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| 96-hr-8431 | 96 | hr | 8431 | A bill for the relief of certain natives of the Philippines who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. | Immigration | 1980-12-05 | 1980-12-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | A000069 | 0 | 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 when such visas are not immediately 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 the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2021-06-14T19:48:26Z | |
| 96-hr-8423 | 96 | hr | 8423 | A bill to grant immigrant visas to certain nationals of Italy who were victims of earthquakes which occured on or about November 23, 1980, in Italy. | Immigration | 1980-12-04 | 1980-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 0 | Grants immigrant visas to certain Italian nationals and their dependents who were victims of earthquakes which occurred in Italy on or about November 23, 1980. States that such visa shall not be chargeable against the numerical limitations imposed under the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2021-06-14T19:48:25Z | |
| 96-hres-825 | 96 | hres | 825 | A resolution for the relief of Italian orphans. | Immigration | 1980-12-04 | 1980-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Requests the President and the Attorney General to waive applicable immigration procedures to allow orphaned Italian children to find temporary homes in the United States with American families. | 2021-06-14T19:15:35Z | |
| 96-hr-8387 | 96 | hr | 8387 | A bill to grant immigrant visas to certain nationals of Italy who were victims of earthquakes which occured on or about November 23, 1980, in Italy. | Immigration | 1980-12-01 | 1980-12-01 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ferraro, Geraldine A. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | F000088 | 7 | Grants immigrant visas to certain Italian nationals and their dependents who were victims of earthquakes which occurred in Italy on or about November 23, 1980. States that such visa shall not be chargeable against the numerical limitations imposed under the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2021-06-14T19:48:16Z | |
| 96-s-3197 | 96 | s | 3197 | Alien Education Assistance Act | Immigration | 1980-11-13 | 1980-11-13 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] | TX | R | T000322 | 0 | Alien Education Assistance Act of 1980 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including the term "alien children" which is defined to mean undocumented aliens who receive educational services from State or local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations in necessary amounts up to $200,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for State educational programs and administrative costs under this Act. Provides that such entitlements shall be ratably reduced if sufficient funds are available. Authorizes up to one percent of such funds for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to withhold funds from State educational agencies that fail to meet the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in such a situation. Permits the use of classroom facilities obtained by a local educational agency with assistance under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in any fiscal year for educational services for alien children if the number of alien children enrolled in the elementary or secondary public schools under the jurisdiction of such agency, during that fiscal year, is equal to at least 200 or at least two percent of the total number of students enrolled in the public elementary or secondary schools during such fiscal year, whichever is less. Exempts each local educational agency within a State in which there is a State law which requires a bilingual education program from specified proposed rules (or final rules based on them) which prohibit recipients of Federal financial assistance from denying equality of access to any student because of that student's limited proficiency in English. Title II: General Assistance for Local Educational Agencies - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for assistance to local educational agencies in providing basic education for alien childr… | 2025-09-02T13:57:13Z | |
| 96-hjres-629 | 96 | hjres | 629 | A joint resolution to grant posthumously full rights of citizenship to Douglas Clyde Macintosh. | Immigration | 1980-11-12 | 1980-11-12 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Giaimo, Robert N. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | G000151 | 0 | Grants citizenship posthumously to Douglas Clyde Macintosh. | 2021-06-14T19:18:01Z | |
| 96-hr-8253 | 96 | hr | 8253 | Alien Education Impact Aid Act of 1980 | Immigration | 1980-10-01 | 1980-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 0 | Alien Education Impact Aid Act of 1980 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including the term "alien children" which is defined to mean undocumented aliens to whom State or local educational agencies must provide educational services under Federal court order. Authorizes lump-sum appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1983 for State educational programs and administrative costs (up to one percent) under this Act. Provides that such entitlements shall be ratably reduced if sufficient funds are not available. Authorizes up to one percent of such funds for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to withhold funds from State educational agencies that fail to meet the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in such a situation. Title II: General Assistance for Local Educational Agencies - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981-1983 for assistance in providing basic education for alien children. States that such payments shall be $450 for each such child enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires the Secretary to give notice and opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of an application. Title III: Special Impact Assistance for Substantial Increases in Attendance of Alien Children - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981-1983 for supplementary public education costs for alien children in public and private elementary and secondary schools in eligible local educational agencies (based on the number of such children in their jurisdiction). Authorizes: (1) for fiscal year 1981, $750 for each child; (2) for fiscal year 1982, $750 for each new child, and $500 for each child enrolled in 1981; and (3) for fiscal year 1983, $750 for each new child, $500 for a child enrolled… | 2025-09-02T13:55:08Z | |
| 96-hr-8272 | 96 | hr | 8272 | A bill to amend section 101(a)(15)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to include under the definition of nonimmigrant aliens certain aliens serving on board any fishing vessel having its home port or an operating base in the United States. | Immigration | 1980-10-01 | 1980-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-41] | CA | R | W000610 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen serving onboard a fishing vessel having its home port or operating base in the United States nonimmigrant aliens. | 2021-06-14T19:47:53Z | |
| 96-sjres-210 | 96 | sjres | 210 | A joint resolution to grant posthumously full rights of citizenship to Douglas Clyde Macintosh. | Immigration | 1980-10-01 | 1980-12-13 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT] | CT | D | R000191 | 2 | Grants citizenship posthumously to Douglas Clyde Macintosh. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-s-3180 | 96 | s | 3180 | A bill to repeal a provision of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. | Immigration | 1980-09-30 | 1980-10-10 | Public Law 96-424. | Senate | Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | W000502 | 2 | Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to repeal the provision providing for the accompanying transfer of appropriations with any transfer of refugee responsibilities from the Federal Emergency Management Administration to other Federal agencies. | 2022-12-07T18:57:30Z | |
| 96-hr-8115 | 96 | hr | 8115 | A bill to amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to the seizure of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. | Immigration | 1980-09-15 | 1980-09-25 | Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary, H. Rept. 96-1395. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide, with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States, that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) seizures of vessels shall be subject to the Supplemental Rules of Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims; (5) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (6) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be on such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. | 2021-06-14T19:47:15Z | |
| 96-hconres-428 | 96 | hconres | 428 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the deportation of nonimmigrant aliens arrested for unlawful conduct in connection with demonstrations. | Immigration | 1980-09-03 | 1980-09-03 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should: (1) provide by regulation that any nonimmigrant alien who has been arrested for any unlawful conduct in connection with a demonstration should be subject to deportation; and (2) administratively expedite the deportation of such nonimmigrant alien. | 2021-06-14T19:11:53Z | |
| 96-hr-8067 | 96 | hr | 8067 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of certain nonimmigrant aliens involved in unlawful conduct in demonstrations and for the expediting of judicial review of deportation and exclusion orders. | Immigration | 1980-09-03 | 1980-09-03 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | F000141 | 3 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a nonimmigrant alien who has been arrested for any unlawful conduct in connection with a demonstration shall be subject to immediate deportation as having failed to maintain a nonimmigrant status. Reduces from six months to 30 days the period during which a petition for review of a deportation order must be filed. | 2021-06-14T19:46:59Z | |
