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(B) by striking "enumerated in paragraph (1) in this subsection" in paragraph (2) and inserting "(other than under paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(E) thereof)".

TITLE VII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. BATTERED SPOUSE OR CHILD WAIVER OF THE CONDITIONAL RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 216(c)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)) is amended(1) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (A);

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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking "by the alien spouse for good cause"
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
"(C) the qualifying marriage was entered into in good faith by the alien
spouse and during the marriage the alien spouse or child was battered by
or was the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by his or her spouse or
citizen or permanent resident parent and the alien was not at fault in fail-
ing to meet the requirements of paragraph (1)."; and

(5) by adding at the end the following: "The Attorney General shall, by regulation, establish measures to protect the confidentiality of information concerning any abused alien spouse or child, including information regarding the whereabouts of such spouse or child.".

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to marriages entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 702. BONA FIDE MARRIAGE EXCEPTION TO FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR MARRIAGES ENTERED INTO DURING CERTAIN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 245(e) (8 U.S.C. 1255(e)) is amended

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “An alien” and inserting "Except as provided in paragraph (3), an alien", and

(2) [Omitted; added paragraph (3) at the end of section 245(e).]

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT Section 204(g) (8 U.S.C. 1154(g)), as redesignated by section 162(b)(6) of this Act, is amended by inserting "except as provided in section 245(e)(3)," after “Notwithstanding subsection (a),”.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by this section shall apply to marriages entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 703. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT FROM TEMPORARY TO PERMAMENT [sic] RESIDENCE FOR LEGALIZED ALIENS.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 245A(b) (8 U.S.C. 1255a(b)) is amended

(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking "one-year period" and inserting "2-year period", and

(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking "thirty-first" and inserting "43rd".

(b) LATE FEE. Section 245A(c)(7)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1255a(c)(7)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Attorney General shall provide for an additional fee for filing an application for adjustment under subsection (b)(1) after the end of the first year of the 2-year period described in subsection (b)(1)(A).”.

SEC. 704. COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.

(a) 1-YEAR EXTENSION.-Section 304 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603) is amended

(1) in subsection (c), by striking "five" and inserting "six", and

(2) in subsection (i), by striking "63” and inserting “75”.

(b) STAFF Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking "competitive service" and inserting "and compensation and other conditions of service in the civil service".

SEC. 705. IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY FUND.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Section 404(b) (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended

(1) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)”,

(2) by inserting "(for fiscal year 1991 and any subsequent fiscal year)” after "appropriated",

(3) by striking "$35,000,000" and inserting "an amount sufficient to provide

for a balance of $35,000,000 in such fund”,

(4) by inserting "to carry out paragraph (2) and" after "to be used", and
(5) [Omitted; added paragraph (2) at the end of section 404(b).]

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-Section 404(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by the amendment made by subsection (a)(5), shall apply with respect to increases in the number of asylum applications filed in a calendar quarter beginning on or after January 1, 1989. The Attorney General may not spend any amounts from the immigration emergency fund pursuant to the amendments made by subsection (a) before October 1, 1991.

TITLE VIII-EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SEC. 801. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.

(a) USE OF FUND.-The Secretary of Labor shall provide for grants to States to provide educational assistance and training for United States workers. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Education in making grants under this section.

(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.-Within the purposes described in subsection (a), funds in the account used under this section shall be allocated among the States based on a formula, established jointly by the Secretaries of Labor and Education, that takes into consideration

(1) the location of foreign workers admitted into the United States,

(2) the location of individuals in the United States requiring and desiring the educational assistance and training for which the funds can be applied, and (3) the location of unemployed and underemployed United States workers. (c) DISBURSEMENT TO STATES.

(1) Within the purposes and allocations established under this section, disbursements shall be made to the States, in accordance with grant applications submitted to and approved jointly by the Secretaries of Labor and Education, to be applied in a manner consistent with the guidelines established by such Secretaries in consultation with the States. In applying such grants, the States shall consider providing funding to joint labor-management trust funds and other such non-profit organizations which have demonstrated capability and experience in directly training and educating workers.

(2) Not more than 5 percent of the funds disbursed to any State under this section may be used for administrative expenses.

(d) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL OVERHEAD.-The Secretaries shall provide that not more than 2 percent of the amount of funds disbursed to States under this section may be used by the Federal Government in the administration of this section.

(e) ANNUAL REPORT.-The Secretary of Labor shall report annually to the Con

gress on the grants to States provided under this section.

