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| 105-hr-4853 | 105 | hr | 4853 | To modify retroactively the residence requirement for transmission of citizenship to certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one citizen parent and one alien parent. | Immigration | 1998-10-19 | 1998-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Reduces (retroactively) the citizen-parent U.S. residency requirement for transmission of U.S. citizenship to certain persons born abroad to one citizen parent and one alien parent. | 2025-01-02T17:51:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4854 | 105 | hr | 4854 | To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States. | Immigration | 1998-10-19 | 1998-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Declares certain adopted Amerasian permanent resident aliens to be U.S. citizens. | 2025-01-02T17:51:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4821 | 105 | hr | 4821 | To extend into fiscal year 1999 the visa processing period for diversity applicants whose visa processing was suspended during fiscal year 1998 due to embassy bombings. | Immigration | 1998-10-13 | 1998-11-10 | Became Public Law No: 105-360. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 0 | Extends the visa processing period for certain diversity (immigrant) applicants whose visa processing was suspended due to the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-hr-4763 | 105 | hr | 4763 | To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States. | Immigration | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Declares certain Amerasian permanent resident aliens to be U.S. citizens. | 2025-01-02T17:51:40Z | |
| 105-hr-4698 | 105 | hr | 4698 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of aliens who associate with known terrorists. | Immigration | 1998-10-05 | 1998-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of an alien who associates with an individual such alien knows or has reason to believe is designated as a terrorist by a certain State Department publication. | 2025-01-02T17:51:23Z | |
| 105-hr-4658 | 105 | hr | 4658 | To extend the date by which an automated entry-exit control system must be developed. | Immigration | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-15 | Became Public Law No: 105-259. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 0 | Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 1997 to extend until October 15, 1998, the deadline for the Attorney General to develop an automated entry and exit control system (that will collect a record of departure for every alien departing the United States and match the records of departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the United States and enable the Attorney General to identify lawfully admitted nonimmigrants who remain in the United States beyond the period authorized by the Attorney General). | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-s-2540 | 105 | s | 2540 | A bill to extend the date by which an automated entry-exit control system must be developed. | Immigration | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-21 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 5 | Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 1997 to extend until October 15, 1998, the deadline for the Attorney General to develop an automated entry and exit control system (that will collect a record of departure for every alien departing the United States and match the records of departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the United States and enable the Attorney General to identify lawfully admitted nonimmigrants who remain in the United States beyond the period authorized by the Attorney General). | 2025-01-02T17:56:14Z | |
| 105-hr-4652 | 105 | hr | 4652 | Bangladeshi Adjustment Act | Immigration | 1998-09-28 | 1998-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Bangladeshi Adjustment Act - Requires the Attorney General to adjust to lawful permanent resident alien the status of any national of Bangladesh who has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period between January 1, 1987, and the date an application for adjustment is filed, if the alien: (1) applies for such adjustment before July 1, 2000; and (2) is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence. States that, in the determination of such admissibility, certain grounds for inadmissibility in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not apply. Allows an alien present in the United States to apply for such status adjustment even though he or she has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily from the United States. Requires the Attorney General to cancel the order if the application is granted; but if the application is denied by a final administrative decision, the order shall be effective and enforceable to the same extent as if the application had not been made. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) allow an alien who has applied for adjustment of status to engage in employment in the United States during the pendency of such application; and (2) provide the alien with an "employment authorized" endorsement or other appropriate document. Requires the Attorney General to authorize such employment if such application is pending for a period exceeding 180 days, and has not been denied. Provides for the adjustment of status for spouses and children of such aliens. Outlines the availability of administrative review for applicants for adjustment of status as well as the preclusion of judicial review for final Attorney General determinations as to the adjustability of alien status. | 2025-08-21T16:12:36Z | |
| 105-hr-4619 | 105 | hr | 4619 | To modify the requirements under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program in order to permit an alien who joins a limited partnership after the partnership's creation to qualify for a visa under such program. | Immigration | 1998-09-24 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to permit an alien who joins a qualifying limited partnership after its creation to qualify for an immigrant investor visa. | 2025-01-02T17:51:22Z | |
| 105-hr-4539 | 105 | hr | 4539 | Consular Review Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-09-10 | 1998-09-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Consular Review Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of State to establish within the Department of State a Board of Visa Appeals to review consular decisions concerning visa applications, revocations, and cancellations. | 2025-08-21T16:11:14Z | |
| 105-s-2441 | 105 | s | 2441 | Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-09-08 | 1998-09-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 2 | Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act of 1998 - Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to make certain nationals of Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti eligible for permanent resident status adjustment under such Act. (Current law applies to nationals of Nicaragua and Cuba.) Makes conforming amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. | 2025-08-21T16:12:02Z | |
| 105-s-2428 | 105 | s | 2428 | Immigration and Naturalization Service Restructuring Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-08-31 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agency Organization Title II: Conforming Amendments Immigration and Naturalization Service Restructuring Act of 1998 - Title I: Agency Organization - Provides for the restructuring of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) along enforcement and service functions. States that INS shall be lead by a Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner and be composed of an: (1) Office of Immigrant Services (service and benefit activities); (2) Office of Enforcement Operations (border and interior enforcement activities); and (3) Office of Shared Services (enforcement and service support activities). Establishes an office of Chief Financial Officer and an office to direct strategic planning and statistical measures. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4416 | 105 | hr | 4416 | To provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of the requirement to reimburse local educational agencies for the costs of the students' education. | Immigration | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 2 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to direct the Attorney General to waive the requirement that an alien seeking to pursue a course of study in a public secondary school reimburse the school's local educational agency (LEA), if the LEA certifies to the Attorney General that such waiver will promote the LEA's educational interest and will not impose on it an undue financial burden. | 2025-01-02T17:51:08Z | |
| 105-hr-4494 | 105 | hr | 4494 | Northern Ireland Peace and Reconciliation Act | Immigration | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 0 | Northern Ireland Peace and Reconciliation Act - Authorizes the waiver of certain criminal or terrorist grounds for deportation or inadmissibility with respect to an alien married to an American citizen based upon such alien's activities in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland if conducted for a political purpose while a member of the Irish Republican Army, the Ulster Volunteer Force, or the Ulster Freedom Fighters. | 2025-08-21T16:13:18Z | |
| 105-hr-4502 | 105 | hr | 4502 | To provide for adjustment of status for aliens who became eligible for such adjustment based on a diversity immigrant visa available for fiscal year 1997 or 1998, but whose eligibility expired due to paperwork processing delays. | Immigration | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Provides for the adjustment of status to permanent resident of certain diversity immigrant visa applicants who were adversely affected by processing delays. | 2025-01-02T17:51:07Z | |
