Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, with respect to the immigrant investor regional center pilot program, to: (1) extend such program for five years; (2) replace existing references to the Attorney General with the Secretary of Homeland Security; and (3) authorize employment creation immigrant visa priority to be given to aliens seeking entry under such program.
Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of such program and report information concerning, among other things: (1) number, locality of settlement, and country of origin of immigrant investors, and the number of such individuals who have sought U.S. citizenship; and (2) types of commercial enterprises and types and numbers of created jobs.
Became Public Law No: 108-156.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12476-12477)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12476-12477)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S12476-12477)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S12476-12477)
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
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