(f) STATE DEFINED.-In this section, the term "State" has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

2. SELECTED PROVISIONS OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT BEFORE REVISION BY THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1990 (PUBLIC LAW 101-649, NOV. 29, 1990)

Section 101(a)(27)(C) of the INA (before revision by § 151(a) of P.L. 101-649):

(C)(i) an immigrant who continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the time of his application for admission to the United States has been, and who seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of carrying on the vocation of minister of a religious denomination, and whose services are needed by such religious denomination having a bona fide organization in the United States; and (ii) the spouse or the child of any such immigrant, if accompanying or following to join him;

Section 201 of the INA (before revision by § 101(a) of P.L. 101–

NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS

SEC. 201. (a) Exclusive of special immigrants defined in section 101(a)(27), immediate relatives specified in subsection (b) of this section, and aliens who are admitted or granted asylum under section 207 or 208, the number of aliens born in any foreign state or dependent area who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year exceed a total of seventy-two thousand and shall not in any fiscal year exceed two hundred and seventy thousand: Provided, That to the extent that in a particular fiscal year the number of aliens who are issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and who are subject to the numerical limitations of this section, together with the aliens who adjust their status to aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence pursuant to subparagraph (H) of section 101(a)(27) or section 19 of the Immigration and Nationality Amendments Act of 1981, exceed the annual numerical limitation in effect pursuant to this section for such year, the Secretary of State shall reduce to such extent the annual numerical limitation in effect pursuant to this section for the following fiscal year.

(b) The "immediate relatives" referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall mean the children, spouses, and parents of a citizen of the United States: Provided, That in the case of parents, such citizen must be at least twenty-one years of age. The immediate relatives specified in this subsection who are otherwise qualified for admission as immigrants shall be admitted as such, without regard to the numerical limitations in this Act.

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Section 202 of the INA (before revision by § 102 of P.L. 101–

SEC. 202. (a) No person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of his race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence, except as specifically provided in section 101(a)(27), section 201(b), and section 203: Provided, That the total number of immigrant visas made available to natives of any single foreign state under paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 203(a) shall not exceed 20,000 in any fiscal year: And provided further, That to the extent that in a particular fiscal year the number of such natives who are issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence and who are subject to the numerical limitation of this section, together with the aliens from the same foreign state who adjust their status to aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence pursuant to subparagraph (H) of section 101(a)(27) or section 19 of the Immigration and Nationality Amendments Act of 1981, exceed the numerical limitation in effect for such year pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall reduce to such extent the numerical limitation in effect for the natives of the same foreign state pursuant to this section for the following fiscal year.

(b) Each independent country, self-governing dominion, mandated territory, and territory under the international trusteeship system of the United Nations, other than the United States and its outlying possessions, shall be treated as a separate foreign state for the purposes of the numerical limitation set forth in the proviso to subsection (a) of this section when approved by the Secretary of State. All other inhabited lands shall be attributed to a foreign state specified by the Secretary of State. For the purposes of this Act the foreign state to which an immigrant is chargeable shall be determined by birth within such foreign state except that (1) an alien child, when accompanied by or following to join his alien parent or parents, may be charged to the foreign state of either parent if such parent has received or would be qualified for an immigrant visa, if necessary to prevent the separation of the child from the parent or parents, and if immigration charged to the foreign state to which such parent has been or would be chargeable has not reached the numerical limitation set forth in the proviso to subsection (a) of this section for that fiscal year; (2) if an alien is chargeable to a different foreign state from that of his spouse, the foreign state to which such alien is chargeable may, if necessary to prevent the separation of husband and wife, be determined by the foreign state of the spouse he is accompanying or following to join, if such spouse has received or would be qualified for an immigrant visa and if immigration charged to the foreign state to which such spouse has been or would be chargeable has not reached the numerical

limitation set forth in the proviso to subsection (a) for that fiscal year; (3) an alien born in the United States shall be considered as having been born in the country of which he is a citizen or subject, or, if he is not a citizen or subject of any country, in the last foreign country in which he had his residence as determined by the consular officer; and (4) an alien born within any foreign state in which neither of his parents was born and in which neither of his parents had a residence at the time of such alien's birth may be charged to the foreign state of either parent.

(c) Any immigrant born in a colony or other component or dependent area of a foreign state overseas from the foreign state, other than a special immigrant, as defined in section 101(a)(27), or an immediate relative of a United States citizen, as defined in section 201(b), shall be chargeable for the purpose of the limitation set forth in subsection (a), to the foreign state, and the number of immigrant visas available to each such colony or other component or dependent area shall not exceed 5,000 in any one fiscal year.

(d) In the case of any change in the territorial limits of foreign states, the Secretary of State shall, upon recognition of such change, issue appropriate instructions to all diplomatic and consular offices.

