[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 5569 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 5569
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 10, 2008
Received
August 1, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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AN ACT
To extend for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EB-5 REGIONAL CENTER PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C.
1153 note) is amended by striking ``shall set aside'' and all that
follows through ``eligible for admission'' and inserting ``shall set
aside 3,000 visas annually for 20 years to include such aliens as are
eligible for admission''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that, to the extent practicable,
qualifying investments under section 610 of the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) should be made in
targeted employment areas (as defined in section 203(b)(5)(B)(ii) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(B)(ii))),
including rural areas (areas other than an area within a metropolitan
statistical area or within the outer boundary of any city or town
having a population of 20,000 or more (based on the most recent
decennial census of the United States)) and high unemployment areas
(areas that have experienced unemployment of at least 150 percent of
the national average rate).
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.