S.Amdt. 2452

SA 2452. Ms. WARREN (for Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Hirono)) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to
the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 128__. ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION CLASSES AND
NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the period described in subsection (b), an
international student described in subparagraph (F), (J), or
(M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) may engage in online or distance
education classes or programs that are determined necessary
by an institution or program described in any such
subparagraph for the protection of health and safety. Such
classes or programs shall count towards the requirement to
pursue a full course of study for the student to maintain
nonimmigrant status.
(b) Period Described.--The period described in this
subsection is the period--
(1) beginning on March 13, 2020; and
(2) ending on the later of--
(A) June 30, 2021; or
(B) the date that is 90 days after the date on which the
public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services due to the COVID-19 pandemic under section
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) is
terminated.
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