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Bill· HRH.R. 2361 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make only the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas and be permitted admission into the United States: (1) any alien with a communicable disease of public health significance; (2) any alien with a record of behavior or mental impairment that poses a threat to property or safety; (3) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, with specified exceptions; (4) any alien convicted of two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentences actually imposed were five years or more; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations; (6) any alien who has engaged in terrorist activity against the United States or against a citizen of the United States; (7) any alien who participated in Nazi persecutions; (8) any alien deemed by the Attorney General as a probable security risk for certain specified reasons, including terrorist activity; (9) any alien who is likely to become a public economic burden; (10) any alien seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor, with certain qualified exceptions; (11) 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; (12) any excluded or deported alien who seeks readmission within one year of the event, unless such readmission is consented to by the Attorney General; (13) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (14) any stowaway alien; (15) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (16) any immigrant not in possession of a valid immigrant visa and passport at the time of admission; (17) any nonimmigrant not in possession of a valid passport authorizing the alien to return to the country from which he or she came; and (18) 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 provisions dealing with bond and conditions for admission for permanent residence for retarded, tubercular, and mentally ill aliens. 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 arriving from a foreign contiguous territory or adjacent islands who has not resided in such territory or islands for at least two years prior to such arrival; (5) 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; (6) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude; (7) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of a violation of certain drug laws; (8) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted under weapons-possession laws; (9) any alien who at any time is convicted on any of various specified loyalty laws (e.g. sabotage, treason and sedition, selective service, etc.); (10) any alien who fails to comply with alien registration laws or foreign agent registration laws; (11) any alien convicted of fraud or misuse of visas or other entry documents; (12) any alien engaging in activity which endangers the public safety or national security, including terrorist activity; (13) any alien who within five years after entry has become a public economic burden; (14) any alien who has engaged in terrorist activity against the United States or against a citizen of the United States; or (15) any alien who participated in Nazi persecutions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2329 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the "sexual deviation" exclusion provision.
Bill· HRH.R. 2286 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1985
Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations under such Act and under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. States that an agency receiving a refugee assistance resettlement grant or contract shall be responsible for a refugee's subsistence needs during the initial 90-day resettlement period. Limits the number of refugees covered by the annual congressional report.
Bill· HRH.R. 2267 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1985
Illegal Immigration 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 two or more persons to hire anyone without complying with the verification procedure set forth in this Act. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor and Health and Human Services, to establish a social security account validation system as part of such verification procedure. Sets forth a 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. States that nothing in this Act shall directly or indirectly authorize the creation of a national identification card system. Prohibits employers from requiring employees to post indemnity bonds. Subjects violators of such verification procedure or hiring provisions to civil penalties. Requires notice and a hearing opportunity. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) seek injunctive relief for pattern or practice violations; and (2) sue to collect outstanding penalties. 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 Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 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. Sets forth penalties. Part B: Improvement of Enforcement and Services - Directs the Attorney General to develop and transmit to the Congress an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) personnel and funding plan for FY 1986 and 1987. Authorizes FY 1986 and 1987 INS appropriations. 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. Sets forth penalties. Directs the Attorney General: (1) in consultation with experts and State and local governments, to develop an INS immigration emergency contingency plan; and (2) to submit such plan to the congressional judiciary committees within four months. