President. I am pleased to join my colleague. Senator KENNEDY. in introducing this bill to make technical corrections to the Immigration Act of 1D0. The Act was signed by President Bush on November 29. 1990. This bill is truly technical. It corrects errors committed because much of the law was drafted in the wee hours of the 101st Congress. This bills other major objective is to create certain transition rules which are necessary to help us move toward the new system of legal immigration that the 1990 Act puts into effect on October 1. 1991. Let me emphasize that this package has been developed in conjunction with both Democrats and Republicans on the House Immigration Subcommittee. as well. This bill was developed under the following rule: If any of the four Immigration Subcommittee staffs found a provision controversial or nontechnical. then it was removed. Let me state my intention on only two small portions of this bill: This bill will deem certain old applications under section 203(a)(3) and 203(a)(6). as applications under new sections 203(b)(2) and 203(b)(3). respectively. Let me make it clear that any old application under section 203(a)(6) must be killed. as defined by the new law. else it will be subject to the new numerical limitation of 10.000 in new section 203(b)(3)(B).
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