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Pub. L. 106-104
To extend the "S" nonimmigrant visa category for two additional years, and to authorize appropriations for the refugee assistance program
106th Congress
November 13, 1999
113 Stat.
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H.R. 3061
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled
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SECTION 1.
SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
In light of the increasing problem of alien smuggling into the United States, it is the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should use the provision of nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(S) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in a greater number of alien smuggling investigations per year than has been done in the past.
Sec. 2.
EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMISSION OF `S' VISA NONIMMIGRANTS.
Section 214(k)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(k)(2)) is amended by striking "5" and inserting "7".
SEC. 3.
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
Section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended by striking "1998 and 1999" and inserting "2000 through 2002".
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.