| 96-hconres-425 | 96 | hconres | 425 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should revoke the visas of aliens arrested for certain violent or illegal activities, and that the Attorney General should order the deportation of such aliens. | Immigration | 1980-08-28 | 1980-08-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should revoke any visas issued to aliens who have engaged in violent or illegal activity while participating in an anti-American demonstration in the United States; and (2) that the Attorney General should order the deportation of such aliens. | 2021-06-14T19:11:52Z | |
| 96-hconres-426 | 96 | hconres | 426 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the prompt deportation or removal from the United States of aliens who have engaged in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States. | Immigration | 1980-08-28 | 1980-08-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that aliens who engage in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States should be promptly deported in accordance with provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2021-06-14T19:11:52Z | |
| 96-hr-8047 | 96 | hr | 8047 | A bill to provide for adjustment to refugee admission status of certain Cuban and Haitian nationals presently in the United States. | Immigration | 1980-08-28 | 1980-08-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12] | NY | D | C000371 | 7 | Requires the Attorney General to adjust the status of specified numbers of Haitians and Cubans to that of refugees if: (1) the alien makes application within one year of enactment of this Act; and (2) the alien is admissible as an immigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Applies the provisions of this Act to any alien who: (1) is a native or citizen of Haiti who first arrived unlawfully in the State of Florida on or after January 1, 1972, and before enactment of this Act, or after April 21, 1980, and before enactment of this Act; (2) is or has been within the jurisdiction of office number six of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (3) is not resettled in any foreign country on the date of enactment of this Act; and (4) on such date does not have a lawful status in the United States or has the status of an alien paroled into the United States as a Cuban/Haitian entrant (status pending). Requires the Attorney General to establish a record of an alien's admission as a refugee as of the date of such adjustment. Provides that aliens granted refugee status under this Act shall be treated for all purposes as aliens admitted as refugees under the Immigration and Nationality Act, including the purpose of providing assistance to States and public and nonprofit agencies for their provision of cash and services to such aliens. | 2021-06-14T19:46:54Z | |
| 96-hr-8053 | 96 | hr | 8053 | Alien Education Impact Aid Act of 1980 | Immigration | 1980-08-28 | 1980-08-28 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Mattox, James A. [D-TX-5] | TX | D | M000260 | 7 | Alien Education Impact Aid Act of 1980 - Title I: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act, including the term "alien children" which is defined to mean undocumented aliens to whom State or local educational agencies must provide educational services under Federal court order. Authorizes lump-sum appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1983 for State educational programs and administrative costs (up to one percent) under this Act. Provides that such entitlements shall be ratably reduced if sufficient funds are not available. Authorizes up to one percent of such funds for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to withhold funds from State educational agencies that fail to meet the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in such a situation. Title II: General Assistance for Local Educational Agencies - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981-1983 for assistance in providing basic education for alien children. States that such payments shall be $450 for each such child enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires the Secretary to give notice and opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of an application. Title III: Special Impact Assistance for Substantial Increases in Attendance of Alien Children - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981-1983 for supplementary public education costs for alien children in public and private elementary and secondary schools in eligible local educational agencies (based on the number of such children in their jurisdiction). Authorizes: (1) for fiscal year 1981, $750 for each child; (2) for fiscal year 1982, $750 for each new child, and $500 for each child enrolled in 1981; and (3) for fiscal year 1983, $750 for each new child, $500 for a child enrolled… | 2025-09-02T13:55:08Z | |
| 96-hconres-414 | 96 | hconres | 414 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should revoke the visas of aliens arrested for certain violent or illegal activities, and that the Attorney General should order the deportation of such aliens. | Immigration | 1980-08-25 | 1980-08-25 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] | MN | R | H000012 | 23 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should revoke any visas issued to aliens who have been arrested for engaging in violent or illegal activity while participating in an anti-American demonstration in the United States; and (2) the Attorney General should order the prompt deportation of such aliens. | 2021-06-14T19:11:51Z | |
| 96-hconres-405 | 96 | hconres | 405 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the prompt deportation or removal from the United States of aliens who have engaged in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States. | Immigration | 1980-08-20 | 1980-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Marlenee, Ron [R-MT-2] | MT | R | M000139 | 96 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that aliens who engage in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States should be promptly deported in accordance with provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2021-06-14T19:11:49Z | |
| 96-hconres-407 | 96 | hconres | 407 | A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to take action to resolve the Cuban refugee situation. | Immigration | 1980-08-20 | 1980-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 11 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government should take the necessary action to return to Cuba those Cuban refugees not wishing to remain in the United States or who do not pledge to uphold its laws. | 2021-06-14T19:11:50Z | |
| 96-hr-7978 | 96 | hr | 7978 | Cuban-Haitian Entrant Act of 1980 | Immigration | 1980-08-20 | 1980-08-20 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Cuban/Haitian Entrant Act of 1980 - Establishes a Cuban/Haitian Entrant status for: (1) Cubans who (a) were paroled into the United States between April 20, 1980, and June 20, 1980, or (b) had applications for asylum pending as of June 19, 1980; and (2) Haitians who (a) were in exclusion or deportation proceedings as of June 19, 1980, (b) were paroled into the United States before June 20, 1980, or (c) had applications for asylum pending as of June 19, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) permit such Entrants to work in the United States; and (2) deny or terminate such status if the alien (a) was excludable under specified sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (b) was involved in the persecution of others, (c) was convicted of certain nonpolitical crimes, or (d) poses a security threat to the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of an Entrant to that of an immigrant after two years' residence (as an Entrant) in the United States. Authorizes the waiver of specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian or family purposes or if in the national interest. Prohibits such a waiver respecting: (1) national security; (2) association with the Nazi government; or (3) narcotics trafficking. States that any such status adjustment shall not be counted against the immigration admissions limitations. Requires a State to submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services describing the services to be provided to such Entrants in fiscal year 1981 for reimbursement purposes. Provides for: (1) a 75 percent reimbursement of a State's non-Social Security Act medical and cash benefits, related health and social (employment preparation, language) services, child welfare services, and special public school services to such Entrants; and (2) 100 percent reimbursement for an unaccompanied Haitian or Cuban child (until age 18 or older if a State's child welfare laws so provide) for whom a State has assumed full legal responsibility. Authorizes the Secretary to assume l… | 2025-09-02T13:55:01Z | |
| 96-hconres-399 | 96 | hconres | 399 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to persons fleeing Eastern European countries. | Immigration | 1980-08-18 | 1980-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24] | NY | D | O000134 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that persons from Eastern European countries wishing to enter the United States because of oppression in their countries should be admitted into the United States to the same extent as other refugees. | 2021-06-14T19:11:49Z | |
