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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         March 2, 2011

Madam Speaker:

    The Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 469, IMMIGRATION RELATED AMENDMENTS, by Representative J. Dougall, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 5, Line 125 :    

             125          (2)

  (a)       "Foreign national"      {   is   }        , except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), means       an individual who is a citizen of a foreign country.

  (b) "Foreign national" does not include an individual who is in the United States, but who is not lawfully present in any of the states of the United States.      


2.    Page 6, Lines 160 through 178 :    

             160          (1) To be considered for approval as a resident immigrant for purposes of the program,
             161      a foreign national shall:
             162          (a) file an application with the department;
  (b) at the time of filing the application be living outside of the United States;      

             163          
{   (b)   }        (c)       pass a health and background screening;

             164          
{   (c)   }        (d)       provide evidence that the foreign national has not been convicted of, pled guilty to,

             165      pled no contest to, pled guilty in a similar manner to, or resolved by diversion or its equivalent
             166      to a felony or class A misdemeanor;
             167          
{   (d)   }        (e)       file proof of sponsorship by a sponsor who meets the requirements of Section

             168      63G-12-203 ; and
             169          
{   (e)   }        (f)       pay a fee established by the department in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 .

             170          (2) A foreign national is ineligible for the program if the individual
  :

(a) is in the United States at the time of application for the program; or
(b)  
is a citizen of a


             171
     country:
             172          
{   (a)   }        (i)       designated by the United States State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism in

             173      accordance with section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act, section 40 of the Arms Export
             174      Control Act, and section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act;
             175          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       against which the United States has declared war; or

             176          
{   (c)   }        (iii)       against which the United States has imposed sanctions as listed under a sanctions

             177      program of the Office of Foreign Assets Control within the United States Department of
             178      Treasury.

    Respectfully,

    Jim Bird
    Committee Chair
Voting: 6-0-1
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