of filing or qualifying. Terminates such additional entry program after four fiscal years.",2021-06-29T21:10:26Z,
98-s-2402,98,s,2402,Immigrant Repatriation Study Act,Immigration,1984-03-08,1984-03-14,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI]",HI,D,M000250,0,"Immigrant Repatriation Study Act - Directs the Attorney General to study the problem of indigent, elderly immigrants who wish to return to their home countries but cannot afford the transportation costs to do so. Requires a report to Congress within 12 months.",2025-08-29T17:39:42Z,
98-sjres-243,98,sjres,243,"A joint resolution designating the week preceding October 28, 1984, as ""National Immigration Week"".",Immigration,1984-02-23,1984-02-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,6,"Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week preceding October 28, 1984, as National Immigration Week.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-4895,98,hr,4895,A bill to permit the naturalization of certain Filipino war veterans.,Immigration,1984-02-22,1984-02-27,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31]",CA,D,D000592,26,Directs the Attorney General to provide for the naturalization of certain resident Filipino World War II veterans.,2021-06-29T21:09:14Z,
98-hr-4909,98,hr,4909,Immigration Reform Act of 1984,Immigration,1984-02-22,1984-03-05,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,36,"Immigration Reform Act of 1984 - Title I: Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Preventing Displacement of Domestic Workers by Unauthorized Aliens - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for specified enforcement activities regarding the unauthorized employment of aliens (with emphasis in high concentration areas) for:  (1) FY 1984 for the Department of Labor; and (2) FY 1984 through 1986 for the National Labor Relations Board. Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit an alien labor enforcement plan to Congress within two months for FY 1984 supplemental personnel and resources, and to revise such plan for FY 1985 and FY 1986. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to establish a civil penalty for specified recordkeeping violations. Part B:  Improvement of Enforcement and Services - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize supplementary FY 1984 appropriations for Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1986 appropriations for INS. Directs the Attorney General to submit a plan to Congress within two months for FY 1984 supplemental personnel and resources, and to revise such plan for FY 1985 and FY 1986. States that increases in enforcement activities should be used predominantly for border area patrol. Establishes criminal penalties for unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens to the United States for commercial advantage or private profit. Directs the Attorney General, jointly with the Secretary of State, to initiate antismuggling program discussions with Canada and Mexico, and to report on such discussions to the Congress within one year. Directs the Attorney General to develop an INS immigration emergency plan, and to submit such plan to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the Attorney General to request supplementary appropriations if the President has determined that such an emergency exists. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) establish an inservice training program to familiarize INS personnel with the rights of citizens and the various cultural backgrounds of persons they may come in contact with; and (2) enhance the INS community outreach program. Part C:  Adjudication and Enforcement Powers and Procedures - Creates a seven-member United States Immigration Board as an independent agency within the Department of Justice to hear appeals from:  (1) final decisions of administrative law judges (other than voluntary departures); (2) the exercise of certain discretionary authority; (3) imposition of penalties and fines; and (4) determinations respecting bond, parole, and detention.  States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless judicially modified. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges. Grants such judges responsibility for exclusion, deportation, asylum, and status rescission cases. Limits the Attorney General's authority to arrest and obtain an alien pending determination of deportability.  Requires such determination proceedings to be open to the public unless requested otherwise by the alien. Requires related bail determination within 24 hours.  Sets forth determination factors, including factors requiring release without bond. Provides for an administrative de novo determination.  Permits the Attorney General to revoke an alien's bond or conditional release and detain such person for reasonable cause. Permits an immigration officer or employee to stop and temporarily detain a person if the officer has a reasonable belief based on specific, articulable facts, that such person is illegally in the United States. Requires a determination of deportability to be made within 24 hours of arrest.  Requires an alien to be advised orally and in writing of the reasons for arrest and his or her rights in English or in such person's native language.  Requires advisement of right of counsel and right to remain silent. Provides for both searches with warrants and warrantless searches. Prohibits State and local law enforcement personnel from stopping, questioning, or detaining a person solely on the ground that such person may be an excludable or deportable alien, except as provided for under such Act. Part D:  Suspension of Deportation - Revises the seven- year ""physical presence"" requirement to a seven-year ""residence"" in the United States for suspension of deportation purposes. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration and Naturalization- Part A:  Immigrants - Increases annual visas:  (1) from 20,000 to 40,000 each for Mexico and Canada (with the unused portion available to the other country); and (2) from 600 to 3000 for the colonies. Makes such increases effective in FY 1985. Requires a comprehensive immigration impact report every three years beginning on January 1, 1987.  Requires the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to hold public hearings to review such reports. Includes the relationship between an illegimate child and its natural father within the definition of ""child"" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act. Exempts certain self-supporting retirees from numerical admissions limitations. Treats university researchers as faculty for certification purposes. Part B:  Nonimmigrant Tourists - Authorizes a three-year tourist visa waiver pilot program with up to eight reciprocating countries. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Part C:  Naturalization - Confers naturalization jurisdiction upon the Attorney General. Authorizes an administrative naturalization procedure in addition to the current judicial procedure. Waives the English language requirement for persons older than 50 years. Eliminates the six-month State residency requirement. Reduces the required residency period from five to four years. Title III:  Legalization - Directs the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status aliens who:  (1) entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and have resided continuously in this country illegally since that date; (2) apply within the prescribed application period; (3) have registered with the draft if so required; and (4) are otherwise admissible. Prohibits the legalization of persons:  (1) convicted of a felony (excluding certain re-entry violations) in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in religious, political, or racial persecution. Requires the Attorney General to designate and work with voluntary agencies to disseminate program information and process such aliens. 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. Provides for a transitional legal status, during such adjustment determination period which prohibits deportation and permits employment. Requires that persons arrested during such legalization program period be notified of their opportunity to adjust, and prohibits deportation until they have been afforded such opportunity. Permits administrative appeal of a status adjustment denial. Directs the Attorney General to establish eligibility requirements and application approval guidelines in consultation with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and participating voluntary agencies.  Directs the Attorney General to construe such adjustment requirements liberally, taking into account the special circumstances relating to individuals previously residing unlawfully in the United States.  Allows the waiver of continuous residence when necessary to avoid undue family hardship.  Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants, the aged, blind, and disabled, and persons requiring specified medical assistance) ineligible for Federal financial assistance and medicaid for five years.  States that programs authorized under the Public Health Service Act, title V of the Social Security Act, unemployment assistance programs, the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Headstart-Follow Through Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, and subparts 4 and 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not be construed as prohibited assistance. Requires the President to report to Congress within 27 months on the legalization program's impact. Provides permanent resident status adjustment for certain Cuban and Haitian nationals who entered the United States before January 1, 1982. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 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. Provides for cooperation with State and local governmental advisory groups in implementing this Act. Title IV:  National Commission on Immigration - Establishes a 15-member National Commission on Immigration to study and recommend legislative and administrative solutions to specified social, economic employment, and international immigration problems facing the United States, including the development of economic programs with Latin America. Requires the Commission to assess:  (1) the current U.S. temporary worker program; and (2) the courses of the existing preference visa backlog. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Requires a report to Congress within three years.  Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:38:42Z,
98-hr-4853,98,hr,4853,"A bill to authorize the creation of a record of admission for permanent residence in the cases of certain natives of Cuba and Haiti, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1984-02-09,1984-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,44,"(Measure passed House, amended) Establishes immigration procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain aliens who:  (1) have received Cuban/Haitian entrant designation; or (2) are Cuban or Haitian nationals who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982, and who (with the exception of asylum applicants who filed before such date) were not admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants. Requires such adjustment applications to be filed within two years of enactment of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-2296,98,s,2296,A bill to permit the enlistment of a limited number of aliens in the regular Army of the United States.,Immigration,1984-02-09,1984-02-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept a specified number of qualified aliens into the Regular Army.,2025-01-14T17:07:58Z,
98-hr-4509,98,hr,4509,Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1983,Immigration,1983-11-18,1984-06-28,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,"Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make only the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas and be permitted admission into the United States: (1) those afflicted with dangerous contagious diseases; (2) those suffering from mental illness which could endanger public safety; (3) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, with specified exceptions; (4) any alien convicted of two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentences actually imposed were five years or more; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations; (6) any alien participating in the persecution of a person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion; (7) any alien deemed by the Attorney General as a probable security risk for certain specified reasons; (8) any alien who is an active member of an organization engaged in violence or terrorist activities; (9) those aliens seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor, with certain qualified exceptions; (10) any alien who is a graduate of a medical school not accredited by a body approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education, with certain exceptions; (11) any excluded or deported alien who seeks readmission within one year of the event, unless such readmission is consented to by the Attorney General; (12) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (13) any stowaway alien; (14) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (15) any immigrant not in possession of a valid immigrant visa and passport at the time of admission; and (16) any nonimmigrant not in possession of a valid passport authorizing the alien to return to the country from which he or she came. Makes technical and conforming amendments.  Repeals provisions dealing with bond and conditions for admission for permanent residence for retarded, tubercular, and mentally ill aliens. Makes deportable by the Attorney General only those aliens within one of the following classes:  (1) any alien who at the time of entry was within one or more of the classes of aliens excludable by then existing law; (2) any alien entering the United States without inspection or at a time and place other than as designated by the Attorney General; (3) any alien admitted as a nonimmigrant who has failed to maintain the nonimmigrant status; (4) any alien arriving from foreign contiguous territory or adjacent islands who has not resided in such territory or islands for at least two years prior to such arrival; (5) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude committed within five years from the date of entry and who is either sentenced or confined for a term of one year or longer; (6) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude; (7) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of a violation of certain drug laws; (8) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted under weapons-possession laws; (9) any alien who at any time is convicted on any of various specified loyalty laws (e.g. sabotage, treason and sedition, selective service, etc..); (10) any alien who fails to comply with alien registration laws or foreign agent registration laws; (11) any alien convicted of fraud or misuse of visas or other entry documents; (12) any alien engaging in activity which endangers the public safety or national security; (13) any alien who is an active member of an organization engaged in violence or terrorist activities; or (14) any alien engaged in or associated with the Nazi government of Germany betweeen March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945, who participated in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion.  Makes technical and conforming amendments.",2025-08-29T17:38:57Z,
