Immigration

Military Families Unification Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1999

Military Families Unification Act of 1999 - Exempts a qualifying alien child or spouse of a Philippine serviceman in the United States Navy from: (1) specified bars to admission due to unlawful U.S. presence; or (2) penalties for failure to depart from the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Provides such aliens of appropriate age with work authorization.

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1999

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of State (the Secretary), as part of the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, to include information to address the status of trafficking in persons, including: (1) a list of foreign countries that are countries of origin, transit, or destination for a significant number of victims of "severe forms of trafficking" (defined as sex trafficking in which either a commercial sex act or any act or event contributing to such act is effected or induced by force, coercion, fraud, or deception, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained age 18, and the purchase, sale, recruitment, harboring, transportation, transfer, or receipt of a person for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, or slavery, or slavery-like practices which is effected by force, coercion, fraud, or deception); (2) a description of the nature and extent of severe forms of trafficking in persons in each country (descriptive information); (3) an assessment of the efforts by such governments to combat severe forms of trafficking (assessment information); and (4) descriptive information and, where appropriate, assessment information, on a country-by-country basis. (Sec 5) Requires the President to establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, chaired by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which shall assist the Task Force and be administered by a Director. Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate the implementation of this Act; (2) measure and evaluate progress of the United States and other countries in trafficking prevention, protection of and provision of assistance to trafficking victims, and prosecution and enforcement against traffickers; (3) expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data (and respect the confidentiality of trafficking victims); (4) engage in efforts to facilitate cooperation among countries of origin, transit, and destination; (5) examine the role of the international "sex tourism" industry in the trafficking of women and children and in the sexual exploitation of women and children around the world; and (6) make recommendations on appropriate measures to combat this industry. (Sec. 6) Directs the President: (1) acting through the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) and the heads of other appropriate agencies, to establish and carry out initiatives to enhance economic opportunity for potential victims of trafficking as a method to deter trafficking; (2) acting through the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and State, and through the Attorney General, to establish and carry out programs to increase public awareness, particularly among potential victims, of the dangers of trafficking and the protections that are available for victims; and (3) to consult with appropriate nongovernmental organizations with respect to the establishment and conduct of initiatives under this section. (Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to establish and carry out programs and initiatives in foreign countries to assist in the safe integration, reintegration, or resettlement of victims of trafficking and their children and to take appropriate steps to enhance cooperative efforts among foreign countries, including countries of origin of victims, to assist in such integration, reintegration, or resettlement. Directs the Attorney General, the Secretaries of HHS and Labor, and the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, subject to the availability of appropriations, to expand existing services to provide assistance to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons within the United States, without regard to such victims' immigration status. Makes such victims eligible, without regard to their immigration status, for any benefits that are otherwise available under the Crime Victims Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, U.S. territories and possessions, Indian tribes, units of local government, and nongovernmental victims' service organizations to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for trafficking victims, subject to specified conditions. Provides trafficking victims a civil right of action for violations of Federal criminal code (the code) provisions (established by section 12 of this Act) regarding trafficking into slavery-like conditions or sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to promulgate regulations for law enforcement personnel, immigration officials, and State Department officials to provide that: (1) victims of severe forms of trafficking, while in Federal custody, shall be housed in appropriate shelter, receive prompt medical care, food, and other assistance, and be provided protection if a victim's safety is at risk; (2) such victims shall not be jailed, fined, or otherwise penalized due to having been trafficked, and shall have access to legal assistance, information about their rights, and translation services; (3) Federal law enforcement officials shall act to ensure an alien's continued presence in the United States if, after an assessment, it is determined that such alien is a victim of trafficking or a material witness; and (4) appropriate personnel of the Departments of State and Justice shall be trained in identifying such victims and providing for their protection. Amends the code to make funds derived from the sale of assets seized from and forfeited by trafficking available for victims assistance programs under this Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Attorney General to: (1) grant non-immigrant visas to certain victims of severe forms of trafficking who are in the United States and who would face a significant possibility of retribution or other harm if they were removed from the United States; and (2) adjust to lawful permanent resident status the status of victims who have been in the United States continuously for three years since admission, who have remained of good moral character, who have not unreasonably refused to assist in trafficking investigations or prosecutions, and who would face a significant possibility of retribution or other harm if removed from the United States. (Sec. 8) Establishes minimum standards applicable to countries that have a significant trafficking problem. Urges such countries to prohibit severe forms of trafficking in persons, to punish such acts, and to make serious and sustained efforts to eliminate such trafficking. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Secretary and the Director of AID to provide assistance to foreign countries for programs and activities designed to meet the minimum international standards for the elimination of trafficking. (Sec. 10) Declares that it is U.S. policy to withhold non-humanitarian foreign assistance to countries which do not meet the minimum standards. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees regarding the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons, including a list of any countries that do not meet applicable minimum standards. Permits interim reports. Requires the President, for FY 2002 and subsequent fiscal years, for each country that fails to meet the standards, to make one of the following determinations: (1) to withhold U.S. non-humanitarian assistance; (2) to not provide funding for participation of employees of such country's governments in educational and cultural exchange programs; (3) to instruct the U.S. executive director of each multilateral development bank and the International Monetary Fund to vote against non-humanitarian assistance to such country; (4) that such country has come into compliance with the minimum standards; or (5) that the provision of non-humanitarian assistance to a country not meeting minimum standards is in the U.S. national interest. (Sec. 11) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to compile and publish a list of foreign persons who play a significant role in a severe form of trafficking in persons, directly or indirectly in the United States, who materially support such persons, or who are owned or controlled by such persons; and (2) the President to impose sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, including the freezing of assets located in the United States. Directs the President, upon exercising such authority, to report to specified congressional committees: (1) identifying publicly the foreign persons that the President determines are appropriate for sanctions; and (2) detailing publicly the sanctions imposed. Permits non-disclosure of persons on the list for intelligence and law enforcement reasons, and requires that Congress be notified of such exclusions on an annual basis. Excludes significant traffickers, and those who knowingly assist them, from entry into the United States. (Sec. 12) Amends the code to: (1) double the current maximum penalties for peonage, enticement into slavery, and sale into involuntary servitude to 20 years imprisonment; and (2) add the possibility of life imprisonment for such violations resulting in death or involving kidnaping, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill. Prohibits, and sets penalties for: (1) trafficking into involuntary servitude, peonage, or slavery-like conditions; (2) sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion; and (3) unlawfully possessing or destroying the identification or immigration documents of another in the course of a trafficking violation or in an attempt to impair a trafficking investigation or restrict a victim's movement. Requires that convicted traffickers provide full restitution to their victims. Directs courts to order the forfeiture to the United States of any of the trafficker's property that was used for or derived from violations of these laws. Makes victims of these crimes eligible for the Federal witness protection program. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review, and if appropriate amend, the sentencing guidelines to ensure that they are sufficiently stringent with respect to such trafficking offenses. Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to add the new trafficking offenses to the list of covered activities. (Sec. 13) Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for: (1) the Interagency Task Force; (2) the Secretary of HHS; (3) the Secretary; (4) the Attorney General; (5) the President (for foreign victim assistance and assistance to foreign countries to meet the minimum standards); and (6) the Secretary of Labor.

Ausländerfeindliche und rechtsextremistische Ausschreitungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Monat Oktober 1999 (G-SIG: 14010648)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 November 1999

Anzahl der Ermittlungsverfahren, U-Haft, Verurteilungen, verletzte bzw. getötete Personen

Literacy Involves Families Together Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1999

Literacy Involves Families Together Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise and reauthorize Even Start Family Literacy Programs (Even Start) (part B of title I provisions for Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards). (Sec. 2) Extends through FY 2004 the authorization of appropriations for such Even Start programs, and increases the amounts authorized. (Sec. 3) Requires State plans to assure that State educational agencies (SEAs) will encourage local educational agencies (LEAs) and individual schools participating in a program assisted under ESEA title I part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies), to use part A funds to offer family literacy services, if the LEA or school determines that a substantial number of students they serve under part A have parents who do not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent or who have low levels of literacy. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) reserve an increased portion of part B Even Start funds for migrant programs, outlying areas, and Indian tribes, under specified conditions; (2) award a competitive demonstration grant of sufficient amount and duration for a potentially high-quality family literacy program in a prison that houses women and their preschool age children; (3) ensure coordination of family literacy programs under Even Start with similar programs operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); and (4) reserve specified portions of Even Start excess funds for scientifically-based research on family literacy by the National Institute for Literacy. Limits the Federal share of program costs to 35 percent after the eighth year of Even Start program assistance. Authorizes States to use a portion of Even Start funds to provide technical assistance and training to subgrantees (partnerships of LEAs and eligible organizations) to improve the quality of their family literacy services, giving priority to low-quality programs, provided that such State use of funds for a fiscal year does not result in a decrease from the level of activities and services provided to program participants in the preceding year. Requires Even Start programs to use research-based techniques for helping children learn to read, as well as for helping adults where appropriate research is available. Allows an Even Start program, despite specified age limitations, to permit children eight years of age or older to participate if such program collaborates with a part A program and part A funds are used to pay the cost of providing part B Even Start services to such children. Requires an SEA, in awarding subgrants to continue an Even Start program after the first year, to review the progress of each eligible entity in meeting program goals described in the State plan (as well as, under current law, evaluating the program based on State-developed program quality indicators). Eliminates the eight-year limitation on a subgrantee's receiving Even Start funds. Sets the same limits on the Federal share of renewed subgrants as on Even Start grants. Directs the National Institute for Literacy to use certain reserved Even Start funds for scientifically-based research to determine: (1) the most effective ways of improving literacy skills of adults with reading difficulties; and (2) how family literacy services can best provide parents with knowledge and skills to support their children's literacy development. Requires such research to be carried out through an entity, including a Federal agency, with expertise in doing longitudinal studies of children's literacy skills development, and that has developed effective interventions to help children with reading difficulties. (Sec. 5) Requires State applications for Even Start grants to describe how the State will encourage programs and projects assisted under Even Start to offer family literacy services if the program or project serves a substantial number of migratory children who have parents who do not have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent or who have low levels of literacy. (Sec. 6) Defines family literacy services under ESEA as services provided to participants on a voluntary basis that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient duration, to make sustainable changes in a family, and that integrate all of the following activities: (1) interactive literacy activities between parents and their children; (2) training for parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners in the education of their children; (3) parent literacy training that leads to economic self-sufficiency; and (4) an age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences. (Sec. 7) Amends the Education Amendments Act of 1978 to require BIA-operated family literacy programs, under the early childhood education program for Indian children or other programs, to be coordinated with Even Start family literacy programs under ESEA.