| 96-s-3013 | 96 | s | 3013 | Cuban Haitian Entrant Act of 1980 | Immigration | 1980-08-05 | 1980-08-05 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Cuban/Haitian Entrant Act of 1980 - Establishes a Cuban/Haitian Entrant status for: (1) Cubans who (a) were paroled into the United States between April 20, 1980, and June 20, 1980, or (b) had applications for asylum pending as of June 19, 1980; and (2) Haitians who (a) were in exclusion or deportation proceedings as of June 19, 1980, (b) were paroled into the United States before June 20, 1980, or (c) had applications for asylum pending as of June 19, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) permit such Entrants to work in the United States; and (2) deny or terminate such status if the alien (a) was excludable under specified sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (b) was involved in the persecution of others, (c) was convicted of certain nonpolitical crimes, or (d) poses a security threat to the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of an Entrant to that of an immigrant after two years' residence (as an Entrant) in the United States. Authorizes the waiver of specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian or family purposes or if in the national interest. Prohibits such a waiver respecting: (1) national security; (2) association with the Nazi government; or (3) narcotics trafficking. States that any such status adjustment shall not be counted against the immigration admissions limitations. Requires a State to submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services describing the services to be provided to such Entrants in fiscal year 1981 for reimbursement purposes. Provides for: (1) a 75 percent reimbursement of a State's non- Social Security Act medical and cash benefits, related health and social (employment preparation, language) services, child welfare services, and special public school services to such Entrants; and (2) 100 percent reimbursement for an unaccompanied Haitian or Cuban child (until age 18 or older if a State's child welfare laws so provide) for whom a State has assumed full legal responsibility. Authorizes the Secretary to assume le… | 2025-09-02T13:57:11Z | |
| 96-hr-7899 | 96 | hr | 7899 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the immediate deportation of aliens who are arrested and refuse to disclose their identity to law enforcement officers. | Immigration | 1980-07-31 | 1980-07-31 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the immediate deportation of aliens who are arrested and refuse to disclose their identities to properly identified law enforcement officers. | 2021-06-14T19:46:24Z | |
| 96-hr-7859 | 96 | hr | 7859 | An act to provide general assistance to local educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children, to provide special impact aid to such agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children and Indochinese refugee children, and to provide assistance to State educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee adults. | Immigration | 1980-07-29 | 1980-10-10 | Public Law 96-422. | House | Rep. Stack, Edward J. [D-FL-12] | FL | D | S000772 | 3 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 - =Title I: General Provisions= - Defines: (1) "Cuban or Haitian refugee adults or children" to mean individuals who are natives of Cuba or Haiti and who were in the United States on or after November 1, 1979; and (2) "Indochinese refugee children" to mean individuals who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos on or after January 1, 1979, and have been admitted into the United States as refugees, parolees, or as claimants of asylum. Authorizes lump-sum appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1983 for State educational programs and administrative costs (not to exceed one percent of the total appropriations to the State) under this Act. Provides that such entitlements shall be ratably reduced if sufficient funds are not available. Authorizes up to one percent of the total funds appropriated for all States for Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to withhold funds from State educational agencies that fail to meet the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in such a situation. =Title II: General Assistance for Local Educational Agencies= - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981-1983 for assistance in providing basic education for Cuban and Haitian refugee children. States that such payments shall be $450 for each such child enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that a State's entitlement shall be reduced by any other Federal assistance received for the same purposes. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires the Secretary to give notice and opportunity for a hearing before final disapproval of an application. =Title III: Special Impact Assistance for Substantial Increases in Refugee Attendance= - Directs the Secretary to make payments to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1981-1983 for su… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 96-hr-7807 | 96 | hr | 7807 | A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain Vietnam evacuees residing in Guam. | Immigration | 1980-07-23 | 1980-07-23 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | W000686 | 0 | Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status to that of permanent resident of certain residents of Guam (and their immediate families) who are natives of Korea, India, China, or the Philippines and who were evacuated from Vietnam and paroled into the United States before March 31, 1975. | 2021-06-14T19:45:57Z | |
| 96-s-2918 | 96 | s | 2918 | A bill to confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Leopoldine Marie Schmid. | Immigration | 1980-07-01 | 1980-07-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] | CA | R | H000384 | 0 | Confers citizenship on Leopoldine Marie Schmid, posthumously. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-7692 | 96 | hr | 7692 | A bill to provide for cancellation of nonimmigrant visas of Iranian students and for the prompt departure of such students from the United States. | Immigration | 1980-06-27 | 1980-06-27 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] | TX | D | W000570 | 0 | Cancels the student visas of Iranian nationals studying in the United States. Prohibits the issuance of student visas to Iranians. Requires any Iranian student whose visa has been canceled to leave the United States within 30 days of enactment of this Act or be deported. Exclude from such visa provisions Iranians whose application for political asylum in the United States is being considered. | 2021-06-14T19:45:22Z | |
| 96-hconres-373 | 96 | hconres | 373 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States not admit more than six hundred and fifty thousand immigrants in fiscal year 1980. | Immigration | 1980-06-24 | 1980-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] | CA | D | C000581 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States not admit more than 650,000 immigrants, including refugees, in fiscal year 1980, and that the President shall submit to the Congress an annual U.S. immigration goal. | 2021-06-14T19:11:43Z | |
| 96-hconres-356 | 96 | hconres | 356 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should exercise his authority to restore the peaceful and orderly processing under the immigration laws of Cuban nationals who recently arrived in the United States and to remove, in accordance with law, from the United States those Cuban nationals who participate in acts of destruction or violence at the sites of such processings. | Immigration | 1980-06-05 | 1980-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Bethune, Ed [R-AR-2] | AR | R | B000422 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should restore and maintain the peaceful processing of Cubans, and identify and remove from the United States those Cubans who participated in acts of destruction at the processing sites. | 2021-06-14T19:11:39Z | |
| 96-hconres-357 | 96 | hconres | 357 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should exercise his authority to restore the peaceful and orderly processing under the immigration laws of Cuban nationals who recently arrived in the United States and to remove, in accordance with law, from the United States those Cuban nationals who participate in acts of destruction or violence at the sites of such processing. | Immigration | 1980-06-05 | 1980-06-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should restore and maintain the peaceful processing of Cubans, and identify and remove from the United States those Cubans who participated in acts of destruction at the processing sites. | 2021-06-14T19:11:40Z | |
| 96-hconres-353 | 96 | hconres | 353 | A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to designate as refugees those Cubans who have arrived in the United States in the last sixty days. | Immigration | 1980-06-04 | 1980-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 1 | Calls upon the President to designate as refugees those Cubans who have arrived in the United States in the last 60 days so that State and local governments currently responsible for them can qualify for Federal assistance pursuant to the Refugee Act of 1980. | 2021-06-14T19:11:39Z | |
| 96-hconres-354 | 96 | hconres | 354 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should exercise his authority to restore the peaceful and orderly processing under the immigration laws of Cuban nationals who recently arrived in the United States and to remove, in accordance with law, from the United States those Cuban nationals who participate in acts of destruction or violence at the sites of such processing. | Immigration | 1980-06-04 | 1980-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | H000449 | 27 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should restore and maintain the peaceful processing of Cubans, and identify and remove from the United States those Cubans who participated in acts of destruction at the processing sites. | 2021-06-14T19:11:39Z | |
| 96-hconres-355 | 96 | hconres | 355 | A concurrent resolution urging the President to immediately order the expulsion from this country of those Cuban immigrants who have participated in rioting and other civil disturbances at various processing centers. | Immigration | 1980-06-04 | 1980-06-04 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] | MO | D | S000465 | 34 | Urges the President to expel those Cuban immigrants who have participated in rioting and other civil disturbances at various processing centers. | 2021-06-14T19:11:39Z | |
