S.Amdt. 2006

SA 2006. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. Hassan) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. __. PROVISIONAL PROTECTED PRESENCE FOR QUALIFIED
INDONESIANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR
MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 244A. PROVISIONAL PROTECTED PRESENCE FOR QUALIFIED
INDONESIANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR
MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary--
``(1) shall grant provisional protected presence to an
alien who files an application demonstrating that he or she
meets the eligibility criteria under subsection (b) and pays
the appropriate application fee; and
``(2) shall provide such alien with employment
authorization.
``(b) Eligibility Criteria.--An alien is eligible for
provisional protected presence under this section and
employment authorization if--
``(1) the alien has been continuously physically present in
the United States since the date that is 10 years before the
date of the enactment of this section;
``(2) the alien is a citizen of Indonesia;
``(3) the alien is a member of a religious minority in
Indonesia; and
``(4) the alien--
``(A) is not inadmissible under paragraph (2), (3), (6)(E),
(6)(G), (8), (10)(A), (10)(C), or (10)(D) of section 212(a)
of this Act;
``(B) has not ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise
participated in the persecution of any person on account of
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular
social group, or political opinion; and
``(C) has not been convicted of--
``(i) any offense under Federal or State law, other than a
State offense for which an essential element is the alien's
immigration status, that is punishable by a maximum term of
imprisonment of more than 1 year; or
``(ii) 3 or more offenses under Federal or State law, other
than State offenses for which an essential element is the
alien's immigration status, for which the alien was convicted
on different dates for each of the 3 offenses and imprisoned
for an aggregate of 90 days or more.
``(c) Duration of Provisional Protected Presence and
Employment Authorization.--Provisional protected presence and
the employment authorization provided under this section
shall be effective until the date that is three years after
the date of the enactment of this section.
``(d) Status During Period of Provisional Protected
Presence.--
``(1) In general.--An alien granted provisional protected
presence is not considered to be unlawfully present in the
United States during the period beginning on the date such
status is granted and ending on the date described in
subsection (c).
``(2) Status outside period.--The granting of provisional
protected presence under this section does not excuse
previous or subsequent periods of unlawful presence.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 244
the following:

``Sec. 244A. Provisional protected presence for Indonesians living in
the United States for more than 10 years.''.
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