[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1204 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1204

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to substitute references 
to children born out of wedlock for references to illegitimate children 
                      in the definition of child.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 1995

  Mr. Gekas 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 substitute references 
to children born out of wedlock for references to illegitimate children 
                      in the definition of child.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF CHILD.

    Section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``legitimate 
                child'' and inserting ``child born in wedlock''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``an 
                illegitimate child'' and inserting ``a child born out 
                of wedlock''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``an illegitimate child'' 
        and inserting ``a child born out of wedlock''.
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