Rechtliche Kompetenzen und finanzielle Ausstattung von Ausländerbeiräten (G-SIG: 14010647)

Germany · German Bundestag · 4 November 1999

Verbesserung der Stellung der Ausländerbeiräte

Comprehensive Antitrafficking in Persons Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1999

Comprehensive Antitrafficking in Persons Act of 1999 - Directs the President to establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, chaired by the Secretary of State (the Secretary). Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which shall provide assistance to the Task Force and be administered by a Director. Directs the Task Force to carry out the following activities: (1) coordinate implementation of this Act; (2) measure and evaluate the progress of the United States and countries around the world in the areas of trafficking prevention, protection and assistance to trafficking victims, and prosecution and enforcement against traffickers; (3) expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data; and (4) engage in efforts to facilitate cooperation among countries of origin, transit, and destination. (Sec. 5) Requires the President, acting through: (1) the United States Agency for International Development (AID) and the heads of other appropriate agencies, to establish and carry out initiatives to enhance economic opportunity for potential victims of trafficking as a method to deter trafficking; and (2) the Attorney General and the Secretaries of State, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS), to establish and carry out programs to increase public awareness, particularly among potential victims, of the dangers of trafficking and the protections that are available for its victims. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of AID to: (1) establish and carry out programs and initiatives in foreign countries to assist in the safe reintegration of victims of trafficking and their children; and (2) take all appropriate steps to enhance cooperative efforts among foreign countries to assist in the appropriate reintegration of stateless victims of trafficking with respect to the establishment and conduct of programs and initiatives. Requires the Attorney General, the Secretaries of HHS and Labor, and the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation to expand existing services to provide assistance to victims of trafficking within the United States, without regard to their immigration status. Makes victims of trafficking in the United States eligible, without regard to their immigration status, for any benefits that are otherwise available under the Crime Victims Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, U.S. territories and possessions, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victims' service organizations to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for trafficking victims. Requires an eligible governmental unit or organization, to receive a grant, to certify that its laws, policies, and practices do not punish or deny services to trafficking victims on account of the nature of their employment or services performed in connection with such trafficking. Sets forth provisions regarding fund allocation and the Federal share. Authorizes individuals who are victims of Federal criminal code (the code) violations regarding trafficking and criminal exploitation of workers to bring a civil action in U.S. district court. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to promulgate regulations for law enforcement personnel, immigration officials, and Department of State officials to implement the following: (1) trafficking victims, while in Federal custody, shall be housed in appropriate shelter as quickly as possible; receive prompt medical care, food, and other assistance; and be provided protection if a victim's safety is at risk or if there is danger of additional harm by recapture of the victim by a trafficker; (2) Federal law enforcement officials should act, to ensure an alien individual's continued presence in the United States, if after an assessment it is determined that such individual is a trafficking victim or a material witness, in order to effectuate prosecution of those responsible and to further U.S. humanitarian interests; and (3) appropriate Department of State and Department of Justice personnel shall be trained in identifying victims of trafficking and in providing for their protection. Makes funding available. (Sec. 7) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish a new non-immigrant classification for an alien (and the alien's spouse, children, and parents if accompanying or following to join the alien) who the Attorney General determines: (1) possesses material information concerning criminal or other unlawful activity; (2) is willing to supply or has supplied such information to Federal or State law enforcement officials; (3) would be helpful, were the alien to remain in the United States, to a properly authorized Federal or State investigation or prosecution of the criminal or other unlawful activity; and (4) has suffered significant physical or mental abuse as a result of the criminal or other unlawful activity. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide that: (1) the number of aliens admitted in a fiscal year under such classification may not exceed 1,000; (2) no alien may be admitted into the United States as such a non-immigrant more than five years after the date of the enactment of such provision; (3) the period of authorized admission of an alien as such a non-immigrant may not exceed three years (which can not be extended by the Attorney General); and (4) as a condition for admission and continued stay in lawful status the non-immigrant may not be convicted of a criminal offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more after the date of admission, the non-immigrant must have executed a form that waives the right to contest (other than on the basis of an application for withholding removal) any action for removal of the alien instituted before the alien obtains lawful permanent resident status, and the non-immigrant shall abide by any other condition or restriction imposed by the Attorney General. Prohibits a change of non-immigrant classification for such aliens. Amends the INA to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the status of such an alien to one lawfully admitted for permanent residence if, in the Attorney General's opinion, the alien's continued presence in the United States is justified on humanitarian grounds or is otherwise in the national interest, and the alien meets other specified conditions. (Sec. 8) Allows the President to impose specified measures against any foreign country that has made little or no progress on reducing trafficking, implementing any necessary anti-trafficking laws, enforcing anti-trafficking laws, or protecting and assisting trafficking victims. Authorizes the President to: (1) deny U.S. Government assistance, with exceptions; (2) instruct the U.S. Executive Director to specified international financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan or financial or technical assistance to the country by such institution; (3) prohibit the transfer of defense articles, services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act to the country or any national; (4) prohibit or substantially restrict exports to the country of goods, technology and services, and suspend existing licenses for the transfer to that person of items the export of which is controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export Administration Regulations; and (5) exercise certain authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make a determination of those persons who are trafficking in the United States or its territories and possessions and, if such a determination is made, publish the list in the Federal Register. Directs the President to report to Congress on measures applied under this section and the reasons for their application. (Sec. 9) Amends the code to double the term of imprisonment for specified slavery-related offenses. Provides for enhanced penalties where death results if the violation includes kidnaping (or an attempt to kidnap), aggravated sexual abuse (or an attempt to commit such abuse), or an attempt to kill. Prohibits, and sets penalties for: (1) specified actions with respect to the trafficking and criminal exploitation of workers, including knowingly benefitting from the labor or services of a person held to a condition of involuntary servitude or peonage; and (2) destruction, concealment, and unlawful possession of documents in furtherance of trafficking, criminal worker exploitation, involuntary servitude, or peonage. Directs the court to order restitution for offenses under this section. Sets forth provisions regarding proof of a condition of involuntary servitude or peonage, punishment of attempts to violate specified provisions of this Act, and forfeiture to the United States. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses involving the trafficking of persons. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary, as part of the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, to include specified information to address the status of international trafficking in persons. (Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations for the Interagency Task Force, and to the Secretary of HHS, the Secretary, the Attorney General, the President, and the Secretary of Labor, for FY 2001-2002 to carry out this Act.

For the relief of Valentina Ovechkina.

United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1999

Declares a named individual to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

For the relief of Zohreh Farhang Ghahfarokhi.