98-hr-4562,98,hr,4562,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for an immigration emergency revolving fund.,Immigration,1983-11-18,1983-11-18,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16]",FL,D,S000586,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for an immigration emergency revolving fund, to be established in the Treasury, to provide for increased Immigration and Naturalization Service enforcement activities and related State and local reimbursements. Prohibits fund withdrawals unless the President has determined an emergency exists and certified such fact to the appropriate congressional committees.",2021-06-29T21:07:03Z,
98-s-2140,98,s,2140,Immigration Ceiling Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-11-18,1983-11-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]",KY,D,H000905,1,"Immigration Ceiling Act of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an annual immigration ceiling for three years at 475,000 entrants.  Provides that 270,000 of such entrants shall be preference immigrants. States that after such initial three-year period the annual immigration ceiling shall be the level of U.S. emigration plus 100,000.  Gives priority to immediate family members and refugees. Requires the President to report to Congress at four-year intervals, beginning no later than January 1, 1986, on the impact of immigration on U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Requires (presently authorizes) the Immigration and Naturalization Service to monitor U.S. emigration.",2025-08-29T17:40:24Z,
98-hr-4447,98,hr,4447,"A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of deportation for certain aliens who are nationals of El Salvador, and to provide for Presidential and Congressional review of conditions in El Salvador and for other purposes.",Immigration,1983-11-17,1984-10-06,Executive Comment Received From State.,House,"Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9]",MA,D,M000834,152,"(Reported to House from the Committee on Rules with amendment, H. Rept. 98-1142 (Part I)) Directs the President to investigate and report to the Congress within 18 months concerning the living conditions and available assistance for El Salvadorans displaced inside and outside their country.  Requires such investigation to report on the fate of El Salvadoran deportees. Requires:  (1) such report to be referred to the appropriate congressional committees; and (2) each such committee to hold hearings within two years. Provides for a three-year moratorium on specified categories of El Salvadoran deportations.",2025-01-23T13:14:35Z,
98-s-2131,98,s,2131,"A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of deportation for certain aliens who are nationals of El Salvador, and to provide for Presidential and Congressional review of conditions in El Salvador and other countries.",Immigration,1983-11-17,1983-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,21,Directs the President to investigate and report to the Congress within 18 months concerning the living conditions and available assistance for El Salvadorans displaced inside and outside their country.  Requires such investigation to report on the fate of El Salvadoran deportees. Requires the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to hold hearings within two years to consider appropriate U.S. steps to assure the personal safety and equitable distribution of assistance to such displaced El Salvadorans. Provides for a three-year moratorium on specified categories of El Salvadoran deportations.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hjres-431,98,hjres,431,A joint resolution to direct the President to return to Cuba all Cuban nationals from the 1980 Mariel boatlift who are currently incarcerated in the United States.,Immigration,1983-11-16,1983-11-18,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Reid, Harry [D-NV-1]",NV,D,R000146,1,Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should return to Cuba those Cuban nationals from the 1980 Mariel boatlift who are excludable because of criminal activity.,2021-06-29T20:03:34Z,
98-hr-4394,98,hr,4394,Immigrant Repatriation Study Act,Immigration,1983-11-15,1983-11-18,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,0,"Immigrant Repatriation Study Act - Directs the Attorney General to study the problem of indigent, elderly immigrants who wish to return to their home countries but can not afford the transportation costs to do so. Requires a report to Congress within 12 months.",2025-08-29T17:41:34Z,
98-hconres-215,98,hconres,215,A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress regarding the return to Cuba of certain Cuban nationals who arrived in the Mariel boatlift and are currently incarcerated in the United States.,Immigration,1983-11-10,1983-11-10,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5]",FL,R,M000350,53,Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should return to Cuba those Cuban nationals from the 1980 Mariel boatlift who are excludable because of criminal activity.,2021-06-29T19:55:52Z,
98-s-2033,98,s,2033,"A bill to amend the Act of August 1, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2691).",Immigration,1983-11-01,1983-11-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,"Declares that the Secretary of State should, within 30 days of receiving an application for a nonimmigrant visa by an alien who is excludable from the United States because of membership in or affiliation with a proscribed organization but who is otherwise admissible to the United States, recommend that the Attorney General approve the issuance of such visa unless the admission of such alien would be contrary to U.S. security or foreign policy interests and the Secretary so certifies.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
98-s-1983,98,s,1983,Immigration Emergency Procedures Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-10-20,1983-10-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]",FL,D,C000356,0,"Immigration Emergency Procedures Act of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 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; (5) designate one or more Federal agencies including the military to carry out these emergency powers (once they are invoked by the President); and (6) enforce the admissibility and asylum determination provisions of this Act beyond the territorial limits of the United States, including on the high seas. Authorizes State and local reimbursement for related immigration emergency costs. States that nothing in this Act shall relieve any carrier or other person from civil or criminal responsibilities for transporting an illegal alien into the United States. 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 appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:38:29Z,
98-hr-4131,98,hr,4131,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide, in the case of elderly individuals applying for naturalization, for waiver of the English language requirement and for demonstrating a knowledge and understanding of American government in a language other than English.",Immigration,1983-10-06,1983-10-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit naturalization applicants who are 65 years or older to waive the English language requirement and demonstrate U.S. government knowledge in their native language.,2021-06-29T21:03:14Z,
98-hr-3923,98,hr,3923,A bill to prohibit the issuance of most immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to citizens of the Soviet Union until the anniversary date of the shooting-down by the Soviet Union of unarmed civilian aircraft.,Immigration,1983-09-19,1983-09-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10]",IN,D,J000033,8,"Suspends the issuance of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas (with specified exceptions) to Soviet nationals until September 1, 1984.",2021-06-29T21:00:52Z,
98-hr-3744,98,hr,3744,A bill to amend title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to extend assistance for Cuban and Haitian entrants to 72 months after the month of entry.,Immigration,1983-08-02,1983-08-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14]",NJ,D,G000511,0,Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to extend the assistance period for Cuban and Haitian entrants from 36 to 72 months after entry.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-s-1725,98,s,1725,Immigration Emergency Act,Immigration,1983-08-02,1983-08-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,0,"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 from traveling 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.",2025-08-29T17:40:36Z,
98-hr-3729,98,hr,3729,Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1984,Immigration,1983-08-01,1984-07-24,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1064.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,8,"(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 98-564) Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1984 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations as necessary for refugee assistance through 1986. Requires any agency receiving an initial resettlement grant (in addition to existing provisions) to:  (1) provide quarterly performance and finance reports; (2) notify, upon request, local welfare offices of any cash assistance provided directly by such agency to a refugee; and (3) insure that refugees with medical conditions affecting the public health report to the appropriate health authorities in their resettlement areas. Terminates refugee cash assistance for three months for refusal to accept employment (six months for subsequent refusals). Prohibits:  (1) such cash or medical assistance grants from being given as block or consolidated grants; and (2) the Director from delegating grant review or approval authority to the States or their political subdivisions. Directs the Attorney General to compensate States and counties for the incarceration of certain Cuban entrants.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-3666,98,hr,3666,A bill to require that funds allocated for military assistance for the Government of El Salvador or for the rebels in Nicaragua be used instead by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to prevent illegal immigration from Central America.,Immigration,1983-07-26,1983-08-04,Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.,House,"Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10]",IN,D,J000033,0,Directs the President to transfer any funds allocated for military assistance for the Government of El Salvador or for the Nicaraguan rebels to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for use in preventing illegal immigration from Central America.,2025-01-23T13:14:35Z,
98-hr-3609,98,hr,3609,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,1983-07-20,1983-07-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1]",TX,D,H000070,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) reimburse air carriers for alien detention expenses; and (2) permit the refund of the $1,000 transport company fine for bringing in an illegal alien in the case where the alien, despite documentary inadmissibility, is admitted or paroled into the United States.",2021-06-29T20:58:02Z,
98-hr-3611,98,hr,3611,Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1983,Immigration,1983-07-20,1983-08-05,"Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-42]",CA,R,L000517,0,Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to authorize FY 1984 through FY 1986 appropriations for refugee assistance. Limits the annual refugee assistance report to Congress to the immediately preceding five-year period.,2025-08-29T17:37:45Z,
98-hr-3350,98,hr,3350,A bill to provide compensation to States for costs incurred to confine certain Cuban nationals who were allowed to enter the United States in 1980 and who are imprisoned for violations of State law.,Immigration,1983-06-16,1983-06-30,Executive Comment Requested from Justice.,House,"Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5]",AZ,D,M000589,15,Directs the Attorney General to compensate States for costs incurred in imprisoning certain Cuban nationals permitted to enter the United States in 1980.,2021-06-29T20:54:15Z,
