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Visa Lottery Repeal Act

S. 1632 · 116th Congress · May 23, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Visa Lottery Repeal Act”.

2. Termination of Diversity Immigrant Visa Program

(a)
Repeal— Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(b)
Technical and conforming amendments— Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
in section 201—
(A)
in subsection (a)—
(i)
in paragraph (1), by adding “and” at the end;
(ii)
in paragraph (2), by striking “; and” and inserting a period; and
(iii)
by striking paragraph (3); and
(B)
by striking subsection (e);
(2)
in section 203—
(A)
by striking subsection (c);
(B)
in subsection (d), by striking “subsection (a), (b), or (c)” and inserting “subsection (a) or (b)”;
(C)
in subsection (e)—
(i)
by striking paragraph (2); and
(ii)
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
(D)
in subsection (f), by striking “subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section” and inserting “subsection (a) or (b)”;
(E)
in subsection (g), by striking “subsections (a), (b), and (c)” and inserting “subsections (a) and (b)”; and
(F)
in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking “subsection (a), (b), or (c)” and inserting “subsection (a) or (b)”; and
(3)
in section 204—
(A)
in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I);
(B)
in subsection (e), by striking “subsection (a), (b), or (c)” and inserting “subsection (a) or (b)”; and
(C)
in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking “section 203 (a) or (d)” and inserting “subsection (a) or (d) of section 203”.

3. Effective date

The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.