| 105-hr-4504 | 105 | hr | 4504 | To temporarily increase the number of visas available for backlogged spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens. | Immigration | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 16 | Provides for a temporary increase in the number of immigrant visas available for spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens based upon a specified priority order. | 2025-01-02T17:51:24Z | |
| 105-hr-4363 | 105 | hr | 4363 | Immigration and Naturalization Service Restructuring Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-07-30 | 1998-08-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12] | NC | D | W000207 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agency Organization Title II: Conforming Amendments Immigration and Naturalization Service Restructuring Act of 1998 - Title I: Agency Organization - Provides for the restructuring of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) along enforcement and service functions. States that INS shall be lead by a Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner and be composed of an: (1) Office of Immigrant Services (service and benefit activities); (2) Office of Enforcement Operations (border and interior enforcement activities); and (3) Office of Shared Services (enforcement and service support activities). Establishes an office of Chief Financial Officer and an office to direct strategic planning and statistical measures. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2025-08-21T16:13:39Z | |
| 105-hr-4291 | 105 | hr | 4291 | VAWA Restoration Act | Immigration | 1998-07-21 | 1998-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 39 | VAWA Restoration Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify procedures and provide special rules for battered spouses and children with respect to: (1) adjustment of status; and (2) removal and deportation. | 2025-08-21T16:12:09Z | |
| 105-hr-4293 | 105 | hr | 4293 | Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-07-21 | 1998-10-30 | Became Public Law No: 105-319. | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 53 | Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to establish a program for not more than 4,000 young people in each of three consecutive years from disadvantaged areas of designated counties in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland that are suffering from sectarian violence and high unemployment. Declares that the purpose of such program is to help such individuals to develop job skills and conflict resolution abilities in a diverse and peaceful environment so that they can return home better able to contribute toward economic regeneration and the Irish peace process. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 36-month nonimmigrant visas for an alien 35 years old or younger having a residence in Northern Ireland, or the counties of Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo, and Donegal within the Republic of Ireland (which the alien has no intention of abandoning), who is coming temporarily to the United States as a participant in the cultural and training program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-s-2337 | 105 | s | 2337 | Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-07-21 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 13 | Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a database system of U.S. agricultural worker registries to provide temporary and seasonal agricultural job opportunity and referral information. Bases registry coverage on job opportunities in a State or group of contiguous States with a common pool of workers. Sets forth individual registrant requirements, including validation of employment status. (Sec. 4) Requires an employer (including employer associations) prior to hiring a temporary agricultural worker to apply to the Secretary for a U.S. worker referral from the appropriate registry. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) employer application and labor- related assurance requirements; and (2) registry search and worker referral by the Secretary, including alien worker visa issuances in cases of insufficient registered workers. (Sec. 7) Sets forth employer requirements regarding: (1) wages; (2) housing, including an allowance in lieu of housing; and (3) transportation reimbursement, including establishment of a pilot program to provide certain registered workers with vouchers to purchase employment location transportation. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to establish an enforcement process with respect to employer application violations, including: (1) written notice of finding and opportunity for administrative appeal; (2) payment of back wages; (3) civil monetary penalties; and (4) temporary and permanent program disqualification. (Sec. 9) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the existing H-2A temporary agricultural worker admissions program with an alternative admissions program. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) admissibility criteria; (2) length of stay; (3) abandonment of employment; (4) issuance of identification and employment documents; and (5) extension of stay for aliens in the United States. Establishes a trust fund in the Treasury to administer such program, and to provide monetary incentives for alien workers t… | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4264 | 105 | hr | 4264 | To establish the Bureau of Enforcement and Border Affairs within the Department of Justice. | Immigration | 1998-07-17 | 1998-07-30 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] | KY | R | R000395 | 0 | Establishes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Bureau of Enforcement and Border Affairs, to be headed by a Director. Transfers from the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the Director all functions, personnel, infrastructure, and funding of the following programs: (1) the Border Patrol program; (2) the detention and deportation program; (3) the intelligence program; (4) the investigations program; and (5) the inspections program. Transfers DOJ personnel and assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and INS funds in connection with such functions to the Bureau, for allocation by the Director. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) continuation of proceedings and suits and nonabatement of actions in connection with transferred functions; and (2) delegation and assignment and authority regarding functions transferred. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-s-2331 | 105 | s | 2331 | A bill to provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of the requirement to reimburse local educational agencies for the costs of the students' education. | Immigration | 1998-07-17 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to direct the Attorney General to waive the requirement that an alien seeking to pursue a course of study in a school reimburse the school's local educational agency (LEA), if the LEA certifies to the Attorney General that such waiver will promote educational interest and not impose on it an undue financial burden. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4251 | 105 | hr | 4251 | Illegal Alien Forfeiture Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-07-16 | 1998-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] | GA | R | D000168 | 12 | Illegal Alien Forfeiture Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the civil penalty for illegal U.S. entry to: (1) make such penalty mandatory; and (2) authorize related asset seizure and forfeiture. (Sec. 4) Provides additional civil penalties (and asset seizure and forfeiture) for: (1) transporting illegal aliens into or in the United States; and (2) the alien so transported. (Sec. 5) Makes aliens owing a debt to the United States: (1) deportable; and (2) ineligible for admission or visas. (Sec. 6) Increases the civil penalty for entry of an alien at the improper time or place. | 2025-08-21T16:12:33Z | |
| 105-s-2269 | 105 | s | 2269 | A bill to establish a cultural and training program for disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. | Immigration | 1998-07-07 | 1998-07-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of State to establish a cultural and training program for disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Declares that the purpose of such program is to provide such individuals with the experience of living and working in a multicultural society while obtaining valuable work skills and experience. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 60-month nonimmigrant visas for an alien having a residence in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland (which the alien has no intention of abandoning) who is coming temporarily to the United States as a participant in a United States-Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland cultural and training program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 105-s-2210 | 105 | s | 2210 | Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-06-24 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant classification for (nonimmigrant) nurses in health professional shortage areas. Sets forth admissions requirements, including a maximum three-year stay. Limits: (1) eligible hospitals; (2) fiscal year entrants; and (3) the number of entrants permitted to work in any one State. Requires the Secretary of Labor to compile a public list of facilities petitioning for the admission of each such nurse. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to jointly submit recommendations for an alternative solution to using foreign nurses to resolve the U.S. nursing shortage. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4116 | 105 | hr | 4116 | Border Visa Simplification Act | Immigration | 1998-06-23 | 1998-07-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 0 | Border Visa Simplification Act - Directs the Secretary of State to waive the tourist or business visitor visa fee for certain Mexican citizens under the age of 15. States that such visa shall expire when the child reaches the age of 18, unless at the request of the parent a regular visa with fee is issued. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to revise the border crossing restriction implementation schedule. Requires tourist and business visitor visas to continue to be processed at least until October 1, 2003, in the Mexican border cities of Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Acuna, Piedras Negras, Agua Prieta, and Reynosa. | 2025-08-21T16:13:53Z | |
