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 PUBLIC LAW 94-571—OCT. 20, 1976

90 STAT. 2703

Public Law 94-571 94th Congress An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976". k5Ec. 2. Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "SEC. 201. (a) Exclusive of special immigrants defined in section 101(a) (27), and immediate relatives of United States citizens as specified in subsection (b) of this section, (1) the number of aliens born in any foreign state or dependent area located in the Eastern Hemisphere who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or who may, pursuant to section 203(a)(7), enter conditionally, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year exceed a total of 45,000 and shall not in any fiscal year exceed a total of 170,000; and (2) the number of aliens born in any foreign state of the Western Hemisphere or in the Canal Zone, or in a dependent area located in the Western Hemisphere, who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or who may, pursuant to section 203(a)(7), enter conditionally shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year exceed a total of 32,000 and shall not in any fiscal year exceed a total of 120,000."; and (2) by striking out subsections (c), (d),and (e). SEC. 3. Section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended— (1) by striking out the last proviso in subsection (a); (2) by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(c) Any immigrant born in a colony or other component or dependent area of a foreign state overseas from the foreign state, other than a special immigrant, as defined in section 101(a) (27), or an immediate relative of a United States citizen, as defined in section 201 (b), shall be chargeable for the purpose of the limitations set forth in sections 201(a) and 202(a), to the hemisphere in which such colony or other component or dependent area is located, and to the foreign state, respectively, and the number of immigrant visas available to each such colony or other component or dependent area shall not exceed 600 in any one fiscal year."; and (3) by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection:

Oct. 20, 1976 [H.R. 14535] Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976. 8 USC 1101 note.

8 USC 1101.

8 USC 1153.

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