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 PUBLIC LAW 106-406—NOV. 1, 2000 114 STAT. 1755 Public Law 106-406 106th Congress An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a 3-year pilot program Nov. 1, 2000 under which the Attorney General may extend the period for voluntary departure [fl.R. 2961] in the case of certain nonimmigrant aliens who require medical treatment in the United States and were admitted under the visa waiver pilot program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of International the United States of America in Congress assembled, Patiesnt Act of ' ^ ' 2000. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 8 USC 1101 note. This Act may be cited as the "International Patient Act of 2000". SEC. 2. THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO EXTEND VOLUNTARY DEPAR- TURE PERIOD FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT WHO WERE ADMITTED UNDER VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM. Section 240B(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) PERIOD. — " (A) IN GENERAL. —Subject to subparagraph (B), permission to depart voluntarily under this subsection shall not be valid for a period exceeding 120 days. "(B) Three-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM WAIVER. —During the period October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2003, and subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D)(ii), the Attorney General may, in the discretion of the Attorney General for humanitarian purposes, waive application of subparagraph (A) in the case of an alien— "(i) who was admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor (described in section 101(a)(15)(B)) under the provisions of the visa waiver pilot program established pursuant to section 217, seeks the waiver for the purpose of continuing to receive medical treatment in the United States from a physician associated with a health care facility, and submits to the Attorney General— "(I) a detailed diagnosis statement from the physician, which includes the treatment being sought and the expected time period the alien will be required to remain in the United States; "(II) a statement from the health care facility containing an assurance that the alien's treatment is riot being paid through any Federal or State public health assistance, that the alien's account

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