98-hr-3270,98,hr,3270,Seasonal Agricultural Foreign Worker Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-06-09,1983-06-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.,House,"Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17]",CA,R,P000097,0,"Seasonal Agricultural Foreign Worker Act of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (The Act) to add to the classification of non-immigrant aliens those foreign workers who have no intention of abandoning a foreign residence, but come to the United States for seasonal agricultural employment for a maximum of eleven consecutive months. Prohibits the admission of an alien as a non- immigrant if such alien has violated the terms or conditions of a previous admission as a non-immigrant within the past five years. Directs the Attorney General to consult with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Labor to establish an admissions program for nonimmigrant workers entering the United States for seasonal agricultural employment which does not exceed eleven consecutive months.  Requires such program to impose monthly and annual quotas upon nonimmigrant visas by agricultural employment region.  Subjects the availability of such visas to a specified preference system, based upon a certain allotment formula. States that the availability of a nonimmigrant visa is not predicated upon petitions from prospective employers within the United States. Specifies exceptions.  States that nonimmigrant visas shall neither limit the type of agricultural work, nor the geographical area within which aliens may be employed.  Requires the Attorney General to designate up to ten agricultural employment regions within the United States. Permits employers of agricultural workers to submit petitions to the Attorney General which specify the month and agricultural employment region concerned, as well as a breakdown of the type of work needed and the availability of domestic and foreign workers to do such work. Requires the Attorney General to prescribe quotas for nonimmigrant visas based upon such petitions and other specified factors.  Permits agricultural employers to apply for an increase in nonimmigration visa quotas if they can establish an emergency need based upon certain factors.  Requires the Attorney General to decide such applications within seventy-two hours of the completion of such application. Requires employers to apply to the Attorney General as a condition of eligibility to employ nonimmigrants.  Requires the Attorney General to approve such applications unless certain findings are made after opportunity for a hearing.  Limits an employer's disqualification to a maximum of five years. Authorizes the Attorney General to impose civil monetary penalties upon employers who have committed specified violations.  Makes it unlawful to hire, recruit or refer for employment in the United States a nonimmigrant alien in the absence of an approved application for such employment. Details the penalties incurred for specified violations by employers and aliens. Denies any Federal financial assistance based on financial need to aliens admitted as nonimmigrants for seasonal agricultural employment. Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress semiannually on the program. States that this Act preempts any State or local law on the same subject. Prohibits the filing of petitions for preference status for aliens defined as seasonal agricultural foreign workers. Excludes from admission into the United States any such alien workers who are not:  (1) continuously employed; or (2) actively seeking employment in the agricultural labor market. Precludes the time spent by aliens in a nonimmigrant status under this Act from being counted as part of the continuous residence requirement for suspended deportation.  Bars such aliens from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Managing Trustee to pay into the Treasury estimated social security taxes related to the wages of nonimmigrant aliens employed under this Act.  Requires such funds to be credited to:  (1) the Department of State for the purpose of making lump-sum benefit payments to such nonimmigrant aliens; and (2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service for administration and enforcement of the program established by this Act. Amends the Social Security Act to require the lump-sum repayment to nonimmigrant aliens under this Act of taxes imposed upon their wages. States that both the application and payment of such benefits may be made only at the consulate nearest the alien's foreign residence after his or her return to it. Excludes from the definition of employment, for purposes of the Social Security Act, seasonal agricultural service performed by nonimmigrant aliens under this Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate with representatives of labor source countries to establish bilateral advisory commissions to advise the Attorney General regarding problems arising under this Act. Details circumstances under which the Attorney General must waive disciplinary proceedings or penalties against employers who have violated specified law during the first year this Act is enacted.",2025-08-29T17:40:45Z,
98-hr-3195,98,hr,3195,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for 3 years the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance.,Immigration,1983-06-02,1983-08-01,Clean Bill H.R.3729 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for refugee assistance through FY 1986.,2021-06-29T20:52:02Z,
98-sres-156,98,sres,156,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,1983-05-26,1983-06-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,2,Expresses the sense of the Senate that extended voluntary departure status should be granted to El Salvadorans until the situation in El Salvador permits their safe return.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-1268,98,s,1268,Alien Parental Amnesty Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-05-12,1983-10-21,Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the U.S. Attorney General.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,Alien Parental Amnesty Act of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident the status of certain alien parents of U.S.-born children.,2025-08-29T17:39:23Z,
98-hr-2963,98,hr,2963,A bill to amend section 312(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.,Immigration,1983-05-10,1983-05-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18]",FL,D,P000218,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the English language naturalization requirement persons 50 years or older with five years U.S. residence who were admitted as conditional entrants, paroled, or granted asylum.",2021-06-29T20:48:20Z,
98-s-1248,98,s,1248,Federal Alien Incarceration Responsibility Act,Immigration,1983-05-10,1983-05-12,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,16,Federal Alien Incarceration Responsibility Act - Directs the Attorney General to reimburse State governments for the cost of imprisoning certain aliens who commit felonies.  Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-29T17:40:55Z,
98-hr-2866,98,hr,2866,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-05-03,1983-05-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1]",MI,D,C000714,0,"Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A: Use of False Documents - Amends the Immigration and Naturalization Act to make it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents. Increases penalties for such violations. Part B:  Enforcement and Fees - Authorizes FY 1984 through 1986 appropriations for specified Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities.  Authorizes supplemental FY 1983 appropriations. Restricts INS warrantless entry onto farms or other outdoor operations. Directs the Attorney General to take action to safeguard the rights, safety, and dignity of persons within the United States in the enforcement of immigration laws. Requires INS training to familiarize INS officers with the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens. Authorizes INS facilities fees. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum - Directs immigration officers to exclude without hearing aliens without proper documents or without any reasonable basis for legal entry or asylum. Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges. Provides for judicial review of exclusion cases and those asylum cases encompassed within deportation or exclusion orders. Sets forth statutory asylum provisions. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Part E:  Commission on Immigration and International Development - Establishes the National Commission on Immigration and International Development to review and make recommendations regarding social and economic conditions affecting unauthorized immigration into the United States.  Directs such Commission to consult with the Government of Mexico and advise the Attorney General regarding the temporary worker program.  Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of its final report to Congress Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Immigrants - Authorizes additional visas for Mexico and Canada.  Increases the colonial quota. Requires the President to report to Congress every three years on immigration admissions. Eliminates ""sexual deviation"" as a ground for deportation or exclusion. Exempts certain retirees from numerical admissions limitations. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker provisions. Limits such workers to an eight-month annual stay unless otherwise authorized. Requires an employer visa petition 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. Sets forth application, certification, and employment condition provisions. Requires:  (1) annual certification reports to Congress; and (2) a report to Congress on temporary worker program improvements within 18 months. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1983 to:  (1) recruit domestic workers; (2) monitor the nonimmigrant worker program; and (3) make determinations and certifications. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with the Government of 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 for U.S. permanent residence.  Sets forth exceptions. Authorizes a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to U.S. visitors. Title III:  Legalization - Establishes a program to legalize the status of specified resident undocumented aliens.  Sets forth program provisions. Requires a program report to Congress within 18 months. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1983. Authorizes State legalization assistance funds for FY 1984 through 1987.",2025-08-29T17:39:37Z,
98-hr-2815,98,hr,2815,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the provision excluding admission of aliens on the sole ground of sexual deviation.,Immigration,1983-04-28,1983-05-03,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]",CA,D,D000373,40,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the ""sexual deviation"" exclusion provision.",2021-06-29T20:46:24Z,
98-hr-2728,98,hr,2728,"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,1983-04-25,1983-07-29,Executive Comment Received From 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) immigrant 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.",2021-06-29T20:45:27Z,
98-hconres-116,98,hconres,116,A concurrent resolution demonstrating America's commitment to individual rights.,Immigration,1983-04-21,1983-04-25,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18]",IL,R,M000692,12,"Commends the decision to offer political asylum to Hu Na, of China.",2021-06-29T19:55:19Z,
98-hr-2680,98,hr,2680,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish reasonable standards for owners and operators of international bridges and toll roads and other persons with respect to the duty under such Act to prevent the unauthorized landing of aliens.,Immigration,1983-04-21,1983-08-30,Executive Comment Received From Justice.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the owner or operator of an international bridge or toll road to request the Attorney General to inspect and approve measures taken to prevent aliens from illegally crossing into the United States. States that such approved measures shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with obligations under such Act to prevent illegal entries.,2021-06-29T20:45:04Z,
98-hjres-240,98,hjres,240,"A joint resolution proclaiming Nomzano Winnie Mandela to be an honorary citizen and condemning her banishment to Brandfort, South Africa.",Immigration,1983-04-19,1983-04-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.,House,"Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13]",MI,D,C000919,58,"Proclaims Winnie Mandela an honorary citizen of the United States and requests the President to seek from South Africa a revocation of her banishment to Brandfort, South Africa.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
98-hjres-241,98,hjres,241,"A joint resolution proclaiming Nelson Mandela to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting his unconditional release from prison in South Africa.",Immigration,1983-04-19,1983-04-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.,House,"Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13]",MI,D,C000919,60,Proclaims Nelson Mandela an honorary citizen of the United States and requests the President to take steps to secure his unconditional release from prison in South Africa.,2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
98-hr-2617,98,hr,2617,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1983-04-19,1983-04-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to delete a separate definition of ""consular officer"" applicable to the Canal Zone, American Samoa, and Swains Island.",2021-06-29T20:44:35Z,
98-s-1083,98,s,1083,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who die while serving with the United States armed forces during certain periods of hostilities may be considered to have been citizens of the United States at the time of such aliens' death.,Immigration,1983-04-19,1983-04-26,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA]",MA,D,T000393,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who die while serving with the U.S. Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities may be considered to have been U.S. citizens at the time of their deaths.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-1086,98,s,1086,"A bill to repeal section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1983-04-19,1983-04-26,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the ""sexual deviation"" exclusion provision.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-2534,98,hr,2534,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to accept donated horses for use in patrolling the borders of the United States.,Immigration,1983-04-13,1983-04-28,Executive Comment Requested from Justice.,House,"Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45]",CA,R,H000981,13,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney General to accept donated horses for border patrol use.,2021-06-29T20:43:57Z,
98-hjres-233,98,hjres,233,A joint resolution to grant posthumously full rights of citizenship to William Penn and to Hannah Callowhill Penn.,Immigration,1983-04-12,1984-10-19,For Further Action See S.J.Res.80.,House,"Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19]",PA,R,G000291,72,"Requests the President to grant posthumous citizenship to William Penn, founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and his wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn.",2021-06-29T20:01:30Z,