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1999

Declares a named individual to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Arbeitnehmerentsendegesetz (G-SIG: 14010630)

Germany · German Bundestag · 28 October 1999

Verfassungskonformität der Durchgriffshaftung gem. § 1a Arbeitnehmerentsendegesetz, Wiedereinführung des Pflichtabzugsverfahrens für Lohnsteuer, Problematik verordneter Mindestlöhne, Umfang von Verstößen gegen das Arbeitnehmerentsendegesetz

Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1999

Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1999 - Title I: Adjustment to Legal Status - Directs the Attorney General to adjust the status of a qualifying alien agricultural worker to that of a lawfully admitted nonimmigrant. Provides, with respect to such status, for: (1) a maximum seven-year period of validity; and (2) termination and removal for failure to meet specified agricultural work requirements. Sets forth employer record-keeping requirements. Provides for adjustment to permanent resident status upon completion of required agricultural work for five years. Provides for: (1) status termination and removal for fraud or misrepresentation, or certain criminal activities; and (2) deportation for failure to apply for status adjustment within the specified application period. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information. Title II: Agricultural Worker Registries - Directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to establish a database system of U.S. worker and nonimmigrant agricultural worker registries to provide temporary and seasonal agricultural job opportunity and referral information. States that such registries may be established as part of the "America's Job Bank" and "America's Talent Bank" databases. Bases registry coverage on job opportunities in a single State, except for the New England States which may be represented by a single registry. Requires prospective employers of H-2A visa agricultural workers to first apply for registry workers before a petition to import H-2A workers may be approved. Sets forth individual registrant requirements. States that an agricultural worker may apply for registry inclusion in the State of his or her residency. Grants referral preference to U.S. workers. Provides that adjusted nonimmigrants: (1) may only be employed in the State of their registration, or in contiguous States; and (2) shall be temporarily or permanently removed from the registry for failure to report for a committed job or jobs. Title III: H-2A Reform - Sets forth registry application requirements for H-2A employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is not the result of a labor dispute, and is temporary or seasonal; (2) respecting required wages and benefits, and compliance with labor laws; (3) respecting advertising in the registry and other labor market sources; and (4) respecting provision of workers compensation. Provides that: (1) the Secretary, upon application approval, shall complete a registry search and notify an employer of available registered workers within seven days of the beginning work date; (2) if insufficient workers are available, the Secretary shall so notify an employer, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State; (3) an employer shall pay a user fee for each admitted alien worker; (4) an employer may apply directly to the Secretary of State for alien worker admissions if such worker referral has not been received within the seven-day period; and (5) an employer may file a request for redetermination of need. (Sec. 304) Sets forth employment requirements with respect to: (1) wages; (2) housing; (3) transportation reimbursement; and (4) obligation to employ U.S. workers. (Sec. 305) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of temporary H-2A workers. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study regarding H-2A workers overstays, and whether a partial wage withholding is a necessary inducement to assure timely departure. States that nothing in this Act shall preclude the Secretary and the Attorney General from continuing to apply special procedures to the employment, admissions, and extension of aliens in the range production of livestock. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to establish a process to receive and enforce complaints against employers by aggrieved persons or third party organizations (including bargaining representatives). Sets forth related provisions respecting: (1) expedited investigation of housing, wage, and child labor violations; (2) written notice of findings and opportunity for appeal; (3) ability of alien workers to change employers; and (4) remedies. Establishes the Commission on Housing Migrant Agricultural Workers which shall study the problem of in-season housing for migrant agricultural workers. Directs the Secretaries of Labor, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services to conduct a study of the relationship between child care of migrant agricultural workers and child labor violations in agriculture. Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Agriculture to conduct a study of agricultural field sanitation conditions. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of persistent and serious agricultural labor standards violations. (Sec. 402) Authorizes and requests the Attorney General to establish bilateral commissions between the United States and each country having specified numbers of H-2A workers in the United States. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary to establish registry user and alien employment user fee schedules and related collection processes. (Sec. 405) States that additional funds for agricultural worker registry startup costs may be taken from amounts available to Federal or State entities under the Wagner-Peyser Act. (Sec. 406) Sets forth reporting requirements to the congressional Judiciary committees describing the results of a review of the implementation of this Act. Establishes an advisory board to advise the Comptroller General in the preparation of such report.

Farmworker Adjustment Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1999

Farmworker Adjustment Act of 1999 - Directs the Attorney General to adjust the status of a qualifying alien agricultural worker to that of a lawfully admitted nonimmigrant. Provides, with respect to such status, for: (1) a maximum seven-year period of validity; and (2) termination and removal for failure to meet specified agricultural work requirements. Sets forth employer record keeping requirements. Provides for adjustment to permanent resident status upon completion of required agricultural work for five years. Provides for: (1) status termination and removal for fraud or misrepresentation, or certain criminal activities; and (2) deportation for failure to apply for status adjustment within the specified application period. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information.

A bill of the relief of Sophia Shiklivsky and her husband Vasili Chidlivski.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1999

Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fee.

A bill for the relief of Sergio Lozano.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1999

Declares a named individual to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Comprehensive Antitrafficking in Persons Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1999

Comprehensive Antitrafficking in Persons Act of 1999 - Directs the President to establish an Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, chaired by the Secretary of State (the Secretary). Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department of State an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which shall provide assistance to the Task Force and be administered by a Director. Directs the Task Force to carry out the following activities: (1) coordinate implementation of this Act; (2) measure and evaluate the progress of the United States and countries around the world in the areas of trafficking prevention, protection and assistance to trafficking victims, and prosecution and enforcement against traffickers; (3) expand interagency procedures to collect and organize data; and (4) engage in efforts to facilitate cooperation among countries of origin, transit, and destination. (Sec. 5) Requires the President, acting through: (1) the United States Agency for International Development (AID) and the heads of other appropriate agencies, to establish and carry out initiatives to enhance economic opportunity for potential victims of trafficking as a method to deter trafficking; and (2) the Attorney General and the Secretaries of State, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS), to establish and carry out programs to increase public awareness, particularly among potential victims, of the dangers of trafficking and the protections that are available for its victims. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of AID to: (1) establish and carry out programs and initiatives in foreign countries to assist in the safe reintegration of victims of trafficking and their children; and (2) take all appropriate steps to enhance cooperative efforts among foreign countries to assist in the appropriate reintegration of stateless victims of trafficking with respect to the establishment and conduct of programs and initiatives. Requires the Attorney General, the Secretaries of HHS and Labor, and the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation to expand existing services to provide assistance to victims of trafficking within the United States, without regard to their immigration status. Makes victims of trafficking in the United States eligible, without regard to their immigration status, for any benefits that are otherwise available under the Crime Victims Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, U.S. territories and possessions, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victims' service organizations to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for trafficking victims. Requires an eligible governmental unit or organization, to receive a grant, to certify that its laws, policies, and practices do not punish or deny services to trafficking victims on account of the nature of their employment or services performed in connection with such trafficking. Sets forth provisions regarding fund allocation and the Federal share. Authorizes individuals who are victims of Federal criminal code (the code) violations regarding trafficking and criminal exploitation of workers to bring a civil action in U.S. district court. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to promulgate regulations for law enforcement personnel, immigration officials, and Department of State officials to implement the following: (1) trafficking victims, while in Federal custody, shall be housed in appropriate shelter as quickly as possible; receive prompt medical care, food, and other assistance; and be provided protection if a victim's safety is at risk or if there is danger of additional harm by recapture of the victim by a trafficker; (2) Federal law enforcement officials should act, to ensure an alien individual's continued presence in the United States, if after an assessment it is determined that such individual is a trafficking victim or a material witness, in order to effectuate prosecution of those responsible and to further U.S. humanitarian interests; and (3) appropriate Department of State and Department of Justice personnel shall be trained in identifying victims of trafficking and in providing for their protection. Makes funding available. (Sec. 7) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish a new non-immigrant classification for an alien (and the alien's spouse, children, and parents if accompanying or following to join the alien) who the Attorney General determines: (1) possesses material information concerning criminal or other unlawful activity; (2) is willing to supply or has supplied such information to Federal or State law enforcement officials; (3) would be helpful, were the alien to remain in the United States, to a properly authorized Federal or State investigation or prosecution of the criminal or other unlawful activity; and (4) has suffered significant physical or mental abuse as a result of the criminal or other unlawful activity. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide that: (1) the number of aliens admitted in a fiscal year under such classification may not exceed 1,000; (2) no alien may be admitted into the United States as such a non-immigrant more than five years after the date of the enactment of such provision; (3) the period of authorized admission of an alien as such a non-immigrant may not exceed three years (which can not be extended by the Attorney General); and (4) as a condition for admission and continued stay in lawful status the non-immigrant may not be convicted of a criminal offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more after the date of admission, the non-immigrant must have executed a form that waives the right to contest (other than on the basis of an application for withholding removal) any action for removal of the alien instituted before the alien obtains lawful permanent resident status, and the non-immigrant shall abide by any other condition or restriction imposed by the Attorney General. Prohibits a change of non-immigrant classification for such aliens. Amends the INA to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the status of such an alien to one lawfully admitted for permanent residence if, in the Attorney General's opinion, the alien's continued presence in the United States is justified on humanitarian grounds or is otherwise in the national interest, and the alien meets other specified conditions. (Sec. 8) Allows the President to impose specified measures against any foreign country that has made little or no progress on reducing trafficking, implementing any necessary anti-trafficking laws, enforcing anti-trafficking laws, or protecting and assisting trafficking victims. Authorizes the President to: (1) deny U.S. Government assistance, with exceptions; (2) instruct the U.S. Executive Director to specified international financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan or financial or technical assistance to the country by such institution; (3) prohibit the transfer of defense articles, services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act to the country or any national; (4) prohibit or substantially restrict exports to the country of goods, technology and services, and suspend existing licenses for the transfer to that person of items the export of which is controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export Administration Regulations; and (5) exercise certain authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make a determination of those persons who are trafficking in the United States or its territories and possessions and, if such a determination is made, publish the list in the Federal Register. Directs the President to report to Congress on measures applied under this section and the reasons for their application. (Sec. 9) Amends the code to double the term of imprisonment for specified slavery-related offenses. Provides for enhanced penalties where death results if the violation includes kidnaping (or an attempt to kidnap), aggravated sexual abuse (or an attempt to commit such abuse), or an attempt to kill. Prohibits, and sets penalties for: (1) specified actions with respect to the trafficking and criminal exploitation of workers, including knowingly benefitting from the labor or services of a person held to a condition of involuntary servitude or peonage; and (2) destruction, concealment, and unlawful possession of documents in furtherance of trafficking, criminal worker exploitation, involuntary servitude, or peonage. Directs the court to order restitution for offenses under this section. Sets forth provisions regarding proof of a condition of involuntary servitude or peonage, punishment of attempts to violate specified provisions of this Act, and forfeiture to the United States. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of offenses involving the trafficking of persons. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary, as part of the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, to include specified information to address the status of international trafficking in persons. (Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations for the Interagency Task Force, and to the Secretary of HHS, the Secretary, the Attorney General, the President, and the Secretary of Labor, for FY 2001-2002 to carry out this Act.

Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1999

Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the judicial review limitation on denial of status adjustment to permanent resident with respect to certain aliens (effective as if enacted in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986). Extends the admission registry date for permanent residence, including a further extension in a case involving an unlawful act by an Immigration and Naturalization Service employee or officer, for certain aliens.

Eigenständiges Aufenthaltsrecht für Frauen und Anerkennung geschlechtsspezifischer Fluchtgründe (G-SIG: 14010629)

Germany · German Bundestag · 26 October 1999

Anerkennung eines eigenständigen Aufenthaltsrechts für Frauen und geschlechtsspezifischer Asylgründe, entsprechende Änderung des Ausländergesetzes und des Asylverfahrensgesetzes

A bill for the relief of Raul Morales-Torna.

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1999

Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fee. Waives grounds for removal or deportation of such individual by reason of any act of his that is a ground for removal or denial of admission and is reflected in the records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1999

Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to exclude from the definition of "farm labor contracting activity" a migrant or seasonal agricultural worker in a carpool arrangement. Exempts an agricultural employer or association from confirming the registration of a farm labor contractor who supplies only worker transportation services unless the employer or association had actual knowledge that the transportation was not a worker carpooling arrangement. Subjects motor vehicle safety insurance provisions to State, rather than specified Federal, requirements.

Denying Safe Havens to International and War Criminals Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1999

Denying Safe Havens to International and War Criminals Act of 1999 - Title I: Denying Safe Havens to International Criminals - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish procedures for extradition for specified serious offenses not covered by treaty. (Sec. 103) Grants the Attorney General authority, with respect to a person being held in custody in a foreign country based upon a violation of the law in that country, where the person is found extraditable to the United States by competent authorities of that country, to: (1) request the temporary transfer of that person to the United States to face prosecution in a Federal or State criminal proceeding; (2) maintain the custody of that person while in the United States; and (3) return that person to the foreign country at the conclusion of the criminal prosecution, including any imposition of sentence. (Sec. 104) Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit a person from using the resources of the courts of the United States in furtherance of a claim in any related civil forfeiture action or a claim in third party proceedings in any related criminal forfeiture action if that person: (1) purposely leaves U.S. jurisdiction; (2) declines to enter or reenter the United States to submit to its jurisdiction; or (3) otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person. (Sec. 105) Makes inapplicable a provision permitting an offender to be transferred from the United States to a country of which the offender is a citizen or national when otherwise provided by treaty. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Attorney General to permit the temporary transit through the United States of a person wanted for prosecution or imposition of sentence in a foreign country. Title II: Promoting Global Cooperation in the Fight Against International Crime - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to present a request made by a foreign government for assistance with respect to a foreign investigation, prosecution, or proceeding regarding a criminal matter the execution of which requires the use of compulsory measures in more than one judicial district, to a judge or judge magistrate of any one of such districts or of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Grants such judge or magistrate the authority to issue orders to execute the request. (Sec. 202) Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding custody and return of foreign witnesses to grant the Attorney General the authority, if testimony of a person serving a sentence, in pretrial detention, or otherwise being held in custody in the United States is needed in a foreign criminal proceeding, to: (1) temporarily transfer that person to the foreign country for the purpose of giving testimony; (2) transport that person from the United States in custody; (3) make appropriate arrangements for custody for that person while outside the United States; and (4) return that person in custody to the United States from the foreign country. Allows the Attorney General to exercise such authority over persons held in custody for a State law violation if the appropriate State authorities consent. Specifies that a person held in custody in a foreign country who is transferred to the United States to give testimony: (1) shall not by reason of that transfer, during the period that person is present in the United States pursuant to that transfer, be entitled to apply for or obtain any right or remedy under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) may be summarily removed from the United States upon order of the Attorney General. Title III: Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed acts of torture abroad. (Sec. 302) Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations to investigate and remove, denaturalize, or prosecute alien participants of Nazi persecutions, genocide, or torture abroad. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under such Act if adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such Act.

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1999

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien who is adopted while under the age of 18 may be considered a child under such Act if adopted with or after a natural sibling who is a child (under the age of 16).

Ausländerfeindliche und rechtsextremistische Ausschreitungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Monat August 1999 (G-SIG: 14010591)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 October 1999

Anzahl der Ermittlungsverfahren, U-Haft, Verurteilungen, verletzte bzw. getötete Personen

Von Rechtsextremisten begangene politische Morde seit 1990 (Nachfrage II) (G-SIG: 14010603)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 October 1999

Kenntnis der Hintergründe der Tötung eines Vietnamesen im brandenburgischen Fredersdorf am 31. Januar 1997

Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1999

Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify procedures and provide special rules for battered spouses and children with respect to: (1) adjustment of status; (2) removal and deportation; (3) implementation of immigration provisions in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); (4) waivers and exceptions to inadmissibility for otherwise qualified battered immigrants; (5) calculation of physical presence in VAWA cancellation of removal proceedings and suspension of deportation proceedings; (6) VAWA immigration protections; (7) VAWA cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for certain nonpermanent residents; and (8) good moral character determinations for self- petitioning immediate relatives. (Sec. 10) Prescribes guidelines for inapplicability of public charge determinations for designated aliens. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to redefine "qualified alien" to include certain battered aliens for purposes of welfare and public benefits eligibility. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 to declare restrictions on the use of assisted housing inapplicable to certain battered aliens. (Sec. 11) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 to provide that requirements and restrictions placed upon Legal Services Corporation funding shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient from providing related legal assistance to certain aliens who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. Directs the Violence Against Women Grants Office in the Department of Justice to report on services for underserved populations. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Act) to include legal advocacy for domestic violence in immigration cases under the program of grants to encourage arrest policies. Includes alienage status within the definition of "underserved populations." Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to include immigration-related matters under the program of rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement grants. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to include alienage status within the scope of underserved populations. Amends the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1999 to obligate funds for grants to combat violence against women, which shall include immigration-related matters. Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to include immigration-related matters under the program of campus domestic violence grants. (Sec. 12) Amends the Act to require each branch of the U.S. military to train its supervisory military officers in domestic violence dynamics in military families, and the protections available for battered immigrant women and children. Expands the purposes of training grants to combat violent crimes against women to include: (1) training immigration and asylum officers and judges; and (2) training justice system personnel on the judicial ramifications of the Violence Against Women Act, and the potential immigration consequences for perpetrators of domestic violence. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to express the intent of the Congress that statutory constraints upon the powers of immigration personnel not be construed as discouraging crime and domestic violence victims from reporting crimes to the police, from cooperating in criminal prosecutions, or from obtaining the legal relief needed for protection from ongoing violence. (Sec. 13) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a humanitarian-material witness nonimmigrant classification. (Sec. 14) Extends access for battered spouses and children under the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act, the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998, and Federal law relating to Cuban adjustment.

Illegal Alien Forfeiture Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1999

Illegal Alien Forfeiture Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the civil penalty for illegal U.S. entry to: (1) make such penalty mandatory; and (2) authorize related asset seizure and forfeiture. (Sec. 4) Provides additional civil penalties (and asset seizure and forfeiture) for: (1) transporting illegal aliens into or in the United States; and (2) the alien so transported. (Sec. 5) Makes aliens owing a debt to the United States: (1) deportable; and (2) ineligible for admission or visas. (Sec. 6) Increases the civil penalty for entry of an alien at the improper time or place.

Umfang und Dauer der Abschiebehaft, Fälle von Misshandlungen und Todesfälle im Zusammenhang mit Abschiebungen (G-SIG: 14010602)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 October 1999

Umfang und Dauer der Abschiebehaft, Fälle von Misshandlungen und Todesfälle im Zusammenhang mit Abschiebungen

Bericht über einen tödlichen Überfall auf einen 35-jährigen Afrikaner mit ausländerfeindlichem Hintergrund in Kolbermoor (G-SIG: 14010613)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 October 1999

Möglicher rechtsextremistischer Hintergrund des tödlichen Überfalls auf einen Afrikaner in Kolbermoor

Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1999

Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility and removability of aliens who have committed acts of torture abroad. Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations to investigate and remove, denaturalize, or prosecute alien participants of Nazi persecutions, genocide, or torture abroad. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 2 years the period for admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(S) of such Act, and to authorize appropriations for the refugee assistance program under chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1999

Expresses the sense of Congress that in light of increased alien smuggling into the United States, the Attorney General should increase the use of providing nonimmigrant status for aliens assisting in criminal or security investigations ("S" visa) in alien smuggling operations. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the "S" visa period of admissions. Authorizes appropriations for refugee admissions.

