3.0.0 1109 2022-02-03T06:02:54Z 2022-02-03T06:02:54Z Senate S S 2011-05-26 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-26T19:57:37Z Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2011 112 1141 S 2011-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Military Families Act 112 2638 HR 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. Identical bill CRS 2011-05-26 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2011-05-26 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-05-26 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-05-26 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-05-26 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-05-26 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-05-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-05-26 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-05-26 True Immigration Asia Immigration status and procedures Military personnel and dependents Philippines Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-15T16:02:27Z Military Families Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust the status of an eligible alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien: (1) applies for adjustment (with a time limit for an alien applying as a family member of a deceased Armed Forces member), (2) is admissible to the United States as an immigrant, and (3) is physically present in the United States.

Applies such provision to an alien who is: (1) a parent, spouse, child, son, daughter, or the legal guardian of a child of a living Armed Forces member or of a deceased Armed Forces member who died as a result of service-incurred injury or disease; or (2) the spouse, child, son, or daughter of an alien described in clause (1).

Defines "Armed Forces member" as a person who: (1) is, or was at the time of the person's death, a U.S. national or lawfully admitted permanent resident; (2) served honorably on or after October 7, 2001, as a member of the National Guard or the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or in an active-duty status in the U.S. military; and (3) if separated from service was separated under honorable conditions.

Waives specified grounds of inadmissibility and authorizes the waiver of additional grounds of inadmissibility.

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.

]]> Military Families Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act Short Titles as Introduced Military Families Act Display Title Military Families Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the adjustment of status for immediate family members of individuals who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1109is/xml/BILLS-112s1109is.xml 2011-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.