[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2464 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2464

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt internationally 
    adopted children under age 10 from the immunization requirement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 1997

 Mr. McCollum (for himself and Mr. Delahunt) 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 exempt internationally 
    adopted children under age 10 from the immunization requirement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 212(a)(1) 
of the INA is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ``except as 
        provided in subparagraph (C),'' after ``(ii)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Exception from immunization requirement for 
                adopted children under 10 years of age.--Clause (ii) of 
                subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a child who--
                            ``(I) is under 10 years of age,
                            ``(II) is described in section 
                        101(b)(1)(F), and
                            ``(III) is seeking an immigrant visa as an 
                        immediate relative under section 201(b).''.
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