[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 36 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 36

 To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to 
eliminate the requirement that spouses and children of aliens eligible 
 for adjustment of status under such Act be nationals of Nicaragua or 
 Cuba and 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

                            January 6, 1999

 Mr. Gutierrez (for himself, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Bonior, Ms. 
Roybal-Allard, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
 Texas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Owens, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
   Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Engel, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Meek of 
   Florida, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
   Pascrell, Mr. LaFalce, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
Lantos, Mr. Filner, Mr. Stark, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. George Miller of 
    California, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Becerra, and Mr. Menendez) 
 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 
eliminate the requirement that spouses and children of aliens eligible 
 for adjustment of status under such Act be nationals of Nicaragua or 
 Cuba and 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 1999''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF NATIONALITY REQUIREMENT FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS 
              OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.

    Section 202(d) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American 
Relief Act is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking subparagraph (A);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) 
        of paragraph (1) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), 
        respectively;
            (3) in paragraph (2) by striking ``paragraph (1)(B),'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)''.

SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALS FROM CENTRAL 
              AMERICA, CUBA, AND HAITI.

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

SEC. 4. 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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