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Attorney General: (1) jointly with the Secretary of State, to initiate discussions with Mexico and Canada on programs to prevent alien smuggling into the United States; and (2) report to the Congress within one year. Part C: Denial of Immigration Benefits to Illegal Aliens - Prohibits out-of-status aliens from adjusting to permanent resident (immigrant status). Denies immediate relative status to certain relatives of illegal aliens or Cuban/Haitian entrants. Title II: Temporary Agricultural Labor - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant (H-2 visas) worker provisions. States that such agricultural workers' stay shall be determined by the Attorney General. Prohibits entry to temporary workers who have violated entry conditions within the previous five years. Requires the Attorney General to provide for necessary entry and exit documents. Requires an employer H-2 visa petition to certify that: (1) there are not enough local U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages and working conditions will not be adversely affected. Authorizes 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; (2) the employer violated temporary worker admissions terms; or (3) in a case where such workers are not covered by State workers' compensation laws, the employer has not provided equivalent protection at no cost to such workers. Directs the Secretary to establish expedited review of such denied certificates. Provides with regard to agricultural worker applications that: (1) the Secretary may not require such an application to be filed more than 50 days before needed; (2) the employer shall be notified in writing within seven days if such an application requires perfecting; and (3) the Secretary shall approve an acceptable application not later than 20 days before needed. Authorizes producer associations to file such petitions. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Agriculture, to report to the Congress annually regarding such certification program. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1986 to: (1) recruit domestic workers; (2) monitor the nonimmigrant work program; (3) make determinations and certifications; and (4) permit the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out duties under such Act. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture, to establish a three-year transitional agricultural labor program to implement the H-2 temporary agricultural worker program. Requires employer registration during the first year of the program. Provides that the number of undocumented agricultural workers be reduced by one-third for each of the three years. Provides such transitional workers with the same benefits and protections as H-2 workers. Sets forth employer participation requirements. Requires a report to the Congress within 18 months regarding temporary alien worker program improvements. Authorizes the Attorney General to prohibit an employer from participating in the program for up to three years for specified hiring violations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and other appropriate countries and advise the Attorney General regarding the temporary worker and transitional worker programs. Prohibits such aliens from adjusting to immigrant or other nonimmigrant status. Adds to the classification of nonimmigrant aliens those foreign workers who have no intention of abandoning a foreign residence, but come to the United States for seasonal agricultural employment for a maximum of eight consecutive months. Prohibits the admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant if such alien has violated the terms or conditions of a previous admission nonimmigrant within the past five years. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor, to establish an admissions program for such workers. Requires such program to impose monthly and annual quotas upon nonimmigrant visas by agricultural employment region. Subjects the availability of such visas to a specified preference system, based upon a specified allotment formula. States that: (1) the availability of a nonimmigrant visa is not predicated upon petitions from prospective employers within the United States; and (2) nonimmigrant visas shall neither limit the type of agricultural work, nor the geographical area within which aliens may be employed. Provides for up to ten U.S. agricultural employment regions. Permits employers of agricultural workers to submit petitions to the Attorney General which specify the month and agricultural employment region concerned, as well as a breakdown of the type of work needed and the availability of domestic and foreign workers to do such work. Requires the Attorney General to prescribe quotas for nonimmigrant visas based upon such petitions and other specified factors. Permits agricultural employers to apply for an increase in nonimmigration visa quotas if they can establish an emergency need based upon specified factors. Requires the Attorney General to decide such applications within 72 hours of the completion of such application. Requires employers to: (1) make a good faith effort to recruit domestic workers; (2) provide wages and working conditions that do not adversely affect similarly-employed U.S. workers; (3) provide benefits similar to State compensation benefits in areas where such benefits are unavailable; (4) not employ such workers in cases of a strike or lockout; (5) not employ such workers for other than seasonal agricultural work; and (6) substitute a housing allowance payment for actual housing under specified circumstances. Disqualifies an employer for up to three years for violations of such requirements. Makes it unlawful to hire, recruit, or refer for U.S. employment a nonimmigrant alien in the absence of an approved employment application. Sets forth penalties. Denies such alien workers any Federal assistance based on financial need. Directs the Secretary of State to expand and establish consulates in countries from which such aliens are likely to come. Directs the Attorney General to provide the Congress with a semiannual program report. Directs the Attorney General to establish a trust fund (from employer and employee wage-based contributions) to: (1) administer and enforce such program; and (2) provide a monetary incentive for alien workers to return to their country. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate with representatives of labor source countries to establish bilateral advisory commissions to advise the Attorney General regarding problems arising under this Act. Excludes from admission into the United States any such alien workers who are not: (1) continuously employed; or (2) actively seeking employment in the agricultural labor market. Precludes the time spent by aliens in a nonimmigrant status under this Act from being counted as part of the continuous residence requirement for purposes of suspending deportation. Bars such aliens from having their status adjusted to permanent resident.
Law· HRH.R. 2224 (99th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make alien crewmen serving on a U.S.-based fishing vessel nonimmigrant aliens while they are temporarily in Guam.
