S Visa and Refugee Assistance Authorization Act

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.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1713 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1713

     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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 8, 1999

  Mr. Abraham (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``S Visa and Refugee Assistance 
Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF 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. 3. 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. 4. 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''.
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