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Bill· HRH.R. 7778 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of any immigrant unless a United States citizen has agreed in writing to sponsor and to provide financial support to such immigrant for five years after entering the United States. Makes such agreement enforceable against the sponsor in the United States district court for the district in which the sponsor resides.
Bill· HRH.R. 7762 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1977
Title I: Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act - Prohibits, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. Authorizes the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each alien if a violation occurs within two years after the Service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearings and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien with respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Permits the Attorney General to adjust the status of any illegal alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if such alien has been continuously physically present in the United States since June 30, 1970, and who on June 30, 1977, is the spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother, or sister of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or whose departure from the United States would result in unusual hardship. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose to the Attorney General the name and most recent address of any illegal alien who is receiving assistance under the Social Security Act. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both. Allows the Attorney General to deport any alien who has become a public charge within five years after entry from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen after entry. Title II: Border Enforcement - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 4,000 border patrol officers. Requires the Attorney General to annually report to Congress the results of the border enforcement program.
Bill· SS. 1684 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow medical facilities to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for emergency medical treatment given aliens unlawfully in the United States if such aliens are unable to pay the cost of such treatment or can pay only a part of the cost and the aliens or medical facilities which provided such treatment are not eligible under any public assistance program for payment or reimbursement of such cost. Requires that an application for reimbursement be submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth criteria for determining whether such an application shall be approved.
Bill· HRH.R. 7731 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of any immigrant unless a United States citizen has agreed in writing to sponsor and to provide financial support to such immigrant for five years after entering the United States. Makes such agreement enforceable against the sponsor in the United States district court for the district in which the sponsor resides.
Bill· HRH.R. 7667 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to waive exclusion or deportation from the United States of an alien who has been convicted of distributing, selling, or possessing marihuana, or of conspiring to distribute, sell, or possess marihuana.
Bill· HRH.R. 7609 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1977
Establishes a Virgin Islands Immigration Commission to review on a case-by-case basis, the status, circumstances, and character of those aliens residing in the Virgin Islands of the United States who were admitted to the Virgin Islands as nonimmigrants on or before May 12, 1970 and to recommend to the Attorney General whether or not the status of such aliens should be adjusted to that of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Directs the Attorney General to review on a periodic basis the recommendations of the Commission and to adjust the status of such aliens upon a finding that: (1) the aliens can be admitted under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) the adjustment would not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed United States citizens.
Bill· HRH.R. 7533 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
Bill· HRH.R. 7523 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that resident aliens reside continuously in the United States for five years to qualify for supplemental security income benefits. Amends the Immigrations and Nationality Act to prevent an immigrant from entering the United States unless a United States citizen (immigration sponsor) executes a document, signed in the presence of an immigration officer, agreeing to support the immigrant for five years from the date of his admission at 125 percent of the current poverty level rates. Excuses the immigration sponsor from performance of the agreement if such sponsor dies or is adjudicated a bankrupt.
Bill· SS. 1601 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that employment of an illegal alien shall constitute harboring for the purposes of the Act. Prohibits the employment or referring for a fee for employment of any such alien. Permits the Attorney General to serve a citation for violations of this Act and sets civil penalties for violating this Act after such citation is served. Directs that such fines and penalties as are collected be used for the enforcement of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7366 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Directs that any alien who is a national of Chile and is not in the United States be issued a nonimmigrant visa and be admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant if the consular officer involved determines that such alien: (1) is being persecuted or is in danger of persecution in Chile on account of his political opinions; (2) is not otherwise excludable from the United States; and (3) has applied for such admission during the one year period following the enactment of this Act. States that admission under this Act shall be for a period of two years during which the aliens shall be allowed to accept employment. Directs the Attorney General to examine the case of the alien before the expiration of the two-year period and to grant permanent resident status to such eligible alien. Directs that any alien who: (1) is a national of Chile; (2) is in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) would be persecuted or be in danger of persecution in Chile on account of his political opinions, be placed in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Requires that such alien be inspected and examined for admission into the United States according to the applicable provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Regards such resident aliens, as lawfully if found to be admissible after such examination, admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of their arrival. Allows the spouse, child, or parents of a national of Chile who has been admitted to the United States pursuant to this Act, to be issued a nonimmigrant visa, admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant, and treated as other aliens issued nonimmigrant visas under this Act. Declares that aliens who acquire permanent residence status under this Act shall not be charged against the quota of immigrants allotted to Chile under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Directs the Attorney General to inform any alien who is a national of Chile or the spouse, child, or parent of a national of Chile of the treatment which may be applied for under this Act before such alien is excluded from admission into or deported from the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 7347 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Directs that any alien who is a national of Chile and is not in the United States be issued a nonimmigrant visa and be admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant if the consular officer involved determines that such alien: (1) is being persecuted or is in danger of persecution in Chile on account of his political opinions; (2) is not otherwise excludable from the United States; and (3) has applied for such admission during the one year period following the enactment of this Act. States that admission under this Act shall be for a period of two years during which the aliens shall be allowed to accept employment. Directs the Attorney General to examine the case of the alien before the expiration of the two-year period and to grant permanent resident status to such eligible alien. Directs that any alien who: (1) is a national of Chile; (2) is in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) would be persecuted or be in danger of persecution in Chile on account of his political opinions, be placed in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Requires that such alien be inspected and examined for admission into the United States according to the applicable provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Regards such resident aliens, as lawfully if found to be admissible after such examination, admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of their arrival. Allows the spouse, child, or parents of a national of Chile who has been admitted to the United States pursuant to this Act, to be issued a nonimmigrant visa, admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant, and treated as other aliens issued nonimmigrant visas under this Act. Declares that aliens who acquire permanent residence status under this Act shall not be charged against the quota of immigrants allotted to Chile under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Directs the Attorney General to inform any alien who is a national of Chile or the spouse, child, or parent of a national of Chile of the treatment which may be applied for under this Act before such alien is excluded from admission into or deported from the United States.
Bill· SS. 1573 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to exclude from the class of aliens who may have their status adjusted to that of a permanent resident, alien students who seek to enter the United States temporarily to pursue a course of study.
Bill· SS. 1574 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
States that the voluntary departure from the United States in lieu of deportation allowed by the Attorney General under the Immigration and Nationality Act may not be granted to any alien more than once.
Bill· HRH.R. 7282 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that resident aliens reside continuously in the United States for five years to qualify for supplemental security income benefits. Amends the Immigrations and Nationality Act to prevent an immigrant from entering the United States unless a United States citizen (immigration sponsor) executes a document, signed in the presence of an immigration officer, agreeing to support the immigrant for five years from the date of his admission at 125 percent of the current poverty level rates. Excuses the immigration sponsor from performance of the agreement if such sponsor dies or is adjudicated a bankrupt.
Bill· HRH.R. 7117 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
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 or labor. 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. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon receipt of such certification by the Secretary, to extend the terms of an alien's admission for periods not exceeding one year in the aggregate.
Bill· HRH.R. 7103 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 to repeal the Congressional finding that there is a sufficient number of physicians and surgeons in the United States and that there is no further need to afford preference to alien physicians and surgeons in admission to the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 7058 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Sets forth exceptions to such seizure and forfeiture provision, including a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used as a common carrier unless the owner or other person in charge was at the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy thereto. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents proscribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 6939 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1977
Illegal Alien Employment Prohibition Act - Prohibits, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. States that a person will not be deemed to have violated this Act who has made a bona fide inquiry whether a person employed or referred is a citizen or alien. States that a signed statement from such person that he is a citizen or authorized alien constitutes a bona fide inquiry provided that the writing conforms with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each alien if a violation occurs within two years after the service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearing and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Directs any officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose the name and most recent address of any illegal alien whom the employee knows to be receiving assistance under any State plan under specified titles of the Social Security Act. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 6785 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove from the class of aliens whose status may be adjusted by the Attorney General in his discretion to that of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence: (1) alien crewmen; (2) aliens who hereafter continue in or accept unauthorized employment (excepting specified relatives); and (3) specified aliens admitted in transit without a visa. Prohibits the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. States that a person will not be deemed to have violated this Act who has made a bona fide inquiry whether a person employed or referred is a citizen or alien. States that a signed statement from such person that he is a citizen or authorized alien constitutes a bona fide inquiry provided that the writing conforms with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each alien if a violation occurs within two years after the service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearing and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Directs any officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose the name and most recent address of any illegal alien whom the employee knows to be receiving assistance under any State plan under specified titles of the Social Security Act. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 6651 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Establishes a Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy to study and analyze: (1) the effect of the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act on (A) social, economic, and political conditions in the United States, (B) demographic trends, (C) present and projected unemployment in the United States, and (D) the conduct of foreign policy; (2) the extent to which such Act should apply to the territories and possessions of the United States; and to (3) review the numerical limitations of such Act on the admission of permanent resident aliens. Directs the Commission to make semiannual reports to each House of Congress. Directs the Commission to make a final report of its findings and recommendations to the President and each House of Congress to be published not later than September 30, 1980. Authorizes the Commission to appoint and fix the compensation of personnel without regard to the civil service laws, rules, and regulations. Abolishes the Commission as of the date of the filing of its final report.
Bill· HRH.R. 6560 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1977
Illegal Alien Employment Prohibition Act - Prohibits, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. States that a person will not be deemed to have violated this Act who has made a bona fide inquiry whether a person employed or referred is a citizen or alien. States that a signed statement from such person that he is a citizen or authorized alien constitutes a bona fide inquiry provided that the writing conforms with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each alien if a violation occurs within two years after the service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearing and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Directs any officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose the name and most recent address of any illegal alien whom the employee knows to be receiving assistance under any State plan under specified titles of the Social Security Act. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both.
Bill· HRH.R. 6525 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the maximum penalty for transporting and harboring illegal aliens. Prohibits the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Makes such employment or referral for employment a felony. States that a person will not be deemed to have violated this Act who: (1) has obtained from the individual to be referred or employed a signed form stating that such individual is a citizen or authorized alien; and (2) has signed a form stating that he has read such individual's validation papers. Establishes a criminal penalty for the violation of this Act. Directs the Immigration and Naturalization Service to increase its personnel by 2,500. Directs that such increase occur only in the United States Border Patrol and in the Investigations Branch of the Service. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe the forms required by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 6488 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted. Repeals the provisions of the Act which require alien children adopted by United States citizens to reside in the United States for two years in the legal custody of such citizen before being eligible for United States citizenship by naturalization.
Bill· SS. 1319 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977
Authorizes the issuance of immigration visas to aliens who are natives of the Philippines who served for at least three years in any United States Armed force during World War II and who were separated from such service under honorable conditions. Exempts such individuals from paying fees for such visas.
Bill· HRH.R. 6441 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
Bill· HRH.R. 6440 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow medical facilities to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for emergency medical treatment given aliens unlawfully in the United States if such aliens are unable to pay the cost of such treatment or can pay only a part of the cost and the aliens or medical facilities which provided such treatment are not eligible under any public assistance program for payment or reimbursement of such cost. Requires that an application for reimbursement be submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth criteria for determining whether such an application shall be approved.
Bill· HRH.R. 6328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Immigration and Jobs Displacement Reform Act - Prohibits, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each alien if a violation occurs within two years after the service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearing and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Permits the Attorney General to adjust the status any illegal alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if such alien has been continuously physically present in the United States since June 30, 1970, and who on June 30, 1977, is the spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother, or sister of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or whose departure from the United States would result in unusual hardship. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose to the Attorney General the name and most recent address of any illegal alien who is receiving assistance under the Social Security Act. Allows the Attorney General to deport any alien who has become a public charge within five years after entry from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen after entry. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State in any quarter of a fiscal year in which the Quarterly Unemployment Rate exceeds five percent to reduce the maximum number of aliens who may, during the next quarter, acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Sets forth the formula to be used to compute such reductions.
Bill· HRH.R. 6308 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate from the classes of excludable and deportable aliens those aliens who: (1) are anarchists; (2) are opposed to organized government; or (3) are members or advocates of the Communist or a totalitarian party. Amends the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to remove the prohibition against the application by a member of a Communist organization for a U.S. passport, and the issuance of a passport to such a member.
Bill· HRH.R. 6093 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977
Title I: Directs the Attorney General to adjust to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence the statistics of any alien who is physically present in the United States on January 1, 1977, and who is not otherwise excludable under specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Directs that such status adjustments be made without regard to and have no effect on any numerical limitation contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title II: Changes the numerical limitation on total lawful admissions of aliens born in any foreign area of the Western hemisphere to 45,000 for the first three quarters of any fiscal year and to a total of 170,000 for any fiscal year. Limits the total number of immigrant visas and the number of conditional entries made available to natives of any single foreign state in the Eastern Hemisphere to 20,000 in any fiscal year. Restricts to foreign states located in the Eastern Hemisphere the existing general limitation to 20,000 visas which may be granted to natives from any single foreign state in accordance with the preference priorities and percentage limitations set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title III: Changes the English language requirement for citizenship through naturalization to require the person to have an ability to read, write, and speak works in ordinary usage in the language in which the person is most literate. Title IV: Directs the Attorney General to: (1) collect from the employer of a deported alien; and (2) pay to the alien amounts due to such alien for services rendered. Requires the Attorney General to determine any taxes owing by the alien and to pay those before turning over the amount collected from the employer. Title V: Allows any person who has served honorably at any time in the Armed Forces of the United States to be naturalized without having resided, continuously immediately preceding the date of filing of such person's petition for the required period of time. Allows such person to be naturalized without passing the required examination on the history or the government of the United States. Title VI: Amends the Social Security Act to require that applicants for social security account numbers submit signed affidavits attesting to the necessary information. Subjects any person who knowingly makes a false affidavit, under this Act, to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require that a thumbprint be taken of any applicant for a social security account number. Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain an index of thumbprints taken under this Act. Title VII: Establishes the President's Commission on United States-Mexico Immigration Policy to conduct studies and develop recommendations on immigration between the United States and Mexico and its effects on domestic and international affairs respecting the United States. Requires the Commission's studies to cover: (1) prevailing and projected demographic, technological, and economic trends affecting immigration between the United States and Mexico; (2) the effects of United States immigration and trade policies and practices on relations with Mexico; and (3) the effectiveness of the operation of the immigration laws of the United States. Directs the Commission to annually transmit a report to the President and to each House of Congress containing the findings and recommendations of the Commission. Title VIII: Declares that this Act shall become effective on the date of enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 6022 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977
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 or labor. 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. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon receipt of such certification by the Secretary, to extend the terms of an alien's admission for periods not exceeding one year in the aggregate.
Bill· HRH.R. 5977 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow medical facilities to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for emergency medical treatment given aliens unlawfully in the United States if such aliens are unable to pay the cost of such treatment or can pay only a part of the cost and the aliens or medical facilities which provided such treatment are not eligible under any public assistance program for payment or reimbursement of such cost. Requires that an application for reimbursement be submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth criteria for determining whether such an application shall be approved.
Bill· HRH.R. 5973 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to subject an alien who has become a public charge within five years after entry to deportation whether or not such alien is legally liable to repay any public support received. Permits the Attorney General to exempt from deportation any alien who has become a public charge if such alien became disabled after entry. Requires State agencies administering the State plan of Aid to Families with Dependent Children to transmit quarterly reports to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare containing the name and current address of each alien who has applied for or received State aid for needy families with children. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the Attorney General a report containing the name and current address of each alien who has applied for or received benefits under the programs of Aid for Needy Families with Dependent Children, or Aged, Blind or Disabled under the Social Security Act. Directs the Attorney General to initiate an investigation with respect to any alien named in such report to determine whether such alien is deportable as a public charge under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5969 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Directs that any alien who is a national of Chile and is not in the United States be issued a nonimmigrant visa and be admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant if the consular officer involved determines that such alien: (1) is being persecuted or is in danger of persecution in Chile on account of his political opinions; (2) is not otherwise excludable from the United States; and (3) has applied for such admission during the one year period following the enactment of this Act. States that admission under this Act shall be for a period of two years during which the aliens shall be allowed to accept employment. Directs the Attorney General to examine the case of the alien before the expiration of the two-year period and to grant permanent resident status to such eligible alien. Directs that any alien who: (1) is a national of Chile; (2) is in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) would be persecuted or be in danger of persecution in Chile on account of his political opinions, be placed in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Requires that such alien be inspected and examined for admission into the United States according to the applicable provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Regards such resident aliens, as lawfully if found to be admissible after such examination, admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of their arrival. Allows the spouse, child, or parents of a national of Chile who has been admitted to the United States pursuant to this Act, to be issued a nonimmigrant visa, admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant, and treated as other aliens issued nonimmigrant visas under this Act. Declares that aliens who acquire permanent residence status under this Act shall not be charged against the quota of immigrants allotted to Chile under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Directs the Attorney General to inform any alien who is a national of Chile or the spouse, child, or parent of a national of Chile of the treatment which may be applied for under this Act before such alien is excluded from admission into or deported from the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5992 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
Bill· HRH.R. 5805 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
Bill· HRH.R. 5804 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
Bill· HRH.R. 5782 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
Bill· HRH.R. 5516 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Makes such employment or referral for employment a felony. States that a person will not be deemed to have violated this Act who: (1) has obtained from the individual to be referred or employed a signed form stating that such individual is a citizen or authorized alien; and (2) has signed a form stating that he has read such individual's validation papers. Establishes a criminal penalty for the violation of this Act. Directs the Immigration and Naturalization Service to increase its personnel by 2,500. Directs that such increase occur only in the United States Border Patrol and in the Investigations Branch of the Service. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe the forms required by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5547 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Sets forth exceptions to such seizure and forfeiture provision, including a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used as a common carrier unless the owner or other person in charge was at the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy thereto.
