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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2705 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes related |
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| 6 | 6 | | to family-sponsored immigrants and to reduce the number of such immi- |
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| 7 | 7 | | grants, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | RANEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make |
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| 15 | 15 | | changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and to |
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| 16 | 16 | | reduce the number of such immigrants, and for other |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Family Pri-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ority Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. IMMEDIATE RELATIVE DEFINITION. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Na-7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended— 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) by striking ‘‘children, spouses, and parents’’ 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and inserting ‘‘children and spouses’’; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by striking ‘‘States, except that’’ and all 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | that follows through ‘‘of age.’’ and inserting 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘States.’’. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 3. CHANGE IN FAMILY-SPONSORED IMMIGRANT CAT-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | EGORIES. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) is amended to read as follows: 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 39 | 39 | | REFERENCEALLOCATION FORSPOUSES AND 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | C |
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| 41 | 41 | | HILDREN OFPERMANENTRESIDENTALIENS.—Quali-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | fied immigrants who are the spouses or children of an 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall be 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | allotted visas in a number not to exceed the worldwide 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | level specified in section 201(c).’’. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 4. CHANGE IN WORLDWIDE LEVEL OF FAMILY-SPON-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SORED IMMIGRANTS. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 201(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(c)) is amended— 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(1) The worldwide level of family-sponsored 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | equal to— 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(A) 88,000; minus 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(B) the number computed under para-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | graph (2).’’; 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (5); 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | and 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | graph (2). 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (a) N |
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| 66 | 66 | | UMERICALLIMITATION TOANYSINGLEFOR-8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | EIGNSTATE.—Section 202 of the Immigration and Na-9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended— 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) in subsection (a)(4)— 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (A) by amending subparagraphs (A) and 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) to read as follows: 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(A) 75 |
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| 73 | 73 | | PERCENT OF FAMILY -SPONSORED 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | IMMIGRANTS NOT SUBJECT TO PER COUNTRY 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | LIMITATION.—Of the visa numbers made avail-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | able under section 203(a) in any fiscal year, 75 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | percent shall be issued without regard to the 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | numerical limitation under paragraph (2). 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(B) T |
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| 80 | 80 | | REATMENT OF REMAINING 25 PER -20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | CENT FOR COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO SUB -21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | SECTION(e).— 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | N GENERAL.—Of the visa num-23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | bers made available under section 203(a) 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | in any fiscal year, the remaining 25 per-25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | cent shall be available, in the case of a for-1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | eign state or dependent area that is sub-2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ject to subsection (e) only to the extent 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | that the total number of visas issued in ac-4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | cordance with subsection (A) to natives of 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | the foreign state or dependent area is less 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | than the subsection (e) ceiling (as defined 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | in clause (ii)). 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(ii) S |
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| 99 | 99 | | UBSECTION(e) CEILING DE-9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | FINED.—In clause (i), the term ‘subsection 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (e) ceiling’ means, for a foreign state or 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | dependent area, 77 percent of the max-12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | imum number of visas that may be made 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | available under section 203(a) to immi-14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | grants who are natives of the state or area 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | consistent with subsection (e).’’; and 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (D); and 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) in subsection (e)— 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the end; 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (C) in the final sentence, by striking ‘‘re-1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | spectively,’’ and all that follows through the pe-2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘respectively.’’. 3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (b) R |
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| 121 | 121 | | ULES FORDETERMININGWHETHERCERTAIN 4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | A |
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| 123 | 123 | | LIENSARECHILDREN.—Section 203(h) of the Immigra-5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(h)) is amended 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(A)’’ each place such term appears and 7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | inserting ‘‘(a)’’. 8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (c) P |