| 105-s-2204 | 105 | s | 2204 | Border Visa Simplification Act | Immigration | 1998-06-23 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 1 | Border Visa Simplification Act - Directs the Secretary of State to waive the tourist or business visitor visa fee for certain Mexican citizens under the age of 15. States that such visa shall expire when the child reaches the age of 18, unless at the request of the parent a regular visa with fee is issued. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to revise the border crossing restriction implementation schedule. Requires tourist and business visitor visas to continue to be processed at least until October 1, 2003, in the Mexican border cities of Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Acuna, Piedras Negras, Agua Prieta, and Reynosa. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4107 | 105 | hr | 4107 | United States Immigration Court Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-06-22 | 1998-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 0 | United States Immigration Court Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the United States Immigration Court, which shall consist of trial and appellate divisions. Sets forth operational, administrative, and jurisdictional provisions. | 2025-08-21T16:13:44Z | |
| 105-hr-4020 | 105 | hr | 4020 | To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to eliminate the requirement that spouses and children of aliens eligible for adjustment of status under such Act be nationals of Nicaragua or Cuba. | Immigration | 1998-06-09 | 1998-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 2 | Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to eliminate the requirement that spouses and children of aliens eligible for status adjustment to permanent resident be nationals of Nicaragua or Cuba. | 2025-01-02T17:50:34Z | |
| 105-hr-4011 | 105 | hr | 4011 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program. | Immigration | 1998-06-05 | 1998-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-24] | CA | D | S000344 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program. | 2025-01-02T17:50:17Z | |
| 105-hr-3983 | 105 | hr | 3983 | To provide for certain procedures applicable to the issuance of passports for children under 16. | Immigration | 1998-06-03 | 1998-06-03 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] | NV | R | G000152 | 0 | Amends Federal law to require passport applications for children under age 16 to be signed by: (1) both parents if the child lives with both parents; (2) the parent having primary custody of the child if the child does not live with both parents; or (3) the surviving parent (or legal guardian) of the child if one or both parents are deceased. Permits waiver of such requirement if the Secretary of State determines that circumstances do not permit obtaining the signatures of both parents. | 2025-01-02T17:50:22Z | |
| 105-hr-3904 | 105 | hr | 3904 | Immigration Reform and Improvements Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-05-20 | 1998-05-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] | KY | R | R000395 | 3 | Immigration Reform and Improvements Act of 1998 - Abolishes the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the office of Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish within the Department of Justice the Bureau for Immigration Enforcement. States that the Bureau shall perform the following immigration-related functions: (1) prevention of illegal entry; (2) inspection of ports of entry; (3) apprehension and detention, including programs of parole or supervised release; (4) exclusion, deportation, and release; and (5) investigations. States that Bureau activities shall be conducted through the following units: (1) uniformed enforcement unit; (2) investigations unit; (3) intelligence unit; (4) assets forfeiture unit; (5) probation unit; and (6) trial attorney unit. Provides for enforcement field offices. (Sec. 3) Provides for appointment in the Department of State of: (1) an Assistant Secretary of State for Immigration Affairs; (2) an Assistant Secretary of State for Refugee Admissions and Asylum Affairs; (3) an Assistant Secretary of State for Citizenship and Passport Services; and (4) an Under Secretary of State for Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Affairs who shall direct such Assistant Secretaries. (Sec. 4) States that the Secretary of Labor shall be responsible for enforcement of immigration-related employment verification. (Sec. 5) Establishes as an independent agency the Agency for Immigration Review which shall be made up of a trial division, appellate board, and other divisions or offices as necessary. (Sec. 7) Provides for transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel. | 2025-08-21T16:14:19Z | |
| 105-hr-3915 | 105 | hr | 3915 | Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-05-20 | 1998-05-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 6 | Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Liberian nationals who were granted, or are eligible to apply for, temporary protected status as of a specified date. | 2025-08-21T16:13:54Z | |
| 105-hr-3736 | 105 | hr | 3736 | Temporary Access to Skilled Workers and H-1B Nonimmigrant Program Improvement Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-04-28 | 1998-09-25 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to H-1B Nonimmigrants Title II: Special Immigrant Status for Certain NATO Civilian Employees Title III: Miscellaneous Provision Temporary Access to Skilled Workers and H-1B Nonimmigrant Program Improvement Act of 1998 - Title I: Provisions Relating to H-1B Nonimmigrants - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to temporarily increase (through FY 2001) the annual number of skilled foreign worker H-1B visas. (Sec. 102) Requires a prospective H-1B-dependent employer (as defined by this Act) to include in the H-1B admission attestation: (1) specified protections against U.S. worker layoffs and nonimmigrant worker transfers to another employer; and (2) demonstration of a good faith effort to recruit U.S. workers (exempts aliens with extraordinary abilities, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives from such recruitment requirement). Exempts aliens from such additional attestations who: (1) will have an annual salary of at least $60,000; or (2) have a master's or equivalent degree related to their intended employment. (Sec. 103) Revises specified enforcement and penalty provisions. Establishes an arbitration process for disputes involving U.S. worker hiring qualifications. Grants the Secretary of Labor additional investigative authority (through September 30, 2001). (Sec. 104) Provides for a $500 H-1B employer application fee (except for universities and certain other institutions). Establishes in the Treasury the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account, to be used for: (1) grants for low-income students enrolled in mathematics, computer science, or engineering programs; (2) specified U.S. worker job training and related demonstration programs; and (3) application processing and enforcement. (Sec. 105) Sets forth prevailing wage criteria for professional athlete and academic or research institute employee categories. (Sec. 106) Directs the Attorney General to maintain an accurate count of H-1B and H-2… | 2025-04-07T15:33:18Z | |
| 105-hr-3597 | 105 | hr | 3597 | Fairness in Issuing of VISAs Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-03-30 | 1998-04-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] | FL | D | M000628 | 2 | Fairness in Issuing of Visas Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit discrimination in the issuance of nonimmigrant visas. | 2025-08-21T16:13:38Z | |
| 105-s-1878 | 105 | s | 1878 | High-Tech Immigration and United States Worker Protection Act | Immigration | 1998-03-27 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | High-Tech Immigration and United States Worker Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to temporarily increase the annual number of skilled foreign worker visas. (Sec. 3) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the high technology market labor needs and the extent to which such jobs are likely to be unfulfilled in FY 2001 through 2006. (Sec. 4) Establishes in the Department of Labor a fund to assist U.S. workers obtain skills that are in short supply as evidenced by certain foreign worker applications. Obligates specified fund amounts for a related loan program. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to eligible entities for creation of Regional Skills Alliances to address market and labor needs. Provides for the establishment of a National Alliance for High Technology Skills which shall recommend worker training strategies to the President. (Sec. 5) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise labor condition application provisions, including: (1) authorizing the Secretary to initiate investigations; (2) increasing civil penalty amounts; and (3) establishing an employer-paid application fee. (Sec. 6) Requires an employer: (1) with certain exceptions, to recruit U.S. workers prior to seeking foreign workers; and (2) within certain time periods, to have not laid off or subsequently not lay off U.S. workers in order to replace them with foreign workers. (Sec. 8) Reduces the maximum admissions period for such foreign workers. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-3553 | 105 | hr | 3553 | Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-03-25 | 1998-03-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 112 | Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act of 1998 - Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to make certain nationals of Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti eligible for permanent resident status adjustment under such Act. (Current law applies to nationals of Nicaragua and Cuba.) Makes conforming amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. | 2025-08-21T16:12:34Z | |
