TEMPORARY INCREASE IN VISA ALLOTMENTS.

SEC. 102. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN VISA ALLOTMENTS. (a) Fiscal Years 2001-2003.—Section 214(g)(l)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(A)) is amended— (1) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vii); and (2) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following: “(iv) 195,000 in fiscal year 2001; “(v) 195,000 in fiscal year 2002; “(vi) 195,000 in fiscal year 2003; and”. (b) Additional Visas for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000.— (1) In general.—(A) Notwithstanding section 214(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(A)(ii)), the total number of aliens who may be issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act in fiscal year 1999 is increased by a number equal to the number of aliens who are issued such a visa or provided such status during the period beginning on the date on which the limitation in such section 214(g)(1)(A)(ii) is reached and ending on September 30, 1999. (B) In the case of any alien on behalf of whom a petition for status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) is filed before September 1, 2000, and is subsequently approved, that alien shall be counted toward the numerical ceiling for fiscal year 2000 notwithstanding the date of the approval of the petition. Notwithstanding section 214(g)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the total number of aliens who may be issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act in fiscal year 2000 is increased by a number equal to the number of aliens who may be issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status who filed 114 STAT. 1252a petition during the period beginning on the date on which the limitation in such section 214(g)(l)(A)(iii) is reached and ending on August 31, 2000. (2) Effective date.—Paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 411 of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (as contained in title IV of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277).