[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1961 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1961

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney 
 General to continue to treat certain petitions approved under section 
204 of such Act as valid notwithstanding the death of the petitioner or 
                              beneficiary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

  Mr. Gilman 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 authorize the Attorney 
 General to continue to treat certain petitions approved under section 
204 of such Act as valid notwithstanding the death of the petitioner or 
                              beneficiary.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CLASSIFICATION PETITIONS UPON DEATH OF 
              PETITIONER OR BENEFICIARY.

    Section 205 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1155) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Attorney General'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Attorney 
        General''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Effect of Death on Certain Petitions.--
            ``(1) Death of petitioner.--In any case in which a person 
        who has filed a petition under section 204 on behalf of a 
        beneficiary dies after the approval of the petition, the 
        Attorney General may, for humanitarian reasons, disregard such 
        death in applying the provisions of this Act to the beneficiary 
        and any spouse or child of the beneficiary.
            ``(2) Death of beneficiary.--In any case in which a 
        beneficiary of a petition filed under section 204 dies after 
        the approval of the petition, the Attorney General may, for 
        humanitarian reasons, disregard such death in applying the 
        provisions of this Act to any spouse or child of the 
        beneficiary.''.
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