| 105-hr-3410 | 105 | hr | 3410 | Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-03-10 | 1998-03-12 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] | OR | R | S000607 | 28 | Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program for the U.S. admission of temporary or seasonal agricultural workers based upon an employer labor condition attestation filed with the appropriate State agency. Sets forth program provisions. Offsets such admissions with temporary reductions in diversity and unskilled workers' immigrant visas. Establishes a trust fund in the Treasury to assure the return of such workers to their home countries. | 2025-08-21T16:14:03Z | |
| 105-s-1723 | 105 | s | 1723 | American Competitiveness Act | Immigration | 1998-03-06 | 1998-05-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 21 | American Competitiveness Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H1-C nonimmigrant category of nonphysician health care workers. (Removes such aliens from the H-1B skilled worker category.) Increases H1-B visa levels through FY 2002, and makes available to such category a certain number of unused visas from specified other temporary visa categories. Establishes an annual H1-C visa allocation beginning with FY 1999. (Sec. 4) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide State grants for low-income students in higher education programs of mathematics, computer science, or engineering. (Sec. 5) Revises and increases penalties for violations of the H1-B or H1-C programs. Transfers labor condition application authority from the Secretary to the Attorney General. Provides for: (1) probationary period employer spot checks; and (2) U.S. worker layoff protection. Sets forth prevailing wage criteria for professional athlete and academic or research institute employee categories. Prohibits approval of an H1-B visa employer petition if such employer has knowledge or reasonable cause to know that assistance is being provided for nuclear weapons development in India or any other country. (Sec. 6) Directs the Attorney General to submit specified quarterly and annual H1-B visa reports. (Sec. 7) Directs the National Science Foundation to oversee a study and report on high-technology labor market needs. (Sec. 8) Exempts employment-based immigrants from per country limitations if unused visas are available during a calendar quarter. Authorizes nonimmigrant status extension for certain aliens who: (1) have petitions pending for employment-based immigrant status adjustment; and (2) are subject to per country limitations. (Sec. 9) Authorizes H1-B aliens to accept academic honorarium payments for services on behalf of an institution of higher education or other nonprofit entity. (Sec. 10) Provides special immigrant status for certain North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) civilian employees and thei… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 105-hr-3341 | 105 | hr | 3341 | New American Citizenship Act | Immigration | 1998-03-05 | 1998-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 18 | New American Citizenship Act - Directs the Attorney General to submit a plan (with monthly reporting requirements through a specified date) for ensuring backlog reduction at each Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) district and regional office. (Sec. 4) Provides that INS standardized naturalization examinations shall: (1) have INS-certified proctors; and (2) not be administered by for-profit entities that also provide citizenship courses. Provides for: (1) an initial 24-month pilot testing program; and (2) dissemination of study materials. (Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) develop a plan to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the naturalization process, including a six-month maximum time for completion of such process; and (2) ensure that the naturalization fingerprint submission process deters naturalization fraud by requiring fingerprint cards to be sent directly to INS or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and by procuring the technology to institute INS electronic fingerprint checks. (Sec. 7) Directs INS to ensure that a FBI criminal history background check is completed prior to an applicant's naturalization interview. Requires naturalization applicants to demonstrate basic English language speaking and comprehension abilities at the time of the standardized naturalization examination or interview. Requires INS to ensure that certificates of citizenship are not distributed prior to an applicant's taking the oath of allegiance. (Sec. 8) Obligates specified INS appropriations for backlog reduction and technological and infrastructure changes. | 2025-08-21T16:13:37Z | |
| 105-s-1717 | 105 | s | 1717 | New American Citizenship Act | Immigration | 1998-03-05 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | New American Citizenship Act - Directs the Attorney General to submit a plan (with monthly reporting requirements through a specified date) for ensuring backlog reduction at each Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) district and regional office. (Sec. 4) Provides that INS standardized naturalization examinations shall: (1) have INS-certified proctors; and (2) not be administered by for-profit entities that also provide citizenship courses. Provides for: (1) an initial 24-month pilot testing program; and (2) dissemination of study materials. (Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) develop a plan to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the naturalization process, including a six-month maximum time for completion of such process; and (2) ensure that the naturalization fingerprint submission process deters naturalization fraud by requiring fingerprint cards to be sent directly to INS or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and by procuring the technology to institute INS electronic fingerprint checks. (Sec. 7) Directs INS to ensure that a FBI criminal history background check is completed prior to an applicant's naturalization interview. Requires naturalization applicants to demonstrate basic English language speaking and comprehension abilities at the time of the standardized naturalization examination or interview. Requires INS to ensure that certificates of citizenship are not distributed prior to an applicant's taking the oath of allegiance. (Sec. 8) Obligates specified INS appropriations for backlog reduction and technological and infrastructure changes. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-s-1698 | 105 | s | 1698 | Farmers' Temporary Employment Assistance Act | Immigration | 1998-03-03 | 1998-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 0 | Farmers' Temporary Employment Assistance Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish: (1) an alternative temporary agricultural worker process based upon a labor condition attestation filed by an employer and accepted by the appropriate State agency; and (2) a nonimmigrant visa category for such aliens. Sets forth program provisions. | 2025-08-21T16:13:24Z | |
| 105-hr-3273 | 105 | hr | 3273 | To treat certain information technology occupations as if the Secretary of Labor had made a determination under section (a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to limit such determinations, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1998-02-25 | 1998-03-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 0 | Provides that the occupation "information technology professional" (as defined by this Act) shall be treated for three years as if the Secretary of Labor had made a determination under the Immigration and Nationality Act that there were not sufficient domestic workers and that such aliens' entry would not adversely affect similarly employed U.S. workers. (Such determination is required for immigrant visas under skilled worker, professional, and other worker allocations.) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit such labor determination to three years. | 2025-01-02T17:49:13Z | |
| 105-hr-3231 | 105 | hr | 3231 | Honduran Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1998-02-12 | 1998-02-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] | FL | D | M000628 | 3 | Honduran Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Honduran nationals (and spouses and children) present in the United States. | 2025-08-21T16:14:50Z | |
| 105-hr-3037 | 105 | hr | 3037 | Justice for Victims of Communism Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-13 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 2 | Justice for Victims of Communism Act of 1997 - Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 to extend and revise eligibility for the (Vietnamese) Orderly Departure Program. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-hr-3041 | 105 | hr | 3041 | To make technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Makes technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. | 2025-01-02T17:49:05Z | |
| 105-hr-3049 | 105 | hr | 3049 | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1997-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 10 | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Haitian nationals (and their spouses and children) who were paroled into the United States or filed for amnesty before a specified date. Sets forth stay of removal and work authorization provisions. | 2025-08-21T16:12:20Z | |
