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                                                              Calendar No. 362

                    104TH CONGRESS                SE  AEREPORT
                        2d Session                SENATE                    104-250





                                   LEGAL IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1996




                                       APRIL 10, 1996.-Ordered to be printed


                            Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of March 29, 1996



                            Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
                                          submitted the following


                                                REPORT

                                                together with

                                  ADDITIONAL AND MINORITY VIEWS

                                             [To accompany S. 1665]

                      The Committee on the Judiciary reports an original bill (S. 1665)
                    to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level
                    and revise the preference system for the admission of immigrants
                    to the United States, and to provide increased protections to Amer-
                    ican workers, and for other purposes; and recommends that the bill
                    do pass.                     CONTENTS                            Page

                       I. P u rpose  ...........................................................................................................  2
                           1. Revision of family-sponsored preference classifications ....................  2
                           2. Revision of H-1B Specialty Occupation program ............................  3
                      II. Sum m ary  of bill's  provisions  .......................................................................  4
                           1. Provisions regarding  immigrants  .......................................................  4
                           2. Provisions regarding  nonimmigrants .................................................  5
                           3. M iscellaneous  provisions  .....................................................................  6
                      III.  N eed  for  current  legislation  .........................................................................  6
                      IV. H istory  of current legislation  ........................................................................  8
                      V. Section-by-section  analysis  ............................................................................  9
                      V I.  Com m ittee  action  ..........................................................................................  14
                      V II.  C ost  estim ate  ................................................................................................. .  19
                    VIII. Regulatory  im pact  statem ent  ........................................................................  19
                      IX. Additional views of Senator Simpson   ..........................................................  20
                      X. Additional views of Senators Abraham and DeWine ..................................  22
                      XI. Minority views of Senators Kennedy, Simon, Leahy, and Feingold ..........     25
                      XII.  Changes  in  existing  law  ................................................................................  29
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