S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 2303: REPEAL OF THE DIVERSITY VISA PROGRAM

Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    (a) In General- Title II (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended--

      (1) in section 201 (8 U.S.C. 1151)--

        (A) in subsection (a)--

          (i) in paragraph (1), by adding `and' at the end;

          (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking `; and' at the end and inserting a period; and

          (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and

        (B) by striking subsection (e);

      (2) in section 203 (8 U.S.C. 1153)--

        (A) by striking subsection (c);

        (B) in subsection (d), by striking `(a), (b), or (c)' and inserting `(a) or (b)

        (C) in subsection (e)--

          (i) by striking paragraph (2); and

          (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);

        (D) in subsection (f), by striking `(a), (b), or (c) of this section' and inserting `(a) or (b)'; and

        (E) in subsection (g), by striking `(a), (b), and (c)' and inserting `(a) and (b)'; and

      (3) in section 204 (8 U.S.C. 1154)--

        (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I); and

        (B) in subsection (e), by striking `(a), (b), or (c)' and inserting `(a) or (b)'.

    (b) Effective Date and Application-

      (1) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2014.

      (2) APPLICATION- An alien who receives a notification from the Secretary that the alien was selected to receive a diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) for fiscal year 2013 or fiscal year 2014 shall remain eligible to receive such visa under the rules of such section, as in effect on September 30, 2014. No alien may be allocated such a diversity immigrant visa for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015.

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REPEAL OF THE DIVERSITY VISA PROGRAM