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 PUBLIC LAW 97-271—SEPT. 30, 1982

96 STAT. 1159

this section. Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in the administration and enforcement of the Act or any other law relating to immigration, nationality, and naturalization. The fact that an alien may be eligible to be granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section shall not preclude him from seeking such status under any other provision of law for which he may be eligible. TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY WORKER PROGRAM IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after 8 USC 1255 note. the date of the enactment of this Act the Attorney General shall not approve any petition filed under section 214(c) of the Act in the case 8 USC 1184. of importing any alien as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) of such Act for employment in the Virgin Islands of 8 USC 1101. the United States other than for employment as an entertainer or as an athlete and for a period not exceeding forty-five days. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND REPORT

SEC. 4. The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Education, 8 USC 1255 note. Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and the Interior, and the Attorney General, in consultation with officials of the Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States and within such amounts as may otherwise be available through appropriations, shall jointly assess the impact on the Government of the Virgin Islands of providing health, education, housing, and other social services to individuals whose status is adjusted under section 2 of this Act (and to relatives of such individuals who enter the Virgin Islands as a result of such adjustment) and the need for assistance to the Government of the Virgin Islands to assist it in meeting the needs of these individuals and relatives. They shall, within one year after the date Report to of the enactment of this Act, report to the President and the President and Congress on the results of their assessment and on any recommen- o^s^'^^sdations for changes in legislation which may be appropriate. Approved September 30, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3517: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-307 (Comm. on the Judiciary). SENATE REPORT No. 97-529 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 127 (1981): Nov. 4, considered and passed House. Vol. 128 (1982): Aug. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 8, House agreed to Senate amendment.

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