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Visa Lottery Repeal Act

S. 859 · 117th Congress · Mar 18, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

Section 1 Short title

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

Sec. 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”.

Sec. 3 Effective date

(a)
In general— Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by section 2 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b)
Selectees— Notwithstanding subsection (a), any alien who registered for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and received notification before the date of the enactment of this Act that he or she has been selected to apply for a diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) may submit an application for such visa under the applicable provisions of law in effect on the day before such date of enactment.