MAKING VISAS AVAILABLE TO NONPREFERENCE IMMIGRANTS.

SEC. 314. MAKING VISAS AVAILABLE TO NONPREFERENCE IMMIGRANTS. (a) Authorization of Additional Visas.—Notwithstanding the numerical limitations in section 201(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(a)), but subject to the numerical limitations in section 202 of such Act, there shall be made available to qualified immigrants described in section 203(a)(7) of such Act 5,000 visa numbers in each of fiscal years 1987 and 1988 and 15,000 visas in each of fiscal years 1989 and 1990. (b) Distribution of Visa Numbers.—The Secretary of State shall provide for making visa numbers provided under subsection (a) available in the same manner as visa numbers are otherwise made available to qualified immigrants under section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, except that— (1) the Secretary shall first make such visa numbers available to qualified immigrants who are natives of foreign states the immigration of whose natives to the United States was adversely affected by the enactment of Public Law 89–236, and (2) within groups of qualified immigrants, such visa numbers shall be made available strictly in the chronological order in which they qualify after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Waiver of Labor Certification.—Section 212(a)(14) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(14)) shall not apply in the determination of an immigrant's eligibility to receive any visa made available under this section or in the admission of such an immigrant issued such a visa under this section. (d) Application of Definitions of Immigration and Nationality Act.—Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the definitions contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the administration of this section. Nothing in this section shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, affect, or restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Attorney General in the administration and enforcement of such Act or any other law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization.