S.Amdt. 1651

SA 1651. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1183 submitted by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Hatch)
to the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 273, strike lines 10-18 and insert the following:
``(B) Allocation of visas.--
``(i) In general.--The allocation of visas described in
subparagraph (A) for a year shall be allocated as follows:

``(I) 70 percent shall be available January 1.
``(II) 30 percent shall be available July 1.

``(ii) Unused visas.--Any visas available on January 1 of a
year under clause (i)(I) that are unused as of July 1 of that
year shall be added to the allocation available to allocation
available on July 1 of that year under clause (i)(II).
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