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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1747 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions |
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| 6 | 6 | | that relate to family-sponsored immigrants. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify |
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| 14 | 14 | | the provisions that relate to family-sponsored immigrants. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Break the Chain Act’’. 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. FAMILY-SPONSORED IMMIGRATION PRIORITIES. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) I |
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| 21 | 21 | | MMEDIATE RELATIVEREDEFINED.—Section 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1151) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘children, 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | spouses, and parents of a citizen of the United 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | States, except that, in the case of parents, such 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | citizens shall be at least 21 years of age.’’ and 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | inserting ‘‘children and spouse of a citizen of 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the United States.’’; and 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘such an im-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | mediate relative’’ and inserting ‘‘the immediate 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | relative spouse of a United States citizen’’; 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | following: 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(c) W |
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| 40 | 40 | | ORLDWIDELEVEL OFFAMILY-SPONSORED 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | I |
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| 42 | 42 | | MMIGRANTS.—(1) The worldwide level of family-spon-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | sored immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | is equal to 87,934 minus the number computed under 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | paragraph (2). 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(2) The number computed under this paragraph for 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | a fiscal year is the number of aliens who were paroled into 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the United States under section 212(d)(5) in the second 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | preceding fiscal year who— 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(A) did not depart from the United States 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (without advance parole) within 365 days; and 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(B)(i) did not acquire the status of an alien 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | lawfully admitted to the United States for perma-24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 1747 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | nent residence during the two preceding fiscal years; 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | or 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(ii) acquired such status during such period 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | under a provision of law (other than subsection (b)) 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | that exempts adjustment to such status from the nu-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | merical limitation on the worldwide level of immigra-6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion under this section.’’; and 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) in subsection (f)— 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 203(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(a)’’; 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (B) by striking paragraph (3); 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | paragraph (3); and 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | striking ‘‘(1) through (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and (2)’’. 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (b) F |
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| 74 | 74 | | AMILY-BASEDVISAPREFERENCES.—Section 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | 1153(a)) is amended to read as follows: 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(a) S |
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| 78 | 78 | | POUSES ANDMINORCHILDREN OFPERMA-20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | NENTRESIDENTALIENS.—Family-sponsored immigrants 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | described in this subsection are qualified immigrants who 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | are the spouse or a child of an alien lawfully admitted 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | for permanent residence. Such immigrants shall be allo-24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | cated visas in accordance with the number computed 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | under section 201(c).’’. 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (c) A |
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| 89 | 89 | | GINGOUT.—Section 203(h) of the Immigration 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(h)) is amended— 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (1) by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(A)’’ each place such 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | term appears and inserting ‘‘(a)’’; 6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | lows: 8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 96 | 96 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | for purposes of subsections (a) and (d), a determina-10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | tion of whether an alien satisfies the age require-11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ment in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | section 101(b)(1) shall be made using the age of the 13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | alien on the date on which a petition is filed with 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’; 15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | lowing: 19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 108 | 108 | | IMITATION.—Notwithstanding the age of 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | an alien on the date on which a petition is filed, an 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | alien who marries or turns 25 years of age prior to 22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | a visa becoming available for issuance pursuant to 23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | subsection (a) or (d), no longer satisfies the age re-24 |
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| 113 | 113 | | quirement described in paragraph (1).’’; and 25 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (5) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)’’. 2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (d) C |
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| 120 | 120 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 3 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) D |
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| 122 | 122 | | EFINITION OF V NONIMMIGRANT .—Section 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | 101(a)(15)(V) of the Immigration and Nationality 5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(V)) is amended by strik-6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ing ‘‘section 203(a)(2)(A)’’ each place such term ap-7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | pears and inserting ‘‘section 203(a)’’. 8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (2) P |
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| 128 | 128 | | ROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | STATUS.—Section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) 10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | is amended— 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘to classification by reason of a relation-14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ship described in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | of section 203(a) or’’; 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (I) in clause (i), by redesignating 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the second subclause (I) as subclause 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (II); and 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (II) by striking ‘‘203(a)(2)(A)’’ 21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | each place such terms appear and in-22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | serting ‘‘203(a)’’; and 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (iii) in subparagraph (D)(i)(I), by 24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | striking ‘‘a petitioner’’ and all that follows 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | through ‘‘section 204(a)(1)(B)(iii).’’ and 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | inserting ‘‘an individual younger than 21 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | years of age for purposes of adjudicating 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | such petition and for purposes of admis-4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | sion as an immediate relative under section 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | 201(b)(2)(A)(i) or a family-sponsored im-6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | migrant under section 203(a), as appro-7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | priate, notwithstanding the actual age of 8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | the individual.’’; 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘, 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | 203(a)(1), or 203(a)(3), as appropriate’’; and 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (C) by striking subsection (k). 12 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (3) W |
