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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 735 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1978
Authorizes the printing of 12,000 additional copies of a committee print entitled "7th Edition of the Immigration and Nationality Act with Amendments and Notes on Related Laws". Specifies that 9,000 copies are for the use of the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and 3,000 copies for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill· HRH.R. 14215 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in Title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the five years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under Title XVI. Exempts from the five-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees; (2) to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such five-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission a support agreement which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in Title XVI, during the five-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant; or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action.
Bill· HRH.R. 13889 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to designate as 'farm labor contractors' any labor organizations which establish and maintain an employment referral procedure or service which refers, furnishes, assigns, or recruits migrant workers for agricultural employment.
Bill· HRH.R. 13837 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that spouses of United States citizen members of the Armed Forces need not reside in a State for at least six months in order to petition for naturalization.
Bill· HRH.R. 13804 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1978
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in Title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the five years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under Title XVI. Exempts from the five-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees; (2) with respect to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such five-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in Title XVI, during the five-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant, or (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action.
Bill· SS. 3340 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1978
National Commission on Immigration Policy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Immigration Policy to study existing laws and policies governing the admission of immigrants to the United States and their effect on United States social, economic, and foreign policies. Sets forth the powers of such Commission.
Bill· HRH.R. 13563 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported. Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States. Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization criminally liable.
Law· HRH.R. 13349 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal specified provisions depriving persons of their United States nationality and citizenship in the following circumstances (1) a person, born outside the United States to parents one of whom was not a United States citizen, and who failed to come to and reside in the United States; (2) a person having dual nationality who sought the benefits of his non-United States nationality; (3) a person who voted or participated in a foreign election; (4) a person who was convicted of desertion from the United States military; (5) a naturalized citizen who resided outside the United States for a specified period of time; and (6) in instances of a minor's parents' expatriation.
Bill· HRH.R. 13247 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a State or private adoptive agency to evaluate the proposed adoption of a child by a United States citizen or resident alien before such child will be issued an immigrant visa. Provides that the natural or prior adoptive parent of any such child shall have no rights or privileges under such Act. Eliminates the limit on the number of alien children that may be adopted. Raises from 16 to 18 the age limit for certain children born outside the United States eligible for automatic U.S. citizenship. Removes certain naturalization requirements regarding adopted alien children.
Bill· HRH.R. 13225 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported. Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States. Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization criminally liable.
Bill· HRH.R. 13184 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported. Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States. Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization criminally liable.
Bill· HRH.R. 13136 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1978
Title I: Directs the Attorney General to adjust to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence the status 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 of 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 words 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 and the government of the United States. Title VI: 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 VII: Declares that this Act shall become effective on the date of enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 13063 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
Eliminates the requirement, under the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act, that alien foreign medical graduates in the United States who were licensed to practice medicine by a State as of January 9, 1977, must be certified by a medical specialty board as a condition of maintaining their immigration status.
Bill· HRH.R. 12782 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
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 authority, 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. Provides for such seizure without a warrant if incident to an arrest, or if the Attorney General has probable cause to believe such illegal transport occurred.
Bill· SS. 3093 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978
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 authority, 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. Provides for such seizure without a warrant if incident to an arrest, or if the Attorney General has probable cause to believe such illegal transport occurred.
Bill· HRH.R. 12632 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Authorizes the granting of permanent residence status to certain alien workers residing continuously in the Virgin Islands since May 12, 1970. Establishes special procedures for adjusting the immigration status of such workers. Establishes the Interagency Task Force on Virgin Islands Immigration to investigate the best methods of providing social services to such workers.
Law· HRH.R. 12509 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provide 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, national origin, or political opinion.
Law· HRH.R. 12508 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a State or private adoptive agency to evaluate the proposed adoption of a child by a United States citizen or resident alien before such child will be issued an immigrant visa. Provides that the natural or prior adoptive parent of any such child shall have no rights or privileges under such Act. Eliminates the limit on the number of alien children that may be adopted. Raises from 16 to 18 the age limit for certain children born outside the United States eligible for automatic U.S. citizenship. Removes certain naturalization requirements regarding adopted alien children.
Law· HRH.R. 12443 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the hemispheric immigration quota system for lawfully admitted aliens, including those born in colonies or other component or dependent areas of a foreign state. Establishes a Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy to study existing laws and policies governing immigration to the United States and to make appropriate administrative and legislative recommendations to the President and the Congress.
