Sec. 503. TEMPORARY ENTRY

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## SEC. 503 TEMPORARY ENTRY ###

(a)Clerical Amendment Subtitle B of title III of this Act is amended in the subtitle heading by striking “[reserved]”. ###

(b)Nonimmigrant Traders and Investors **[**[19 U.S.C. 3401](/us/usc/t19/s3401)**]** Section 341 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103-182; 107 Stat. 2116) is— ####

(1)**[**[8 U.S.C. 1184](/us/usc/t8/s1184)**]** transferred to subtitle B of title III of this Act; ####

(2)**[**[8 U.S.C. 1184](/us/usc/t8/s1184)**]** inserted after the heading (as amended by subsection (a)) of such subtitle; ####

(3)**[**[8 U.S.C. 1194](/us/usc/t8/s1194);19**]** redesignated as section 311; and ####

(4)amended— #####

(A)by striking subsections

(b)and (c); #####

(B)by striking “(a)” and all that follows through “Upon” and inserting “Upon”; #####

(C)by striking “the Agreement” each place it appears and inserting “the USMCA”; #####

(D)by striking “Annex 1603” and inserting “Annex 16-A”; and #####

(E)by striking “Annex 1608” and inserting “article 16.1”. ###

(c)Nonimmigrant Professionals Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (e)— #####

(A)by striking paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5); #####

(B)by redesignating paragraphs

(2)and

(6)as paragraphs

(1)and (2), respectively; and #####

(C)in paragraph (1), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— ######

(i)by striking “Annex 1603 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (in this subsection referred to as ‘NAFTA’)” and inserting “Annex 16-A of the USMCA (as defined in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act)”; and ######

(ii)by striking the third and fourth sentences and inserting the following: “For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘citizen of Mexico’ means ‘citizen’ as defined in article 16.1 of the USMCA.”; and ####

(2)in subsection (j)(1)— #####

(A)in the first sentence, by striking “Annex 1603 of the North American Free Trade Agreement” and inserting “Annex 16-A of the USMCA (as defined in section 3 of 134 STAT. 72 the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act)”; #####

(B)in the second sentence, by striking “article 1603 of such Agreement” and inserting “article 16.4 of the USMCA”; and #####

(C)in the third sentence, by striking “Annex 1608 of such Agreement” and inserting “article 16.1 of the USMCA”. ###

(d)Conforming Amendments ####

(1)Integrated entry and exit data system Section 110(c)(1)(B) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking “North American Free Trade Agreement” and inserting “USMCA (as defined in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act)”. ####

(2)Enhanced border security and visa entry reform act of 2002 Section 604 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1773) is amended by striking “North American Free Trade Agreement” and inserting “USMCA (as defined in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act)”. ###

(e)Additional Clerical Amendments The table of contents for this Act is amended by striking the item relating to subtitle A of title III and inserting the following:" “Subtitle B—Temporary Entry of Business Persons “Sec. 311. Temporary entry.” ". ###

(f)Effective Date **[**[8 U.S.C. 1184 note](/us/usc/t8/s1184)**]** ####

(1)In general Each transfer, redesignation, and amendment made by this section shall— #####

(A)take effect on the date on which the USMCA enters into force; and #####

(B)apply with respect to a visa issued on or after that date. ####

(2)Transition from nafta In the case of a visa issued before the date on which the USMCA enters into force— #####

(A)the transfers, redesignations, and amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to the visa; and #####

(B)the provisions of law amended by subsections

(b)through (d), as such provisions were in effect on the day before that date, shall continue to apply on and after that date with respect to the visa.

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