98-hr-2466,98,hr,2466,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to admission of nonimmigrant workers to the United States for temporary employment, and for other purposes.",Immigration,1983-04-12,1983-04-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,10,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to separate 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, 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 1984 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.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-sjres-80,98,sjres,80,A joint resolution to grant posthumously full rights of citizenship to William Penn and to Hannah Callowhill Penn.,Immigration,1983-04-12,1984-10-19,Became Public Law No: 98-516.,Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,25,"Requests the President to grant posthumous citizenship to William Penn, founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and his wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-2427,98,hr,2427,Nonimmigrant Worker Amendments of 1983,Immigration,1983-04-07,1983-04-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.,House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,0,Nonimmigrant Worker Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to separate temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker (H-2 visa) provisions. Prohibits the employment of such agricultural workers for more than nine months in a calendar year.  Permits the Secretary of Labor to extend such period for pre-existing occupations or extenuating circumstances.  Prohibits entry to workers who have violated entry conditions within the past five years. 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 to charge application fees. Prohibits the Secretary from approving such petition if:  (1) the job is open because of a strike or lock-out; or (2) the employer violated temporary worker admissions terms within the past two years or failed to pay a civil penalty for such violation.  Provides that an employer may not be denied a certification for more than three years for any such admission violation. Provides with regard to agricultural workers that: (1) the employer need not submit a labor certification (petition) more than 65 days in advance of need; (2) the Secretary shall require a 45-day domestic worker recruitment period; (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 to:  (1) report annually to Congress regarding such nonimmigrant worker provisions and their domestic effects; and (2) establish employment standards which are at least comparable to those under existing regulations. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1984 to recruit domestic workers and monitor the nonimmigrant worker program. Requires a program improvement report within 18 months. 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.,2025-08-29T17:40:43Z,
98-hr-2356,98,hr,2356,United States Immigration Court Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-03-24,1983-04-12,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5]",FL,R,M000350,18,"United States Immigration Court Act of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a United States Immigration Court, consisting of a 70-judge trial and a six-judge appellate division. Sets forth jurisdictional provisions and appellate review procedures. Grants jurisdiction to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review immigration matters such as deportation, exclusion and asylum. Provides for exclusion without hearing under specified circumstances. Permits any alien physically present in the United States or at a land border or port of entry to apply for asylum unless exclusion or deportation proceedings have been instituted. Prescribes conditions under which asylum shall be considered even where exclusion or deportation proceedings have been instituted. Provides for a public asylum hearing and requires aliens to be advised of right of counsel. Sets forth effective dates and transition procedures.",2025-08-29T17:38:32Z,
98-hr-2360,98,hr,2360,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,1983-03-24,1983-04-04,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15]",PA,R,R000277,2,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.,2021-06-29T20:42:46Z,
98-hr-2361,98,hr,2361,Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1983,Immigration,1983-03-24,1983-04-05,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,2,"Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1983 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A: Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful to knowingly hire an unauthorized alien and to fail to comply with health or wage requirements regarding such employment. Makes it unlawful to engage in a pattern or practice of such hiring activities. Provides civil and equitable administrative penalties for such violations. Requires an employer to verify a potential employee's work status.  Grants an individual administrative relief against an employer who fails to accept tendered employment documentation in good faith. Directs the Attorney General to establish a task force to monitor such employment provisions. Part B:  Proper Enforcement and Services - Requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress an Immigration and Nationality Service operations (personnel and funding) plan for FY 1984 through FY 1986. Requires the Secretary of Labor to submit to Congress an operations plan for enforcing the employment provisions of this Act for FY 1984 through FY 1986. Authorizes supplemental appropriations through FY 1986. Requires the Attorney General to take due and deliberate actions to safequard constitutional and civil rights. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum - Establishes a United States Immigration Board (within the Department of Justice) to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges.  Limits judicial review. Revises asylum provisions.  Replaces the special inquiry officers with a system of administrative law judges. Authorizes FY 1984 appropriations. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of nonimmigrant visa terms. Part E:  Commission on Immigration and International Development - Establishes a National Commission on Immigration and International Development to analyze social and economic conditions in the United States and abroad with regard to U.S. immigration problems and polices. Directs the Commission to consult with the Mexican Government and advise the Attorney General regarding the temporary worker program. Requires reports to the President and to the Congress.  Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of the final report (4 years). Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Reform of Legal Immigration and Naturalization - Part A:  Immigrants - Revises numerical limitations.  Permits 40,000 annual entrants each from Mexico and Canada.  Sets forth ""family reunification"" and ""independent"" preference allocations, and an interpreference allocation guide. Revises labor certification provisions. Grants special immigrant status to certain family members of employees of international organizations. Permits certain aliens in the United States whose immigrant visas will become available before October 1, 1984, to work. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker provisions. Limits (H-2 visa) temporary workers to a miximum 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. Sets forth application and certification provisions. 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 1984 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 a three-year pilot visa program. Part C:  Naturalization - Waives the English language requirement for persons over 50 years old. Revises naturalization-through-military service residency requirements. Title III:  Legalization - Provides for the legalization (permanent or temporary resident status) of certain aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and who have continuously resided illegally in this country since entry.  Authorizes FY 1984 appropriations for such program.  Requires the President to report to Congress within 18 months regarding such program.",2025-08-29T17:38:49Z,
98-hr-2304,98,hr,2304,Immigration Emergency Act,Immigration,1983-03-23,1983-03-28,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5]",FL,R,M000350,1,"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 from traveling 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.",2025-08-29T17:37:56Z,
98-hr-2229,98,hr,2229,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require consent or a warrant before entering onto farm property.,Immigration,1983-03-22,1983-03-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39]",CA,R,D000044,13,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an Immigration and Naturalization Service official or employee from entering a farm or outdoor operation without a warrant or the owner's consent.,2021-06-29T20:41:42Z,
98-hr-2254,98,hr,2254,United States-Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-03-22,1983-04-08,Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.,House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-42]",CA,R,L000517,5,"United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1983 - 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 U.S. 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.",2025-08-29T17:40:35Z,
98-hconres-92,98,hconres,92,A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that no amnesty should be granted to aliens present illegally in the United States.,Immigration,1983-03-21,1983-03-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-8]",FL,R,Y000031,0,Expresses the sense of the Congress that no temporary or permanent amnesty should be granted to aliens present illegally in the United States.,2021-06-29T19:55:09Z,
98-hr-2168,98,hr,2168,A bill to amend section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exemption of the government knowledge requirement for naturalization of persons over 50 years of age who have been lawful permanent residents in the United States for at least 20 years.,Immigration,1983-03-17,1983-03-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]",FL,R,B000463,44,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt persons over 50 years old who have been U.S. permanent residents for at least 20 years from the ""Government knowledge"" naturalization requirement.",2021-06-29T20:41:14Z,
98-hr-2131,98,hr,2131,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the immigrant quota for colonies and dependent areas.,Immigration,1983-03-16,1983-03-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13]",CA,D,M000794,17,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from 600 to 5,000 the immigrant quota for colonies and dependent areas.",2021-06-29T20:38:49Z,
98-s-828,98,s,828,"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,1983-03-16,1983-03-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.,Senate,"Sen. East, John P. [R-NC]",NC,R,E000017,0,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,
98-hr-1990,98,hr,1990,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special preference treatment for certain children born in the Philippines and fathered by American servicemen.,Immigration,1983-03-09,1983-03-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-5]",CA,D,B001156,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include children fathered by U.S. servicemen in the Philippines within the ""Amerasian children"" preference category.",2021-06-29T20:37:58Z,
98-hr-2007,98,hr,2007,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that any alien who has been detained for further inquiry or who has been temporarily excluded shall have the right to be represented by counsel from the time of such detention or exclusion; and for other purposes.,Immigration,1983-03-09,1983-03-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]",IL,D,C000634,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the privilege of representation by counsel (at no expense to the Government) for any alien who has been:  (1) detained for further inquiry pending entry; (2) temporarily excluded; or (3) arrested before deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold the deportation of any alien to any country in which the alien would be subject to persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion.",2021-06-29T20:38:02Z,
98-hr-2035,98,hr,2035,Immigration Improvements Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-03-09,1983-04-07,Referred to Subcommittee on Rules of the House.,House,"Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9]",WI,R,S000244,0,"Immigration Improvements Act of 1983 - 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 to Congress an annual immigration plan (the first such plan due by July 1, 1985). Sets forth congressional procedures for considering such plan. Establishes an overall annual immigration limit of between 300,000 and 420,000 entrants.  Categorizes such entrants as 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. States that the Attorney General's parole authority shall be exercised only in the case of individuals. Changes the registry date from June 30, 1948 to January 1, 1973. Title II: Improved Enforcement - Part A: Respecting Illegal Employment of Aliens - 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. Part B:  In General - 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. Part C:  Disallowing Certain Benefits for Illegal Aliens - Amends the Social Security Act to limit Aid For Dependent Children and Medicaid benefits to citizens and permanent residents. Part D:  Funding - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to prescribe a uniform fee schedule.",2025-08-29T17:40:50Z,
98-hr-1711,98,hr,1711,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nonimmigrant alien crewmen on United States-flag fishing vessels to stop temporarily at ports in Guam.,Immigration,1983-02-28,1983-03-10,"Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Justice, State.",House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen serving on a U.S.-flag fishing vessel nonimmigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam.,2021-06-29T20:34:06Z,
98-hr-1712,98,hr,1712,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit waiver of the nonimmigrant visa requirement in the case of certain visitors to Guam.,Immigration,1983-02-28,1983-03-10,"Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Justice, State.",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.,2021-06-29T20:34:06Z,
