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Calendar No. 784
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4681
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATE
July 12, 2000
Received
July 27, 2000
Read the first time
September 5, 2000
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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AN ACT
To provide for the adjustment of status of certain Syrian nationals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) President Bush and President Clinton successively
conducted successful negotiations with the Government of Syria
to bring about the release of members of the Syrian Jewish
population and their immigration to the United States.
(2) In order to accommodate the Syrian Government, the
United States was required to admit these aliens by first
granting them temporary nonimmigrant visas and subsequently
granting them asylum, rather than admitting them as refugees
(as is ordinarily done when the United States grants refuge to
members of a persecuted alien minority group).
(3) The asylee status of these aliens has resulted in a
long and unnecessary delay in their adjustment to lawful
permanent resident status that would not have been encountered
had they been admitted as refugees.
(4) This delay has impaired these aliens' ability to work
in their chosen professions, travel freely, and apply for
naturalization.
(5) The Attorney General should act without further delay
to grant lawful permanent resident status to these aliens in
accordance with section 2.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN SYRIAN NATIONALS.
(a) Adjustment of Status.--Subject to subsection (c), the Attorney
General shall adjust the status of an alien described in subsection (b)
to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if the
alien--
(1) applies for adjustment of status under this section not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act
or applied for adjustment of status under the Immigration and
Nationality Act before the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) has been physically present in the United States for at
least 1 year after being granted asylum;
(3) is not firmly resettled in any foreign country; and
(4) is admissible as an immigrant under the Immigration and
Nationality Act at the time of examination for adjustment of
such alien.
(b) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.--The benefits
provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien--
(1) who--
(A) is a Jewish national of Syria;
(B) arrived in the United States after December 31,
1991, after being permitted by the Syrian Government to
depart from Syria; and
(C) is physically present in the United States at
the time of filing the application described in
subsection (a)(1); or
(2) who is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter
of an alien described in paragraph (1).
(c) Numerical Limitation.--The total number of aliens whose status
may be adjusted under this section may not exceed 2,000.
(d) Record of Permanent Residence.--Upon approval of an application
for adjustment of status under this section, the Attorney General shall
establish a record of the alien's admission for lawful permanent
residence as of the date 1 year before the date of the approval of the
application.
(e) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Attorney General
shall provide to applicants for adjustment of status under subsection
(a) the same right to, and procedures for, administrative review as are
provided to applicants for adjustment of status under section 209(b) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)).
(f) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.--Whenever an alien is
granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent
residence pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall not be
required to reduce the number of immigrant visas authorized to be
issued under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(g) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions.--The
definitions contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall
apply in the administration of this section. The fact that an alien may
be eligible to be granted the status of having been lawfully admitted
for permanent residence under this section shall not preclude the alien
from seeking such status under any other provision of law for which the
alien may be eligible.
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 784
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4681
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To provide for the adjustment of status of certain Syrian nationals.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 5, 2000
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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