S.Amdt. 2792Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 2792
Sponsored by
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Submitted August 9, 2021
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August 9, 2021
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SA 2792. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3 __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS SPONSORING VISA PARTICIPANTS TO BE ACCREDITED BY AGENCIES RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPT. OF EDUCATION; PERMIT THE DHS SECRETARY TO SUSPEND ACCREDITATION IF OFFICIAL OR OWNER IS SUSPECTED OR INDICTED FOR FRAUD; PROHIBIT CONVICTED INDIVIDUALS FROM FILING FUTURE PETITIONS; PROHIBIT FLIGHT SCHOOLS FROM ISSUING STUDENT VISAS UNLESS SCHOOL IS CERTIFIED BY DHS AND FAA. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to requiring colleges, universities and language training programs sponsoring visa participants to be accredited by agencies recognized by the Dept. of Education; permit the DHS Secretary to suspend accreditation if official or owner is suspected or indicted for fraud; prohibit convicted individuals from filing future petitions; prohibit flight schools from issuing student visas unless school is certified by DHS and FAA 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 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. ______