98-s-588,98,s,588,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent the unauthorized entry into, and the transportation to and within, the United States of illegal aliens.",Immigration,1983-02-24,1983-03-07,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]",FL,D,C000356,1,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions regarding the bringing in and harboring of illegal aliens.  Establishes criminal penalties for bringing an alien (regardless of status)into the country at other than a designated port of entry.  Allows seizure of any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe it has been, is being, or is intended to be used in violation of this Act. Authorizes Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to make arrests for violation of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-592,98,s,592,Immigration Emergency Powers and Procedures Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-02-24,1983-03-07,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]",FL,D,C000356,1,"Immigration Emergency Powers and Procedures Act of 1983 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 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 appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:39:30Z,
98-hjres-157,98,hjres,157,A joint resolution posthumously proclaiming Christopher Columbus to be an honorary citizen of the United States.,Immigration,1983-02-23,1983-02-24,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-20]",NY,D,O000134,0,Grants posthumous honorary U.S. citizenship to Christopher Columbus.,2021-06-29T20:01:03Z,
98-hr-1510,98,hr,1510,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-02-17,1984-06-20,House Incorporated this Measure (Amended) in S.529 as an Amendment.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,5,"(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #251 (216-211)) Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration-Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person or other entity to: (1) hire, or recruit, or refer for a fee for U.S. employment any alien knowing that such person is unauthorized to work, or any person without verifying his or her work status (applies to employers of four or more employees); or (2) continue to hire an alien knowing of such person's unauthorized work status. Makes verification compliance an affirmative defense to any violation in the hiring or referral of an alien, including the situation of a State employment agency referral. Applies the sanctions under this Act to employers of four or more employees, except in the case of farm labor contractors. Directs the Attorney General, within two years, to establish an electronic data or telephone method to validate the social security account numbers of employee-applicants. Sets forth the verification process.  Requires: (1) the employer to attest, on a form developed by the Attorney General, that the employee's work status has been verified by examination of a passport, birth certificate, social security card, alien documentation papers, or other proof; (2) the worker to similarly attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, or authorized alien; and (3) the employer to keep such records for three years or one year after the employee leaves, whichever is longer. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a national identity card or system. Makes it unlawful for an employer to require an employee to provide any type of financial guarantee or indemnity against any potential employment liability.  Subjects violators, after notice and hearing opportunity, to civil penalties. Subjects employers to citations, graduated civil penalties, or injunctive remedies for hiring violations.  Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity.  Permits judicial review of a final administrative penalty.  Directs the Attorney General to file suit in U.S. district court to collect unpaid penalties. States that such employer sanction provisions preempt State and local laws. Directs the President to monitor and consult semiannually with Congress concerning implementation of such employment provisions and their impact on the U.S. economy and illegal entry of aliens. Directs the Civil Rights Commission to:  (1) monitor the implementation and enforcement of such provisions; (2) investigate allegations of discrimination; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees at 18, 36, and 54-month intervals. Makes it an unfair immigration-related employment practice for an employer of four or more employees to discriminate against any individual (other than an unauthorized alien) with respect to hiring, or recruitment or referral for consideration, because of such individual's origin or alienage. Vests authority to enforce employer sanction and non-discrimination provisions in the United States Immigration Board (created by this Act) through specially trained administrative law judges and a Special Counsel.  Refers allegations of violations to the Special Counsel and requires the Special Counsel to: (1) notify the alleged violator of the complaint within ten days; and (2) investigate and determine whether to prosecute the complaint within 30 days.  Authorizes the Special Counsel to independently investigate and prosecute violations.  States that violation hearings shall be held before such administrative law judges, who shall submit recommended orders to the Board for final approval. Authorizes the Board to:  (1) accept, modify, or otherwise dispose of such an order; (2) order a party to cease and desist from unlawful activity;  or (3) seek judicial enforcement of the order. Sets forth graduated civil penalties and equitable remedies.  Permits a prevailing party to be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee. Directs the Attorney General:  (1) in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Treasury, and Commerce, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to disseminate program information for the first year after enactment of this Act; and (2) to issue implementing regulations within seven months. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first seven months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to subject farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act, beginning seven months after enactment. Makes it illegal to fraudently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B:  Enforcement and Services - States that two essential elements of the immigration control and reform program established by this Act are increased enforcement and administrative activities of the Border Patrol, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and other appropriate Federal agencies. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for INS service and enforcement activities for FY 1984, to be available for expenditure through FY 1985. Directs the Attorney General to develop and transmit to Congress within two months an INS funding and personnel plan for FY 1984, including an in-service training program.  Requires FY 1985 and FY 1986 plan revisions as appropriate. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 INS appropriations. Subjects a person to criminal penalties for unlawful transportation of aliens into the United States for commercial advantage or private profit. Authorizes the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose maintenance fees on aliens for the use of INS facilities and services. Requires INS to have an owner's consent or a warrant before entering a farm or outdoor operations to interrogate persons to determine if undocumented aliens are present. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) develop, in consultation with State and local officials, an immigration emergency contingency plan; and (2) submit such plan to the appropriate congressional committees within four months of enactment of this Act.  Authorizes permanent appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) provide in-service training to familiarize the personnel who deal with the public with the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens; and (2) enhance the responsibilities of INS's community outreach program. Directs the Attorney General:  (1) jointly with the Secretary of State, to initiate discussions with Mexico and Canada on a program to prevent the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States; and (2) report to Congress within one year. Permits the owner or operator of an international bridge or toll road to request the Attorney General to inspect and approve measures taken to prevent aliens from illegally crossing into the United States. States that such approved measures shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with obligations under such Act to prevent illegal entries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) U.S. immigration laws should be enforced vigorously and uniformly; and (2) the Attorney General, in so doing, shall safeguard the constitutional rights, personal safety, and human dignity of citizens and aliens. 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. 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 seven-member 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, including provisions regarding the Special Counsel. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges, to be appointed by the Chairman of the Immigration Board. 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. appeals courts.  Reduces the period for filing such appeals from six months to 60 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.  Requires 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.  Prohibits an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred.  Requires asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law.  Permits legal counsel at asylum hearings.  Requires an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum. Places the burden of proof on the applicant. Prohibits the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility.  Requires application determinations to be made within 30 days after the hearing (which shall be held within 45 days of the application's filing).  Makes asylum hearings open to the public unless the alien requests otherwise. Requires an alien detained during asylum proceedings to be released on parole if:  (1) the Board has not rendered a decision on such person's appeal of a denied asylum application within 60 days of filing; or (2) a reviewing court has not rendered a decision on the petition for review of such claim within 30 days of filing. Requires annual asylum reports to Congress. Exempts asylum and refugee records from disclosure, except that:  (1) asylum applicants may obtain such records if the information is not otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; and (2) the Attorney General or the Secretary of State may get such records if needed in court. 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. Provides that during the two-year transition period special inquiry officers shall be considered as meeting the minimum requirements for the administrative law judge examination. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Part E:  Presidential Study of a Collaborative People-to-People Program Between the United States and Mexico - Directs the President to study the advisability and practicality of proposing to Mexico the establishment of a collaborative people-to-people program between Mexico and the United States.  Requires that such study consider the possibility of the two countries forming a Mixed Commission to review such program.  Directs the President to report to Congress within one year regarding such program. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration-Part A: Immigrants - Provides, beginning with FY 1984, for:  (1) an increase in the colonial quota from 600 to 3,000; and (2) for additional immigrant visas for Canada and Mexico (20,000 each plus each other's unused visas from the previous fiscal year). Requires the President to report to Congress every three years (the first report due by January 1, 1987) on the overall impact of immigration admissions for such period, including the number and classifications of admitted aliens.  Requires the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to hold public hearings on such reports. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations (""I"" status). Grants nonimmigrant status to:  (1) parents of children receiving ""I"" status while they are minors;  and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving ""I"" 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. Permits university researchers to be treated as faculty for certification purposes. States that for suspension of deportation purposes, an alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical presence in the United States if the absence did not meaningfully interrupt the continuous physical presence. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant (H-2 visas) worker provisions. States that such agricultural workers' stay shall be determined by the Attorney General.  Prohibits entry to temporary workers who have violated entry conditions within the previous five years. Requires the Attorney General to provide for necessary entry and exit documents. 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 and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Directs the Secretary to establish applicable H-2 agricultural worker employment standards. Authorizes the Secretary 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 employer violated temporary worker admissions terms; or (3) in a case where such workers are not covered by State workers' compensation laws, the employer has not provided equivalent protection at no cost to such workers.  Directs the Secretary to establish expedited review of such denied certificates. Provides with regard to agricultural worker applications that:  (1) the Secretary may not require such an application to be filed more than 50 days before needed; (2) the employer shall be notified in writing within seven days if such an application requires perfecting; and (3) the Secretary shall approve an acceptable application not later than 20 days before needed.  Authorizes producer associations to file such petitions. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Agriculture, to report to Congress annually regarding such certification program. