Speech #990079004

The bill has the support of both Greyhound and the drivers union. I hope my colleagues will join me in support of this effort to preserve jobs and promote commerce between the United States and Canada. I insert the text of the bill in the RECORD: H.R. 3236 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the temporary admission to the United States of the operators of motor common carriers of passengers Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) section 101(a)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(10)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: "or. for the purposes of paragraph (15)(D) of this section and sections 245. 252. and 257. a person serving as an operator of a motor common carrier of passengers". (b) Section 101(a).t5)(D) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(D)) is amended(1) by inserting "(I)" Piter "as such". and (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ". or (ii) as an operator of a motor common carrier of passengers engaged in regular route transport across an international boundary who intends (I) to travel to his destination in the United States with intermittent stops as prescribed by the schedule established by the carrier. (II) to remain in the United States temporarily and solely in pursuit of his employment as an operator of such a carrier. and (III) to depart from the United States with the carrier on which he arrived or some other motor common carrier of passengers". (c)(1) Section 252 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1282) is amended by inserting "or stay" after "to land" each place it appears. (2) Section 252 of such Act is further amended(A) in subsection (a)(1). by inserting after "port" the following: "and the period of time during which the motor common carrier of passengers remains in the United States in accordance with the schedule established by the carrier". and (B) in subsection (a)(2) and in subsection (b). by striking out "or aircraft" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ". aircraft or motor common carrier". (d) Section 257 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1287) is amended by striking out "or aircraft" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ". aircraft. or motor common carrier".