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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 362
104TH CONGRESS SE AEREPORT
2d Session SENATE 104-250
LEGAL IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1996
APRIL 10, 1996.-Ordered to be printed
Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of March 29, 1996
Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 1665]
The Committee on the Judiciary reports an original bill (S. 1665)
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level
and revise the preference system for the admission of immigrants
to the United States, and to provide increased protections to Amer-
ican workers, and for other purposes; and recommends that the bill
do pass. CONTENTS Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 2
1. Revision of family-sponsored preference classifications .................... 2
2. Revision of H-1B Specialty Occupation program ............................ 3
II. Sum m ary of bill's provisions ....................................................................... 4
1. Provisions regarding immigrants ....................................................... 4
2. Provisions regarding nonimmigrants ................................................. 5
3. M iscellaneous provisions ..................................................................... 6
III. N eed for current legislation ......................................................................... 6
IV. H istory of current legislation ........................................................................ 8
V. Section-by-section analysis ............................................................................ 9
V I. Com m ittee action .......................................................................................... 14
V II. C ost estim ate ................................................................................................. . 19
VIII. Regulatory im pact statem ent ........................................................................ 19
IX. Additional views of Senator Simpson .......................................................... 20
X. Additional views of Senators Abraham and DeWine .................................. 22
XI. Minority views of Senators Kennedy, Simon, Leahy, and Feingold .......... 25
XII. Changes in existing law ................................................................................ 29
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