[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 97 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 97

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt 
parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral 
          of an immediate blood relative in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mrs. Mink (for herself and Mr. Abercrombie) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt 
parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral 
          of an immediate blood relative in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. PROMPT PAROLE OF ALIENS IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF AN 
              IMMEDIATE BLOOD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C)(i) The Attorney General shall provide, on an expedited basis, 
for the parole of an alien under this paragraph if--
            ``(I) an immediate blood relative of the alien has died and 
        the funeral for the relative is to be in the United States, and
            ``(II) the alien provides the Attorney General with a 
        certified copy of the death certificate of the relative.
    ``(ii) The period of parole under this subparagraph shall be for 
the period required to attend the funeral and shall not exceed 30 days 
(except as may be provided in exceptional circumstances specified by 
the Attorney General).
    ``(iii) In clause (i), the term `immediate blood relative' means, 
with respect to an alien, the spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, 
brother, or sister of the alien.''.
    (b) Report on Operation of Amendment.--The Attorney General shall 
report to the Congress, not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, on the operation of section 212(d)(5)(C) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (as added by the amendment made by 
subsection (a)) and on any violations or abuses of the immigration laws 
resulting from the parole of aliens into the United States under such 
section.

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