Bill· HRH.R. 2184 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985
Naturalization Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) establish an administrative naturalization procedure; and (2) make such procedure the sole procedure for naturalization. Provides for judicial review in U.S. district court of a denied naturalization application. Sets forth related administrative and conforming provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2180 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985
Immigration Reform Act of 1985 - Title I: Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A: Preventing Displacement of Domestic Workers by Unauthorized Aliens - Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Attorney General and with the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, to submit to the Congress an alien labor enforcement plan for FY 1986. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress an updated plan for FY 1987. Authorizes supplemental FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for such enforcement activities by the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to establish a civil penalty for specified recordkeeping violations. Part B: Improvement of Enforcement and Services - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize supplementary FY 1985 appropriations for Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities. Authorizes FY 1986 and 1987 appropriations for INS. Directs the Attorney General to submit a plan to the Congress for FY 1985 supplemental personnel and resources, and to revise such plan for FY 1986 and 1987. States that increases in enforcement activities should be used predominantly for border area patrol. Establishes criminal penalties for unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens to the United States for commercial advantage or private profit. Directs the Attorney General, jointly with the Secretary of State, to initiate antismuggling program discussions with Canada and Mexico and to report on such discussions to the Congress within one year. Directs the Attorney General to develop an INS immigration emergency plan, and to submit such plan to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the Attorney General to request supplementary appropriations if the President has determined that such an emergency exists. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish an inservice training program to familiarize INS personnel with the rights of citizens and the various cultural backgrounds of persons they may come in contact with; and (2) enhance the INS community outreach program. 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 and Enforcement Powers and Procedures - Creates a seven-member United States Immigration Board as an independent agency within the Department of Justice to hear appeals from: (1) final decisions of administrative law judges (other than voluntary departure); (2) the exercise of certain discretionary authority; (3) imposition of penalties and fines; and (4) determinations respecting bond, parole, and detention. States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless judicially modified. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days. 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. Limits the Attorney General's authority to arrest and detain an alien pending determination of deportability. Requires such determination proceedings to be open to the public unless requested otherwise by the alien. Requires related bail determination within 24 hours. Sets forth determination factors, including factors requiring release without bond. Provides for an administrative de novo determination. Permits the Attorney General to revoke an alien's bond or conditional release and detain such person for reasonable cause. Permits an immigration officer or employee to stop and temporarily detain a person if the officer has a reasonable belief based on specific, articulable facts, that such person is illegally in the United States. Requires a determination of deportability to be made within 24 hours of arrest. Requires an alien to be advised orally and in writing of the reasons for arrest and his or her rights in English or in such person's native language. Requires advisement of right of counsel and right to remain silent. Provides for both searches with warrants and warrantless searches. Title II: Reform of Legal Immigration and Naturalization - Part A: Immigrants - Increases annual visas: (1) from 20,000 to 40,000 each for Mexico and Canada (with the unused portion available to the other country); and (2) from 600 to 3,000 for the colonies. Makes such increases effective in FY 1986. Requires a comprehensive immigration impact report every three years beginning on January 1, 1988. Requires the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to hold public hearings to review such reports. 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. Exempts certain self-supporting retirees from numerical admissions limitations. Treats university researchers as faculty for certification purposes. States that certain brief absences from the United States by an alien shall not be construed as having failed to maintain continuous physical presence for suspension of deportation purposes. Part B: Nonimmigrant Tourists - Authorizes a three-year tourist visa waiver pilot program with up to eight reciprocating countries. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Requires a program report to the Congress. Part C: Naturalization - Confers naturalization jurisdiction upon the Attorney General. Authorizes an administrative naturalization procedure in addition to the current judicial procedure. Waives the English language requirement for persons older than 50 years. Eliminates the six-month State residency requirement. Title III: Legalization - Directs the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status aliens who: (1) entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and have resided continuously in this country illegally since that date; (2) apply within the prescribed application period; (3) have registered with the draft if so required; and (4) are otherwise admissible. Prohibits the legalization of persons: (1) convicted of a felony (excluding certain re-entry violations) in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in religious, political, or racial persecution. Requires the Attorney General to designate and work with voluntary agencies to disseminate program information and process such aliens. 