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Bill· HRH.R. 2555 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the government knowledge naturalization requirement for persons over age 50 who have resided in the United States as permanent residents for at least 20 years.
Bill· SS. 1093 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Nicaraguan Refugee Equity Act of 1989 - Grants refugee status to Nicaraguan nationals.
Bill· HRH.R. 2448 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1989
Immigration Legal Numerical Limitation and Preference Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a two-tiered immigration annual entry level made up of "family connection" immigrants and "independent" (employment-related) immigrants (plus current fifth preference backlog reduction visas of up to 100,000 per year for each of FY 1990 through 1992). Establishes worldwide fiscal year levels of: (1) 103,000 for "family connection" immigrants; and (2) 200,000 minus 50,000 for each of FY 1991 through 1993 plus any unused family connection visas. Revises the immigration admissions preference system to allocate family connection preferences as follows: (1) unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens or permanent residents; (2) married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens or permanent residents; and (3) unmarried brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens and backlogged married brothers and sisters. Allocates independent preferences as follows: (1) aliens holding doctoral degrees; (2) aliens who are members of the professions or of exceptional ability; (3) skilled workers; (4) employment creation (minimum $1,000,000 capital investment which will create at least ten jobs); and (5) selected immigrants chosen on a point system basis. Sets forth the following system criteria: (1) English fluency; (2) equalization of immigration source countries (based upon a country's percentage of world population or 1956-1965 U.S. immigration levels); (3)occupational demand; (4) arranged employment; (5) education; and (6) age. Terminates the registration of an alien who fails to apply for an immigrant visa within one year of availability unless the alien establishes within two years of such time that such failure was due to circumstances beyond his or her control. Permits visa petitions based on immediate relative, family connection, and independent status to be filed with the Attorney General. Establishes a two-year conditional permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs and their families. Subjects an alien to deportation and criminal penalties for entrepreneurship fraud. Sets forth related application and interview requirements. Reduces the naturalization U.S. residency requirement from five years to three years.
Bill· HRH.R. 2407 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Filipino World War II Veterans Naturalization Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the naturalization of certain Filipino World War II veterans. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2304 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant special immigrant status to an alien service member or veteran who has served honorably in the U.S. armed forces for four years and to any accompanying spouse and children.
Bill· SS. 953 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas for admission into the United States: (1) any alien with a communicable disease of public health significance, or who is less than 19 years old and has not received the necessary immunizations; (2) any alien with a record of recent physical or mental disorder that poses a threat to property or safety; (3) any alien with a drug addiction; (4) any alien convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations or involved in drug trafficking; (6) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (7) any alien ineligible for U.S. citizenship, including a person who left or remained outside the United States to avoid U.S. military service in time of war or national emergency; (8) any alien who has participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or social group or political opinion; (9) any alien seeking to enter the United States to engage in espionage activities; (10) any alien who has engaged in terrorist activity (or belonged to a terrorist group) or is likely to engage in such activity; (11) any alien who has been a member or affiliated with the Communist or other totalitarian party, related group, or labor organization (with specified exceptions); (12) any alien whose entry would endanger the lives or property of U.S. citizens abroad; (13) any alien whose entry would convey the impression of U.S. support for a government or group that the United States does not recognize or support, or whose entry would have a serious negative effect on U.S. diplomatic relations; (14) any alien who has engaged in prostitution, or procurement of prostitutes, within ten years of the date of application for U.S. entry; (15) any alien who is likely to become a public charge; (16) any excluded or deported alien, unless the Attorney General consents to readmission; (17) any alien stowaway; (18) any alien seeking to enter the United States to perform skilled labor, unless there are insufficient qualified U.S. workers; (19) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (20) any immigrant or nonimmigrant not in possession of a valid passport and entry document at the time of admission; (21) any alien (other than a refugee, asylee, or permanent resident) 16 years or older who cannot read and understand some language; (22) any alien from an unaccredited medical school coming to the United States to perform medical services, unless such alien has passed specified medical exams and is competent in English; (23) any alien accompanying another alien ordered to be deported whose protection is required by the deportee; and (24) any alien who leaves the United States with the child of a U.S. citizen having legal custody of such child.
Bill· HRH.R. 2248 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
State and Local Government Alien Assistance Reimbursement Act of 1989 - Provides reimbursement to States and local governments for expenses associated with the provision of certain public assistance to aliens. Requires: (1) recipient State or local entities to report annually to the Attorney General; and (2) the Attorney General to report annually to the Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 2206 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse physicians and medical facilities for emergency medical treatment (including any required in the course of labor and childbirth) which: (1) is rendered to an undocumented alien or an alien commuter worker who cannot pay for such service; and (2) is not reimbursable under any other public assistance program or private insurance plan.