| 96-sconres-98 | 96 | sconres | 98 | A concurrent resolution urging the President of the United States to immediately give refugee status to recently arrived Cubans. | Immigration | 1980-06-02 | 1980-06-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 0 | Calls upon the President to designate as refugees those Cubans who have arrived in the United States in the last 60 days so that State and local governments currently responsible for them can qualify for Federal assistance pursuant to the Refugee Act of 1980. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-7425 | 96 | hr | 7425 | A bill to amend the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act of 1976 to provide for assistance to educational agencies for services provided to Cuban and Haitian refugee children. | Immigration | 1980-05-21 | 1980-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Stack, Edward J. [D-FL-12] | FL | D | S000772 | 0 | Amends the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act of 1976 to include Caribbean refugee children within the coverage of such Act. Defines "Caribbean refugee children" as children from alien families who: (1) because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion, fled from Cuba or Haiti; (2) cannot return there because of fear of such persecution; (3) are in urgent need of assistance; and (4) are paroled into the United States on or after January 1, 1979. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 96-hr-7398 | 96 | hr | 7398 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for labor certification on an area-wide, rather than on a country-wide, basis for admittance of temporary agricultural laborers. | Immigration | 1980-05-20 | 1980-05-20 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14] | CA | R | S000393 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for labor certification on an areawide, rather than on a countrywide, basis for admitting temporary agricultural workers. | 2021-06-14T19:43:46Z | |
| 96-hr-7399 | 96 | hr | 7399 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the admission of aliens for temporary agricultural employment. | Immigration | 1980-05-20 | 1980-05-20 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14] | CA | R | S000393 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" those persons with a permanent foreign residence coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural work, if the Secretary of Agriculture has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to do such work, and wages and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Requires the Secretary, upon an employer's request for such alien workers, to refer domestic workers to such employer, or certify such alien workers, within 20 days. Sets forth a procedure for an employer to challenge the qualifications of any such referred domestic workers. | 2021-06-14T19:43:46Z | |
| 96-hr-7345 | 96 | hr | 7345 | A bill to confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Ihor Daschko. | Immigration | 1980-05-14 | 1980-05-14 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | F000078 | 0 | Confers United States citizenship posthumously upon Ihor Daschko. | 2021-06-14T19:43:36Z | |
| 96-sconres-94 | 96 | sconres | 94 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States not admit more than 650,000 immigrants in fiscal year 1980. | Immigration | 1980-05-14 | 1980-05-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] | KY | D | H000905 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should not admit more than 650,000 immigrants, including refugees, in fiscal year 1980, and that the President shall submit to the Congress an annual U.S. immigration goal. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-7296 | 96 | hr | 7296 | American Sovereignty Protection Act | Immigration | 1980-05-07 | 1980-05-07 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | R000262 | 0 | American Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Alien Enemies Act to include within the definition of a predatory act against the United States: (1) the seizure of a diplomatic mission; or (2) the seizure of such premises together with the taking of diplomatic hostages. | 2025-09-02T13:54:41Z | |
| 96-hr-7273 | 96 | hr | 7273 | Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1980 | Immigration | 1980-05-06 | 1980-12-01 | Placed on calendar in Senate. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 5 | (Measure passed House, amended) Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" an alien (and accompanying spouse and children) having a foreign residence (with no intention of abandoning such residence) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational, language, or other nonacademic institution approved by the Attorney General. Provides that such vocational-nonacademic student category shall become effective six months after enactment of this Act. Redefines the definition of "child" to include: (1) an illegitimate child through whom, or on whose behalf, a status or benefit under such Act is sought by virtue of the relationship to its natural father; (2) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (3) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act. Limits the existing drug-related provision relating to good moral character to "trafficking in narcotics." Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his/her discretionary waiver of excludability. Includes drug offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents seeking admission as immigrants. Eliminates a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as an admission requirement for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1978. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Permits such an alien to change his/her d… | 2025-09-02T13:54:41Z | |
| 96-hr-7261 | 96 | hr | 7261 | 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, non-immigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or American Samoa. | Immigration | 1980-05-05 | 1980-05-05 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | 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 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. | 2021-06-14T19:43:11Z | |
| 96-hr-7204 | 96 | hr | 7204 | A bill to amend the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 to provide for appropriate graduate medical education and training for alien graduates of foreign medical schools, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1980-04-29 | 1980-05-13 | Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 96-943 (Part I). | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 3 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 96-943 (Part I)) Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 and the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as one of the requirements for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school to be admitted as an immigrant or nonimmigrant exchange visitor. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Makes such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978. Extends the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1983. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7118 | 96 | hr | 7118 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of certain aliens for graduate medical education or training programs. | Immigration | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the requirement that an alien graduate of a foreign medical school must pass the National Board of Medical Examiners examination for admission as an immigrant or nonimmigrant exchange visitor if such alien was permanently licensed to practice medicine in a State, and was practicing on January 9, 1977. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be for the time typically required to complete the designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Makes such provision applicable to aliens entering the United States as exchange visitors on or after January 10, 1978. Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Extends the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1982 (with a discretionary one year extension for programs which have substantially reduced their reliance on such aliens). Directs that the Secretary of Health and Human Services make a case-by-case determination regarding such waiver. Adds the additional requirement before such waiver may be authorized that the medical program concerned have an approved plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians, including descriptions of: (1) problems anticipated without such waiver and alternative methods to reduce any health services disruption; (2) changes in the program and recruiting efforts to attract U.S. citizens; and (3) how the program, on a yearly basis, has phased down its dependence on such aliens. Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to: (1) monitor the issuance of such waivers and programs; and (2) report to the Congress at the start of each fiscal year beginning in 1981 on the nationality, specialization, and geog… | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-7125 | 96 | hr | 7125 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1980-04-22 | 1980-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 1 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from certain visa or border crossing identification card requirements an alien who is applying for admission as a tourist or business visitor (not to exceed 90 days) and who is a national of a country which: (1) extends reciprocal privileges to U.S. citizens; (2) has a nonimmigrant visa refusal rate of less than two percent; and (3) is determined to be a country whose nationals do not represent a security threat to the United States. Prohibits such an alien from: (1) having his/her status adjusted to that of an immigrant; or (2) changing his/her nonimmigrant classification. | 2021-06-14T19:42:35Z | |
