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 112 STAT. 2681-657 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 postsecondary educational institutions, and the United States economy, from the entry of skilled foreign professionals in the fields of science and engineering. (G) The needs of the high technology sector to adapt products and services for export to particular local markets in foreign countries. (H) An examination of the amount and trend of moving the production or performance of products and services now occurring in the United States abroad. (2) REPORT.— Not later than October 1, 2000, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate a report containing the results of the study described in paragraph (1). (3) INVOLVEMENT.—The study under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in a manner that ensures the participation of individuals representing a variety of points of view. 8 USC 1184 note. (b) REPORTING ON STUDIES SHOWING ECONOMIC IMPACT OF H-IB NONIMMIGRANT INCREASE.—The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Director of the Office of Mgmagement and Budget, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, and any other member of the Cabinet, shall promptly report to the Congress the results of any reliable study that suggests, based on legitimate economic analysis, that the increase effected by section 411(a) of this title in the number of aliens who may be issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act has had an impact on any national economic indicator, such as the level of inflation or unemployment, that warrants action by the Congress. SUBTITLE B—SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES SEC. 421. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 101(a)(27) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is amended— (1) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (J); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (K) and inserting "; or"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(L) an immigrant who would be described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (I) if any reference in such a clause— "(i) to an international organization described in paragraph (15)(G)(i) were treated as a reference to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); "(ii) to a nonimmigrant under paragraph (15)(G)(iv) were treated as a reference to a nonimmigrant classifiable under NATO-6 (as a member of a civilian component accompanying a force entering in accordance with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agreement, a member of a civilian component attached to or employed by an Allied Headquarters under the 'Protocol on the Status of

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