Public Law 101-649, Immigration Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4978)

Immigration Act of 1990 (111 pp.). EB-5 content read in full: sec. 121(a) INA 203(b)(5) employment creation (10,000 visas, 3,000 reserved for targeted employment areas, USD 1,000,000 capital, TEA amount not below half, high-employment amount up to 3 times, 10 jobs, TEA and rural-area definitions), sec. 121(b) INA 216A conditional residence (two years, 90-day filing window, interview within 90 days, termination), USD-free criminal penalty (up to 5 years for entrepreneurship fraud), deportation ground (p. 101), effective date 1 Oct 1991 / FY1992 (sec. 161, p. 31). Extracted: visa ceiling 10,000 and TEA reservation 3,000 (visa_places_planned); event for 1 Oct 1991 entry into force. Already in the data: launch event, USD 1,000,000 term, programme record. Rules without a fitting table (kept here): one-half/three-times capital adjustment powers, 10-job requirement, 2-year conditional period, 90-day windows, 5-year penalty. Out of scope: the rest of the Act (family and other employment preferences, worldwide levels 140,000 etc., diversity visas, naturalisation, nonimmigrant, enforcement provisions).