| 96-s-2580 | 96 | s | 2580 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide procedures for administrative correction of the dates of birth of certain naturalized citizens. | Immigration | 1980-04-17 | 1980-04-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schweiker, Richard S. [R-PA] | PA | R | S000159 | 12 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to correct the birthdates on naturalization certificates of individuals admitted as immigrants between December 22, 1945, and November 1, 1954, if such original misrepresentation was predicated upon a fear of persecution if repatriated rather than to evade the existing immigration quotas. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-7058 | 96 | hr | 7058 | A bill to amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended. | Immigration | 1980-04-15 | 1980-04-15 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with regard to alien graduates of foreign medical schools to provide that: (1) such an alien's stay in the United States shall be for the time required to complete the designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension); (2) such an alien may change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within one year after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States); and (3) such duration of stay and course change provisions shall apply to those aliens entering the United States as exchange visitors (or acquiring such status while in the United States) on or after January 10, 1977. | 2021-06-14T19:42:18Z | |
| 96-hr-6957 | 96 | hr | 6957 | A bill to amend section 312(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. | Immigration | 1980-03-27 | 1980-03-27 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from English language naturalization requirements certain political refugees who are over 50 years old and have lived in the United States for at least five years. | 2021-06-14T19:41:55Z | |
| 96-hr-6960 | 96 | hr | 6960 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Public Health Service Act to reduce dependence on alien graduates of foreign medical schools in United States hospitals, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1980-03-27 | 1980-03-27 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | R000053 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding alien graduates of foreign medical schools to: (1) require medical schools to submit to the Commissioner on Immigration and Naturalization and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) an assessment of staffing requirements in the hospital departments in which the alien will be trained, and a staff utilization plan; (2) limit such alien's stay to the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension); (3) permit such alien to change his designated course of medical study, upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency (presently must continue course of education under which admitted into the United States); (4) make such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978; and (5) extend the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1985. Amends the Public Health Service Act to consider as health manpower shortage areas hospitals with a residency training program in which more than 25 percent of the positions in such program are filled by alien graduates of foreign medical schools. Provides; (1) for priority assignments of National Health Service Corps personnel at such hospitals; and (2) that whenever possible such assignments shall reduce the number of alien residents at such hospitals. Establishes financial incentives for such replacement. Permits such residency to be counted toward satisfying the period of obligated Corps service. Directs the Secretary, in order to reduce hospital dependence on alien graduates of foreign medical schools, to: (1) identify the States, and the hospitals in such States, in which such aliens fill more than 25 percent of the places in residency training programs; and (2) develop a plan to reduce such dependence. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 96-hr-6941 | 96 | hr | 6941 | American Sovereignty Protection Act | Immigration | 1980-03-26 | 1980-03-26 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 30 | American Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Alien Enemies Act to include within the definition of a predatory act against the United States: (1) the seizure of a diplomatic mission; or (2) the seizure of such premises together with the taking of diplomatic hostages. | 2025-09-02T13:54:32Z | |
| 96-s-2437 | 96 | s | 2437 | American Sovereignty Protection Act | Immigration | 1980-03-19 | 1980-03-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye [R-CA] | CA | R | H000384 | 10 | American Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Alien Enemies Acts to include within the definition of a predatory act against the United States; (1) the seizure of a diplomatic mission; or (2) the seizure of such premises together with the taking of diplomatic hostages. | 2025-09-02T13:56:51Z | |
| 96-hr-6663 | 96 | hr | 6663 | Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1980 | Immigration | 1980-02-28 | 1980-02-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 0 | Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" an alien (and accompanying spouse and children) having a foreign residence (with no intention of abandoning such residence) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational, language, or other nonacademic institution approved by the Attorney General. Redefines the definition of "child" to include: (1) an illegitimate child through whom, or on whose behalf, a status or benefit under such Act is sought by virtue of the relationship to its natural father; (2) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (3) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act. Limits the existing drug-related provision relating to good moral character to "trafficking in narcotics." Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Exempts specified aliens with medical specialties practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1977, from alien exclusion provisions. Repeals certain reporting requirements under such provisions. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit for permanent residence certain aliens: (1) otherwise excludable for specified drug- related convictions; and (2) having immigrant visas, but excludable for other specified reasons, and who could not have been aware through reasonable diligence of such excludability before coming to the United States. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (… | 2025-09-02T13:54:21Z | |
| 96-s-2366 | 96 | s | 2366 | A bill to require adjustments in census population figures for aliens in the United States illegally so as to prevent distortions in the reapportionment of the House of Representatives, the legislative apportionment and districting of the States, and the allocation of funds under Federal assistance programs. | Immigration | 1980-02-28 | 1980-02-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] | KY | D | H000905 | 9 | Requires adjustments in census population figures for illegal aliens so as not to count such people for purposes of reapportionment of the House of Representatives, legislative apportionment and districting of the States, and allocation of Federal funds. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 96-hr-6611 | 96 | hr | 6611 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide procedures for administrative correction of the dates of birth of certain naturalized citizens. | Immigration | 1980-02-26 | 1980-02-26 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | H000930 | 58 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to correct the birthdates on naturalization certificates of individuals admitted as immigrants between December 22, 1945, and November 1, 1954, if such original misrepresentation was predicated upon a fear of persecution if repatriated rather than to evade the existing immigration quotas. | 2021-06-14T19:40:30Z | |
| 96-hr-6303 | 96 | hr | 6303 | A bill to repeal Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1980-01-28 | 1980-01-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-23] | CA | D | B000318 | 28 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate "sexual deviation" as a grounds for excluding an alien from admission into the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:39:26Z | |
| 96-s-2210 | 96 | s | 2210 | A bill to repeal Section 212(a) (4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1980-01-23 | 1980-01-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 1 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate "sexual deviation" as a grounds for excluding an alien from admission into the United States. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hconres-248 | 96 | hconres | 248 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should temporarily suspend the entry into the United States of aliens who are nationals of the Islamic Republic of Iran, except in individual circumstances of grave humanitarian concern. | Immigration | 1980-01-22 | 1980-01-22 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Whittaker, Bob [R-KS-5] | KS | R | W000426 | 36 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should suspend the entry of aliens from Iran until the U.S. hostages in Iran are released or full relations are restored between Iran and the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:11:10Z | |
| 96-s-2198 | 96 | s | 2198 | A bill for the relief of certain aliens distressed as the result of a natural calamity, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1980-01-22 | 1980-01-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 0 | Authorizes 2,000 special nonquota immigrant visas for Portuguese citizens or nationals (and their accompanying dependents) displaced by the earthquake in the Azores Islands on January 1, 1980. Exempts such aliens from nonimmigrant visas fees. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hr-6096 | 96 | hr | 6096 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make certain nonimmigrant aliens subject to deportation if convicted of a crime. | Immigration | 1979-12-11 | 1979-12-11 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] | OH | D | M001044 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students convicted of a crime at any time after entry into the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:38:42Z | |
