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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 118 22 USC 2601. Work permit.

Applicability.

PUBLIC LAW 96-212—MAR. 17, 1980 Act of 1962 (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) or under any other Federal law. (b) The Attorney General is authorized to grant to an alien described in subsection (c) of this section permission to engage in employment in the United States and to provide to that alien an "employment authorized" endorsement or other appropriate work permit. (c) This section applies with respect to any alien in the United States (1) who has applied before November 1, 1979, for asylum in the United States, (2) who has not been granted asylum, and (3) with respect to whom a final, nonappealable, and legally enforceable order of deportation or exclusion has not been entered. Approved March 17, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-608 accompanying H.R. 2816 (Comm.on the Judiciary) and No. 96-781 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORTS: No. 96-256 (Comm. on the Judiciary) and No. 96-590 (Comm. of Conference). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 125 (1979): Sept. 6, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 13, 20, H.R. 2816 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 643, amended, passed in lieu. Vol. 126 (1980): Feb. 26, Senate agreed to conference report. Mar. 4, House agreed to conference report. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: Vol. 16, No. 12 (1980): Mar. 18, Presidential statement.