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Bill· HRH.R. 1684 (99th)referred

Amerasian Children Relief Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985

Amerasian Children Relief Act of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the admission of certain children fathered by U.S. citizens in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, or Kampuchea who have: (1) been released by their mothers for adoption and emigration; and (2) been adopted or will be adopted by U.S. citizens (including certain single parents).

Bill· HRH.R. 1618 (99th)referred

A bill to provide that no individual who has resided in the United States for at least 20 years, and who has not been convicted of a felony, or against whom felony charges are not pending, may be denied the issuance of a passport.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985

Prohibits denying a passport to an individual who has resided in the United States for at least 20 years, who has not been convicted of a felony, and against whom a felony charge is not pending if that individual: (1) owes allegiance to the United States; (2) includes in the passport application an oath or affirmation as to the truth of U.S. residence and lack of a felony charge or conviction; and (3) pays the appropriate fees.

Bill· HRH.R. 1620 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate undocumented aliens and to reimburse air carriers for detention expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to reimburse air carriers for expenses incurred in detaining aliens pending their admission to, or deportation from, the United States. Includes within the grounds for a refund of the penalty expenses for transporting an illegal alien into the United States the fact that, despite documentary inadmissibility, such alien is admitted or paroled into the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 1518 (99th)open

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to include inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and inspectors of the United States Customs Service within the immediate retirement provisions applicable to certain employees engaged in hazardous occupations.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985

Entitles an inspector for the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the United States Customs Service to a civil service annuity after such inspector reaches age 50 and completes 20 years of combined service as an inspector, Federal fire fighter, or Federal law enforcement officer.

Law· HRH.R. 1452 (99th)enacted

Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985

Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for: (1) refugee assistance; and (2) English language training. Places the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Presently such Refugee Office is in the Social Security Administration.) Authorizes the Secretary of Education (presently the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement) to make grants for special educational programs for refugee children. Requires the Comptroller General to directly audit FY 1985 and 1986 initial resettlement grants. Requires a recipient agency (in addition to existing provisions) to: (1) provide quarterly performance and finance reports; (2) notify, upon request, local welfare offices of any cash assistance provided directly by such agency to a refugee; (3) insure that refugees with medical conditions affecting the public health report to the appropriate health authorities in their resettlement areas; (4) be legally and financially responsible for a refugee's basic living costs, including training and job interview transportation, for the first 90 days after arriving in the United States; and (5) report annually to the administering Federal agency and the appropriate congressional committees regarding refugee placement, expenditures, and other related program information. Authorizes grants for local areas with high refugee concentrations. States that such grants shall supplement other funds and be used primarily for refugee employment. Terminates refugee cash assistance for three months for refusal to accept employment (six months for subsequent refusals). Requires the Director of ORR to arrange with States to provide refugee medical assistance for one year after entry. Prohibits the use of block or consolidated grants as a refugee funding mechanism. Directs the Attorney General to reimburse State and local governments for their costs in incarcerating certain Cuban nationals who were allowed U.S. entry in 1980 and who were subsequently convicted of violating State or county law. Limits such compensation authority to appropriated funds.

Bill· HRH.R. 1266 (99th)open

A bill expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to certain actions which should be taken in anticipation of the centennial anniversary of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and directing the Secretary of the Interior to retain the American Museum of Immigration at the base of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1985

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the American Museum of Immigration should be rehabilitated for the centennial anniversary of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to retain the American Museum of Immigration at the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Bill· HRH.R. 1061 (99th)referred

Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1985 - Title I: Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A: Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for any person to knowingly hire, recruit, or refer any alien not authorized to work in the United States. Makes it unlawful for an employer of three or more persons to hire anyone without complying with the verification procedure set forth in this Act. Sets forth such verification procedure which requires an employer to attest, under penalty of perjury, that he has examined an employee's identification papers, and requires an employee to attest to his or her citizenship or legal work status. Requires employers to keep such records for three years, or one year after an employee leaves, whichever is longer. Makes following such procedure an affirmative employer defense. Directs the President to report to the Congress within three years regarding such verification system. States that nothing in this Act shall directly or indirectly authorize the creation of a national identification card system. Sets forth graduated civil and criminal penalties for verification (pattern or practice) violations. Provides for administrative appeal. Prohibits employers from requiring employees to post indemnity bonds. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enjoin persons systematically violating such hiring provisions. Subjects employers to a $500 civil penalty for verification and recordkeeping violations. Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity before assessing any civil penalties. Permits the Attorney General to sue in U.S. district court to collect outstanding penalties. States that the provisions of this Part preempt State and local sanctions regarding employment of unauthorized aliens. Directs the President to monitor such program and consult with the Congress every six months. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to subject farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act, beginning seven months after enactment. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B: Improvement of Enforcement and Services - Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Makes it unlawful to knowingly, or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien is not authorized to enter the United States, bring such person into the country (up to $5,000 fine or one year's imprisonment with additional penalties for a subsequent offense). Directs the Attorney General to develop an INS immigration emergency contingency plan in consultation with the congressional Judiciary committees and State and local governments. Authorizes appropriations for a Treasury immigration emergency fund. Requires INS to have an owner's consent or a warrant before entering a farm or outdoor operation to interrogate any person to determine if undocumented aliens are present. Permits the owner or operator of an international bridge or toll road to request the Attorney General to inspect and approve measures taken to prevent aliens from illegally crossing into the United States. States that such approved measures shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with obligations under such Act to prevent illegal entries. Part C: Adjudication Procedures and Asylum - Directs immigration officers to exclude without a hearing or further inquiry aliens without proper documents or without any reasonable basis for legal entry or asylum. Directs the Attorney General, after consultation with the congressional Judiciary committees, to establish procedures to assure that aliens are not excluded without an inquiry into their reasons for seeking U.S. entry. Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges. States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless modified by a court. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges. Grants such judges responsibility for exclusion, deportation, asylum, and status rescission cases, as well as penalty assessments. Provides for judicial review of exclusion cases and those asylum cases encompassed within deportation or exclusion orders. States that such final orders shall be reviewed in U.S. appeals courts. Reduces the period for filing such appeals from six months to 45 days. Restricts judicial review of asylum determinations to questions of: (1) jurisdiction; (2) compliance with laws and regulations; (3) constitutionality; and (4) arbitrary decisionmaking. Prohibits judicial review decisions from reopening: (1) exclusion, deportation, or asylum determinations; (2) denials of stays of exclusion or deportation; or (3) expedited exclusions. States that such restrictions and prohibitions should not be construed as limiting habeas corpus. Revises asylum provisions to: (1) require an alien under an exclusion or deportation order to apply for asylum within 14 days and to complete such application within 30 days after notice of such order unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (2) prohibit an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred; (3) require asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law; (4) permit legal counsel at asylum hearings; (5) require an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum; (6) place the burden of proof on the applicant; (7) prohibit the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (8) require application determinations to be made within 60 days after the hearing (which shall be held within 60 days of the application's filing); and (9) make asylum hearings open to the public unless the alien requests otherwise. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days. Sets forth other administrative and operating provisions for the transfer of asylum proceedings from the existing special inquiry system to the administrative law judge system. Part D: Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of nonimmigrant visa terms. Title II: Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Immigrants - Provides for: (1) additional immigrant visas for Canada and Mexico (20,000 each plus each other's unused visas from the previous fiscal year); and (2) an increase in the colonial quota from 600 to 3,000. Requires the President to submit a triennial comprehensive immigration-impact report to the Congress. Permits waiver of excludability for certain aliens coming to the United States to do research. Permits waiver of the offer of employment requirement for certain aliens in the professions or with exceptional abilities in the sciences or the arts. Permits certain alien retirees to adjust to permanent resident status. Part B: Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor (H-2A) from other temporary labor (H-2) for purposes of nonimmigrant worker provisions. Requires an employer H-2 visa petition to certify that: (1) there are not enough qualified U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected. Permits the Secretary of Labor to charge application fees. Prohibits the Secretary from approving such petition if: (1) the job is open because of a strike or lock-out; or (2) the employer violated temporary worker admissions terms within the past two years. Provides with regard to temporary agricultural workers that: (1) employers need not submit such petition more than 50 days in advance of need; (2) the Secretary must decide on a petition within 20 days of need; (3) producer associations may file such petitions; and (4) the Secretary shall establish expedited procedures for review of denied petitions or de novo administrative hearings. Requires the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1986: (1) to recruit domestic workers and monitor the nonimmigrant work program; (2) for labor certifications by the Department of Labor; and (3) for the Department of Agriculture for related duties. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and advise the Attorney General regarding such temporary worker program. Establishes a nonimmigrant seasonal (perishable crops) agricultural work program. Limits visas to an 11-month maximum period. Requires such program to impose monthly and annual quotas by agricultural employment region. Sets forth a visa allocation preference system. Provides civil penalties for unlawful employment practices. Makes such workers ineligible for: (1) public assistance; and (2) status adjustment. Directs the Attorney General to establish a program trust fund. Authorizes the Secretary of State to expand and establish consulates in labor-source countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish related bilateral advisory commissions with such countries. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, to implement a three-year agricultural labor transition program. Provides for visa reductions of one-third for each of the three years. Sets forth program provisions. Requires foreign students to return to their home country for two years before being eligible to adjust to permanent resident status. Permits waiver of such requirement where a student: (1) is an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen; or (2) has an advanced American degree and faculty job offer or a job offer in other specified fields. Prohibits other foreign students and visitors admitted under the visa waiver program from adjusting to permanent resident status. States that time spent in student or trainee status shall not count for purposes of eligibility for suspension of deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Title III: Legalization - Provides for the status adjustment of certain aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status those aliens who: (1) entered the United States illegally before January 1, 1977; (2) have since resided continuously in the country; (3) are otherwise admissible; and (4) apply within a specified period. Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1977. (Stipulates that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirement must have been met or waived.) Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status aliens who have resided continuously in the United States since before January 1, 1980, or who were given Cuban/Haitian entrant status prior to January 1, 1981. Permits such temporary resident aliens to: (1) work in the United States; (2) travel abroad; and (3) apply for permanent resident status after three years. Permits waiver of such requirements for persons 65 years or older. Provides for volunteer organization assistance in the initial application screening process. Provides penalties for providing false application information. Directs the Attorney General to establish an application fee schedule. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens. Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, persecution, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Directs the Attorney General to establish a single level of administrative appellate review for adjustment applications. Makes temporary residents (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) and permanent residents (for the first three years) ineligible for Federal public assistance (other than medical care, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health). Requires the President to report to the Congress on the impact of such adjustment program. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 for State legalization assistance.