| 105-hr-3054 | 105 | hr | 3054 | Equal Justice for Immigrants Act | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1997-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 14 | Equal Justice for Immigrants Act - Directs the Attorney General to adjust the status to permanent resident, and cancel any removal order, of certain Central American and Haitian aliens. Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to: (1) subject status adjustment determinations to judicial review, including determinations respecting aliens granted temporary protection from deportation; and (2) eliminate the temporary reductions in diversity and other workers' visas. | 2025-08-21T16:11:14Z | |
| 105-hr-3075 | 105 | hr | 3075 | To amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for persons committing such offenses while armed. | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Rogan, James E. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | R000386 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to sentences for bringing in and harboring certain aliens to: (1) establish minimum prison terms; (2) increase the maximum sentence in instances of serious bodily injury; and (3) establish minimum prison terms for repeat violations. Amends Federal criminal law to subject persons bringing in and harboring aliens while armed to such revised penalties (in addition to penalties provided under criminal law). | 2025-01-02T17:49:05Z | |
| 105-s-1563 | 105 | s | 1563 | Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 10 | Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish: (1) an alternative temporary agricultural worker process pilot program based upon a labor condition attestation filed by an employer and accepted by the appropriate State agency; and (2) a nonimmigrant visa category for such aliens. Sets forth program provisions. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-s-1565 | 105 | s | 1565 | A bill to make technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. | Immigration | 1997-11-13 | 1997-12-02 | Became Public Law No: 105-139. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 0 | Makes technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. | 2025-04-07T15:24:13Z | |
| 105-hr-3033 | 105 | hr | 3033 | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-12 | 1997-11-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] | FL | D | M000628 | 91 | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1997 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Haitian nationals (and their spouses and children) who were paroled into the United States or filed for amnesty before a specified date. Sets forth stay of removal and work authorization provisions. | 2025-08-21T16:12:23Z | |
| 105-s-1517 | 105 | s | 1517 | A bill to extend the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. | Immigration | 1997-11-10 | 1998-10-21 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program. | 2025-01-02T17:54:41Z | |
| 105-hconres-193 | 105 | hconres | 193 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should remove Hani El-Sayegh from the United States to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | Immigration | 1997-11-09 | 1997-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] | FL | R | M000689 | 90 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should remove Hani El-Sayegh from the United States to Saudi Arabia. | 2019-11-15T21:35:38Z | |
| 105-hr-2985 | 105 | hr | 2985 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make certain aliens determined to be delinquent in the payment of child support inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for naturalization, to authorize immigration officers to serve process in child support cases on aliens entering the United States, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1997-11-09 | 1997-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 9 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to make certain aliens determined to be delinquent in child support payments inadmissable, deportable, and ineligible for naturalization. Authorizes immigration officers to serve child support-related legal process on certain arriving aliens. Amends the Social Security Act to provide for Immigration and Naturalization Service access to certain delinquent child support information. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 105-s-1504 | 105 | s | 1504 | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1997-11-09 | 1998-04-23 | Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 11 | Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Haitian nationals (and their spouses and children) who were paroled into the United States or filed for amnesty before December 31, 1995. Requires adjustment applications to be filed before April 1, 2000. Sets forth stay of removal and work authorization provisions. Requires the Attorney General to collect certain data on detained asylum seekers and other aliens, including criminal aliens. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 105-hr-2955 | 105 | hr | 2955 | Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-08 | 1997-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] | NY | D | L000556 | 68 | Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1997 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to the automated entry-exit control system to exempt from required recordkeeping: (1) land border crossings; and (2) permanent resident and certain other aliens. Requires the Attorney General to report on the feasibility of implementing an automated entry-exit control system that would include land border arrivals and departures. Provides for increased numbers of full-time Immigration and Naturalization and Customs inspectors at U.S. land borders, with at least half of such inspectors to be assigned to the northern border. | 2025-08-21T16:11:40Z | |
| 105-hr-2917 | 105 | hr | 2917 | To temporarily increase the number of visas available for backlogged spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens and to provide for certain limitations on the adjustment of status of nonimmigrants physically present in the United States to permanent residence. | Immigration | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 0 | Provides for a five-year visa increase for spouses and children of lawful permanent resident aliens, with a specified order of priority. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the adjustment of status to permanent resident of nonimmigrants physically present in the United States to: (1) increase the related fee; and (2) apply such provision to only those aliens with a petition filed before a specified date. | 2019-11-15T21:35:38Z | |
| 105-hr-2920 | 105 | hr | 2920 | Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1997-11-07 | 1998-07-31 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 18 | Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1998 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to the automated entry-exit control system to exempt from required recordkeeping: (1) land border crossings; and (2) permanent resident and certain other aliens. (Sec. 3) Requires the Attorney General to report: (1) on the feasibility of implementing an automated entry-exit control system that would include land border arrivals and departures; and (2) annually on the development status of the automated entry-exit control system, and on visa overstays identified through such system. Requires integration of overstay information into Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) databases. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of State or the Attorney General to waive all or part of any fee for issuance of a combined border crossing identification card and nonimmigrant tourist or business visa where the application is made in Mexico on behalf of a Mexican national who is less than 15 years old. States that such visa shall expire on the earlier of: (1) ten years after issuance; or (2) when the child becomes 15 years old. Authorizes a parent or guardian to request a regular visa with a fee which shall expire as normally provided for such tourist and business visas. States that related fees may be set at a level that provides full recovery of the costs of providing machine readable visas and border crossing cards. Modifies the border crossing restriction implementation schedule. Requires tourist and business visitor visas to continue to be processed at least until October 1, 2000, in the Mexican border cities of Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Acuna, Piedras Negras, Agua Prieta, and Reynosa. (Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for INS and United States Customs Service border control and enforcement activities. Sets forth specified set-asides for FY 1999 and subsequent fiscal years. Authorizes: (1) use of equipment funds for new technologies; and (2) transfe… | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-s-1420 | 105 | s | 1420 | A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide for full reimbursement of States and localities for costs related to providing emergency medical treatment to individuals injured while entering the United States illegally | Immigration | 1997-11-07 | 1998-06-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide for full State and local reimbursement of emergency medical services provided to persons: (1) attempting to cross into the United States without inspection; or (2) under State or local custody pursuant to Federal authority. Establishes a related Treasury trust fund. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-2837 | 105 | hr | 2837 | Naturalization Reform Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-06 | 1998-06-11 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 2. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 10 | Naturalization Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make criminal deportation a bar to U.S. naturalization. (Sec. 3) Establishes a ten-year period of good moral character for naturalization purposes. (Sec. 4) Requires a fingerprint and criminal background check of certain aliens and alien sponsors. (Sec. 5) Requires an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) personal interview as part of the permanent resident adjustment of status and naturalization procedures. (Sec. 7) Authorizes citizenship testing by private entities. Sets forth related provisions, including a report by the Comptroller General of the United States of such testing's integrity. (Sec. 8) Establishes a civil penalty for failure to report the loss, theft, or destruction of a resident alien card. Requires the surrender, or an affidavit of loss, theft, or destruction, of a resident alien card upon naturalization. (Sec. 9) Revises revocation of naturalization provisions with respect to materiality and presumption of willfulness. (Sec. 10) Directs the Attorney General to provide for ongoing review of INS naturalization compliance. | 2025-08-21T16:13:44Z | |
