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(2) the extent of marriage fraud in such marriages, including an estimate of the extent of marriage fraud arising from
the services provided by international matchmaking organizations;
(3) the extent to which mail-order spouses utilize section
244(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (providing
for suspension of deportation in certain cases involving abuse),
or section 204(a)(l)(A)(iii) of such Act (providing for certain
aliens who have been abused to file a classification petition
on their own behalf);
(4) the extent of domestic abuse in mail-order marriages;
and
(5) the need for continued or expanded regulation and
education to implement the objectives of the Violence Against
Women Act of 1994 and the Immigration Marriage Fraud
Amendments of 1986 with respect to mail-order marriages,
(d) REPORT.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report to
the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
and of the Senate setting forth the results of the study conducted
under subsection (c).
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(e) DEFINITIONS. — As used in this section:
(1) INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING ORGANIZATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.— The term "international matchmaking organization" means a corporation, partnership,
business, or other legal entity, whether or not organized
under the laws of the United States or any State, that
does business in the United States and for profit offers
to United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for
permanent residence, dating, matrimonial, or social referral
services to nonresident noncitizens, by—
(i) an exchange of names, telephone numbers,
addresses, or statistics;
(ii) selection of photographs; or
(iii) a social environment provided by the organization in a country other than the United States.
(B) EXCEPTION. — Such term does not include a traditional matchmaking organization of a religious nature that
otherwise operates in compliance with the laws of the
countries of the recruits of such organization and the laws
of the United States.
(2) RECRUIT. —The term "recruit" means a noncitizen, nonresident person, recruited by the international matchmaking
organization for the purpose of providing dating, matrimonial,
or social referral services to United States citizens or aliens
lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
SEC. 653. REVIEW AND REPORT ON H-2A NONIMMIGRANT WORKERS
PROGRAM.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress
that the H2-A nonimmigrant worker program should be reviewed
and may need improvement in order to meet the need of producers
of labor-intensive agricultural commodities and livestock in the
United States for an adequate workforce.
(b) REVIEW. — The Comptroller General shall review the
effectiveness of the H-2A nonimmigrant worker program to ensure
that the program provides a sufficient supply of agricultural labor
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