Bill· SS. 987 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
Law· HRH.R. 4975 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Biomedical Research Extension Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1978 the assistance programs for: medical libraries; cancer control programs; the National Cancer Institute; heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood disease prevention and treatment programs; the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; and the National Research Service awards. Allows an increase in payments made under this Act to national cancer research and demonstration and national heart research centers and demonstration centers in any fiscal year in which there is an increase in the cost of such centers as reflected in the Consumer Price Index. Appoints the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council and removes the Director of the National Science Foundation from such Council. Reduces from five to three the number of years that a national research and demonstration center for heart, blood vessel, lung and blood diseases may receive support and extensions of support under the Public Health Service Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4942 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
Bill· HRH.R. 4896 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Entitles Federal customs and immigration inspectors to the same retirement benefits as Federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. Permits the appropriate agency to set minimum and maximum ages for such inspectors.
Bill· HRH.R. 4790 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that any alien who has been: (1) detained for further inquiring pending entry; (2) temporarily excluded; or (3) arrested before deportation shall have the right to be represented by counsel from the time of such detention or exclusion. Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold the deportation of any alien to any country in which the alien would be subject to persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion.
Bill· HRH.R. 4636 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
Bill· HRH.R. 4565 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
Bill· HRH.R. 4566 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
Bill· HRH.R. 4567 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
Bill· HRH.R. 4449 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Immigration and Jobs Displacement Reform Act - Prohibits, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each alien if a violation occurs within two years after the service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearing and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Permits the Attorney General to adjust the status any illegal alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if such alien has been continuously physically present in the United States since June 30, 1970, and who on June 30, 1977, is the spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother, or sister of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or whose departure from the United States would result in unusual hardship. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose to the Attorney General the name and most recent address of any illegal alien who is receiving assistance under the Social Security Act. Allows the Attorney General to deport any alien who has become a public charge within five years after entry from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen after entry. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State in any quarter of a fiscal year in which the Quarterly Unemployment Rate exceeds five percent to reduce the maximum number of aliens who may, during the next quarter, acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Sets forth the formula to be used to compute such reductions.
Bill· HRH.R. 4478 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Immigration and Jobs Displacement Reform Act - Prohibits, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the employment or referral for employment of aliens who have not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to serve a citation upon first-time violators of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each alien of a violation occurs within two years after the service of a citation. Permits a civil penalty to be imposed only after an opportunity for hearing and after the Attorney General has determined that a violation did occur. Provides that one who is assessed a civil penalty and thereafter violates this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by one year imprisonment, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this Act occurs. Permits the Attorney General to adjust the status any illegal alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if such alien has been continuously physically present in the United States since June 30, 1070, and who on June 30, 1977, is the spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother, or sister of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or whose departure from the United States would result in unusual hardship. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment or both. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to disclose to the Attorney General the name and most recent address of any illegal alien who is receiving assistance under the Social Security Act. Allows the Attorney General to deport any alien who has become a public charge within five years after entry from causes not affirmatively shown to have arisen after entry.