[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3553 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3553

 To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to 
provide to nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti an 
 opportunity to apply for adjustment of status under that Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1998

  Mr. Gutierrez (for himself, Mr. Becerra, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
 Waters, Ms. Sanchez, and Ms. Roybal-Allard) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to 
provide to nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti an 
 opportunity to apply for adjustment of status under that Act, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Central American and Caribbean 
Refugee Adjustment Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALS FROM CENTRAL 
              AMERICA, CUBA, AND THE CARIBBEAN.

    Section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American 
Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Nicaraguans and 
        Cubans.'' and inserting ``Nationals From Central America, Cuba, 
        and the Caribbean.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Nicaragua or Cuba'' 
        and inserting ``Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
        Honduras, or Haiti''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ``Nicaragua or 
        Cuba;'' and inserting ``Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, 
        Guatemala, Honduras, or Haiti;''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TRANSITION RULES.

    (a) Special Rule for Certain Aliens Granted Temporary Protection 
From Deportation.--Section 309(c)(5)(C)(i) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note), 
as amended by section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central 
American Relief Act, is amended by striking subclauses (I) through (V) 
and inserting the following:
                                    ``(I) is an alien who entered the 
                                United States on or before December 31, 
                                1990, who filed an application for 
                                asylum on or before December 31, 1991, 
                                and who, at the time of filing such 
                                application, was a national of the 
                                Soviet Union, Russia, any republic of 
                                the former Soviet Union, Latvia, 
                                Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, 
                                Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Hungary, 
                                Bulgaria, Albania, East Germany, 
                                Yugoslavia, or any state of the former 
                                Yugoslavia;
                                    ``(II) is the spouse or child (as 
                                defined in section 101(b)(1) of the 
                                Immigration and Nationality Act) of an 
                                individual, at the time a decision is 
                                rendered to suspend the deportation, or 
                                cancel the removal, of such individual, 
                                if the individual has been determined 
                                to be described in subclause (I); or
                                    ``(III) is the unmarried son or 
                                daughter of an alien parent, at the 
                                time a decision is rendered to suspend 
                                the deportation, or cancel the removal, 
                                of such alien parent, if--
                                            ``(aa) the alien parent has 
                                        been determined to be described 
                                        in this subclause (I); and
                                            ``(bb) in the case of a son 
                                        or daughter who is 21 years of 
                                        age or older at the time such 
                                        decision is rendered, the son 
                                        or daughter entered the United 
                                        States on or before October 1, 
                                        1990.''.
    (b) Temporary Reduction in Diversity Visas.--Section 203(d) of the 
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 
note) is amended by striking ``subclauses (I), (II), (III), and (IV)'' 
and inserting ``subclauses (II) and (III)''.
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