Bill· HRH.R. 1021 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a program for the waiver of the visa requirement in the case of nonimmigrant tourists from certain countries.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States. Sets forth program provisions.

Bill· SS. 377 (99th)open

A bill to provide for a General Accounting Office investigation and report on conditions of displaced Salvadorans, to provide certain rules of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with respect to review of the report, to provide for the temporary stay of detention and deportation of certain Salvadorans, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1985

Title I: General Accounting Office Investigation and Report - Directs the General Accounting Office to investigate the situation of displaced nationals of El Salvador, including determinations of those Salvadorans in Central America, unlawfully in the United States, or returned from the United States to El Salvador. Requires a report to the Congress. Title II: Congressional Review - Provides that such report shall be referred to the appropriate committees for hearings and committee reports. Title III: Temporary Stay of Deportation - Provides for a temporary stay of detention and deportation for specified Salvadorans presently in the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 822 (99th)open

A bill to provide for a General Accounting Office investigation and report on conditions of displaced Salvadorans, to provide certain rules of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with respect to review of the report, to provide for the temporary stay of detention and deportation of certain Salvadorans.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985

Title I: General Accounting Office Investigation and Report - Directs the General Accounting Office to investigate the situation of displaced nationals of El Salvador, including determinations of those Salvadorans in Central America, unlawfully in the United States, or returned from the United States to El Salvador. Requires a report to the Congress. Title II: Congressional Review - Provides that such report shall be referred to the appropriate committees for hearings and committee reports. Title III: Temporary Stay of Deportation - Provides for a temporary stay of detention and deportation for specified Salvadorans presently in the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 697 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the entry as immediate relatives of spouses, children, and parents of persons who died a service-connected death while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the entry, as immediate relatives, of spouses, children, and parents of certain persons who died a service-connected death while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.