S Visa and Refugee Assistance Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1999

S Visa and Refugee Assistance Authorization Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that in light of increased alien smuggling into the United States, the Attorney General should increase the use of providing nonimmigrant status for aliens assisting in criminal or security investigations ("S" visa) in alien smuggling operations. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the "S" visa period of admissions. Authorizes appropriations for refugee assistance.

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II and Local Medical Emergency Reimbursement Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II Title II: Reimbursement of States and Localities for Emergency Health Services to Undocumented Aliens State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II and Local Medical Emergency Reimbursement Act - Title I: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II - State Criminal Alien Assistance Program II Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Reform and Control Act of 1986 to provide for the reimbursement of States for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens. Defines such costs as: (1) court costs, county attorney costs, and non-trial criminal proceedings; (2) indigent defense; and (3) unsupervised probation costs. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the reimbursement of States for costs of incarcerating juvenile aliens. Provides that reimbursement of States for incarcerating illegal aliens and certain Cuban nationals shall be allocated to give special consideration for any State that: (1) shares a border with Mexico or Canada; or (2) has a large number of undocumented aliens. Title II: Reimbursement of States and Localities for Emergency Health Services to Undocumented Aliens - Authorizes appropriations for allotments to States to be paid to local governments, hospitals, and other providers for emergency health services provided to undocumented aliens. Provides special consideration for providers: (1) in a border county with Mexico or Canada; or (2) in an area with a large number of undocumented aliens. Authorizes appropriations.

Entscheidung des Bundesministeriums des Innern für das Aufnahmelager Friedland (G-SIG: 14010592)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 October 1999

Entscheidung für den Weiterbetrieb des Aufnahmelagers Friedland für Spätaussiedler trotz vorliegender günstigerer Kostenkalkulationen für den Standort Bramsche, mögliche Folgekosten für den Bund, Bewertung der Kostenkalkulation der niedersächsischen Landesregierung

Einbürgerungsverfahren human gestalten - Einbürgerungshindernisse beseitigen (G-SIG: 14010555)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 October 1999

Berücksichtigung der besonderen Probleme von Staatsbürgern des Iran und der Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien beim Erlaß von Verwaltungsvorschriften zum neuen Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1999

