This provision passed the House The Senate amendment to the House amendment to S. 296 makes several minor technical amendments to that provision. In addition. the Senate amendment includes four noncontroversial provisions. all of which have the support of the administration. The first simply authorizes funding for fiscal year 1992 for the Refugee Resettlement Program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. A second provision defers for 6 monthsfrom October 1. 1991. to April 1. 1992the effective date of the changes made last year to certain temporary visa categories concerning artiste. athletes. and entertainers. An identical provision was passed by voice vote by the House Judiciary Committee just 2 days ago. The third and fourth provisions are designed to cure defects in the 1990 Immigration Act. Inadvertently that act denied to the spouses and children of aliens who are coming here because of their work skills. the right to receive a visa. The other defect cured by the Senate amendment concerns a provision in the 1990 act which establishes a duplicative paperwork filing requirement for certain U.S. employers petitioning for the admission of a needed worker. Under the Senate amendment they will only need to file once.
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