Bill· HRH.R. 298 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that any alien who has been detained for further inquiry or who has been temporarily excluded shall have the right to be represented by counsel from the time of such detention or exclusion; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the privilege of representation by counsel (at no expense to the Government) for any alien who has been: (1) detained for further inquiry pending entry; (2) temporarily excluded; or (3) arrested before deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold the deportation of any alien to any country in which the alien would be subject to persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion.

Bill· HRH.R. 23 (99th)open

A bill to permit certain Cuban and Haitian nationals to adjust their immigration status to that of permanent resident aliens.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Establishes immigration procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain aliens who: (1) have received Cuban/Haitian entrant designation; or (2) are Cuban or Haitian nationals who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982, and who (with the exception of asylum applicants who filed before such date) were not admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants. Requires such adjustment applications to be filed within two years of enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 142 (99th)referred

A bill to require that funds allocated for military assistance for the Government of El Salvador or for the rebels in Nicaragua be used instead by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to prevent illegal immigration from Central America.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Requires that funds allocated for military assistance for the Government of El Salvador or for the rebels in Nicaragua be used instead by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to prevent illegal immigration from Central America.

Bill· HRH.R. 63 (99th)referred

A bill to amend section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exemption of the Government knowledge requirement for naturalization of persons over fifty years of age who have been lawful permanent residents in the United States for at least twenty years.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt persons over 50 years old who have been U.S. permanent residents for at least 20 years from the "Government knowledge" naturalization requirement.

