PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009 -698
"(i) use the information furnished by the applicant
pursuant to an application filed under this section
for any purpose other than to make a determination
on the application, including a determination under
subsection (a)(3)(B), or for enforcement of paragraph
(7);
"(ii) make any publication whereby the information
furnished by any particular individual can be identified; or
"(iii) permit anyone other than the sworn officers
and employees of the Department or bureau or agency
or, with respect to applications filed with a designated
entity, that designated entity, to examine individual
applications.
"(B) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES. —The Attorney General
shall provide information furnished under this section, and
any other information derived from such furnished information, to a duly recognized law enforcement entity in connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution, when
such information is requested in writing by such entity,
or to an official coroner for purposes of affirmatively identifying a deceased individual (whether or not such individual
is deceased as a result of a crime).
"(C) CONSTRUCTION.—
"(i) IN GENERAL. —Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to limit the use, or release, for immigration enforcement purposes or law enforcement purposes
of information contained in files or records of the Service pertaining to an application filed under this section,
other than information furnished by an applicant
pursuant to the application, or any other information
derived from the application, that is not available from
any other source.
"(ii) CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.— Information concerning whether the applicant has at any time been convicted of a crime may be used or released for immigration enforcement or law enforcement purposes.
" (D) CRIME.— Whoever knowingly uses, publishes, or
permits information to be examined in violation of this
paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000.".
SEC. 624. CONTINUED VALIDITY OF LABOR CERTIFICATIONS AND
CLASSIFICATION PETITIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL ATH-
LETES.
(a) LABOR CERTIFICATION. —Section 212(a)(5)(A) (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(iii) PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.—
"(I) IN GENERAL.—^A certification made under
clause (i) with respect to a professional athlete
shall remain valid with respect to the athlete after
the athlete changes employer, if the new employer
is a team in the same sport as the team which
employed the athlete when the athlete first applied
for the certification.
"(II) DEFINITION.— For purposes of subclause
(I), the term 'professional athlete' means an
individual who is employed as an athlete by—
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