Mother Teresa Religious Workers Act

Mother Teresa Religious Workers Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the U.S. entry date in order for religious workers to qualify for a special immigrant visa. (Thus making such entry category permanent.)

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2406 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2406

   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide permanent 
    authority for entry into the United States of certain religious 
                                workers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2000

   Mr. Abraham (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Leahy) 
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 provide permanent 
    authority for entry into the United States of certain religious 
                                workers.

    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 ``Mother Teresa Religious Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR ENTRY INTO UNITED STATES OF CERTAIN 
              RELIGIOUS WORKERS.

    Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ``before October 1, 
2000,'' each place it appears.
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