Bill· HRH.R. 30 (99th)referred

Immigration Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985

Immigration Act of 1985 - Title I: Preventing Unfair Competition and Displacement of Domestic Workers Resulting From Employment of Unauthorized Aliens - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it an unfair immigration-related employment practice for a person or entity to: (1) knowingly hire, retain, or recruit or refer for consideration an alien unauthorized to work in the United States; or (2) discriminate against citizens or residents authorized to work (exempting employers of three or fewer employees). Establishes an administrative enforcement system through a Special Counsel, administrative law judges, and an Immigration Board. Establishes a private right of action, and pattern or practice violation which may be brought by either the Special Counsel or the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Provides for civil penalties and hiring of aggrieved workers or reasonable compensation for lost wages. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a national identity card or system. Makes it unlawful for an employer to require an employee to provide any type of financial guarantee or indemnity against any potential employment liability. Subjects violators, after notice and hearing opportunity, to civil penalties. States that such employer provisions: (1) preempt State and local laws; and (2) shall take effect seven months after enactment of this Act. Directs the Attorney General: (1) in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, the Treasury, and Commerce and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to disseminate program information for the first year after enactment of this Act; and (2) to issue implementing regulations within seven months. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agriculture Worker Protection Act to subject farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act, beginning seven months after enactment. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) develop a FY 1986 plan for coordinated enforcement of wage and hour standards and other labor laws to deter the employment and exploitation of unauthorized alien workers; and (2) report to the Congress within one year. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to report to the Congress within one year regarding the enforcement of requirements for withholding and payment of employment-related taxes for unauthorized alien workers. Establishes a three-year transitional agricultural worker program, permitting employers to continue to use 100 percent, 67 percent, 33 percent, then zero percent, respectively, of their current illegal alien labor force. Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding such program. Title II: Improvement of Enforcement and Services of the Immigration and Naturalization Service - Part A: Enhancement of INS Enforcement and Service Functions - Authorizes: (1) FY 1985 supplemental appropriations for INS improved service and enforcement activities, to remain available for expenditure through FY 1986; and (2) FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to provide for: (1) improved services; (2) enhanced community outreach an in-service training of personnel; and (3) an increased recordkeeping and retrieval capability. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. immigration laws should be enforced vigorously and uniformly; and (2) the Attorney General, in so doing, shall safeguard the constitutional rights, personal safety, and human dignity of citizens and aliens. Subjects a person to criminal penalties for unlawful transportation of aliens into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to develop an INS immigration emergency contingency plan in consultation with the congressional judiciary committees and State and local governments. Authorizes appropriations for a Treasury immigration emergency fund. Requires INS to have an owner's consent or a warrant before entering a farm or outdoor operations to interrogate a persons to determine if undocumented aliens are present. Permits the owner or operator of an international bridge or toll road to request the Attorney General to inspect and approve measures taken to prevent aliens from illegally crossing into the United States. States that such approved measures shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with obligations under such Act to prevent illegal entries. Requires the Attorney General to report to the appropriate congressional committees within one year regarding negotiations with Canada and Mexico to prevent and prosecute the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States. Part B: Establishment of United States Immigration Board and Administrative Law Judge System - Establishes within the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board, Special Counsel, and administrative law judge system (to replace the existing special inquiry officers). Part C: Administrative Naturalization - Establishes an alternative administrative naturalization procedure in addition to the existing judicial procedure. Title III: Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A: Immigrants - Provides, beginning with FY 1986, for: (1) an increase in the colonial quota from 600 to 3000; and (2) additional immigrant visas for Canada and Mexico (20,000 each plus each other's unused visas from the previous fiscal year). Includes within the definition of "special immigrant" unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations ("I" status). Grants nonimmigrant status to: (1) parents of children receiving "I" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving "I" status spouse. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of "child" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 to: extend the numerical limitation waiver to certain self-supporting retirees. Part B: Nonimmigrant Tourists - Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Requires a program report to the Congress within two years. Title IV: Legalization - Provides for the legalization (permanent or temporary resident status) of certain aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and who have continuously resided illegally in the country since entry. Prohibits the legalization of persons: (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Requires an alien to register under the Military Selective Service Act if so required by such Act. Requires the Attorney General to work with designated voluntary agencies to: (1) disseminate program information; and (2) process such aliens. Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens. Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Requires the Attorney General to provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before the end of the application period, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. States that such an alien shall be authorized to work in the United States pending disposition of his case. Provides for a de novo hearing, upon timely request, for any alien whose application for adjustment of status has been denied. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) ineligible for Federal financial assistance, Medicaid, or food stamps for five years (permits medical assistance, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health assistance). States that programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, the Headstart-Follow Through Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, and subparts 4 and 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not be construed as prohibited assistance. Continues assistance to aliens under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 without regard to adjustment of status. Establishes procedures for the status adjustment to permanent resident of certain Cuban and Haitian entrants who arrived in the United States before January 1, 1982. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1978. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 for State legalization assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to available appropriations, to provide full reimbursement to States for costs incurred in providing specified services to aliens during the period they were ineligible for Federal assistance. Requires the Secretary of Education, subject to available appropriations, to assist States in meeting such aliens' added educational costs. Requires the President to report to the Congress regarding such legalization program. Title V: International Migration - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Presidential Representative for International Migration, with the rank of Ambassador-at-Large. States that such representative shall be responsible for: (1) development of overall U.S. policy related to international migration; (2) representation and negotiation (under the Secretary of State); and (3) convening of an international conference. Authorizes the President to convene an international conference to examine regional mechanisms for ongoing collaboration on problems associated with illegal immigration into the United States. Title VI: Reports to Congress - Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress regarding the implementation of title I provisions. Requires the President to report to the Congress concerning: (1) the push-pull factors affecting illegal immigration into the United States; and (2) immigration admissions and its impact upon the United States. Establishes a Commission to: (1) review the existing H-2 worker program as it applies to agricultural employment; and (2) report to the Congress within two years. Terminates such Commission 28 months after enactment of this Act.

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