S.Amdt. 4306
What it does: Adds SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY AND VISAS FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AND NURSES at the end of title III
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 70 · shown in the resolution's text
Adds SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY AND VISAS FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AND NURSES at the end of title III
Adds a sectionIn S.Con.Res. 70 · Placed on Calendar Senate
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would authorize salary adjustments for justices and judges of the United States or increase the number of Federal judgeships, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
Inserted: SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY AND VISAS FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AND NURSES.
Inserted: The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
Inserted: (1) provide up to $750,000,000 for improvements to border security, including the construction of fencing along the international border between the United States and Mexico;
Inserted: (2) provide for the recapture and use of visas that could have been issued to nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) in prior fiscal years;
Inserted: (3) provide for the recapture and use of immigrant visas that could have been issued to employment-based immigrants described in section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) in prior fiscal years;
Inserted: (4) provide for the retention of an alien who--
Inserted: (A) is employed in the United States; and
Inserted: (B) is seeking an employment-based immigrant visa pursuant to such section 203(b);
Inserted: (5) establish new fees for the issuance of such recaptured nonimmigrant visas pursuant to such section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and of such recaptured immigrant visas pursuant to such section 203(b) that would result in the collection of an additional $750,000,000 of such fees; and
Inserted: (6) establish reasonable, additional enforcement measures relating to the use of visas for nonimmigrants described in such section 101(a)(5)(H)(i)(B);
Inserted: provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
Original wording
At the end of title III, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 4306. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR BORDER SECURITY AND VISAS FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS AND NURSES.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that--
(1) provide up to $750,000,000 for improvements to border security, including the construction of fencing along the international border between the United States and Mexico;
(2) provide for the recapture and use of visas that could have been issued to nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) in prior fiscal years;
(3) provide for the recapture and use of immigrant visas that could have been issued to employment-based immigrants described in section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) in prior fiscal years;
(4) provide for the retention of an alien who--
(A) is employed in the United States; and
(B) is seeking an employment-based immigrant visa pursuant to such section 203(b);
(5) establish new fees for the issuance of such recaptured nonimmigrant visas pursuant to such section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and of such recaptured immigrant visas pursuant to such section 203(b) that would result in the collection of an additional $750,000,000 of such fees; and
(6) establish reasonable, additional enforcement measures relating to the use of visas for nonimmigrants described in such section 101(a)(5)(H)(i)(B);
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 13, 2008