| 105-s-1382 | 105 | s | 1382 | Naturalization Reform Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-11-06 | 1998-06-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 0 | Naturalization Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make criminal deportation a bar to U.S. naturalization. (Sec. 3) Establishes a ten-year period of good moral character for naturalization purposes. (Sec. 4) Requires a fingerprint and criminal background check of certain aliens and alien sponsors. (Sec. 5) Requires an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) personal interview as part of the permanent resident adjustment of status and naturalization procedures. (Sec. 7) Authorizes citizenship testing by private entities. Sets forth related provisions, including a report by the Comptroller General of the United States of such testing's integrity. (Sec. 8) Establishes a civil penalty for failure to report the loss, theft, or destruction of a resident alien card. Requires the surrender, or an affidavit of loss, theft, or destruction, of a resident alien card upon naturalization. (Sec. 9) Revises revocation of naturalization provisions with respect to materiality and presumption of willfulness. (Sec. 10) Directs the Attorney General to provide for ongoing review of INS naturalization compliance. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-s-1360 | 105 | s | 1360 | Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1997-11-04 | 1998-07-30 | Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 342. (consideration: CR S9510) | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 33 | Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1998 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to the automated entry-exit control system to exempt from required recordkeeping: (1) land border crossings; and (2) permanent resident and certain other aliens. (Sec. 3) Requires the Attorney General to report: (1) on the feasibility of implementing an automated entry-exit control system that would include land border arrivals and departures; and (2) annually on the development status of the automated entry-exit control system, and on visa overstays identified through such system. Requires integration of overstay information into Department of State and Immigration and Naturalization Service databases. (Sec. 5) Establishes a maximum $45 tourist or business visitor visa fee for an alien who is 18 years or older (free if under such age) who will be in the United States for less than 72 hours and will not travel more than 25 miles from the United States-Mexico border. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend from three years to four years the deadline prohibiting an alien using a border crossing identification card that does not contain a biometric identifier (such as a fingerprint). Requires tourist and business visitor visas to continue to be processed at least until October 1, 2000, in the Mexican border cities of Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Acuna, Piedras Negras, Agua Prieta, and Reynosa. (Sec. 6) Authorizes additional appropriations beginning in FY 1999 for northern and southwestern land border Immigration and Naturalization Service control and enforcement activities. (Sec. 7) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Customs Service should be granted similar additional authorization of appropriations for border control and enforcement activities. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-2759 | 105 | hr | 2759 | Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act of 1998 | Immigration | 1997-10-29 | 1998-08-31 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 0 | Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act of 1998 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a four-year nonimmigrant (H-1C visa) classification for nonimmigrant registered nurses in health professional shortage areas. Requires that an alien: (1) have a full foreign nursing license or has received U.S. nursing education; (2) have passed an appropriate examination or is a licensed nurse in the State of intended employment; and (3) be fully eligible to begin work in the petitioning facility. Requires the facility to file an employment attestation with the Department of Labor with respect to such alien (or aliens) evidencing that: (1) similarly employed nurse's wages and conditions will not be adversely affected; (2) the alien's wages will be the same as other similarly employed nurses; (3) steps are being taken to recruit U.S. nurses (as set forth by this Act); (4) no labor dispute is involved; (5) no more than one-third of the facility's registered nurses will be H-1C aliens; and (6) employment will not be performed at a facility other than the petitioning facility. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) compile a public list of petitioning facilities; (2) establish a process for complaint receipt, investigation, and disposition (including civil monetary penalties) against a noncomplying facility; and (3) impose an attestation filing fee of up to $250. Limits: (1) aggregate fiscal year H-1C entrants to 500; and (2) fiscal year entrants in any one State to 25 and 50 in States with less or more than ten million inhabitants, respectively. Defines "facility" as a hospital: (1) in a health shortage area; (2) with at least 190 acute care beds; and (3) with at least 35 percent and 28 percent of its patients being Medicare and Medicaid patients, respectively. Repeals the nonimmigrant nursing program (H-1A visa). (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to recommend: (1) an alternative to the H-1C program as a permanent remedy to the registered nurse s… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 105-hr-2716 | 105 | hr | 2716 | 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 | 1997-10-23 | 1997-10-23 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 0 | Codifies certain general and permanent laws relating to aliens and nationality as Title 8, United States Code, "Aliens and Nationality." | 2018-11-21T20:32:54Z | |
| 105-hr-2728 | 105 | hr | 2728 | Chinese Student Protection Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-10-23 | 1997-10-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 19 | Chinese Student Protection Act of 1997 - Extends the provisions of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to certain aliens who entered the United States without inspection. | 2025-08-21T16:11:59Z | |
| 105-hr-2694 | 105 | hr | 2694 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to continue to treat certain petitions approved under section 204 of such Act as valid notwithstanding the death of the beneficiary. | Immigration | 1997-10-22 | 1997-10-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to approved petitions for preference or immediate relative immigrant status to authorize the Attorney General to disregard the subsequent death of the beneficiary in applying the provisions of such Act to the beneficiary or to any spouse or child of the beneficiary (thus eliminating the need to restart the application process). | 2019-11-15T21:35:39Z | |
| 105-hr-2664 | 105 | hr | 2664 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1997-10-09 | 1997-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 23 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the temporary visitor or student admission of certain alien spouses or children of U.S. permanent residents. States that a petition for permanent resident classification filed on behalf of such alien shall not constitute evidence of intent to abandon a foreign residence. | 2021-04-21T22:03:26Z | |
| 105-hr-2666 | 105 | hr | 2666 | To provide for adjustment of status of certain Nicaraguans. | Immigration | 1997-10-09 | 1997-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] | FL | R | R000435 | 0 | Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of certain nonimmigrant Nicaraguan nationals (and their spouses and children) to lawful permanent residents. | 2019-11-15T21:35:40Z | |
| 105-hr-2595 | 105 | hr | 2595 | Farmers' Temporary Employment Assistance Act | Immigration | 1997-10-01 | 1997-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA-8] | GA | R | C000286 | 24 | Farmers' Temporary Employment Assistance Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish: (1) an alternative temporary agricultural worker process based upon a labor condition attestation filed by an employer and accepted by the appropriate State agency; and (2) a nonimmigrant visa category for such aliens. Sets forth program provisions. | 2025-08-21T16:12:06Z | |
