[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2540 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2540

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the 
    immigration to the United States of certain aliens born in the 
   Philippines or Japan who were fathered by United States citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 1997

 Ms. Millender-McDonald (for herself, Mr. Filner, Ms. Christian-Green, 
 Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Mink 
    of Hawaii, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Frost, Mr. Yates, and Mr. Davis of 
  Virginia) 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 facilitate the 
    immigration to the United States of certain aliens born in the 
   Philippines or Japan who were fathered by United States citizens.

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

SECTION 1. IMMIGRATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS BORN IN THE PHILIPPINES OR 
              JAPAN AND FATHERED BY U.S. CITIZENS.

    Section 204(f)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1154(f)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(I)'' after ``born''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``subsection,'' the following: 
        ``(II) in the Philippines after 1950 and before November 24, 
        1992, or (III) in Japan after 1950 and before the date of the 
        enactment of this subclause,''.
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