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1984 to:  (1) recruit domestic workers;  (2) monitor the nonimmigrant work program; and (3) make determinations and certifications. Authorizes permanent appropriations for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out duties under such Act. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, to establish a three-year transitional agricultural labor program to implement the H-2 temporary agricultural worker program under this Act.  Requires employer registration during the first year of the program. Provides that the number of undocumented agricultural workers be reduced by one-third for each of the three years.  Provides such transitional workers with the same benefits and protections as H-2 workers. Sets forth employer participation requirements.  Authorizes registration fees.  Requires a report to Congress within 18 months regarding temporary alien worker program improvements. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and other appropriate countries and advise the Attorney General regarding the temporary worker and transitional worker programs. Requires foreign students to return to their home country for two years before being eligible for U.S. permanent residence. Permits waiver of such requirement where a student:  (1) is an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen; (2) has an advanced U.S. degree and a university job offer in such field of study; (3) has a U.S. degree in natural science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering and a related research or technical job offer; or (4) has an advanced U.S. degree and exceptional ability in business or economics and has a job offer requiring such exceptional ability. Permits foreign students to change to ""trainee"" (H-3) classification. Prohibits non-waiver students, transitional program workers, and visitors admitted under the visa waiver program from adjusting to permanent resident status. 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 eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Adds to the classification of nonimmigrant aliens those foreign workers who have no intention of abandoning a foreign residence, but come to the United States for seasonal agricultural employment in the production of perishable commodities for a maximum of 11 consecutive months. Prohibits the admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant during the five-year period following any violation of the terms or conditions of a previous nonimmigrant admission, or following any illegal entry after the nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural employment program first takes effect. Directs the Attorney General to consult with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Labor to establish an admissions program for nonimmigrant workers entering the United States for seasonal agricultural employment which does not exceed 11 consecutive months.  Requires such program to impose monthly and annual quotas upon nonimmigrant visas by agricultural employment region.  Subjects the availability of such visas to a specified preference system, based upon a certain allotment formula. States that the availability of a nonimmigrant visa is not predicated upon petitions from prospective employers within the United States. Specifies exceptions.  States that nonimmigrant visas shall neither limit the type of agricultural work, nor the geographical area within which aliens may be employed.  Requires the Attorney General to designate up to ten U.S. agricultural employment regions. Permits agricultural employers to submit petitions to the Attorney General which specify the month and agricultural employment region concerned, as well as a breakdown of the type of work needed and the total number and qualifications of agricultural workers required in the monthly production of perishable commodities. Requires the Attorney General to prescribe quotas for nonimmigrant visas based upon such petitions and other specified factors.  Permits agricultural employers to apply for an increase in nonimmigration visa quotas if they can establish an emergency need based upon certain factors.  Requires the Attorney General to decide such applications within 72 hours of the completion of such application. Specifies conditions for the Attorney General's approval of employer applications.  Imposes certain duties on employer applicants, including:  (1) a good faith effort to recruit domestic agricultural workers until the date any nonimmigrants admitted to perform farm labor report to work; (2) provision of workers' compensation insurance with benefits equivalent to those provided under State law; and (3) a refraining from employing nonimmigrants if there is a strike or lockout during a labor dispute.  Authorizes the Attorney General to disqualify an employer from program participation for up to three years if it is determined, after opportunity for a hearing, that such employer has violated such Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to impose civil monetary penalties upon employers who have committed specified violations.  Makes it unlawful to hire, recruit or refer for employment in the United States a nonimmigrant alien in the absence of an approved application for such employment.  Details the penalties incurred for specified violations by employers and aliens. Denies any Federal financial assistance based on financial need to aliens admitted as nonimmigrants for seasonal agricultural employment. Requires the Attorney General to submit a semiannual program report to Congress. States that this Act preempts any State or local law on the same subject. Directs the Attorney General to establish a trust fund to provide: (1) for administration and enforcement of the nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural worker program; and (2) a monetary incentive for participating nonimmigrants to return to their countries of origin upon visa expiration.  Specifies methods of contribution to the fund by employers and nonimmigrant employees.  Prescribes payments from the fund to nonimmigrants who demonstrate compliance with the terms and conditions of the program. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate with governments of labor resource countries to establish bilateral commissions to advise the Attorney General on suitable regulations to carry out the program. Prohibits the filing of petitions for preference status for aliens defined as seasonal agricultural foreign workers. Excludes from admission into the United States any such alien workers who are not:  (1) continuously employed; or (2) actively seeking employment in the agricultural labor market. Precludes the time spent by aliens in a nonimmigrant status under this Act from being counted as part of the continuous residence requirement for suspended deportation.  Bars such aliens from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Title III:  Legalization - Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status aliens who:  (1) apply within 18 months; (2) establish that they entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and have resided here continuously in an unlawful status (including Cuban/Haitian entrants) since such date; and (3) are otherwise admissible. Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1982.  (States that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirements must have been met or waived.) 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.  Requires an alien applying for temporary resident status to register under the Military Selective Service Act, if such Act so requires. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of temporary resident aliens to permanent resident if the alien:  (1) applies during the one-year period beginning with the 13th month following the grant of temporary resident status; (2) establishes continuous residence in the United States since the grant of temporary resident status; (3) is otherwise admissible and has not been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States; (4) either meets the minimum requirements for an understanding of English and a knowledge of American history and a government, or demonstrates the satisfactory pursuit of a course of study in these subjects; and (5) demonstrates that any accompanying dependent child subject to State compulsory school attendance laws is enrolled or is arranging for enrollment in school or in another satisfactory course of instruction.  States exceptions to such requirements. Specifies circumstances in which the Attorney General may rescind an alien's temporary resident status.  Provides additional guidelines for dealing with temporary resident aliens. Requires the Attorney General to work with designated voluntary agencies to: (1) disseminate program information; and (2) process such aliens. Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. 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 within a specified time; and (2) provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before the end of the application period, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. States that such an alien shall be authorized to work in the United States pending disposition of his case.  Declares that no alien shall be excludable if he or she demonstrates a history of employment evidencing self-support without reliance on public cash assistance. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) ineligible for Federal financial assistance, medicaid, or food stamps for five years following a grant of temporary resident status and for five years following a grant of permanent resident status (permits medical assistance, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health assistance).  States that programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Headstart-Follow Through Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, and subparts 4 and 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not be construed as prohibited assistance.  Continues assistance to aliens under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 without regard to adjustment of status.  Preempts certain State social security plan requirements to the extent necessary to carry out this Act. Provides for a de novo hearing, upon timely request, for any alien whose application for adjustment of status has been denied. Requires the President to report to Congress within 27 months on the impact of the legalization program. Establishes procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain Cuban and Haitian entrants who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 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. Provides for a de novo hearing, upon timely request, for any alien whose application for adjustment of status has been denied. Requires the President to report to Congress within 27 months on the impact of the legalization program. Establishes procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain Cuban and Haitian entrants who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 for State legalization assistance.  Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to available appropriations, to provide full reimbursement to States for costs ineligible for Federal assistance. Requies the Secretary of Education, subject to available appropriations, to assist States in meeting such aliens' added educational costs. Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act to make authorizations permanent.  States that funds shall be used to the maximum extent possible for adult English education. Title IV:  Extended Voluntary Departure for Salvadorans - Expresses the sense of Congress that voluntary departure dates for nationals of El Salvador should be extended until it is safe to return there. Title V:  National Commission on Immigration - Establishes a National Commission on Immigration to study unauthorized immigration into the United States.  Specifies subtopics of such study, including development with Latin American countries of reciprocal trade and economic development programs of mutual benefit. Requires a report to Congress three years after enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Title VI:  Consultation in Implementation of Act - Directs the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consult regularly on the implementation of this Act with regional and local advisory task forces established by State and local governments and composed of interested private and public sector organizations. Authorizes such task forces to:  (1) review and comment on proposed regulations and procedures; (2) monitor and evaluate implementation of this Act; and (3) recommend actions to improve implementation in their respective areas.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-s-529,98,s,529,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-02-17,1984-10-09,Conference held.,Senate,"Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]",WY,R,S000429,3,"(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 1510) Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person or other entity to: (1) hire, or recruit, or refer for a fee for U.S. employment any alien knowing that such person is unauthorized to work, or any person without verifying his or her work status (applies to employers of four or more employees); or (2) continue to hire an alien knowing of such person's unauthorized work status. Makes verification compliance an affirmative defense to any violation in the hiring or referral of an alien, including the situation of a State employment agency referral. Applies the sanctions under this Act to employers of four or more employees, except in the case of farm labor contractors. Directs the Attorney General, within two years, to establish an electronic data or telephone method to validate the social security account numbers of employee-applicants. Sets forth the verification process.  Requires: (1) the employer to attest, on a form developed by the Attorney General, that the employee's work status has been verified by examination of a passport, birth certificate, social security card, alien documentation papers, or other proof; (2) the worker to similarly attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, or authorized alien; and (3) the employer to keep such records for three years or one year after the employee leaves, whichever is longer. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a national identity card or system. Makes it unlawful for an employer to require an employee to provide any type of financial guarantee or indemnity against any potential employment liability.  