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, security, and Nazi persecution grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Provides for a transitional legal status, during such adjustment determination period which prohibits deportation and permits employment. Requires that persons arrested during such legalization program period be notified of their opportunity to adjust, and prohibits deportation until they have been afforded such opportunity. Permits administrative appeal of a status adjustment denial. Directs the Attorney General to establish eligibility requirements and application approval guidelines in consultation with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and participating voluntary agencies. Direct the Attorney General to construe such adjustment requirements liberally, taking into account the special circumstances to individuals previously residing unlawfully in the United States. Allows the waiver of continuous residence when necessary to avoid undue family hardship. Provides criminal penalties for false application statements. Makes legalized aliens (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants, the aged, blind, and disabled, and persons requiring specified medical assistance) eligible for Federal financial assistance and Medicaid for five years. States that programs authorized under the Public Health Service Act, title V of the Social Security Act, unemployment assistance programs, the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, chapter l 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. Requires the President to submit to the Congress reports on the implementation and the impact of the legalization program. Provides permanent resident status adjustment for certain Cuban and Haitian nationals who entered the United States before January 1, 1982. 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. Provides for cooperation with State and local governmental advisory groups in implementing this Act. Title IV: National Commission on Immigration - Establishes a 15-member National Commission on Immigration to study and recommend legislative and administrative solutions to specified social, economic, employment, and international immigration problems facing the United States, including the development of economic programs with Latin America. Requires the Commission to assess: (1) the current U.S. temporary worker program; and (2) the causes of the existing preference visa backlog. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Requires a report to the Congress within 18 months. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2163 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 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.
Question· Kleine Anfrage10/3197open
Germany · German Bundestag · 17 April 1985
Aufnahme von politischen Flüchtlingen seit 1953, Aufnahmequoten in westeuropäischen Ländern, Überprüfung der Asylberechtigung, Entwicklung bei den Asylverfahren seit 1980, insbesondere seit Inkrafttreten des Asylverfahrensgesetzes 1982, Dauer der Verfahren, beabsichtigte Änderungen des Asylrechts, Harmonisierung im europäischen Bereich, Behandlung verspätet gestellter Anträge, Einführung der Regelvermutung, daß der Antragsteller bereits Schutz gefunden habe, bei der Einreise über Drittländer, Vollzugsdefizite im Bereich des Asylverfahrensrechts
Question· Kleine Anfrage10/3177open
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 April 1985
Zahl der abgeschobenen Asylbewerber 1982 bis 1984, Widerstand und Selbstmordversuche im Zusammenhang mit der Abschiebung, Bewachung und Verabreichung von Medikamenten, Erkennbarkeit der Abschiebung im Heimatstaat, Information des Heimatstaates über eventuelle Straftaten, Koordination des Abtransports, Übertragung polizeilicher Aufgaben an Boden- und Flugpersonal von Fluggesellschaften, insbesondere der Lufthansa
Bill· HRH.R. 1996 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
International Organizations Staffs' Children, Survivors, and Retirees Act of 1985 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include 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.
Bill· SS. 825 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1797 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit suspension of deportation without regard to departures which do not meaningfully interrupt continuous physical presence.
Bill· SS. 737 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual number of immigrant visas for colonies and dependent areas from 600 to 5,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 1726 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant admissions preference (third) to persons with exceptional ability in business.
Bill· HRH.R. 1725 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1684 (99th)referred
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
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
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. 1549 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual number of immigrant visas for colonies and dependent areas from 600 to 5,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 1563 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to update from June 30, 1948, to January 1, 1976, the registry date for permanent entry admissions records.
Bill· HRH.R. 1518 (99th)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1482 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual number of immigrant visas for colonies and dependent areas from 600 to 5,000.
Law· HRH.R. 1452 (99th)enacted
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. 1410 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit naturalization courts to retain one-half of all naturalization fees paid.