Bill· SS. 893 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Provides for the establishment of categories of aliens who are subject to persecution in the Soviet Union or in Vietnam and therefore admissible as refugees into the United States. (Deems Jews and Evangelical Christians in the Soviet Union and Vietnamese registered with the Orderly Departure Program to be such categories.) Provides for the adjustment of status to refugee status for certain Soviet and Vietnamese parolees residing in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2138 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the application of employer sanctions to longshore work.
Bill· HRH.R. 2022 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Provides for the establishment of categories of aliens who are subject to persecution in the Soviet Union or in Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos) and therefore admissible as refugees into the United States. Deems Jews and Evangelical Christians in the Soviet Union as such a category. Provides for the adjustment of status to refugee status for certain Soviet and Indochinese parolees residing in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 1686 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to continue to permit the immigration of certain adopted children.
Bill· HRH.R. 1630 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989
Naturalization Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) establish an administrative naturalization procedure; and (2) make such procedure the sole procedure for naturalization. Authorizes the applicant to choose the forum for the swearing-in ceremony (before the Attorney General or in U.S. district court or appropriate State court). Reduces State residency requirements from six months to three months. Provides for review of a denied application before the Board of Immigration Appeals and thereafter in U.S. district court.
Bill· HRH.R. 1605 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989
Emergency Refugee Act of 1989 - Authorizes additional FY 1989 refugee admissions from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Vietnam, the Near East, and East Asia First Asylum countries. Transfers unused FY 1989 State legalization impact assistance grant (SLIAG) funds to cover specified costs related to such admissions. Authorizes additional SLIAG FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations for anti-discrimination in employment activities. Authorizes SLIAG funds to be used for: (1) employment training and educational outreach programs for legalized aliens; and (2) State enforcement of anti-discrimination activities. Establishes an administrative appeals process for States applying for SLIAG assistance. Gives education priority under such grants to basic citizenship skills (English language and United States history and government).
Bill· HRH.R. 1626 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989
Refugee Guaranteed Loan Act - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a guaranteed loan program (modeled on the higher education student loan program) for specified refugees and other admissible persons. Authorizes visa and passport fee increases to fund such program. Authorizes program appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1573 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989
Child Investment and Security Act of 1989 - Title I: Prenatal Care - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in mandatory State coverage of pregnant women and infants whose family income is below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. Includes prenatal and postpartum home visitation services within such coverage. Deducts child and medical care costs from the income eligibility test. Requires the continuation of such coverage for women through the month in which the 60-day post-partum period expires, and for infants throughout their first year of life. Requires that States make ambulatory prenatal care available to a pregnant woman during a presumptive eligibility period which ends when she is determined to be ineligible for Medicaid benefits or 14 days after she is determined to be eligible, but fails to apply. Requires that States submit information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, by April 1 of each year, pertaining to the supply of and demand for obstetrical and pediatric services and proposed Medicaid payment rates for such services so that the Secretary may determine whether such rates are sufficient to ensure that obstetrical and pediatric services will be at least as available to Medicaid beneficiaries as they are to the general population. Requires States to immediately revise rates determined to be insufficient. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Act to increase authorized appropriations for the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program. Sets aside such additional appropriations for the expansion of prenatal care services for pregnant women and infants in target populations which include pregnant women and infants who are economically disadvantaged and who reside within areas or among populations suffering disproportionately high levels of infant mortality and inadequate maternity and infant care. Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase and permanently extend authorized appropriations for grants to community and migrant health centers for services promoting the reduction of infant mortality and the management of health services for pregnant women and infants. Title II: Preventive Child Health - Amends the Medicaid program to phase-in mandatory coverage of children under age eight whose family income is below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. Requires States to receive and process the Medicaid applications of such children at locations which include locations other than those used for applications under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for supplemental grants to public entities for the inclusion of immunization training and outreach services within their immunization programs. Title III: Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary to allocate specified funds among States from FY 1990 through 1993 under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). Title IV: Early Childhood Education - Amends the Head Start Act to increase and extend, through FY 1993, authorized appropriations for Head Start programs. Title V: Application Process for Certain Forms of Federal Assistance with Respect to Child Health - Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, to be implemented within nine months of this Act's enactment, for the use of a single, standardized application form for simultaneously requesting assistance for children under age six under the Social Security Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and the Head Start Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1507 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989
Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) grant special immigrant status to certain alien nurses; and (2) provide for their temporary nonimmigrant admission. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide for the appointment of an advisory group to advise the Secretary concerning the impact of this Act on the nursing shortage. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to the Congress regarding the amendments made by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1511 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989
Declares a named individual to have satisfied certain requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to eligibility for naturalization.