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| 128 | 128 | | ROCEDURE FOR GRANTINGIMMIGRANTSTA-9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | TUS.—Section 204 of the Immigration and Nationality 10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amended— 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘to 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | classification by reason of a relationship de-14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | scribed in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of section 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | 203(a) or’’; 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘203(a)(2)(A)’’ and ‘‘203(a)(2)’’ each place 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | such terms appear and inserting ‘‘203(a)’’; and 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (C) in subparagraph (D)(i)(I), by striking 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘a petitioner for preference status under para-21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | graph (1), (2), or (3)’’ and all that follows 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘an 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | individual under 21 years of age for purposes of 24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | adjudicating such petition and for purposes of 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | admission as an immediate relative under sec-1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | tion 201(b)(2)(A)(i) or a family-sponsored im-2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | migrant under section 203(a), as appropriate, 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | notwithstanding the actual age of the indi-4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | vidual.’’; 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘201(b), 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | 203(a)(1), or 203(a)(3), as appropriate.’’ and insert-7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ing ‘‘201(b).’’; and 8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (3) by striking subsection (k). 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (d) W |
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| 158 | 158 | | AIVERS OF INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | 212(d)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | U.S.C. 1182(d)(11)) is amended by striking ‘‘(other than 12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | paragraph (4) thereof)’’. 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (e) C |
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| 163 | 163 | | ONDITIONALPERMANENTRESIDENTSTATUS 14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | FORCERTAINALIENSPOUSES ANDSONS ANDDAUGH-15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | TERS.—Section 216(h)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Na-16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(h)(1)(C)) is amended by 17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | striking ‘‘203(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘203(a)’’. 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (f) C |
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| 169 | 169 | | LASSES OF DEPORTABLE ALIENS.—Section 19 |
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| 170 | 170 | | 237(a)(1)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(E)(ii)) is amended by striking 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘203(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘203(a)’’. 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | SEC. 6. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR ALIEN PARENT OF 1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ADULT UNITED STATES CITIZENS. 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (a) I |
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| 179 | 179 | | NGENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is 4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | amended— 5 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (1) in subparagraph (U), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 6 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the end; 7 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period 8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(W) Subject to section 214(s), an alien who is 11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | a parent of a citizen of the United States, if the cit-12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | izen is at least 21 years of age.’’. 13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (b) C |
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| 191 | 191 | | ONDITIONS ONADMISSION.—Section 214 of the 14 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is 15 |
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| 193 | 193 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 16 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(s)(1) The initial period of authorized admission for 17 |
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| 195 | 195 | | a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W) shall 18 |
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| 196 | 196 | | be 5 years. Such period may be extended by the Secretary 19 |
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| 197 | 197 | | of Homeland Security so long as the United States citizen 20 |
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| 198 | 198 | | son or daughter of the nonimmigrant is residing in the 21 |
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| 199 | 199 | | United States. 22 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(2) A nonimmigrant described in section 23 |
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| 201 | 201 | | 101(a)(15)(W) is not authorized to be employed in the 24 |
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| 202 | 202 | | United States and is not eligible, notwithstanding any 25 |
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| 203 | 203 | | other provision of law, for any Federal, State, or local pub-26 |
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| 207 | 207 | | lic benefit. In the case of such a nonimmigrant, the United 1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | States citizen son or daughter shall be responsible for the 2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | support of the nonimmigrant, regardless of the resources 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | of the nonimmigrant. 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(3) An alien is ineligible to receive a visa and ineli-5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | gible to be admitted into the United States as a non-6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | immigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W) unless the 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | alien provides satisfactory proof that the United States 8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | citizen son or daughter has arranged for the provision to 9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | the alien, at no cost to the alien, of health insurance cov-10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | erage applicable during the period of the alien’s presence 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | in the United States.’’. 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | on the first day of the second fiscal year that begins after 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the fol-16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | lowing shall be considered invalid: 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (1) Any petition under section 204 of the Immi-18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) seeking 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | classification of an alien under a family-sponsored 20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | immigrant category eliminated by the amendments 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | made by this Act that is filed after the date of the 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | introduction of this Act in the House of Representa-23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | tives. 24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (2) Any application for an immigrant visa based 1 |
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| 235 | 235 | | on a petition described in paragraph (1). 2 |
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