| 96-hr-6046 | 96 | hr | 6046 | United States Flag Protection Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-12-06 | 1979-12-06 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 9 | United States Flag Protection Act of 1979 - Includes conviction of desecrating the United States flag as a grounds for deportation. | 2025-09-02T13:54:05Z | |
| 96-hr-6062 | 96 | hr | 6062 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of any alien in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa who knowingly participates in a political demonstration, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 1979-12-06 | 1979-12-06 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | S000320 | 4 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to deport any nonimmigrant alien who knowingly participates in a political demonstration. Makes any such deported alien ineligible for future entry into the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such deportation or related provisions if in the interest of the United States. Limits student visas to a one-year period, with extensions of not more than one year for each such extension. | 2021-06-14T19:38:32Z | |
| 96-hres-496 | 96 | hres | 496 | A resolution urging the Attorney General of the United States to expedite certain deportation proceedings with respect to certain Iranians. | Immigration | 1979-12-03 | 1979-12-03 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-13] | NJ | R | C000809 | 1 | Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should move to deport any Iranian national in violation of his/her entry conditions, particularly if convicted of a criminal offense involving physical harm, property destruction, or acts of terrorism. | 2021-06-14T19:14:08Z | |
| 96-hr-5982 | 96 | hr | 5982 | A bill to amend the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to certain deportable aliens. | Immigration | 1979-11-28 | 1979-11-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-13] | NJ | R | C000809 | 11 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens an alien convicted of a crime of moral turpitude at any time after entry, regardless of whether imprisoned or not. States that such provision shall apply only to crimes committed after January 1, 1979. Reduces from six months to one month the period in which: (1) the Attorney General must effectuate a final order of deportation; (2) an alien so ordered must leave the United States or be in violation of law; and (3) a petition for judicial review of a deportation order must be filed. | 2021-06-14T19:38:15Z | |
| 96-hr-5948 | 96 | hr | 5948 | United States Flag Protection Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-11-26 | 1979-11-26 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 0 | United States Flag Protection Act of 1979 - Includes conviction of desecrating the United States flag as a grounds for deportation. | 2025-09-02T13:54:05Z | |
| 96-hr-5925 | 96 | hr | 5925 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of certain nonimmigrant alien students. | Immigration | 1979-11-16 | 1979-11-16 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Dickinson, William L. [R-AL-2] | AL | R | D000326 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students: (1) who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property; or (2) whose government engages in or permits hostile actions against United States citizens or property, including the seizure of United States Embassy or Consulate buildings and the taking of hostages. | 2021-06-14T19:38:00Z | |
| 96-hr-5908 | 96 | hr | 5908 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of nonimmigrant alien students who knowingly participated in a violent political demonstration or otherwise participated in activities inconsistent with the terms of their admittance to the United States. | Immigration | 1979-11-15 | 1979-11-15 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Fary, John G. [D-IL-5] | IL | D | F000040 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students. | 2021-06-14T19:37:57Z | |
| 96-hr-5919 | 96 | hr | 5919 | Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-11-15 | 1979-11-15 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 3 | Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with regard to non-immigrant student status to: (1) limit its applicability to academic institutions; (2) authorize non-immigrant student status for vocational, language, or other recognized non-academic study (on the same entry basis as academic students); and (3) authorize the Attorney General to withdraw school approval for any satisfactory reason (presently limited to withdrawal for failure to make required reports). Eliminates from the definition of "ineligible to citizenship" persons exempt by treaty from United States military service. Eliminates (with a new ceiling to be added at a later date) the 290,000 annual worldwide ceiling on immigration to the United States. Eliminates (with a new ceiling to be added at a later date) the 20,000 annual national ceiling on immigration from contiguous nations (Mexico and Canada). Provides that unused visas by a contiguous country in any fiscal year shall be made available to the other contiguous country in the following year. Places a five year time limit (presently indefinite) on the requirement that aliens deported or removed from the United States must get the consent of the Attorney General in order to reapply for admission. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit aliens as immigrants if otherwise admissible except for specified defects in their immigrant papers, provided such inadmissibility was not known to such aliens and could not have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year non-renewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; and (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the Unit… | 2025-09-02T13:54:05Z | |
| 96-hr-5921 | 96 | hr | 5921 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to order deported any nonimmigrant alien who, while participating in a political demonstration, engages in violent activity. | Immigration | 1979-11-15 | 1979-11-15 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Zeferetti, Leo C. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | Z000002 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to deport any nonimmigrant alien who engages in violent activity during a political demonstration. | 2021-06-14T19:38:00Z | |
| 96-hr-5865 | 96 | hr | 5865 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the immediate deportation of any alien in the United States on a student or other nonimmigrant visa who, while participating in a political demonstration, engages in violent or illegal activity. | Immigration | 1979-11-13 | 1979-11-13 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 9 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to deport any student or other nonimmigrant alien who engages in violent or illegal activity while participating in a political demonstration. Makes any such deported alien ineligible for future entry into the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such deportation or related provisions if such waiver is in the interest of the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:37:46Z | |
| 96-hr-5853 | 96 | hr | 5853 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the annual review of immigrant student visas, for the automatic review of such a visa whenever the student is convicted of a criminal offense, and to make a nonimmigrant student who is convicted of a criminal offense subject to deportation. | Immigration | 1979-11-09 | 1979-11-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5] | TN | D | B000615 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General: (1) to annually review the status of foreign students in the United States; and (2) to determine whether any such foreign student convicted of a crime in the United States should be deported. Includes within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students convicted of any crime in the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:37:41Z | |
| 96-hr-5855 | 96 | hr | 5855 | Violent Demonstration Deportation Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-11-09 | 1979-11-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Evans, Thomas B., Jr. [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | E000258 | 17 | Violent Demonstration Deportation Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens an alien who participates in any demonstration in which personal injury or significant property damage occurs. | 2025-09-02T13:54:00Z | |
| 96-hr-5863 | 96 | hr | 5863 | A bill to prohibit any Iranian student in the United States from receiving any form of Federal assistance. | Immigration | 1979-11-09 | 1979-11-09 | Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | R000262 | 0 | Makes any Iranian citizen who is in the United States on a student visa ineligible to receive any form of Federal assistance. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 96-hres-482 | 96 | hres | 482 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the situation in Iran and the attitudes and conduct of Iranian nationals presently in the United States. | Immigration | 1979-11-09 | 1979-11-09 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Crane, Daniel B. [R-IL-22] | IL | R | C000871 | 0 | Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that the President should take necessary and appropriate steps to expel any Iranian national who violates his/her entry conditions by unlawfully demonstrating, or committing hostile actions against the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:14:05Z | |
