S.Amdt. 1943

SA 1943. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to unsubsidized COBRA
continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. TERMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

(a) Repeal.--Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Title II of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 201--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting
a period; and
(iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
(B) by striking subsection (e);
(2) in section 203--
(A) by striking subsection (c);
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection (a), (b),
or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (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 ``subsection (a), (b),
or (c) of this section'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or
(b)'';
(E) in subsection (g), by striking ``subsections (a), (b),
and (c)'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and (b)''; and
(F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking ``subsection (a),
(b), or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)''; and
(3) in section 204--
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I);
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection (a), (b),
or (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)''; and
(C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking ``section 203 (a)
or (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (a) or (d) of section
203''.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Selectees.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any alien
who registered for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and
received notification before the date of the enactment of
this Act that he or she has been selected to apply for a
diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) may submit
an application for such visa under the applicable provisions
of law in effect on the day before such date of enactment.
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