Subjects violators, after notice and hearing opportunity, to civil penalties. Subjects employers to citations, graduated civil penalties, or injunctive remedies for hiring violations.  Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity.  Permits judicial review of a final administrative penalty.  Directs the Attorney General to file suit in U.S. district court to collect unpaid penalties. States that such employer sanction provisions preempt State and local laws. Directs the President to monitor and consult semiannually with Congress concerning implementation of such employment provisions and their impact on the U.S. economy and illegal entry of aliens. Directs the Civil Rights Commission to:  (1) monitor the implementation and enforcement of such provisions; (2) investigate allegations of discrimination; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees at 18, 36, and 54-month intervals. Makes it an unfair immigration-related employment practice for an employer of four or more employees to discriminate against any individual (other than an unauthorized alien) with respect to the hiring, or recruitment or referral for consideration, because of such individual's origin or alienage. Vests authority to enforce employer sanction and non-discrimination provisions in the United States Immigration Board (created by this Act) through specially trained administrative law judges and a Special Counsel.  Refers allegations of violations to the Special Counsel and requires the Special Counsel to:  (1) notify the alleged violator of the complaint within ten days; and (2) investigate and determine whether to prosecute the complaint within 30 days.  Authorizes the Special Counsel to independently investigate and prosecute violations.  States that violation hearings shall be held before such administrative law judges, who shall submit recommended orders to the Board for final approval. Authorizes the Board to:  (1) accept, modify, or otherwise dispose of such an order; (2) order a party to cease and desist from unlawful activity;  or (3) seek judicial enforcement of the order. Sets forth graduated civil penalties and equitable remedies. Permits a prevailing party to be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee. Directs the Attorney General:  (1) in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Treasury, and Commerce, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to disseminate program information for the first year after enactment of this Act; and (2) issue implementing regulations within seven months. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first seven months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to subject farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act, beginning seven months after enactment. Makes it illegal to fraudently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B:  Improvement of Enforcement and Services - States that essential elements of the immigration control and reform program established by this Act are increased enforcement and administrative activities of the Border Patrol, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and other appropriate Federal agencies. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for INS service and enforcement activities for FY 1984, to be available for expenditure through FY 1985. Directs the Attorney General to develop and transmit to Congress within two months an INS funding and personnel plan for FY 1984, including an in-service training program. Requires FY 1985 and FY 1986 plan revisions as appropriate. Authorizes FY 1985 and 1986 INS appropriations. Subjects a person to criminal penalties for unlawful transportation of aliens into the United States for commercial advantage or private profit. Authorizes the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose maintenance fees on aliens for the use of INS facilities and services. Requires INS to have an owner's consent or a warrant before entering a farm or outdoor operations to interrogate persons to determine if undocumented aliens are present. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) develop, in consultation with State and local officials, an immigration emergency contingency plan; and (2) submit such plan to the appropriate congressional committees within four months of enactment of this Act. Authorizes permanent appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) provide in-service training to familiarize the personnel who deal with the public with the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens; and (2) enhance the responsibilities of INS's community outreach program. Directs the Attorney General:  (1) jointly with the Secretary of State, to initiate discussions with Mexico and Canada on a program to prevent the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States; and (2) report to Congress within one year. Permits the owner or operator of an international bridge or toll road to request the Attorney General to inspect and approve measures taken to prevent aliens from illegally crossing into the United States.  States that such approved measures shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with obligations under such Act to prevent illegal entries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) U.S. immigration laws should be enforced vigorously and uniformly; and (2) the Attorney General, in so doing, shall safeguard the constitutional rights, personal safety, and human dignity of citizens and aliens. 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. 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 seven-member 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, including provisions regarding the Special Counsel. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges, to be appointed by the Chairman of the Immigration Board. 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. appeals courts. Reduces the period for filing such appeals from six months to 60 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.  Requires 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.  Prohibits an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred.  Requires asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law.  Permits legal counsel at asylum hearings.  Requires an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum. Places the burden of proof on the applicant. Prohibits the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility.  Requires application determinations to be made within 30 days after the hearing (which shall be held within 45 days of the application's filing).  Makes asylum hearings open to the public unless the alien requests otherwise. Requires an alien detained during asylum proceedings to be released on parole if:  (1) the Board has not rendered a decision on such person's appeal of a denied asylum application within 60 days of filing; or (2) a reviewing court has not rendered a decision on the petition for review of such claim within 30 days of filing. Requires annual asylum reports to Congress. Exempts asylum and refugee records from disclosure, except that:  (1) asylum applicants may obtain such records if the information is not otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; and (2) the Attorney General or the Secretary of State may get such records if needed in court. 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.  Provides that during the two-year transition perod special inquiry officers shall be considered as meeting the minimum requirements for the administrative law judge examination. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Part E:  Presidential Study of a Collaborative People-to-People Program Between the United States and Mexico - Directs the President to study the advisability and practicality of proposing to Mexico the establishment of a collaborative people-to-people program between Mexico and the United States.  Requires that such study consider the possibility of the two countries forming a Mixed Commission to review such program.  Directs the President to report to Congress within one year regarding such program. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Immigrants - Provides beginning with FY 1984 for:  (1) an increase in the colonial quota from 600 to 3000; and (2) for additional immigrant visas for Canada and Mexico (20,000 each plus each other's unused visas from the previous fiscal year). Requires the President to report to Congress every three years (the first report due by January 1, 1987) on the overall impact of immigration admissions for such period, including the number and classifications of admitted aliens.  Requires the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to hold public hearings on such reports. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"" unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations (""I"" status). Grants nonimmigrant status to:  (1) parents of children receiving ""I"" status while they are minors;  and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving ""I"" 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. Permits university researchers to be treated as faculty for certification purposes. States that for purposes of suspension of deportation, an alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical presence in the United States if the absence did not meaningfully interupt the continous physical presence. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant (H-2 visas) worker provisions. States that such agricultural workers' stay shall be determined by the Attorney General. Prohibits entry to temporary workers who have violated entry conditions within the previous five years. Requires the Attorney General to provide for necessary entry and exit documents. 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 and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Directs the Secretary to establish applicable H-2 agricultural worker employment standards.  Authorizes the Secretary 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 employer violated temporary worker admissions terms; or (3) in a case where such workers are not covered by State workers' compensation laws, the employer has not provided equivalent protection at no cost to such workers.  Directs the Secretary to establish expeditied review of such denied certificates. Provides with regard to agricultural worker applications that:  (1) the Secretary may not require such an application to be filed more than 50 days before needed; (2) the employer shall be notified in writing within seven days if such an application requires perfecting; and (3) the Secretary shall approve an acceptable application not later than 20 days before needed.  Authorizes producer associations to file such petitions. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Agriculture, to report to Congress annually regarding such certification program. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1984 to:  (1) recruit domestic workers;  (2) monitor the nonimmigrant work program; and (3) make determinations and certifications. Authorizes permanent appropriations for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out duties under such Act. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, to establish a three-year transitional agricultural labor program to implement the H-2 temporary agricultural worker program under this Act. Requires employer registration during the first year of the program.  Provides that the number of undocumented agricultural workers be reduced by one-third for each of the three years.  Provides such transitional workers with the same benefits and protections as H-2 workers.  Sets forth employer participation requirements.  Authorizes registration fees.  Requires a report to Congress within 18 months regarding temporary aliem worker program improvements. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and other appropriate countries and advise the Attorney General regarding the temporary worker and transitional worker programs. Requires foreign students to return to their home country for two years before being elibigle for U.S. permanent residence.  Permits waiver of such requirement where a student:  (1) is an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen; (2) has an advanced U.S. degree and a university job offer in such field of study; (3) has a U.S. degree in natural science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering and a related research or technical job offer; and (4) has an advanced U.S. degree and exceptional ability in business or economics and has a job offer requiring such exceptional ability. Permits foreign students to change to ""trainee"" (H-3) classification. Prohibits non-waiver students, transitional program workers, and visitors admitted under the visa waiver program from adjusting to permanent resident status. 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 eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Adds to the classification of nonimmigrant aliens those foreign workers who have no intention of abandoning a foreign residence, but come to the United States for seasonal agricultural employment in the production of perishable commodities for a maximum of 11 consecutive months. Prohibits the admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant during the five-year period following any violation of the terms or conditions of a previous admission as a nonimmigrant, or following any illegal entry after the nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural employment program first takes effect. Directs the Attorney General to consult with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Labor to establish an admissions program for nonimmigrant workers entering the United States for seasonal agricultural employment which does not exceed 11 consecutive months.  Requires such program to impose monthly and annual quotas upon nonimmigrant visas by agricultural employment region. Subjects the availability of such visas to a specified preference system, based upon a certain allotment formula. States that the availability of a nonimmigrant visa is not predicated upon petitions from prospective employers within the United States.  Specifies exceptions. States that nonimmigrant visas shall neither limit the type of agricultural work, nor the geographical area within which aliens may be employed.  