Bill· HRH.R. 1512 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 25 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the number of refugees admitted into the United States and the related resettlement program appropriations should be increased; and (2) the Department of Justice should reestablish the presumption that Jews and other religious minorities emigrating from the Soviet Union qualify for refugee admission status.
Bill· HRH.R. 1451 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989
Terrorist Alien Removal Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make terrorist activity (as defined by this Act) grounds for deportation. Establishes removal procedures for alien terrorists, including a special removal hearing which shall be open to the public.
Bill· HRH.R. 1460 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1386 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989
Reasonable Detention of Aliens Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the Attorney General's authority to detain an alien mother with a dependent child two years or younger subject to deportation (with specified exceptions) unless such detention is in connection with the alien's immediate departure from the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 1380 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989
Overseas American Children's Human Rights Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant U.S. national and natural-born citizen status to certain persons born outside the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 1412 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989
Deems a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 73 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the number of refugees admitted into the United States and the related resettlement program appropriations should be increased; and (2) the Department of Justice should reestablish the presumption that Jews and other religious minorities emigrating from the Soviet Union qualify for refugee admission status.
Bill· HRH.R. 1355 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1989
Temporary Safe Haven Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit alien nationals of certain foreign countries to remain temporarily in the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to so designate a country (or part thereof) in cases of: (1) ongoing armed conflict; (2) natural disasters; or (3) extraordinary and temporary conditions. Directs the Attorney General to review the status of a designated country at least annually. Permits waiver of certain alien excludability provisions for humanitarian or family unity purposes or when otherwise in the public interest. Prohibits such waiver in cases involving certain drug offenses, national security, or Nazi persecutions. Makes an alien ineligible for such benefits if the alien: (1) has been convicted in the United States of certain crimes; or (2) has participated in persecution or is a threat to U.S. security. States that during such temporary residency an alien shall not be eligible for public assistance. Allows such an alien to travel abroad temporarily and work in the United States. States that the statutory procedure established by this Act shall be the Attorney General's exclusive authority to permit specified aliens to remain in the United States temporarily by virtue of their nationality. Directs the Attorney General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the temporary residency program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1370 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1989
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1318 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to relieve labor recruiters and referrers from the requirements of the (alien) employment verification system.
Bill· HRH.R. 1313 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide immediate relative status to spouses, children, and parents of certain aliens who died while on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 1306 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of each military department concerned to accept for original enlistment in the armed forces, the reserves, and the Coast Guard certain aliens not already admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Requires such aliens to satisfy any other enlistment qualifications prescribed by the Secretary concerned. Provides that, if within 60 days after the commencement of war or an emergency declared by the Congress, the Congress fails to increase the number of aliens authorized to serve in the armed forces and the Coast Guard, the President may set such number. Requires any alien taking an oath of enlistment to also declare an intention to become a citizen of the United States. Authorizes the chief executive officer of any State, territory, or possession of the United States to provide for the enlistment of aliens in the organized militia. Limits the number of aliens authorized to be enlisted during any fiscal year. Requires at least two-thirds of such enlisted members to be reserved for the Army National Guard. Provides the same conditions of enlistment for such aliens as stated above for aliens enlisting in the U.S. armed forces and Coast Guard. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary concerned or other proper State, possession, or territorial official, to adjust to a temporary lawfully-admitted status any alien who: (1) is an enlisted member of the armed forces or militia; (2) establishes that he or she is otherwise admissible as an immigrant; (3) has not been convicted of any felony or three or more misdemeanors committed in the United States; and (4) has not assisted in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. Requires any spouse or child of such alien to satisfy such requirements (except for the enlistment requirement) in order to have his or her status adjusted. Directs the Attorney General to adjust such status to lawfully admitted for permanent residence for an alien who: (1) serves no less than three years of honorable service in the armed forces or militia and is not released or discharged under other-than-honorable conditions; (2) applies for such adjustment within a specified time after such service if the Secretary or chief executive officer concerned approves such application; and (3) is admissible as an immigrant. Directs the Attorney General, upon petition by the Secretary or chief executive officer concerned, to waive such three-year service requirement condition for any alien who was wounded in action or held captive or with respect to a family member of an alien killed in action. Provides that certain numerical limitations on the number of aliens lawfully admitted into the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not apply to the aliens admitted under this Act. Prohibits the Attorney General from deporting, detaining, or taking any other adverse action against an alien who has submitted an application for enlistment under this Act pending determination of such enlistment.