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1999 - Amends civil forfeiture provisions under the Federal criminal code (the code) to direct that at trial: (1) the Government have the burden of proving that the property is subject to forfeiture by a preponderance of the evidence; and (2) the claimant have the burden of proving any affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Specifies that no party shall be required to establish that it is able to meet its burden of proof until the time of trial, with an exception for summary judgment motions. (Sec. 3) Requires the Government, whenever property other than real property is seized by a Federal law enforcement agency or is turned over to such an agency by a State or local law enforcement agency for the purpose of forfeiture under Federal law, to commence administrative forfeiture proceedings against the property pursuant to the customs laws within 60 days after the seizure or turnover unless the Attorney General has filed a civil forfeiture complaint, or included the property in a criminal indictment, before such period has expired. Requires the seizing agency, upon commencing administrative forfeiture proceedings, to send notice of the proceedings, together with information on the applicable procedures for contesting the forfeiture, to each party known to the agency at the time of the seizure to have an ownership or possessory interest, including a lienholder's interest in the seized property. Directs that, if the identity or interest of a party is not determined until after the seizure but is determined before a declaration of forfeiture is entered, such written notice and information be sent to such interested party not later than 60 days after the determination of the seizing agency of the party's identity or interest. Requires the Government, if it does not send notice of a seizure of property to the person from whom it was received and no extension of time is granted, to return the property to that person without prejudice to the Government's right to commence a forfeiture proceeding at a later time. Directs that if the property is returned herein, neither the seizing agency nor any individual agent shall be held liable for the failure to provide notice. Specifies that the Government shall not be required to return contraband or other property that the person from whom the property was seized may not legally possess. Authorizes the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the United States Postal Service, as applicable, to waive such notice requirements for good cause. Allows any person entitled to such notice who does not receive such notice to file, within two years after the date of final publication of notice of seizure of the property, a motion to set aside a declaration of forfeiture under the Tariff Act of 1930, which motion shall be granted if the moving party: (1) had an ownership or possessory interest in the forfeited property and the Government knew, or reasonably should have known, of that party's interest and failed to take reasonable steps to provide such party with notice of the forfeiture; and (2) did not have actual notice of the seizure within sufficient time to file a claim within the time period provided by law. Directs: (1) the court, upon granting such a motion, to set aside the declaration of forfeiture as to the interest of the moving party pending forfeiture proceedings in accordance with the Tariff Act, which proceedings shall be instituted within 60 days of the entry of the order granting the motion; and (2) the Government, if at the time such a motion is granted the forfeited property has been disposed of by the Government in accordance with law, to institute forfeiture proceedings against a substitute sum of money equal to the value of the forfeited property at the time the property was disposed of, plus interest. Makes a motion under this Act the exclusive means of obtaining judicial review of a declaration of forfeiture entered by a seizing agency. (Sec. 4) Rewrites provisions of the Tariff Act to authorize a person claiming a seized vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage (vessel) to file a claim with the Customs Service at any time after the seizure, provided that the claim is filed not later than the later of 30 days after the first publication of notice of seizure, or the deadline set forth in a personal notice letter received by such person. Requires the claim to be signed by the claimant under penalty of perjury and contain a brief statement of the nature and extent of the claimant's ownership interest in the property. Requires a person filing a claim to post bond to the United States in the sum of $5,000 or ten percent of the value of the claimed property, whichever is less, but not less than $250, with sureties approved by the Customs Service. Specifies that no bond shall be required if the Secretary approves a claim filed in forma pauperis. Directs the Customs Service to transmit any such claim filed, with a duplicate list and description of the articles seized, to the U.S. attorney for the district in which the property was seized, or any other district in which a forfeiture action may be filed. Allows the U.S. attorney, after reviewing the matter, to decide to return the property to the claimant or to reach an appropriate compromise agreement with the claimant (otherwise the U.S. attorney shall proceed to a condemnation of the merchandise or other property or proceed to include the merchandise or other property in an appropriate criminal indictment). Directs the appropriate customs officer, if no claim is filed or bond given within 30 (currently, 20) days, to declare the vessel forfeited. Specifies that a cost bond otherwise required by the Tariff Act shall not be required if the claimant: (1) pledges real or personal property having a value greater than or equal to that of the bond that would otherwise be required as security against the costs of the Government; (2) provides, in any case in which the pledged real or personal property is subject to a Federal or State recording, certificate of title, or registration statute, documentary proof evidencing the ownership of the property by the claimant or pledger; and (3) files an affidavit under penalty of perjury setting forth the value of the property and stating that the claimant is the owner of the property. Allows the U.S. attorney, once the claim is referred to the U.S. attorney under the Tariff Act, to ask the court to review the facts set forth in the affidavit filed. Authorizes the claimant, at the conclusion of the case, to move for return of the cost bond, or to rescind the property pledge, and the court to grant such motion if the court finds that the claim was substantially justified. Directs the Government, if the court denies such motion, or if no such motion is made, to retain the bond to the extent necessary to recover its costs and return the balance to the claimant. Allows the Government, in the case of a property pledge, to: (1) serve upon the claimant an assessment of its costs, which assessment shall be collectible as a debt owed to the Government; or (2) foreclose on the pledged property to recover its costs. (Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General, in any case in which property has been seized or restrained by the Government and a claim has been filed, to: (1) file a compliant for forfeiture within 90 days (with an exception) or include a forfeiture count in a criminal indictment or information, or both; or (2) return the property pending the filing of a complaint or indictment. Authorizes the Government to apply to a Federal magistrate judge in any district in which venue for a forfeiture action would lie for an extension of time in which to comply, which shall be granted based on a showing of good cause. Allows such extension to be made ex parte where the filing would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation, prosecution, or court-authorized electronic surveillance. Sets forth provisions regarding the filing of a claim and answer, and a motion to dismiss a complaint for forfeiture. (Sec. 6) Amends the code to authorize a person with standing to challenge the forfeiture of seized property to file a motion for the return of the property. Directs the court, if such motion is filed, to conduct a hearing within 90 days and order the release of the property, pending trial on the forfeiture and entry of judgment, unless: (1) the Government establishes probable cause to believe that the property is subject to forfeiture, based on all information available to the Government at the time of hearing; (2) the Government has filed a civil forfeiture complaint against the property, and a magistrate judge has determined there is probable cause for the issuance of a warrant of arrest in rem; (3) a grand jury has returned an indictment that includes an allegation that the property is subject to criminal forfeiture; (4) the party filing the motion had notice of the intent of the Government to forfeit the property administratively, and failed to file a claim to the property within the specified time period; (5) the property is contraband or other property that the moving party may not legally possess; or (6) the property is needed as evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution. (Sec. 7) Directs the court, if the party filing a claim in a civil forfeiture case is not charged with any criminal offense in a related criminal case, and the court enters judgment for that party, to order the Government to pay costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the claimant, with exceptions. Provides for sanctions for frivolous claims. (Sec. 8) Directs that all civil forfeitures of, and interests in, real property proceed as judicial forfeitures. Makes the administrative forfeiture provisions of the Tariff Act inapplicable to the forfeiture of real property. Prohibits (with exceptions): (1) real property that is the subject of a forfeiture action from being seized before entry of an order of forfeiture; and (2) the owners or occupants of the real property from being evicted from, or otherwise deprived of the use and enjoyment of, real property that is the subject of a pending forfeiture action. Directs the court in which a civil forfeiture action is pending, in lieu of issuing an arrest warrant in rem, to issue a notice of complaint for forfeiture, which shall be served on the property owner and posted on the property. Specifies that the posting of such notice shall be sufficient to give the court in rem jurisdiction over the property. Provides for constructive service if the property owner cannot be served because such owner is a fugitive or resides outside of the United States, and efforts at service are unavailing. Sets forth provisions regarding seizure prior to entry of a forfeiture order, post- seizure hearings, actions not considered seizures, and scope of applicability of this section. (Sec. 9) Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to authorize compensation for damage to seized property if the claimant is not convicted of a crime for which the claimant's property interest would be subject to forfeiture and if other specified circumstances apply. Specifies that damage to property occurring in the course of carrying out a lawful law enforcement function may not be construed to be the result of negligence unless the function was carried out in an unreasonable manner. (Sec. 10) Amends the code to prohibit the forfeiture of the interest of an innocent owner in property in any judicial action under any civil forfeiture provision of the code, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), or the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Defines "innocent owner" with respect to: (1) a property interest in existence at the time the illegal act giving rise to forfeiture took place, as an owner who did not know that the property was being used or was likely to be used in the commission of such illegal act, or upon learning that the property was being used or was likely to be used in the commission of such act, did all that reasonably could be expected to terminate or prevent such use of the property; and (2) such an interest acquired after the act giving rise to the forfeiture took place, as a person who establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence that the person acquired the property as a bona fide purchaser for value who at the time of the purchase did not know and was reasonably without cause to believe that the property was subject to forfeiture. Makes an innocent owner defense under this section an affirmative defense. (Sec. 11) Authorizes the release of seized property pending trial to avoid hardship under specified circumstances. (Sec. 12) Directs the court, upon motion of the United States, to stay a civil forfeiture proceeding if the court determines that civil discovery or trial could adversely affect the Government's ability to conduct a related criminal investigation or the prosecution of a related criminal case. Directs the court, upon motion of a claimant, to stay the civil forfeiture proceeding with respect to that claimant if the court determines that: (1) the claimant is the subject of a related criminal investigation or case; (2) the claimant has standing to assert a claim in the civil forfeiture proceeding; and (3) continuation of the forfeiture proceeding may infringe upon the claimant's right against self- incrimination in the related investigation or case. Authorizes the court to determine that a stay is unnecessary if a protective order limiting discovery would protect the interest of one party without unfairly limiting the ability of the opposing party to pursue the civil case. Prohibits the court from imposing a protective order as an alternative to a stay if the effect of such order would be to allow one party to pursue discovery while the other party is substantially unable to do so. Sets forth provisions regarding presentations ex parte and under seal, court orders to preserve the value of property, and applicability of standing determinations. (Sec. 13) Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that, upon entry of judgment for the claimant in any proceeding to condemn or forfeit property seized or arrested under the Federal criminal code, the CSA, or the INA, the United States shall: (1) be liable for post-judgment interest; (2) not be liable for prejudgment interest, with an exception; and (3) not be required to disgorge the value of any intangible benefits nor to make any other payments of interest or other compensation to the claimant not specifically authorized. (Sec. 14) Rewrites code provisions regarding search warrant requirements for civil forfeiture. Authorizes the seizure of property by the Secretary of the Treasury or the United States Postal Service in the case of property involved in a violation investigated by such Secretary or Service. Requires that any such seizure be made pursuant to a warrant, which may be issued by a magistrate judge, except that a seizure may be made without a warrant if: (1) a complaint for forfeiture has been filed in the district court and the court has issued an arrest warrant in rem based upon a showing of probable cause; (2) there is probable cause to believe that the property is subject to forfeiture and the seizure is made pursuant to a lawful arrest or search, or another exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement would apply; or (3) the property was lawfully seized by a State or local law enforcement agency and has been transferred to a Federal agency. Authorizes issuance of a seizure warrant by a judicial officer in any district in which a forfeiture action against the property may be filed under judicial code provisions, and executed in any district in which the property is found, or transmitted to the central authority of any foreign state for service in accordance with any treaty or other international agreement. Directs the judicial officer to command the officer to seize, within a specified time period, the property specified in the warrant. Requires any motion for the return of property seized to be filed in the district in which the seizure warrant was issued. Allows a party with standing to challenge a seizure and forfeiture to move to suppress the use of the property as evidence on the ground that the Government lacked probably cause at the time of the seizure. Specifies that suppression of the property as evidence shall not affect the Government's right to proceed with a forfeiture action based on independently derived evidence. Authorizes the Attorney General, if any person is arrested or charged in a foreign country in connection with an offense that would give rise to the forfeiture of property in the United States, to apply to a Federal judge or magistrate judge in the district in which the property is located for an ex parte order restraining the property subject to forfeiture for not more than 30 days, except that the time may be extended for good cause shown at a hearing. Requires the application for the restraining order to set forth the nature and circumstances of the foreign charges and the basis for belief that the person arrested or charged has property in the United States that would be subject to forfeiture, and to contain a statement that the order is needed to preserve the availability of property for such time as is necessary to receive evidence from the foreign country or elsewhere in support of probable cause for the seizure of the property. (Sec. 15) Authorizes the court, before or after filing a forfeiture complaint and on application of the Government, to: (1) enter any restraining order or injunction of the CSA; (2) require the execution of satisfactory performance bonds; (3) create receiverships; (4) appoint conservators, custodians, appraisers, accountants, or trustees; or (5) take any other action to seize, secure, maintain, or preserve the availability of property subject to forfeiture. (Sec. 16) Provides that, at the conclusion of the trial and following the entry of a forfeiture verdict: (1) the claimant may petition the court to determine whether the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment applies and, if so, whether the forfeiture is grossly disproportional to the gravity of the offense; (2) the claimant shall have the burden of establishing that the forfeiture is grossly disproportional by a preponderance of the evidence at a hearing by the court without a jury; and (3) if the court determines that the forfeiture is grossly disproportional to the gravity of the offense, the court shall adjust the forfeiture to the extent necessary to avoid the constitutional violation. (Sec. 17) Authorizes the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, or their designee, in any investigation relating to the seizure or forfeiture of property, to issue in writing and cause to be served a subpoena for evidence. Makes provisions of the code (regarding obstruction of civil investigative demands), the Right to Financial Privacy Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act applicable to this section. (Sec. 18) Dismisses with prejudice the claim of any claimant in a civil forfeiture case, or any related criminal forfeiture case under CSA, when the claimant refuses to provide certain financial records located in a foreign country when it is within the claimant's capacity to make such records available. (Sec. 19) Modifies code provisions regarding disclosure of matters occurring before a grand jury to allow a person who is privy to grand jury information to disclose the information to a Government attorney for use in connection with any civil forfeiture provision of Federal law. (Sec. 20) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize a Federal district court judge or magistrate to open to inspection by, or disclosure to, Federal officers and employees who are personally and directly engaged in specified activities of tax return information available in connection with a civil forfeiture investigation or proceeding. (Sec. 21) Amends the Tariff Act to provide that, in the case of forfeiture, the statute of limitations shall be within five years after the time when the existence of the property and the involvement of the property in the alleged offense were discovered (but retains the current standard of five years after the time when the alleged offense was discovered). (Sec. 22) Amends the code to expand the scope of provisions regarding the destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure to cover seizure for forfeiture and to explicitly cover real property. (Sec. 23) Revises code provisions regarding civil forfeiture of fungible property to permit invocation of such provisions only if the action for forfeiture was commenced by a seizure or arrest in rem within two years of the offense that is the basis for the forfeiture. Makes such provisions inapplicable to an action against funds held by a financial institution in an interbank account unless the account holder knowingly engaged in the offense that is the basis for the forfeiture. (Sec. 24) Amends the CSA to provide that in any action with respect to the forfeiture of seized currency the finder of fact shall determine the nexus between the currency and the drug trafficking offense based on the totality of the circumstances. Lists factors which the finder of fact may consider in making such determination. (Sec. 25) Amends the code to authorize the use of forfeited property to pay restitution to any victim of the offense giving rise to the forfeiture, including, in the case of a money laundering offense, any offense constituting the underlying specified activity. (Sec. 26) Amends the judicial code to provide that a person who, in order to avoid criminal prosecution, purposely leaves U.S. jurisdiction, declines to enter or reenter the United States to submit to its jurisdiction, or otherwise evades the jurisdiction of the court in which a criminal case is pending against the person, may not use the resources of the U.S. courts in furtherance of a claim in any related civil forfeiture action or a claim in third party proceedings in any related criminal forfeiture action. (Sec. 27) Requires a foreign nation seeking to have its value-based confiscation judgment registered and enforced by a U.S. district court to first submit a request to the Attorney General or his or her designee (Attorney General) which shall include specified information, including a summary of the facts of the case and a description of the criminal proceeding that resulted in the value-based confiscation judgment. Directs the Attorney General to determine whether to certify the request, which decision shall be final. Permits a foreign nation to file a civil proceeding in U.S. district court, if the Attorney General certifies a request, seeking to enforce the foreign value-based confiscation judgment as if the judgment had been entered by a U.S. court, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 28) Amends the judicial code to authorize the Government, if a forfeiture of property is authorized in connection with a violation of an Act of Congress and any person is charged in an indictment or information with such violation but no specific statutory provision is made for criminal forfeiture upon conviction, to include the forfeiture in the indictment or information. Directs the court, upon conviction, to order the forfeiture of the property in accordance with procedures set forth in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. (Sec. 29) Amends the CSA and the code to provide for uniform civil forfeiture standards. (Sec. 31) Rewrites INA provisions regarding the bringing in and harboring of aliens to authorize the seizure and forfeiture of the gross proceeds of a violation, and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds. Specifies that standards under the code shall apply to civil forfeitures under the INA, with an exception for duties imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws. Sets forth prima facie evidence that an alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, or that such alien remained in violation of law.