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| 161 | 161 | | AIVERS OF INADMISSIBILITY .—Section 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | 212 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended— 14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (A) in subsection (a)(6)(E)(ii), by striking 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘section 203(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | 203(a)’’; and 17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (B) in subsection (d)(11), by striking 18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(other than paragraph (4) thereof)’’. 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (4) E |
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| 169 | 169 | | MPLOYMENT OF V NONIMMIGRANTS .—Sec-20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | tion 214(q)(1)(B)(i) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 171 | 171 | | 1184(q)(1)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 22 |
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| 172 | 172 | | 203(a)(2)(A)’’ each place such term appears and in-23 |
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| 173 | 173 | | serting ‘‘section 203(a)’’. 24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (5) DEFINITION OF ALIEN SPOUSE .—Section 1 |
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| 178 | 178 | | 216(h)(1)(C) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(h)(1)(C)) 2 |
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| 179 | 179 | | is amended by striking ‘‘section 203(a)(2)’’ and in-3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | serting ‘‘section 203(a)’’. 4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (6) C |
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| 182 | 182 | | LASSES OF DEPORTABLE ALIENS .—Sec-5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | tion 237(a)(1)(E)(ii) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 184 | 184 | | 1227(a)(1)(E)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | 203(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(a)’’. 8 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (e) C |
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| 187 | 187 | | REATION OFNONIMMIGRANTCLASSIFICATION 9 |
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| 188 | 188 | | FORALIENPARENTS OFADULTUNITEDSTATESCITI-10 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ZENS.— 11 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (1) I |
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| 191 | 191 | | N GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15) of the 12 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 13 |
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| 193 | 193 | | 1101(a)(15)) is amended— 14 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (A) in subparagraph (T)(ii)(III), by strik-15 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ing the period at the end and inserting a semi-16 |
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| 196 | 196 | | colon; 17 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (B) in subparagraph (U)(iii), by striking 18 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘or’’ at the end; 19 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (C) in subparagraph (V)(ii)(II), by striking 20 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (D) by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(W) subject to section 214(s), an alien 23 |
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| 203 | 203 | | who is a parent of a citizen of the United 24 |
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| 207 | 207 | | States, if the citizen is at least 21 years of 1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | age.’’. 2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (2) C |
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| 210 | 210 | | ONDITIONS ON ADMISSION .—Section 214 3 |
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| 211 | 211 | | of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding 4 |
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| 212 | 212 | | at the end the following: 5 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(s)(1) The initial period of authorized admission for 6 |
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| 214 | 214 | | a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W) shall 7 |
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| 215 | 215 | | be 5 years, but may be extended by the Secretary of 8 |
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| 216 | 216 | | Homeland Security for additional 5-year periods if the 9 |
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| 217 | 217 | | United States citizen son or daughter of the nonimmigrant 10 |
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| 218 | 218 | | is still residing in the United States. 11 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(2) A nonimmigrant described in section 12 |
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| 220 | 220 | | 101(a)(15)(W)— 13 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(A) is not authorized to be employed in the 14 |
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| 222 | 222 | | United States; and 15 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘(B) is not eligible for any Federal, State, or 16 |
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| 224 | 224 | | local public benefit. 17 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(3) The United States citizen son or daughter shall 18 |
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| 226 | 226 | | file a petition with the Secretary of Homeland Security 19 |
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| 227 | 227 | | on behalf of the alien parent in order for the alien parent 20 |
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| 228 | 228 | | to be issued a visa or otherwise be provided nonimmigrant 21 |
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| 229 | 229 | | status under section 101(a)(15)(W). 22 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(4) An alien is ineligible to be issued a visa or other-23 |
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| 231 | 231 | | wise be provided nonimmigrant status under section 24 |
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| 232 | 232 | | 101(a)(15)(W), or to be admitted into the United States 25 |
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| 236 | 236 | | as a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W), 1 |
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| 237 | 237 | | unless the alien provides satisfactory proof that the United 2 |
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| 238 | 238 | | States citizen son or daughter has arranged for health in-3 |
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| 239 | 239 | | surance coverage for the alien, at no cost to the alien, dur-4 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ing the anticipated period of the alien’s residence in the 5 |
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| 241 | 241 | | United States.’’. 6 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (3) A |
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| 243 | 243 | | FFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT.— 7 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (A) G |
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| 245 | 245 | | ROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY .—Sec-8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | tion 212(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Na-9 |
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| 247 | 247 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)(C)) is 10 |
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| 248 | 248 | | amended— 11 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (i) in the heading by adding at the 12 |
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| 250 | 250 | | end the following: ‘‘ |
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| 251 | 251 | | AND NONIMMIGRANTS ’’; 13 |