Bill· HRH.R. 1331 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1286 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for certain aliens (and their dependents) who have served, or are serving, on active duty for a 12 year-period in the U.S. armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 1280 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989
Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make only the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas for admission into the United States: (1) any alien with a communicable disease of public health significance; (2) any alien with a record of recent physical or mental disorder that poses a threat to property or safety; (3) any alien with a drug addiction; (4) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, with specified exceptions; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations or involved in drug trafficking; (6) any alien who has engaged in prostitution, or procurement of prostitutes, within ten years of the date of application for U.S. entry; (7) any alien likely to be a security risk; (8) any alien who has engaged in terrorist activity or likely to engage in such activity; (9) any alien whose entry would endanger the lives or property of U.S. citizens living abroad; (10) any alien whose entry would convey the impression of U.S. support for a government or group that the United States does not recognize or support, or whose entry would have a serious negative effect on U.S. diplomatic relations; (11) any alien who participated in Nazi persecutions; (12) any alien who is likely to become a public charge, with admission on bond at the discretion of the Attorney General; (13) any alien seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor, with specified exceptions (teaching, postgraduate research, and science or arts), or in situations of insufficient U.S. workers; (14) any alien who is a graduate of a medical school not accredited by a body approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education, with certain exceptions; (15) any excluded or deported alien who seeks readmission within five years of the event, unless such readmission is consented to by the Attorney General; (16) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (17) any stowaway alien; (18) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (19) any immigrant not in possession of a valid immigrant visa and passport at the time of admission; (20) any nonimmigrant without a valid passport authorizing the alien to return to the country from which he or she came or without a valid nonimmigrant visa or border crossing card (provides for a Guam visa waiver for up to 15-day pleasure or business entries); and (21) any alien ineligible for U.S. citizenship, including a person who left or remained outside the United States to avoid U.S. military service in time of war or national emergency. Repeals the ideological grounds for exclusion. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to jointly develop guidelines for the review of exclusion lists and other mechanisms used to screen alien visa applicants. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to report jointly to the appropriate committees regarding the development of such guidelines (within one year) and the results of the review of such alien lists (within two years). Makes deportable by the Attorney General only those aliens within one of the following classes: (1) any alien who at the time of entry was within one or more of the classes of aliens excludable by then existing law; (2) any alien entering the United States without inspection or at a time and place other than as designated by the Attorney General; (3) any alien admitted as a nonimmigrant who has failed to maintain such status; (4) any alien admitted as a temporary agricultural worker (H-2A visa) whose status has been terminated (with family hardship exceptions); (5) any alien who within five years of entry knowingly and for gain has aided another alien to illegally enter the United States; (6) any alien admitted as an additional special agricultural worker who fails to show the necessary number of seasonal work days; (7) any alien who gained U.S. entry through marriage fraud; (8) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude committed within five years from the date of entry and who is either sentenced or confined for a term of one year or longer; (9) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude; (10) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of a violation of certain drug laws; (11) any alien who is a drug abuser or addict; (12) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted under weapons-possession laws; (13) any alien who at any time is convicted on any of various specified loyalty laws (e.g. sabotage, treason and sedition, selective service, etc.); (14) any alien who fails to comply with alien registration laws or foreign agent registration laws; (15) any alien convicted of fraud or misuse of visas or other entry documents; (16) any alien engaging in activity which endangers the public safety or national security, including terrorist activity; (17) any alien who within five years after entry has become a public charge; (18) any alien who participated in Nazi persecutions; (19) any alien whose presence could endanger the lives or property of U.S. citizens living abroad; or (20) any alien whose presence could convey the impression of U.S. support for a government or group that the United States does not recognize or support, or whose presence could have a serious negative effect on U.S. diplomatic relations.