| 96-hr-5846 | 96 | hr | 5846 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of certain nonimmigrant alien students. | Immigration | 1979-11-08 | 1979-11-08 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 23 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students: (1) who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property; or (2) whose government engages in or permits hostile actions against United States citizens or property, including the seizure of United States Embassy or Consulate buildings and the taking of hostages. | 2021-06-14T19:37:40Z | |
| 96-hr-5848 | 96 | hr | 5848 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of nonimmigrant alien students who knowingly participated in a violent political demonstration or otherwise participated in activities inconsistent with the terms of their admittance to the United States. | Immigration | 1979-11-08 | 1979-11-08 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2] | GA | D | M000244 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students. | 2021-06-14T19:37:41Z | |
| 96-hr-5852 | 96 | hr | 5852 | A bill to provide for the deportation from the United States of certain aliens who engage in demonstrations in support of acts of anti-American terrorism. | Immigration | 1979-11-08 | 1979-11-08 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] | TX | D | W000570 | 0 | Provides for the deportation of foreign nationals in the United States who engage in public demonstrations in support of anti-American terrorism. | 2021-06-14T19:37:41Z | |
| 96-hres-480 | 96 | hres | 480 | A resolution urging the Attorney General to revoke immediately student visas held by Iranian citizens who participate in political demonstrations in the United States and to require that all Iranian citizens in the United States submit to the Immigration and Naturalization Service a statement of their intention to respect the laws of the United States. | Immigration | 1979-11-08 | 1979-11-08 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Beard, Edward [D-RI-2] | RI | D | B000279 | 0 | Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General: (1) revoke immediately student visas held by Iranian citizens who participate in political demonstrations in the United States, and (2) require that all Iranian citizens in the United States submit to the Immigration and Naturalization Service a statement of their intention to respect the laws of the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:14:05Z | |
| 96-hr-5813 | 96 | hr | 5813 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of nonimmigrant alien students who knowingly participated in a violent political demonstration or otherwise participated in activities inconsistent with the terms of their admittance to the United States. | Immigration | 1979-11-07 | 1979-11-07 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hightower, Jack E. [D-TX-13] | TX | D | H000582 | 75 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the categories of deportable aliens foreign students who knowingly participated in a political demonstration resulting in, or intending to result in, injury or damage to another's person or property. Permits the Attorney General to suspend deportation of such foreign students. | 2021-06-14T19:37:35Z | |
| 96-hres-477 | 96 | hres | 477 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should immediately revoke all student visas held by citizens of Iran who have engaged in activities prejudicial to the public interest of the United States. | Immigration | 1979-11-07 | 1979-11-07 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | D000446 | 39 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should: (1) immediately revoke all student visas held by Iranians who have engaged in activities prejudicial to the public interest of the United States; (2) deny all future student visas to Iranians; and (3) deport immediately all Iranians who are in the United States illegally. | 2021-06-14T19:14:04Z | |
| 96-s-1986 | 96 | s | 1986 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit mentally retarded adults to become United States citizens. | Immigration | 1979-11-07 | 1979-11-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow United States citizen parents to petition for the naturalization of a mentally retarded child born outside the United States without regard to such child's age. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hjres-422 | 96 | hjres | 422 | A joint resolution amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage the participation of undocumented aliens in the 1980 Decennial Census. | Immigration | 1979-10-16 | 1979-10-16 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 1 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the exclusion or deportation of persons from the United States on the basis of information gotten from the 1980 decennial census. Stipulates that such prohibition shall not apply to such information if in a statistical or aggregate form which does not identify any individual. | 2021-06-14T19:16:52Z | |
| 96-hjres-411 | 96 | hjres | 411 | A joint resolution conferring United States citizenship posthumously on Rosinella Verdi. | Immigration | 1979-09-28 | 1979-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-13] | NJ | R | C000809 | 0 | Confers United States citizenship on Rosinella Verdi, posthumously. | 2021-06-14T19:16:47Z | |
| 96-hr-5489 | 96 | hr | 5489 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for third preference treatment of alien investors. | Immigration | 1979-09-28 | 1979-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide third preference immigration priority for aliens who are investing at least $200,000 in an enterprise in the United States of which they will be principal managers and which will employ United States citizens or permanent residents. | 2021-06-14T19:36:21Z | |
| 96-hr-5490 | 96 | hr | 5490 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for third preference treatment of alien investors. | Immigration | 1979-09-28 | 1979-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide third preference immigration priority for aliens who are investing a substantial amount in an enterprise in the United States of which they will be principal managers and which will employ United States citizens or permanent residents. | 2021-06-14T19:36:21Z | |
| 96-s-1773 | 96 | s | 1773 | A bill to recognize United States passports issued to individuals identified therein as citizens of the United States as proof of citizenship. | Immigration | 1979-09-19 | 1979-09-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 0 | Gives valid passports issued to U.S. citizens the same effect as certificates of naturalization in all Federal, State, and territorial courts and offices. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 96-s-1763 | 96 | s | 1763 | Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-09-18 | 1980-07-23 | Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 96-859. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 96-859) Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1980 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with regard to nonimmigrant student status to: (1) limit its applicability to academic institutions; (2) authorize nonimmigrant student status for vocational, language, or other recognized nonacademic study (on the same entry basis as academic students); and (3) authorize the Attorney General to withdraw school approval for any satisfactory reason (presently limited to withdrawal for failure to make required reports). Eliminates from the definition of "ineligible to citizenship" persons exempt by treaty prior to June 27, 1952, from United States military service. Includes within the definition of "special immigrant" certain employees of international organizations and their immediate families who have resided in the United States for at least five years. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of child for purposes of status, or privilege under such Act. Provides 60,195 additional immigrant visas for: (1) certain immediate family members of permanent residents from Mexico, the Philippines, Hong Kong, or Belize; and (2) certain immigrant investors. States that all other immigration requirements regarding such people must be met. Exempts from the exclusion provisions of such Act an alien physician who: (1) was a fully licensed practicing doctor in a State as of January 9, 1977; (2) has continuously been so licensed and practicing since that date; and (3) was beneficiary of a professional or occupational preference visa petition on or before such date. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, to waive visa requirements for a foreign national visiting the United States for 90 days or less for business or pleasure if such national is from a country: (1) which extends, or is prepared to extend, reciprocal privileges to U.S. ci… | 2025-09-02T13:56:29Z | |
| 96-hr-5254 | 96 | hr | 5254 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the transportation of undocumented aliens. | Immigration | 1979-09-12 | 1979-09-12 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] | TX | D | H000070 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the refunding of fines paid by persons unlawfully bringing aliens into the United States if such aliens are admitted (or paroled) into the United States. | 2021-06-14T19:35:25Z | |
| 96-hr-5261 | 96 | hr | 5261 | Illegal Alien Control Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-09-12 | 1979-09-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Treen, David C. [R-LA-3] | LA | R | T000362 | 6 | Illegal Alien Control Act of 1977 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine-readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality A… | 2025-09-02T13:53:49Z | |