Vierter Jahrestag des Deutsch-Vietnamesischen Rückübernahmeabkommens, Bilanz und Perspektiven (Nachfrage) (G-SIG: 14010581)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 October 1999

Anteil ehemaliger Vertragsarbeiter an den Rückkehrern, Personen mit längerfristigem Aufenthalt, Fälle von Familienzusammenführung, allein stehende Frauen mit Kindern, Bestrafung von Rückkehrern

BND-Seminar zu "illegaler Migration" und die Kompetenzen des Bundesnachrichtendienstes (G-SIG: 14010590)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 October 1999

Durchführung von Seminaren für Journalisten und Auswertung von Migrationsbewegungen als Aufgabe des BND, Bewertung von illegaler Migration als Gefahr für die innere Sicherheit, zukünftige Aufgabengebiete des BND

Tote an den Grenzen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Europäischen Union in den Jahren 1997 bis 1999 (G-SIG: 14010578)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 October 1999

Todesfälle und Unfälle bei illegalen Einwanderungen 1997 bis 1999 in Deutschland und der Europäischen Union

2000/748/EC: Administrative Commission of the European Communities on social security for migrant workers - Decision No 177 of 5 October 1999 on the forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 (E 128 and E 128 B) (Text with EEA relevance)

European Union · EUR-Lex · 5 October 1999

Fairness for Permanent Residents Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1999

Fairness for Permanent Residents Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal of specified permanent resident aliens who have been convicted of an aggravated felony that would not have been an aggravated felony prior to the passage of specified provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 or the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Directs the Attorney General to establish a process for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility or deportation of specified aliens under similar circumstances as above. Authorizes the supervised release of certain aliens from detention pending removal decisions. Subjects such decision (by the Attorney General) to administrative review only. Authorizes not more than three months' additional detention for inadmissible or criminal aliens deemed to be a risk in order to allow for removal negotiations between the United States and a foreign nation. Revises related release provisions.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the annual income level at which a person petitioning for a family-sponsored immigrant's admission must agree to provide support in a case where a United States employer has agreed to employ the immigrant for a period of not less than one year after admission or where the sponsored alien is under the age of 18.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1999

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the current financial requirements for a sponsor's affidavit of support for an alien that not less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty line level shall be required during the period that the affidavit is enforceable for an alien: (1) where a U.S. employer has agreed to employ the alien for at least one year after admission; or (2) who will be under the age of 18 for the time the affidavit is enforceable. (Current law requires annual support at not less than 125 percent of the Federal poverty level for all sponsored aliens.)

Ausländerfeindliche und rechtsextremistische Ausschreitungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Monat September 1999 (G-SIG: 14010574)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 October 1999

Anzahl der Ermittlungsverfahren, U-Haft, Verurteilungen, verletzte bzw. getötete Personen

National Dropout Prevention Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1999

National Dropout Prevention Act of 1999 - Title I: Dropout Prevention - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) title V (Promoting Equity) to revise part C Assistance to Address School Dropout Problems. (Replaces current part C provisions known as the School Dropout Assistance Act.) (Sec. 101) Establishes: (1) a subpart 1 Coordinated National Strategy; and (2) a subpart 2 National School Dropout Prevention Initiative. Sets forth the Coordinated National Strategy. Makes it a national priority, for the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to lower the school dropout rate, and increase school completion, for middle school and secondary school students in accordance with Federal law. Requires all Federal agencies that carry out activities that serve students at risk of dropping out of school, or that are intended to help address the school dropout problem, to make school dropout prevention a top priority in the agencies' funding priorities during such five-year period. Directs the Secretary to collect systematic data on the participation of different racial and ethnic groups (including migrant and limited English proficient students) in all Federal programs. Requires, as part of the national school dropout prevention strategy, the Director of the Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion to develop, implement, and monitor an interagency plan to assess the coordination, use of resources, and availability of funding under Federal law that can be used to address school dropout prevention, or middle school or secondary school reentry. Requires the plan to address: (1) program coordination, targeting of existing Federal services, and cost-effectiveness of various programs and approaches; (2) ways in which State and local agencies can implement effective school dropout prevention programs using funds from a variety of Federal programs; and (3) all Federal programs with school dropout prevention or school reentry elements or objectives. Requires the Director to establish, through a competitive grant or contract, a national clearinghouse on effective school dropout prevention, intervention and reentry programs. Requires the clearinghouse to: (1) disseminate such data by an electronically accessible database, a Worldwide Web site, and a national journal; and (2) provide technical assistance regarding securing resources for programs. Requires the Director to carry out a national recognition program that recognizes schools that have made extraordinary progress in lowering school dropout rates, under which a public middle school or secondary school from each State will be recognized, using uniform national guidelines and school nominations submitted by SEAs. Authorizes monetary awards to recognized schools for dissemination activities within the school district or nationally. Sets forth the National School Dropout Prevention Initiative. Directs the Secretary to make State allotments for such program based on relative amounts received under ESEA title I. Authorizes SEAs to use allotments to award grants to public middle schools or secondary schools with school dropout rates in the highest one-third of all school dropout rates in the State, for only the startup and implementation costs of effective, sustainable, coordinated, and whole school dropout prevention programs. Includes among authorized program activities: (1) professional development; (2) obtaining curricular materials; (3) release time for professional staff; (4) planning and research; (5) remedial education; (6) reduction in pupil-to-teacher ratios; (7) efforts to meet State student achievement standards; and (8) counseling for at-risk students. Expresses the intent of Congress that such activities shall be continued with funding provided under part A of title I of ESEA. Sets forth determining factors and limits relating to grant amounts and duration. Requires the Director to increase the amount awarded to a school under the initiative grant program by ten percent if the school creates smaller learning communities within the school and the creation is certified by the SEA. Requires each school receiving such a grant to implement research based, sustainable, and widely replicated strategies for school dropout prevention and reentry that address the needs of an entire school population rather than a subset of students. Allows such strategies to include: (1) specific strategies for targeted purposes; and (2) approaches such as breaking larger schools down into smaller learning communities, and other comprehensive reform approaches, developing clear linkages to career skills and employment, and addressing specific gatekeeper hurdles that often limit student retention and academic success. Requires the Director to: (1) establish and publish annually the principles, criteria, models, and other parameters regarding the types of effective, proven program models allowed to be used under the initiative program, based on existing research; (2) conduct a capacity building and design initiative in order to increase the types of proven strategies for dropout prevention on a schoolwide level (through a limited contract with a non-Federal entity); and (3) support eligible entities to provide training, materials, development, and staff assistance to schools assisted under the initiative program. Sets forth initiative program requirements relating to: (1) selection of schools; (2) dissemination activities; (3) progress incentives; (4) school dropout rate calculation; (5) reporting and accountability; and (6) a prohibition on tracking. Authorizes appropriations for the coordinated national strategy and the national school dropout prevention initiative. (Sec. 102) Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education an Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion, to be administered by the Director. Requires the Director, through the Office, to: (1) help coordinate Federal, State, and local efforts to lower school dropout rates and increase program completion by middle school, secondary school, and college students; (2) recommend Federal policies, objectives, and priorities to lower school dropout rates and increase program completion; (3) oversee the implementation of subpart 2 of part C of title V of ESEA; (4) develop and implement the National School Dropout Prevention Strategy under ESEA; and (5) recommend action to the Secretary and the President, as appropriate, regarding school dropout prevention and program completion. Includes under the scope of the Director's duties examination of all Federal and non-Federal efforts related to: (1) promotion of program completion for children attending middle school or secondary school; (2) programs to obtain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent (including general equivalency diploma (GED) programs), or college degree programs; and (3) reentry programs for individuals aged 12 to 24 who are out of school. Title II: State Responsibilities - Revises ESEA title XIV (General Provisions) to add a new part I, Dropout Prevention. Requires SEAs, in order to receive any assistance under ESEA, to comply with specified provisions regarding school dropouts, including requirements relating to: (1) uniform data collection; (2) attendance neutral funding policies; and (3) suspension and expulsion policies.