Requires the Attorney General to designate up to ten agricultural employment regions within the United States. Permits employers of agricultural workers to submit petitions to the Attorney General which specify the month and agricultural employment region concerned, as well as a breakdown of the type of work needed and the total number and qualifications of agricultural workers required in the production of perishable commodities in each month.  Requires the Attorney General to prescribe quotas for nonimmigrant visas based upon such petitions and other specified factors. Permits agricultural employers to apply for an increase in nonimmigration visa quotas if they can establish an emergency need based upon certain factors.  Requires the Attorney General to decide such applications within 72 hours of the completion of such application. Specifies conditions for the Attorney General's approval of employer applications. Imposes certain duties on employer applicants, including:  (1) a good faith effort to recruit domestic agricultural workers until the date any nonimmigrants admitted to perform farm labor report to work; (2) provision of workers' compensation insurance with benefits equivalent to those provided under State law; and (3) a refraining from employing nonimmigrants if there is a strike or lockout during a labor dispute. Authorizes the Attorney General to disqualify an employer from program participation for up to three years if it is determined, after opportunity for a hearing, that such employer has violated such Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to impose civil monetary penalties upon employers who have committed specified violations. Makes it unlawful to hire, recruit or refer for employment in the United States a nonimmigrant alien in the absence of an approved application for such employment.  Details the penalties incurred for specified violations by employers and aliens. Denies any Federal financial assistance based on financial need to aliens admitted as nonimmigrants for seasonal agricultural employment. Requires the Attorney General to submit a semiannual program report to Congress. States that this Act preempts any State or local law on the same subject. Directs the Attorney General to establish a trust fund to provide:  (1) for administration and enforcement of the nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural worker program; and (2) a monetary incentive for participating nonimmigrants to return to their countries of origin upon visa expiration.  Specifies methods of contribution to the fund by employers and nonimmigrant employees.  Prescribes payments from the fund to nonimmigrants who demonstrate compliance with the terms and conditions of the program. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the President should negotiate with governments of labor resource countries to establish bilateral commissions to advise the Attorney General on suitable program regulations. Prohibits the filing of petitions for preference status for aliens defined as seasonal agricultural foreign workers. Excludes from admission into the United States any such alien workers who are not: (1) continuously employed; or (2) actively seeking employment in the agricultural labor market. Precludes the time spent by aliens in a nonimmigrant status under this Act from being counted as part of the continuous residence requirement for suspended deportation. Bars such aliens from having their status adjusted to permanent resident. Title III:  Legalization - Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status aliens who:  (1) apply within 18 months;  (2) establish that they entered the United States prior to January 1, 1982, and have resided here continuously in an unlawful status (including Cuban/Haitian entrants) since such date;  and (3) are otherwise admissible. Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1982. (States that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirement must have been met or waived.) 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.  Requires an alien applying for temporary resident status to register under the Military Selective Service Act, if such Act so requires. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of temporary resident aliens to permanent resident if the alien:  (1) applies during the one-year period beginning with the 13th month following the grant of temporary resident status; (2) establishes continuous residence in the United States since the grant of temporary resident status; (3) is otherwise admissible and has not been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States; (4) either meets the minimum requirements for understanding of English and knowledge of American history and government, or demonstrates satisfactory pursuit of a course of study in these subjects; and (5) demonstrates that any accompanying dependent child subject to State compulsory school attendance laws is enrolled or is arranging for enrollment in school or in another satisfactory course of instruction.  States exceptions to such requirements. Specifies circumstances in which the Attorney General may rescind an alien's temporary resident status.  Provides additional guidelines for dealing with temporary resident aliens. Requires the Attorney General to work with designated voluntary agencies to: (1) disseminate program information;  and (2) process such aliens. Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. 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 within a specified time;  and (2) provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before the end of the application period an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun.  States that such an alien shall be authorized to work in the United States pending disposition of his case. Declares that no alien shall be excludable if he or she demonstrates a history of employment evidencing self-support without reliance on public cash assistance. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) ineligible for Federal financial assistance, medicaid, or food stamps for five years following a grant of temporary residence status and for five years following a grant of permanent residence status (permits medical assistance, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health assistance). States that programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Headstart-Follow Through Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, and subparts 4 and 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not be construed as prohibited assistance.  Continues assistance to aliens under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 without regard to adjustment of status.  Pre-empts certain State social security plan requirements to the extent necessary to carry out this Act. Provides for a de novo hearing, upon timely request, for any alien whose application for adjustment of status has been denied. Requires the President to report to Congress within 27 months on the impact of the legalization program. Establishes procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain Cuban and Haitian entrants who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 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. Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act to make authorizations permanent. States that funds shall be used to the maximum extent possible for adult English education. Title IV:  Extended Voluntary Departure for Salvadorans - Expresses the sense of Congress that voluntary departure dates for nationals of El Salvador should be extended until it is safe to return there. Title V:  National Commission on Immigration - Establishes a National Commission on Immigration to study unauthorized immigration into the United States.  Specifies subtopics of such study, including development with Latin American countries of reciprocal trade and economic development programs. Requires a report to Congress three years after enactment of this Act.  Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Title VI:  Consultation in Implementation of Act - Directs the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consult regularly on the implementation of this Act with regional and local advisory taskforces established by State and local governments and composed of interested private and public sector organizations. Authorizes such taskforces to:  (1) review and comment on proposed regulations and procedures; (2) monitor and evaluate implementation of this Act; and (3) recommend actions to improve implementation in their respective areas.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-458,98,s,458,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,1983-02-03,1983-03-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]",ID,R,M000346,0,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.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-hr-1081,98,hr,1081,A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.,Immigration,1983-01-31,1983-02-09,"Executive Comment Requested from DOD, Justice, State.",House,"Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-5]",CA,D,B001156,2,"Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines (and their families) who served with and were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces in World War II, whenever such visas are not otherwise available under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exempts such aliens from certain visa fees. Provides that such aliens in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa, after enactment of this Act, may have their status adjusted to that of an immigrant, and that such status adjustment shall be made without regard to certain foreign residency requirements.",2021-06-29T20:28:35Z,
98-hr-1009,98,hr,1009,A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.,Immigration,1983-01-27,1983-02-07,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,A000069,0,"Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to Filipinos (and their families) who served with and were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces in World War II when such visas are not otherwise available under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Exempts such aliens from certain visa fees. Provides that such aliens in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa after enactment of this Act may have their status adjusted to that of an immigrant, and that such status adjustment shall be made without regard to certain foreign residency requirements under such Act.",2021-06-29T20:27:52Z,
98-hres-44,98,hres,44,A resolution to recognize the successful resettlement of hundreds of unaccompanied Haitian children.,Immigration,1983-01-27,1983-02-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-21]",NY,R,F000141,0,Recognizes the meritorious services of the Greer-Woodycrest Children's Services in resettling unaccompanied Haitian children.,2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
98-hr-949,98,hr,949,"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the 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,1983-01-26,1983-02-04,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5]",VA,D,D000038,0,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.,2021-06-29T20:27:36Z,
98-hr-959,98,hr,959,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who die while serving with the United States armed forces during certain periods of hostilities may be considered to have been citizens of the United States at the time of such aliens' deaths.,Immigration,1983-01-26,1984-08-07,"Executive Comment Requested from DOD, Justice.",House,"Rep. Donnelly, Brian J. [D-MA-11]",MA,D,D000416,59,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant posthumous U.S. citizenship to any alien who died while serving on active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces during specified periods of hostilities.,2021-06-29T20:27:38Z,
98-s-190,98,s,190,Labor Gateway City Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-01-26,1983-02-22,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"Labor Gateway City Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to:  (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and concerned city officials and individuals, to assess Department of Labor efforts in response to the unique employment needs in areas of high immigrant concentration; and (2) report to the Congress within one year.",2025-08-29T17:41:40Z,
98-s-191,98,s,191,Education Gateway City Act of 1983,Immigration,1983-01-26,1983-02-22,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"Education Gateway City Act of 1983 - 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 Department of Education efforts in response to the unique educational needs in areas of high immigrant concentration; and (2) report to the Congress within one year.",2025-08-29T17:42:02Z,
98-hr-913,98,hr,913,"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,1983-01-25,1983-02-04,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,0,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen serving onboard a U.S.-flag fishing vessel nonimmigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.",2021-06-29T20:27:28Z,
98-hr-914,98,hr,914,A bill to waive the visa requirements for aliens visiting Guam for not more than fifteen days.,Immigration,1983-01-25,1983-02-04,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",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.,2021-06-29T20:27:29Z,
98-hres-33,98,hres,33,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,1983-01-06,1983-02-09,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,3,"Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should grant extended 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).",2021-06-29T19:56:55Z,
98-hr-25,98,hr,25,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the status of individuals who have been granted asylum.,Immigration,1983-01-03,1983-02-04,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Annunzio, Frank [D-IL-11]",IL,D,A000212,24,"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.",2021-06-29T20:23:09Z,
98-hres-21,98,hres,21,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,1983-01-03,1983-02-09,"Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.",House,"Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17]",NY,D,W000258,3,Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that extended voluntary departure status should be granted to El Salvadorans until the situation in El Salvador permits their safe return.,2021-06-29T19:56:53Z,