| 96-hr-5197 | 96 | hr | 5197 | A bill to provide a three-year residency requirement for aliens receiving supplemental security income benefits and to require every alien admitted for permanent residence to have a sponsor who will contract to support him for three years, or to have other means of support. | Immigration | 1979-09-06 | 1979-09-06 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-15] | IL | R | C000773 | 0 | Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the three years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under title XVI. Exempts from the three-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees or parolees into this country; (2) with respect to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such three-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission, a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in title XVI, during the three-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant; or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a parolee or political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action. Declares a support agreement excused and unenforceable if: (1) the sponsor dies or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (2) the alien becomes blind or disabled from causes arising after admission to the U.S.; (3) the sponsor can affirmatively demonstrate that his or her financial resources have diminished beyond the sponsor's control and that th… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 96-hr-5083 | 96 | hr | 5083 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the waiver of certain nonimmigrant visa requirements. | Immigration | 1979-08-02 | 1979-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 2 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the waiver of certain passport and visa requirements for nonimmigrants seeking temporary admission (90 days or less) to the United States for business or pleasure purposes, and who are nationals of foreign countries which: (1) have a refusal rate for such admissions of less than two and one-half percent; and (2) extend reciprocal privileges to American nationals. | 2021-06-14T19:34:42Z | |
| 96-hr-5087 | 96 | hr | 5087 | Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-08-02 | 1979-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 0 | Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" an alien (and accompanying spouse and children) having a foreign residence (with no intention of abandoning such residence) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational, language, or other non-academic institution approved by the Attorney General. Redefines the definition of "child" to include: (1) a child legitimated before the age of 18; (2) an illegitimate child through whom, or on whose behalf, a status or benefit under such Act is sought by virtue of the relationship to its natural father; (3) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (4) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act. Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Exempts specified aliens with medical specialties practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1977, from alien exclusion provisions. Repeals certain reporting requirements under such provisions. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit for permanent residence certain aliens: (1) otherwise excludable for specified drug-related convictions; and (2) having immigrant visas but excludable for other specified reasons who could not have been aware through reasonable diligence of such excludability before coming to the United States. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year non-renewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; and (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory c… | 2025-09-02T13:53:41Z | |
| 96-hr-5114 | 96 | hr | 5114 | Illegal Alien Control Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-08-02 | 1979-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43] | CA | R | B001080 | 34 | Illegal Alien Control Act of 1977 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine-readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality A… | 2025-09-02T13:53:44Z | |
| 96-hr-5128 | 96 | hr | 5128 | United States-Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1979 | Immigration | 1979-08-02 | 1979-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-34] | CA | R | L000517 | 11 | United States - Mexico Good Neighbor Employment Act of 1979 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a program for the non-immigrant 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 non-immigrant status may not be adjusted to that of an immigrant. Prohibits the Attorney General from consenting to the reapplication for admission of any such workers whose 180-day limitation has been exhausted. Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish and expand United States Consulates in Mexico in order to implement such temporary worker program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make the nature of such program known to Mexican nationals residing in the United States. 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. | 2025-09-02T13:53:46Z | |
| 96-hr-5153 | 96 | hr | 5153 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include in the definition of special immigrant an immigrant entering the United States to pursue a course of religious study in order to carry on the vocation of minister. | Immigration | 1979-08-02 | 1979-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Nedzi, Lucien N. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | N000019 | 28 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" an immigrant (and accompanying spouse and children) entering the United States to pursue a course of religious study at an institute of religious training, which is registered with the Attorney General, in order to carry out the vocation of minister of a religious denomination having a bona fide organization in the United States and needing the services of such immigrant. | 2021-06-14T19:34:53Z | |
| 96-hr-5013 | 96 | hr | 5013 | A bill to provide for the entry of certain relatives of United States citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. | Immigration | 1979-07-30 | 1979-07-30 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Provides that an alien born in a Communist or Communist-dominated country who filed an immigrant petition before July 1, 1979, as a preference category immigrant based on family ties with a United States citizen or permanent resident (regardless of whether such citizen or resident is presently alive) shall be admitted without regard to certain numerical limitations on immigration. | 2021-06-14T19:34:24Z | |
| 96-s-1566 | 96 | s | 1566 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for certain retired officers and employees, and certain children and surviving spouses of officers and employees, of international organizations. | Immigration | 1979-07-24 | 1979-07-24 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" aliens who have resided continuously in the United States for at least five years prior to applying for immigrant status and who are: (1) unmarried children (not older than 25) of officers or employees of specified international organizations; (2) surviving spouses of such deceased officers and employees; and (3) retired officers or employees of such organizations. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 96-hres-382 | 96 | hres | 382 | A resolution calling upon the President to urge the Soviet Government to waive, with respect to certain United States citizens and citizens of Eastern European countries, the new Soviet law relating to dual citizenship. | Immigration | 1979-07-19 | 1979-07-19 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] | PA | R | R000277 | 17 | Calls upon the Soviet Union to waive application of a Soviet dual citizenship law with respect to citizens of the United States and Eastern Europe. Declares that the United States will not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics, if adequate assurances are not received from the Soviets regarding such waiver. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hres-362 | 96 | hres | 362 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the President's providing emergency assistance to Indochinese refugees. | Immigration | 1979-07-17 | 1979-07-17 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House that the President should: (1) arrange for the immediate U.S. entry of approved Indochinese refugees; (2) direct emergency measures to rescue refugees on the high seas; and (3) establish a U.S. transit center for screening and processing refugees. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 96-hr-4723 | 96 | hr | 4723 | A bill to provide a three-year residency requirement for aliens receiving supplemental security income benefits and to require every alien admitted for permanent residence to have a sponsor who will contract to support him for three years, or to have other means of support. | Immigration | 1979-07-10 | 1979-07-10 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the three years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under title XVI. Exempts from the three-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees or parolees into this country; (2) with respect to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such three-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission, a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in title XVI, during the three-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant; or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a parolee or political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action. Declares a support agreement excused and unenforceable if: (1) the sponsor dies or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (2) the alien becomes blind or disabled from causes arising after admission to the U.S.; (3) the sponsor can affirmatively demonstrate that his or her financial resources have diminished beyond the sponsor's control and that th… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z |
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