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FOOTNOTES FOR SECTION 217
FN 1
Amended by
§ 635
of IIRIRA.
FN 2
Section
101(a)
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, provided numerous technical amendments by removing "Pilot" wherever that term appeared, and by removing paragraph (f) and redesignating paragraph (g) as (f).
Section
205(b)
of Public Law 106-396, added section 217(e)(1)(D).
FN 2aa
Section
201
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, amended section 217(a)(2)(A).
Section
202(a)
of Public Law 106-396 amended section 217(a) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as (4) through (8), and by adding a new paragraph (3).
Section
203(a)
of Public Law 106-396 added paragraph (9).
Section
403(a)
,
(b)
and
(c)
of Public Law 106-396, amended redesignated paragraphs (5) and (8) respectively, and added an unnumbered paragraph at the end of section 217(a).
FN 2aaa
Section
217(a)(3)
amended by section
417(c)
and (d) of the USA Patriot Act, Public Law 107-56, dated October 26, 2001.
FN 3aa
Section
202(b)
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, amended section 217(c)(2) by revising paragraph (B).
Section
204(a)
of Public Law 106-396, revises paragraph (C).
FN 3aaa
Section
307(a)(1)
of Public Law 107-173, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, dated May 14, 2002, amended section 217(c)(2) by adding a new subparagraph (4).
FN 4
Section
204(b)
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, amended section 217(c) by adding paragraph (5).
Section
206
of Public Law 106-396, amended section 217(c) by adding paragraph (6).
Section
207
of Public Law 106-396, amended section 217(c) by adding paragraph (7).
FN4aa
Section
403(d)(1)
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, amended section 217(e).
Section
403(d)(2)
of Public Law 106-396, amended section 217(e) by adding paragraph (3)
FN4aaa
Section
307(a)(2)
of Public Law 107-173, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, dated May 14, 2002, amended section 217(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act by striking "5 years" and inserting "2 years"
FN 5a
Section 217(f) is amended in its entirety by section
125
of Public Law 105-119, dated November 26, 1997.
FN 5b
Section 217(f) is amended by
section 1
of Public Law 105-173, dated April 27, 1998, to extend the deadline date from "April 30, 1998" until "April 30, 2000."
FN 6
Amended by
§ 635 of IIRIRA
. Subsection (g) rewritten in its entirety and has the following transition provision: "Transition.-A country designated as a pilot program country with probationary status under section 217(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [IIRIRA]) shall be considered to be designated as a pilot program country on and after such date, subject to placement in probationary status or termination of such designation under such section (as amended b
y paragraph (1))."
FN 6a
S
ection
307(a)(3)
of Public Law 107-173, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, dated May 14, 2002, amended section 217(f) by adding a new paragraph (5).
FN 7
Section
203(b)
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, added paragraph (g).
FN 8
Section
205(a)
of Public Law 106-396, dated October 30, 2000, added paragraph (h).
FN9
Section
711(c)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, added paragraphs (c)(8) and (c)(9).
FN9a
Section
711(d)(1)(A)(i)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, designated flush text as paragraph (10), and section 711(d)(1)(a)(ii), added paragraph (11).
Effective Date
:
Section 217(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section
711(d)(1)(A)(ii)
of Public Law 110-53, shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security publishes notice in the Federal Register of the requirement under such paragraph.
FN9b
Section
711(d)(1)(B)(i)(I)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, revised subparagraph (D).
FN9c
Section
711(d)(1)(B)(i)(II)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, added subparagraphs (E) and (F).
FN9d
Section
711(d)(1)(B)(ii)(I)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, amended section 217(c)
(5)(A)(i), (ii), and (iii), (B)(i) and (iii), by striking “Attorney General” and adding “Secretary of Homeland Security”.
FN9e
Section
711(d)(1)(B)(ii)(II)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, amended paragraphs (c)(5)(A)(i)(II), and (III).
FN9f
Section
711(d)(1)(B)(iii)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, amended section 217(c) by adding paragraphs (10) and (11).
FN9g
Section
711(d)(1)(C)(i)
and
(ii)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, amended paragraph (d) by striking “Attorney General” and inserting “Secretary of Homeland
Security”, and by adding a new sentence at the end of the paragraph.
FN9h
Section
711(d)(1)(D)(i)
and
(ii)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, amended paragraph (f)(5) by striking “Attorney General” and inserting “Secretary of Homeland Security”; and by striking “blank of” and inserting “or loss of”.
FN9i
Section
711(d)(1)(E)
and
(F)
of Public Law 110-53, dated August 3, 2007, added paragraphs (h)(3), and (i) respectively.