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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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108TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108-271
TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO
EXTEND FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 YEARS THE SPECIAL IM-
MIGRANT RELIGIOUS WORKER PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2003.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2152]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2152) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ex-
tend for an additional 5 years the special immigrant religious
worker program, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
V ote of the Com m ittee ............................................................................................ 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 4
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ....................................................................... 5
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ..................................................................... 5
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion ......................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 5
M arkup Transcript .................................................................................................. 6
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 2152 extends the authorization for the special immigrant
religious worker visa until October 1, 2008.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxhoz0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)