| 105-hr-2578 | 105 | hr | 2578 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of non-immigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General. | Immigration | 1997-09-30 | 1998-03-25 | Laid on the table. See S. 1178 for further action. (consideration: CR H1503) | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the visa waiver pilot program to: (1) extend the program through September 30, 2000; and (2) permit program eligibility for a country whose nationals had a nonimmigrant visa refusal rate of less than three percent for the previous full fiscal year. Directs the Attorney General to implement an annual data collection and reporting program of nonimmigrant category overstay rates. | 2025-04-07T15:32:58Z | |
| 105-hr-2588 | 105 | hr | 2588 | Border Security and Enforcement Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-30 | 1997-10-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] | TX | D | R000170 | 21 | Border Security and Enforcement Act of 1997 - Establishes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Office of Enforcement and Border Affairs, to be headed by a Director. Transfers from the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the Director all functions, personnel, infrastructure, and funding of the following programs: (1) the Border Patrol program; (2) the detention and deportation program; (3) the intelligence program; (4) the investigations program; and (5) the inspections program. Transfers DOJ personnel and assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and INS funds in connection with such functions to the Office, for allocation by the Director. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) continuation of proceedings and suits and nonabatement of actions in connection with transferred functions; and (2) delegation and assignment and authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget regarding functions transferred. | 2025-08-21T16:11:38Z | |
| 105-hr-2570 | 105 | hr | 2570 | Forced Abortion Condemnation Act | Immigration | 1997-09-29 | 1998-06-18 | Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings held. | House | Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4] | FL | R | F000328 | 18 | Forced Abortion Condemnation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing any visa to, and the Attorney General from admitting to the United States, any Chinese national (including any Communist Party official or Chinese Government official) that has been found to have been involved in the enforcement of population control policies resulting in a woman being forced to undergo an abortion against her free choice, or resulting in a man or woman being forced to undergo sterilization against his or her free choice. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if: (1) it is in the national interest of the United States; and (2) the Congress is notified in writing. | 2025-04-07T15:32:22Z | |
| 105-hr-2548 | 105 | hr | 2548 | Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal Immigration Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-25 | 1997-10-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] | CA | D | F000116 | 0 | Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal Immigration Act of 1997 - Authorizes additional appropriations for increases in: (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigators to enforce employer sanctions; (2) Department of Labor investigators to enforce labor standards; and (3) Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (Department of Justice) investigators to enforce antidiscrimination provisions. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant specified subpoena authority to the Secretary of Labor. Increases specified penalties for: (1) hiring, recruiting, and referral violations; (2) labor standards violations; and (3) unfair immigration-related employment practices. Provides for joint INS-Department of Labor efforts to investigate violations of employer sanctions and labor standards and target high concentration areas of illegally employed aliens. Directs the Attorney General to conduct: (1) a national employer education program; and (2) a study of immigration-related discrimination. | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | |
| 105-hr-2551 | 105 | hr | 2551 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to eliminate the fee associated with the issuance of an I-68 landing permit. | Immigration | 1997-09-25 | 1997-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] | NY | D | L000556 | 13 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize waiver of the landing fee for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or specified Canadian visitors on certain pleasure boats entering the United States from Canada. | 2019-11-15T21:35:39Z | |
| 105-hr-2533 | 105 | hr | 2533 | Central American Deportation Relief Act | Immigration | 1997-09-24 | 1997-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 0 | Central American Deportation Relief Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with regard to suspension of deportation provisions to modify: (1) the physical presence rule concerning certain reinitiated proceedings; and (2) the hardship rule. Provides a special determination of physical presence rule for certain Salvadoran, Guatemalan, or Nicaraguan nationals granted temporary deportation protection. Authorizes certain aliens to file motions to reopen their deportation proceedings. Revises related annual limitation and offset provisions. | 2025-08-21T16:13:30Z | |
| 105-hr-2540 | 105 | hr | 2540 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the immigration to the United States of certain aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by United States citizens. | Immigration | 1997-09-24 | 1998-06-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4300) | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 23 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include certain children born in the Philippines or Japan to U.S. fathers among those children given preferential immigration treatment. | 2021-04-21T22:00:29Z | |
| 105-s-1212 | 105 | s | 1212 | A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit control system developed under 110 of such Act for Canadians who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border crossing identification card. | Immigration | 1997-09-24 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 3 | Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to exempt certain Canadian nationals or residents from the arrival-departure information required to be collected under the U.S. automated entry-exit control system. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-s-1205 | 105 | s | 1205 | A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit control system developed under section 110 of such Act for Canadians who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border crossing identification card. | Immigration | 1997-09-23 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to exempt certain Canadian nationals or residents from the arrival-departure information required to be collected under the U.S. automated entry-exit control system. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-2505 | 105 | hr | 2505 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to permit certain United States citizens traveling by small pleasure craft to enter the United States from Canada without obtaining a landing permit or applying for admission at a port of entry and to authorize the Attorney General to eliminate the fee associated with the issuance of an I-68 landing permit. | Immigration | 1997-09-18 | 1997-09-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to: (1) permit nonowner or nonoperator U.S. citizens travelling on specified small pleasure craft to enter the United States from Canada without obtaining a landing permit or applying for admission at a port of entry; and (2) eliminate the related landing fee for specified U.S. owner or operator citizens, permanent residents, or specified Canadian visitors. | 2025-04-07T15:33:34Z | |
| 105-s-1198 | 105 | s | 1198 | Religious Workers Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-18 | 1997-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 105-54. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 7 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special migrant religious worker program through October 1, 2000. Directs the Secretary of State to waive or reduce the nonimmgrant visa fee for an alien coming to the United States to do charitable work. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline by six months for certain paperwork revisions in the employer sanctions program. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-hr-2491 | 105 | hr | 2491 | Mother Teresa Religious Worker Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-17 | 1997-12-05 | For Further Action See S.1198. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | Mother Teresa Religious Worker Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide permanent authority for U.S. special immigrant entry by certain religious workers. | 2025-08-21T16:14:45Z | |
| 105-s-1184 | 105 | s | 1184 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive nonimmigrant visa fees for aliens seeking to enter the United States to engage in certain charitable activities. | Immigration | 1997-09-17 | 1997-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 5 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the waiver of nonimmigrant visa fees for aliens entering the United States for certain charitable purposes. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 105-hr-2481 | 105 | hr | 2481 | To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify that records of arrival or departure are not required to be collected for purposes of the automated entry-exit control system developed under section 110 of such Act for Canadians who are not otherwise required to possess a visa, passport, or border crossing identification card. | Immigration | 1997-09-16 | 1997-11-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2275) | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] | NY | D | L000556 | 44 | Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to exempt certain Canadian nationals or residents from the arrival-departure information required to be collected under the U.S. automated entry-exit control system. | 2019-11-15T21:35:40Z | |