(e) Whenever the maximum number of visas have been made available under this section to natives of any single foreign state as defined in subsection (b) of this section or any dependent area as defined in subsection (c) of this section in any fiscal year, in the next following fiscal year a number of visas, not to exceed 20,000, in the case of a foreign state or 5,000 in the case of a dependent area, shall be made available and allocated as follows:

(1) Visas shall first be made available, in a number not to exceed 20 per centum of the number specified in this subsection, to qualified immigrants who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United States.

(2) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 26 per centum of the number specified in this subsection, plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraph (1), to qualified immigrants who are the spouses, unmarried sons, or unmarried daughters of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

(3) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the number specified in this subsection, to qualified immigrants who are members of the professions, or who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences or the arts will substantially benefit prospectively the national economy, cultural interests, or welfare of the United States, and whose services in the professions, sciences, or arts are sought by an employer in the United States.

(4) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the number specified in this subsection, plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) through (3), to qualified immigrants who are the married sons or the married daughters of citizens of the United States.

(5) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 24 per centum of the number specified in this subsection, plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) through (4), to qualified immigrants who are the brothers or sisters of citizens of the United States, provided such citizens are at least twenty-one years of age.

(6) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the number specified in this subsection, to qualified immigrants capable of performing specified skilled or unskilled labor, not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which a shortage of employable and willing persons exists in the United States.

(7) Visas so allocated but not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) through (6) shall be made available to other qualified immigrants strictly in the chronological order in which they qualify.

Section 203 of the INA (before revision by §§ 111, 121(a), 131, & 162(a) of P.L. 101-649):

ALLOCATION OF IMMIGRANT VISAS

SEC. 203. (a) Aliens who are subject to the numerical limitations specified in section 201(a) shall be allotted visas as follows:

(1) Visas shall be first made available, in a number not to exceed 20 per centum of the number specified in section 201(a), to qualified immigrants who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United States.

(2) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 26 per centum of the number specified in section 201(a), plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraph (1), to qualified immigrants who are the spouses, unmarried sons or unmarried daughters of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (3) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the number specified in section 201(a), to qualified immigrants who are members of the professions, or who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences or the arts will substantially benefit prospectively the national economy, cultural interests, or welfare of the United States, and whose services in the professions, sciences, or arts are sought by an employer in the United States.

(4) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the number specified in section 201(a), plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) through (3), to qualified immigrants who are the married sons or the married daughters of citizens of the United States.

(5) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 24 per centum of the number specified in section 201(a), plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) through (4), to qualified immigrants who are the brothers or sisters of citizens of the United States, provided such citizens are at least twenty-one years of age.

(6) Visas shall next be made available, in a number not to exceed 10 per centum of the number specified in section 201(a), to qualified immigrants who are capable of performing specified skilled or unskilled labor, not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which a shortage of employable and willing persons exists in the United States.

(7) Visas authorized in any fiscal year, less those required for issuance to the classes specified in paragraphs (1) through (6), shall be made available to other qualified immigrants strictly in the chronological order in which they qualify. Waiting lists of applicants shall be maintained in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State. No immigrant visa shall be issued to a nonpreference immigrant under this paragraph, or to an immigrant with a preference under paragraph (3) or (6) of this subsection, until the consular officer is in receipt of a determination made by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the provisions of section 212(a)(14). 1 No immigrant visa shall be issued under this paragraph to an adopted child or prospective adopted child of a United States citizen or lawfully resident alien unless (A) a valid home-study has been favorably recommended by an agency of the State of the child's proposed residence, or by an agency authorized by that State to conduct such a study, or, in the case of a child adopted abroad, by an appropriate public or private adoption agency which is licensed in the United States; and (B) the child has been irrevocably released for immigration and adoption: Provided, That no natural parent or prior adoptive parent of any such child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act. No immigrant visa shall otherwise be issued under this paragraph to an unmarried child under the age of sixteen except a child who is accompanying or following to join his natural parent.

(8) A spouse or child as defined in section 101(b)(1) (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) shall, if not otherwise entitled to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance of a visa under paragraphs (1) through (7), be entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration provided in subsection (b), if accompanying, or following to join, his spouse or parent.

(b) In considering applications for immigrant visas under subsection (a) consideration shall be given to applicants in the order in which the classes of which they are members are listed in subsection (a).

(c) Immigrant visas issued pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) shall be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a petition in behalf of each such immigrant is filed with the Attorney General as provided in section 204.

(d) Every immigrant shall be presumed to be a nonpreference immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer and the immigration officer that he is entitled to a preference status under paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a), or to a special immigrant status under section 101(a)(27), or that he is an immediate relative of a United States citizen as specified in section 201(b). In

1 § 603(a)(3) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-649, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5082) substituted reference to §212(a)(5) for §212(a)(14), effective June 1, 1991, pursuant to §601(e)(1) of that Act.

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