Bill· SS. 513 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1989
Amends Federal law to extend the immediate retirement provisions applicable to Federal law enforcement officers to: (1) revenue officers for the Internal Revenue Service; (2) customs inspectors for the U.S. Customs Service; (3) customs canine enforcement officers for the U.S. Customs Service; and (4) inspectors for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 1233 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1989 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the Act) to repeal the termination date for duty-free treatment of beneficiary countries. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to articles (not over $600 in value) acquired in a beneficiary country. Increases from $800 to $1200 the personal exemption from customs duties of articles acquired in the U.S. insular possessions and from other countries. Amends the Act to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), upon request of a beneficiary country, to enter into a bilateral agreement with that country establishing guaranteed access levels for textile products assembled in such country from qualifying fabrics (fabrics formed and cut in the United States and certain fabrics of foreign manufacture which are cut in the United States). Makes such products eligible for duty-free treatment. Provides that textile products that are assembled in a beneficiary country from qualifying fabric and incorporate findings and trimmings of foreign origin are eligible for guaranteed access and duty-free treatment if such findings and trimmings do not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components of the assembled product. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an advisory committee to provide to the Secretary descriptions of those fabrics that the committee recommends to be included on the list of fabrics likely to be utilized in the manufacture of textile products in beneficiary countries which: (1) are not formed in the United States; or (2) are formed in the United States but are in critical shortage. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the USTR, when negotiating bilateral textile agreements, should seek to obtain greater fairness, transparency, and stability in the administration by foreign countries of their obligations under such agreements, especially in the allocation of export certifications between U.S. and foreign firms. Sets forth provisions concerning "general duty-free quotas" and "national duty-free quotas" with respect to specified articles imported from beneficiary countries. Provides that duty-free treatment provided under the Act shall not apply to: (1) textile and apparel articles; (2) certain leather articles; (3) canned tuna; (4) petroleum and petroleum products; and (5) watches and watch parts. Requires the President to submit a specified report to the Congress every three years. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the allocation of quotas on sugars imported from beneficiary countries. Prohibits the USTR, in allocating any limitation on such imports, from: (1) reducing the percentage allocation made to the Philippines; (2) making an allocation to the Republic of South Africa; and (3) allowing the aggregate of the amounts of the base quota allocations to Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries for any quota year beginning after December 31, 1988, to be less than 371,449 metric tons, raw value. Requires any allocation for any quota of imported sugar from specified foreign countries for any year to be reallocated on a pro-rata basis among the CBI countries receiving allocations for that year if such allocation is suspended or terminated due to a threat to U.S. national security or foreign policy. Authorizes the President to enter into trade agreements with foreign governments for the purpose of granting compensation if the United States takes specified action inconsistent with its international obligations (including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the International Trade Commission, when making determinations as to material injury with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty cases, to assess cumulatively the volume and effect of imports from a country designated as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act with respect to imports of like products from beneficiary countries. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to implement a pilot preclearance program during FY 1990 and 1991 to assess the extent to which the availability of preclearance operations can assist in the development of tourism in the Caribbean Basin. Prohibits the commencement of such operations unless the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization make a specified joint certification. Requires the Commissioner to submit to the Congress a report regarding such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1269 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Immigration Employment Paperwork Reduction Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal certain employment verification recordkeeping requirements.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 67 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Calls upon the President to grant asylum to persons who seek asylum in the United States rather than serve in the South African armed forces.
Bill· SS. 489 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Transfers certain funds available for State legalization assistance grants to refugee assistance programs.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 73 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) State legalization impact assistance grants under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 should not be rescinded or deferred; and (2) every effort should be made to make such funds accessible to State and local governments.
Law· HRH.R. 1230 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 458 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Title I: General Accounting Office Investigation and Report Investigation - Requires the Comptroller General to begin an investigation, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, concerning displaced nationals of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Requires a report to the Congress within one year after initiation of such study. Title II: Congressional Review - Provides for the referral of such report to the appropriate congressional committees for committee hearings and committee reports. Title III: Temporary Stay of Deportation - Provides for a temporary stay of detention and deportation for certain nationals of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that during such temporary stay of deportation period an alien: (1) shall not be considered to be permanently residing in the United States; (2) shall not be eligible for Federal public assistance; and (3) may be deemed ineligible for State assistance.
Bill· SS. 476 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Increases FY 1989 refugee admissions for the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and East Asia. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 472 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to extend the prohibition on exclusion or deportation of aliens for certain beliefs, statements, or associations.
Bill· SS. 474 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Political Asylum Application Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make certain North, Central, or South Americans who fail to apply for U.S. asylum from a safe haven country ineligible to apply for asylum in the United States. Provides for proceedings expediting the exclusion and deportation of persons who violate such asylum provision. Defines "safe haven country" as one (other than that of the aliens nationality or last habitual residence) with which the United States has consular relations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1177 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1173 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reimburse localities providing assistance to alien asylum applicants in (immigration) districts with specified applicant increases.
Bill· HRH.R. 1164 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Requires port-of-entry immigration interviews for aliens apprehended at sea by the Coast Guard.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 62 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Commends the Board of Immigration Appeals for its decision to allow Joseph Patrick Doherty to apply for U.S. asylum. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should approve Joseph Patrick Doherty's asylum application and release him on bond pending the application's review.
Bill· SS. 441 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reimburse localities providing assistance to alien asylum applicants in (immigration) districts with specified applicant increases.