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| 252 | 252 | | and 14 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), 15 |
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| 254 | 254 | | by striking ‘‘section 201(b)(2) or 203(a)’’ 16 |
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| 255 | 255 | | and inserting ‘‘section 101(a)(15)(W), 17 |
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| 256 | 256 | | 201(b)(2), or 203(a)’’. 18 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (B) A |
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| 258 | 258 | | FFIDAVIT REQUIRED.—Section 213A 19 |
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| 259 | 259 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 20 |
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| 260 | 260 | | U.S.C. 1183a) is amended— 21 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (i) in subsection (a)(2)— 22 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (I) by striking ‘‘An affidavit of 23 |
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| 263 | 263 | | support’’ and inserting the following: 24 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 1 |
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| 268 | 268 | | subparagraph (B), an affidavit of support’’; and 2 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (II) by adding at the end the fol-3 |
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| 270 | 270 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 272 | 272 | | PECIAL RULE.—In the case of an 5 |
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| 273 | 273 | | alien who has been issued a visa or otherwise 6 |
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| 274 | 274 | | provided nonimmigrant status under section 7 |
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| 275 | 275 | | 101(a)(15)(W), an affidavit of support shall be 8 |
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| 276 | 276 | | enforceable with respect to benefits provided for 9 |
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| 277 | 277 | | an alien while the alien is physically present in 10 |
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| 278 | 278 | | the United States.’’; and 11 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (ii) in subsection (f)(1)(D), by insert-12 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ing after ‘‘section 204’’ the following: ‘‘or 13 |
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| 281 | 281 | | petitioning for the alien to be provided a 14 |
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| 282 | 282 | | visa under or accorded status under sec-15 |
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| 283 | 283 | | tion 101(a)(15)(W)’’. 16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (f) E |
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| 285 | 285 | | FFECTIVEDATE; APPLICABILITY.— 17 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (1) E |
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| 287 | 287 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 18 |
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| 288 | 288 | | by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2025. 19 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (2) I |
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| 290 | 290 | | NVALIDITY OF CERTAIN PETITIONS AND 20 |
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| 291 | 291 | | APPLICATIONS.— 21 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (A) I |
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| 293 | 293 | | N GENERAL.—No person may file, 22 |
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| 294 | 294 | | and the Secretary of Homeland Security and 23 |
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| 295 | 295 | | the Secretary of State may not accept, adju-24 |
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| 296 | 296 | | dicate, or approve any petition under section 25 |
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| 300 | 300 | | 204 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 1 |
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| 301 | 301 | | U.S.C. 1154) filed on or after the date of enact-2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ment of this Act seeking classification of an 3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | alien under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) with respect 4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | to a parent of a United States citizen, or under 5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | section 203(a)(1), (2)(B), (3), or (4) of such 6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i), 1153(a)(1), 7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (2)(B), (3), or (4)). Any application for adjust-8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ment of status or an immigrant visa based on 9 |
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| 309 | 309 | | such a petition shall be invalid. 10 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (B) P |
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| 311 | 311 | | ENDING PETITIONS .—Neither the 11 |
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| 312 | 312 | | Secretary of Homeland Security nor the Sec-12 |
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| 313 | 313 | | retary of State may adjudicate or approve any 13 |
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| 314 | 314 | | petition under section 204 of the Immigration 14 |
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| 315 | 315 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) pending 15 |
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| 316 | 316 | | as of the date of enactment of this Act seeking 16 |
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| 317 | 317 | | classification of an alien under section 17 |
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| 318 | 318 | | 201(b)(2)(A)(i) with respect to a parent of a 18 |
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| 319 | 319 | | United States citizen, or under section 19 |
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| 320 | 320 | | 203(a)(1), (2)(B), (3), or (4) of such Act (8 20 |
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| 321 | 321 | | U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i), 1153(a)(1), (2)(B), 21 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (3), or (4)). Any application for adjustment of 22 |
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| 323 | 323 | | status or an immigrant visa based on such a 23 |
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| 324 | 324 | | petition shall be invalid. 24 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (A) I |
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| 331 | 331 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 3 |
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| 332 | 332 | | amendments made by this section, an alien with 4 |
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| 333 | 333 | | regard to whom a petition or application for 5 |
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| 334 | 334 | | status under paragraph (1), (2)(B), (3), or (4) 6 |
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| 335 | 335 | | of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Na-7 |
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| 336 | 336 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)), as in effect on 8 |
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| 337 | 337 | | September 30, 2020, was approved prior to the 9 |
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| 338 | 338 | | date of the enactment of this Act, may be 10 |
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| 339 | 339 | | issued a visa pursuant to that paragraph in ac-11 |
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| 340 | 340 | | cordance with the availability of visas under 12 |
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| 341 | 341 | | subparagraph (B). 13 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (B) A |
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| 343 | 343 | | VAILABILITY OF VISAS.—Visas may 14 |
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| 344 | 344 | | be issued to beneficiaries of approved petitions 15 |
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| 345 | 345 | | under each category described in subparagraph 16 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (A), but only until such time as the number of 17 |
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| 347 | 347 | | visas that would have been allocated to that 18 |
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| 348 | 348 | | category in fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 19 |
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| 349 | 349 | | the amendments made by this section, have 20 |
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| 350 | 350 | | been issued. When the number of visas de-21 |
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| 351 | 351 | | scribed in the previous sentence have been 22 |
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| 352 | 352 | | issued for each category described in subpara-23 |
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