| 105-hr-2473 | 105 | hr | 2473 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt orphan children from the immigration vaccination requirement. | Immigration | 1997-09-15 | 1997-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain adopted children, and certain children seeking an immediate relative (as adopted children) immigrant visa, from the vaccination requirement. | 2019-11-15T21:35:40Z | |
| 105-s-1178 | 105 | s | 1178 | Visa Waiver Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-15 | 1998-04-27 | Became Public Law No: 105-173. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 13 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the visa waiver pilot program to: (1) extend the program through September 30, 2000; and (2) permit program eligibility for a country whose nationals had a nonimmigrant visa refusal rate of less than three percent for the previous full fiscal year. Directs the Attorney General to implement an annual data collection and reporting program regarding nonimmigrant category overstay rates. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-hr-2464 | 105 | hr | 2464 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt internationally adopted children under age 10 from the immunization requirement. | Immigration | 1997-09-11 | 1997-11-12 | Became Public Law No: 105-73. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 7 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from specified vaccination requirements a child, ten years old or younger, who is seeking U.S. admission as an orphan being adopted (or already adopted) by U.S. parents, subject to the parents' affidavit that the child will be vaccinated within 30 days after admission or at the earliest medically appropriate time. | 2025-04-07T15:33:46Z | |
| 105-s-1161 | 105 | s | 1161 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for refugee and entrant assistance for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. | Immigration | 1997-09-10 | 1997-12-02 | Became Public Law No: 105-136. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 2 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for refugee and entrant assistance. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-hr-2442 | 105 | hr | 2442 | Fairness for Immigrants Facing Persecution in Their Native Country Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-09 | 1997-09-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] | FL | D | M000628 | 4 | Fairness for Immigrants Facing Persecution in Their Native Country Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain Haitian and Central American aliens. | 2025-08-21T16:15:01Z | |
| 105-hr-2430 | 105 | hr | 2430 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain adopted children, and certain children coming to the United States for adoption, from the requirement to present documentation of vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases. | Immigration | 1997-09-08 | 1997-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | D000210 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain adopted children, and certain children seeking an immediate relative (as adopted children) immigrant visa, from the vaccination requirement. | 2019-11-15T21:35:40Z | |
| 105-hr-2412 | 105 | hr | 2412 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the religious worker visa programs and to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to modify the effective date for certain paperwork changes in the employer sanctions programs. | Immigration | 1997-09-05 | 1997-09-08 | For Further Action See S.1198. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to nonimmigrant and special immigrant religious worker categories. Extends the visa waiver pilot program. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend specified employer sanctions program paperwork deadlines. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-hr-2413 | 105 | hr | 2413 | Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-09-05 | 1997-09-08 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 0 | Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1997- Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to: (1) status adjustment admission date; (2) classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas (firearm offenses and aggravated felons), and deportable aliens; (3) expedited removal of aliens convicted of aggravated felonies; and (4) detention and removal of aliens, and reentry of removed aliens. (Sec. 5) Amends Federal criminal law to eliminate the provision authorizing interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications for specified immigration related felonies. (Sec. 6) Amends the INA with respect to: (1) alien terrorist removal; (2) sponsor affidavit of support; (3) illegal alien apprehension and detention; (4) removal hearings; (5) voluntary departure; (6) worldwide immigration level; (7) temporary protected status; (8) public vessels; (9) unlawful employment of aliens, (10) foreign students; (11) airlines; and (12) removal proceedings. (Sec. 7) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to: (1) document fraud offenses; (2) the pilot program on limiting issuance of driver's licenses to illegal aliens; (3) Polish and Hungarian parolee status adjustment; (4) foreign and exchange student information collection; and (5) information disclosure penalties. Increases authorization of appropriations for certain Immigration and Naturalization Service investigators' overtime pay. (Sec. 8) Amends the Immigration Act of 1990 with respect to a provision concerning good moral character. | 2025-08-21T16:11:39Z | |
| 105-hr-2377 | 105 | hr | 2377 | Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-08-01 | 1998-03-12 | See H.R.3410. | House | Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] | OR | R | S000607 | 95 | Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a 24-month pilot program for the U.S. admission of temporary or seasonal agricultural workers based upon an employer labor condition attestation filed with the appropriate State agency. Sets forth program provisions. Establishes a trust fund in the Treasury to assure the return of such workers to their home countries. | 2025-08-21T16:14:04Z | |
| 105-hr-2302 | 105 | hr | 2302 | Immigration Technical Revisions Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-07-30 | 1997-08-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 38 | Immigration Technical Revisions Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (and the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain Central American aliens. | 2025-08-21T16:13:56Z | |
| 105-hr-2285 | 105 | hr | 2285 | To provide for the consideration, during fiscal year 1997, of petitions for classification under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act without regard to the numerical limitation applicable to such petitions, subject to a reduction in such limitation for fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1997-07-29 | 1997-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 5 | Directs the Attorney General to consider FY 1997 H-1B visa petitions (specialty occupations or fashion models) without regard to certain numerical limitations. Provides for certain FY 1998 corresponding visa reductions. | 2019-11-15T21:35:39Z | |
| 105-s-1076 | 105 | s | 1076 | Immigration Reform Transition Act of 1997 | Immigration | 1997-07-28 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 2 | Immigration Reform Transition Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (and the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain Central American aliens. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-hr-2210 | 105 | hr | 2210 | For the relief of certain aliens residing at 37-54 93d Street, Jackson Heights, New York and 104-15 34th Avenue, Corona, New York. | Immigration | 1997-07-22 | 1997-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 11 | Makes certain aliens residing in Jackson Heights and Corona, in Queens, New York, eligible for permanent resident status adjustment. | 2021-04-21T21:53:10Z | |
| 105-hr-2172 | 105 | hr | 2172 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the restrictions on foreign student study at a public elementary or secondary school inapplicable in cases where the school evidences a desire for such result, and to prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay the cost of such study. | Immigration | 1997-07-16 | 1997-07-24 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 5 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from certain foreign student restrictions a public elementary or secondary school student who submits to the Attorney General evidence of the school's desire to enroll or reenroll such student. Prohibits use of Federal funds to pay for such enrollment. | 2025-04-07T15:23:55Z | |
| 105-s-968 | 105 | s | 968 | A bill to provide for special immigrant status for certain aliens working as journalists in Hong Kong. | Immigration | 1997-06-26 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 0 | Provides special immigrant status (under the Immigration and Nationality Act) for certain journalists working in Hong Kong. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z | |
| 105-s-970 | 105 | s | 970 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain aliens who work for the Department of Veterans Affairs from the requirement that they work only in areas designated as having a shortage of health-care professionals. | Immigration | 1997-06-26 | 1998-05-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 1 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to exempt certain aliens working for the Department of Veterans Affairs from the requirement that they practice medicine in areas designated as having a shortage of health-care professionals. | 2025-12-19T18:01:12Z |
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