[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2830 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2830

 To grant special immigrant status to immediate relatives of Filipino 
           veterans of World War II, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1993

Ms. Pelosi (for herself, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Blackwell, and Mr. Gutierrez) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To grant special immigrant status to immediate relatives of Filipino 
           veterans of World War II, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Filipino Veterans' Equity Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS OF CERTAIN FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD 
              WAR II.

    Section 405(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), military service 
records authenticated by the appropriate agency of the Government of 
the Philippines shall be accepted to certify periods of military 
service in the Philippines during World War II and the nature of 
discharge from such service, in the absence of such records in the 
United States Army Reserve Personnel Center or the National Personnel 
Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or the records of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs being kept in the United States or in Manila, 
Philippines.''.

SEC. 3. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR SPOUSES, CHILDREN, AND 
              GRANDCHILDREN OF CERTAIN FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR 
              II.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (J),
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (K) 
        and inserting ``; or'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(L) an immigrant who is the spouse or surviving spouse, 
        child, or grandchild of a person described in subparagraphs (A) 
        and (B) of section 405(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990.''.
    (b) Not Subject to Numerical Limitations.--
            (1) In general.--Section 201(b)(1)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``or (B)'' and inserting 
        ``, (B), or (L)''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``or (B)'' and 
        inserting ``, (B), or (L)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND WAIVER PROVISIONS.

    (a) Deadline.--Subparagraph (D) of section 405(a)(1) of the 
Immigration Act of 1990 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(D) who applies for naturalization during the period 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
        November 29, 1998.''.
    (b) Waiver.--Section 113 of Public Law 102-395 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``within 2 years after 
        the effective date of this section'' and inserting ``before 
        November 30, 1998'', and
            (2) by striking subsection (e).

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