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Parole into United States.

Ante, p. 103.

8 USC 1153 note. 8 USC 1101 note. 8 USC 1153. Ante, p. 105. 8 USC 1255 note.

Effective date. 8 USC 1101 note.

Ante, p. 102. Ante, p. 106.

Ante, p. 105.

8 USC 1151.

8 USC 1153, 1152.

eonditional entrant status. Ante, p. 107.

PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 (1) by inserting "(A)" after "(5)"; (2) by inserting ", except as provided in subparagraph (B)," after "Attorney General may"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(B) The Attorney General may not parole into the United States an alien who is a refugee unless the Attorney General determines that compelling reasons in the public interest with respect to that particular alien require that the €dien be paroled into the United States rather than be admitted as a refugee under section 207.". (g) Section 5 of Public Law 95-412 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by striking out "September 30, 1980" and inserting in lieu thereof "April,1980". (h) Any reference in any law (other than the Immigration and Nationality Act or this Act) in effect on April 1, 1980, to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be deemed to be a reference to such section as in effect before such date and to sections 207 and 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (i) Section 203(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(g)), section 101(a)(3) of Public Law 95-145, and the first section of Public Law 89-732 are each amended by striking out "two years" and inserting in lieu thereof "one year. SEC. 204. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1979. (b)(l)(A) Section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as added by section 201(b) of this Act) and the amendments made by subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 203 of this Act shall take effect on April 1, 1980. (B) The amendments made by section 203(f) shall apply to aliens paroled into the United States on or after the sixtieth day after the date of the enactment of this Act. {G) The amendments made by section 203(i) shall take effect immediately before April 1, 1980. (2) Notwithstanding sections 207(a) and 209(b) of the Inmiigration and Nationality Act (as added by section 201(b) of this Act), the fifty thousand and five thousand numerical limitations specified in such respective sections shall, for fiscal year 1980, be equal to 25,000 and 2,500, respectively. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1980— (A) the fiscal year numerical limitetion specified in section 201(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be equal to 280,000, and (B) for the purpose of determining the number of immigrant visas and adjustments of status which may be made avsulable under sections 203(a)(2) and 202(e)(2) of such Act, the granting of a conditional entry or a4justment of stetus under section 203(a)(7) or 202(e)(7) of such Act after September 30, 1979, and before April 1, 1980, shall be considered to be the granting of an immigrant visa under section 203(a)(2) or 202(e)(2), respectively, of such Act during such period. (c)(1) The repeal of subsections (g) and (h) of section 203 of the Inunigration and Nationality Act, made by section 203(c)(8) of this title, shall not apply with respect to any individual who before April 1, 1980, was granted a conditional entry under section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (and under section 202(e)(7) of such

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