Bill· SS. 2997 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to direct the Southwest Border Regional Commission to make grants to local educational agencies for the construction of school facilities to assist such agencies in educating immigrant children. Defines the term immigrant child for purposes of this Act as a child born in Mexico and who has legally immigrated to the United States, or a child whose parents are legal immigrants from Mexico, and who is provided free public education.
Bill· HRH.R. 12369 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exclude individuals who are employed in the detasseling of hybrid seed corn and whose permanent domicile is located less than 50 miles from their place of employment from the definition of migrant worker for purposes of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12367 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
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 authority, 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. Provides for such seizure without a warrant if incident to an arrest, or if the Attorney General has probable cause to believe such illegal transport occurred.
Bill· HRH.R. 12178 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Limits the validity of passports issued to Federal officers, employees, and their dependents, for use in their official duties, to the period of the officer's or employee's official status.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1124 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Labor should not apply the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to individuals who are temporarily employed in the detassling of hybrid seed corn in areas which are in close proximity to their residences.
Bill· HRH.R. 11906 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the conditions under which aliens will be allowed immigrant visas for entry into the United States to practice medicine, attend graduate medical school, or perform other medically-related activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 11883 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Educational Assistance for Immigrant Children Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to local educational agencies for the construction of school facilities to assist such agencies in educating immigrant children. Defines immigrant child for purposes of this Act as a child both of whose parents have emigrated from Mexico and are not citizens of the United States and who is provided free public education.
Bill· SS. 2784 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to reduce the total number of visas available to natives of any foreign state in each fiscal year by the number of aliens paroled into the United States for temporary entry during such fiscal year. Prohibits the Attorney General without the prior consent of Congress from paroling into the United States in any fiscal year a total number of aliens from any foreign state in excess of the number of visas available to each such foreign state under such Act. Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Prohibits the employment or referral for employment in the United States of any alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. Establishes civil penalties for any employer, agent, or referrer who violates such employment provision. Directs the Secretary of Labor to compile data and publish a quarterly report concerning the employment of illegal aliens. Stipulates that illegal aliens shall be ineligible for assistance under the Food Stamp Act and certain programs under the Social Security Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 11718 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Illegal Alien Control Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. 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 prescribed 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. 11696 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1978
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. 11581 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
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 authority, 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. Provides for such seizure without a warrant if incident to an arrest, or if the Attorney General has probable cause to believe such illegal transport occurred.
Bill· HRH.R. 11367 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1978
Parent Participation in Migrant Education Amendments - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require State and local educational agencies receiving funds for educational programs for migrant children under Title I of such Act to establish advisory councils to increase the role of the parents of such children in the planning and evaluation of such educational programs. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such advisory councils. Directs the Commissioner of Education to sponsor regional workshops to assist local educational agencies in working with such parent advisory councils.
Bill· HRH.R. 11095 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1978
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. 10800 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
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. 10752 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Makes additional immigration visas available in the case of a foreign state from which the total number of immigrants admitted to the United States in any fiscal year after June 30, 1972 was less than three fourths of the average annual number of visas made available to immigrants from such state during the ten year period beginning July 1, 1955. Limits to 7,500 the total number of visas to be made available in the case of any one foreign state. Specifies the percent of additional visas to be allocated to the categories of preference and nonpreference priorities set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Stipulates that the provision of such Act which prohibits the admittance of aliens seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor shall not apply in the determination of an immigrant's eligibility to receive an additional visa as authorized by this Act. Limits the application of the provisions of this Act to four years. Stipulates that nothing in this Act modifies or affects the authority of the Attorney General in the administration of any law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization.
Bill· HRH.R. 10525 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1978
Visa and Naturalization Administration Act - Establishes in the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the Visa and Naturalization Administration to which are transferred: (1) the functions, powers, and duties of the Visa Office of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs in the Department of State, and the functions, powers and duties of the Secretary of State with respect to such Office; (2) specified functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Labor; (3) the functions, powers, and duties of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; and (4) the functions, powers, and duties of the Attorney General under the Immigration and Nationality Act except those functions, powers, and duties pertaining to the enforcement of a final order of deportation. Creates an Office of Inspector General to investigate each program administered by the Administration and the report to Congress concerning complaints and investigations with respect to Administration programs.