Opinion of Mr Advocate General La Pergola delivered on 30 September 1999. # Arben Kaba v Secretary of State for the Home Department. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Immigration Adjudicator - United Kingdom. # Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 - Free movement of workers - Social advantage - Right of the spouse of a migrant worker to obtain leave to remain indefinitely in the territory of a Member State. # Case C-356/98.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 30 September 1999

For the relief of Bruce Watson Pairman and Daniele Paule Pairman.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1999

Declares two named individuals to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

HITEC Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pilot Program Title II: Technology Education Grants Helping Improve Technology Education and Competitiveness Act or the HITEC Act - Title I: Pilot Program - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a pilot program under which certain aliens completing a postsecondary degree in mathematics, science, engineering, or computer science may have their nonimmigrant status adjusted to permit U.S. employment for up to five years in such fields. Sets forth related employer filing and enforcement provisions. Establishes in the Treasury the High-Tech Education Account Fund. Title II: Technology Education Grants - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to make matching grants to eligible business entities (which may additionally consist of government and education representatives) to assist public schools improve mathematics, science, and technology education. States that such grants shall be used for: (1) teacher training; and (2) provision of resources and technology support and specialized teaching personnel. Requires grantees to track program performance. Directs the Secretary to carry out an awards program (HITEC Gold Medal) to recognize entities that have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of mathematics, science, and technology education through public school partnering. Authorizes appropriations.

International Patient Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1999

International Patient Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a three-year pilot program under which the Attorney General may extend the voluntary departure period for certain nonimmigrant aliens admitted under the visa waiver program who require continued U.S. medical treatment.

For the relief of Imbeth Belay.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1999

Declares a named individual to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes über das Ausländerzentralregister und zur Einrichtung einer Warndatei (G-SIG: 14019251)

Germany · German Bundestag · 28 September 1999

<b>Bezug:</b> Gesetz über das Ausländerzentralregister, BGBl I 1994, Nr. 59 S. 2265 (s. GESTA 12.WP 1-B93) <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Änderung zahlreicher §§ Ausländerzentralregistergesetz: Erweiterung des Kreises der Nutzer des Ausländerzentralregisters (AZR) um die Träger der Sozialhilfe und die für die Leistungen nach dem Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz zuständigen Behörden zur Bekämpfung von Missbräuchen, Verbesserung der Informationsmöglichkeiten aus dem AZR über Visaanträge für das Auswärtige Amt und die Polizei; Gesetz über die Warndatei (Warndateigesetz-WDG) als Art. 2 der Vorlage: Einrichtung einer zentralen Warndatei beim Bundesverwaltungsamt zur Bekämpfung der illegalen Einreise und der Schleuserkriminalität. Dem Bund entstehen Kosten für die Entwicklung der notwendigen Software. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Innere Sicherheit/Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes über das Ausländerzentralregister und zur Einrichtung einer Warndatei * Warndateigesetz/Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes über das Ausländerzentralregister und zur Einrichtung einer Warndatei * Bundesverwaltungsamt/Einrichtung einer Warndatei zur Bekämpfung von illegaler Einreise und Asylmissbrauch beim Bundesverwaltungsamt * Illegaler Einwanderer/Einrichtung einer zentralen Warndatei zur Bekämpfung der illegalen Einreise * Asyl/Einrichtung einer zentralen Warndatei zur Bekämpfung von Asylmissbrauch

Alien Smuggling Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1999

Alien Smuggling Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999 - Directs the Attorney General to make specified increases in the number of full-time, active duty Immigration and Naturalization Service personnel assigned to combat alien smuggling. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to: (1) provide in its sentencing guidelines for increased criminal sentences and fines for alien smuggling and related activities; and (2) amend its sentencing guidelines to provide that plea bargaining and other prosecutorial policy differences among districts shall not be a ground for sentence imposition outside the applicable guidelines. Authorizes additional appropriations for such alien smuggling enforcement activities.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the Merit Systems Protection Board to conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal Government agencies in resolving serious workplace disputes, and to establish an administrative judge pay schedule for administrative judges employed by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1999

Amends Federal civil service law to authorize the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to establish a three-year program to provide Federal employees and agencies with alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes to apply to workplace disputes and disagreements involving removals, suspensions for more than 14 days, and other adverse actions under Federal civil service law. Directs the MSPB to test and evaluate a variety of ADR techniques. Authorizes the MSPB to implement its early intervention ADR, allowing any agency or employee to request such early intervention, and authorizing the MSPB Chairman to designate up to three agencies with a substantial number of MSPB appeals for participation in a mandatory early intervention ADR program. Allows any employee or agency to request ADR once an appeal or petition for review of a case is filed with the MSPB. Outlines MSPB procedures for such cases. Direct the MSPB's Office of Policy and Evaluation to establish criteria for evaluating the ADR program and to prepare a report as to whether mandatory ADR is desirable, effective, and appropriate for cases decided by Federal administrative agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the ADR program. Establishes the MSPB Administrative Judge Pay Schedule, with pay levels comparable to that of immigration judges and administrative law judges. Provides, with respect to such Schedule, for initial appointment and advancement, and transition provisions for current judges. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such Schedule.

Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1999

Intercountry Adoption Act of 1999 - Title I: United States Central Authority - Requires the Department of State through the Secretary of State to serve as the central authority of the United States with respect to implementation of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption done at the Hague on May 29, 1993. Outlines responsibilities of the Secretary of State, including liaison, information exchange, and other coordination activities relating to the Convention. (Sec. 103) Requires the Attorney General to be responsible for the filing of applications by prospective adoptive parents to the central authority of their country of residence. (Sec. 104) Requires annual reports from the Secretary of State to Congress describing activities of the U.S. central authority during the previous year. Title II: Provisions Relating to Accreditation and Approval -Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to carry out functions prescribed by the Convention with respect to the accreditation of agencies and the approval of persons to provide adoption services in the United States. (Sec. 202) Prohibits a person, with specified exceptions, from offering or providing an adoption service in connection with a Convention adoption in the United States unless that person is accredited under this title, or is providing such service through or under the supervision and responsibility of an accredited person. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with one or more qualified entities that will provide for the accreditation of agencies, and approval of persons, to provide adoption services in the United States in cases subject to the Convention. Requires such entities to undertake related oversight, enforcement, and information collection activities. Sets forth procedures for an agency or person to reapply for accreditation as a result of an adverse action by an accrediting entity. Provides for the judicial review of such actions. Allows fees to be charged against agencies or persons seeking accreditation for Convention intercountry adoptions. Outlines accreditation standards and procedures. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to: (1) monitor each entity's performance of accrediting duties and compliance with the Convention and other applicable laws and regulations; and (2) suspend or cancel the accreditation of an agency or person found to be substantially out of compliance with applicable requirements, and the accrediting entity has failed or refused to take appropriate corrective action. Authorizes the Secretary to debar an agency or person from accreditation, under certain conditions. Provides judicial review of the Secretary's decisions under this section. (Sec. 206) Authorizes appropriations, limited to the amount of fees collected by accrediting entities. Title III: Recognition of Convention Adoptions in the United States - Directs the Secretary, with respect to each Convention adoption, to issue a certificate to the adoptive citizen parent domiciled in the United States recognizing the legal effect, for purposes of emigration and adoption, of a Convention adoption, as long as the Secretary has received appropriate documentation from the central authority of the child's country of origin, and has verified that other requirements of this Act have been met with respect to adoption. Provides for U.S. recognition of adoptions finalized in other Convention countries. (Sec. 302) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include: (1) under its definition of "child" a child adopted through the Convention; and (2) under its immigration approval procedures a child for whom the Secretary has certified that a U.S. citizen has effected final adoption under the Convention. (Sec. 303) Outlines procedures for the adoption in any other Convention country of a child residing in the United States, requiring certain duties to be performed by an accredited agency or approved person or the prospective parents acting on their own behalf (if so permitted in such country). Prohibits a State court from entering an order declaring such adoption to be final or granting custody for adoption, unless such court: (1) has received and verified that such duties have been performed, as well as evidence that other Convention requirements have been met; and (2) has determined that the adoptive placement is in the child's best interests. (Sec. 304) Prohibits a State court from vacating a final adoption decree entered pursuant to the Convention unless: (1) the decree was granted by a State court; (2) the court finds clear and convincing evidence that adoptive consent was obtained through fraud, duress, or improper inducement by compensation; (3) voiding such adoption is in the best interests of the child; and (4) the adoptive parents are afforded an opportunity to be heard in such proceedings. Recognizes another country's proceedings vacating such adoptions. States that the voiding of such an adoption does not void or prohibit the naturalization of such child as a U.S. citizen. Title IV: Administration and Enforcement - Provides for: (1) the preservation of Convention adoption records; (2) the nondisclosure of identifying information contained in such records (except to the extent necessary to administer the Convention or this Act); and (3) recognition of Convention documents of other countries. (Sec. 403) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 404) Provides civil penalties and other enforcement procedures for violations of this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions with respect to the recognition of Convention adoptions. (Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish by regulation alternative procedures for the adoption of children by individuals related to them by blood or marriage in cases subject to the Convention. (Sec. 503) States that the Convention and this Act shall have no effect on: (1) State law; or (2) provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act.