Proposal· PCCELEX 51985PC0048open
European Union · European Commission · 1 March 1985
Bill· HRH.R. 1302 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1985
Directs the Attorney General to provide for the naturalization of certain resident Filipino World War II veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 1266 (99th)open
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· Gesetzgebung99/85open
Germany · Bundesrat · 26 February 1985
<b>Bezug:</b> Im BR zusammengeführt mit Länderantrag von Berlin B66, Fortgang siehe dort Siehe auch B26, B27 und B31 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Erweiterung des Verbots der Arbeitsaufnahme grundsätzlich auf die Dauer des Asylverfahrens, Änderung der §§ 2,4,7,15 und 36 des Gesetzes über das Asylverfahren, Änderung § 19 des Arbeitsförderungsgesetzes. Es entstehen keine Kosten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Arbeitserlaubnis/Erweiterung des Verbots der Arbeitsaufnahme für Asylbewerber grundsätzlich auf die Dauer des Asylverfahrens * Arbeitsförderungsgesetz/Änderung § 19 des Arbeitsförderungsgesetzes betr. Eindämmung des Asylmißbrauchs
Bill· HRH.R. 1220 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1985
Confers posthumously U.S. citizenship upon Annita Nelken.
Bill· Gesetzgebung10/3678open
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 February 1985
<strong>Bezug:</strong> Im BR zusammengeführt mit Länderantrag von Baden-Württemberg und Bayern B67 (BR Drs. 99/85); in der 2. Beratung zusammengeführt mit der BR-Initiative B26 (BT-Drs 10/1164) u.d.T. "Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Änderung asylverfahrensrechtlicher, arbeitserlaubnisrechtlicher und ausländerrechtlicher Vorschriften", Fortgang s. dort; siehe auch B27 und B31<br />
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<strong>Inhalt:</strong> Änderung der §§ 8,11,16,22 und 36 AsylVfG sowie von § 14 Ausländergesetz; Verfahrensänderungen zur Beschleunigung der Asylgewährung bzw. -ablehnung, Einführung einer Nachkontrolle der Asylberechtigung, Bindung des Abschiebeverbots für politisch verfolgte Ausländer an die Stellung eines Asylantrags. Es entstehen keine Kosten.<br />
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<strong>Änderungen aufgrund der Ausschußempfehlung:</strong> Zusammengeführt mit B26 (BT-Drs 10/1164); Nichtberücksichtigung selbstgeschaffener Nachfluchtgründe, Einführung des Begriffs der anderweitigen Sicherheit (in einem anderen Staat) vor politischer Verfolgung, ergänzende Regelungen über Gemeinschaftsunterkünfte; Neuregelung der Voraussetzungen für eine Arbeitserlaubniserteilung, namentlich eine Verlängerung der Wartezeit für nichtanerkannte Asylbewerber, deren Ehegatten und Kinder sowie Ausweitung der Pflichten von Beförderungsunternehmen, die Ausländer ohne die erforderlichen Dokumente transportieren; Erleichterungen bei der Aufenthaltsnahme, der Unterbringung und der Arbeitsaufnahme in den Fällen, in denen das Bundesamt einen Ausländer als Asylberechtigten anerkannt oder ein Bericht das Bundesamt zur Anerkennung verpflichtet hat, auch wenn ein Rechtsmittel eingelegt worden ist. Dem Bund entstehen keine Kosten.<br />
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<strong>Nebenschlagwörter:</strong> Ausländergesetz/Änderung von § 14 Ausländergesetz betr. Bindung des Abschiebeverbots für politisch verfolgte Ausländer an die Stellung eines Asylantrags * Abschiebung von Ausländern/Bindung des Abschiebeverbots für politisch verfolgte Ausländer an die Stellung eines Asylantrags
Proposal· PCCELEX 51985PC0028open
European Union · European Commission · 14 February 1985
Record· CJCELEX 61983CJ0267decided
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 February 1985
Bill· HRH.R. 1061 (99th)referred
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
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
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
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
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· HJRESH.J.Res. 73 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Confers honorary citizenship upon Ignace Jan Paderewski. Directs the Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery to invite organizations providing commercial tours of the cemetery to recognize the entombment site of Paderewski and explain its significance.
Bill· SS. 196 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the "sexual deviation" exclusion provision.
Report· DCCELEX 51984DC0746open
European Union · European Commission · 7 January 1985
Bill· HRH.R. 298 (99th)referred
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
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
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
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
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.