[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2473 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2473

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt orphan children 
             from the immigration vaccination requirement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 1997

  Mr. Nadler 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 orphan children 
             from the immigration vaccination requirement.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION FROM IMMIGRATION VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
              ORPHAN CHILDREN.

    Section 212(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(1)) 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 for orphan children.--Clause (ii) 
                of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a child who is 
                described in section 101(b)(1)(F) and is seeking an 
                immigrant visa as an immediate relative under section 
                201(b).''.
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