[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 799 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 799

   To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1999

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To declare certain Amerasians to be citizens of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN AMERASIANS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding title III of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, or any other provision of law, each eligible alien (as 
defined in subsection (b)) is declared to be a citizen of the United 
States as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``eligible 
alien'' means an alien--
            (1) having the status of an alien lawfully admitted for 
        permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) before the 
        date of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) who was granted that status when the alien was under 
        the age of nine years; and
            (3) who--
                    (A)(i) was granted that status pursuant to a 
                petition filed under section 204(f) of such Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1154(f)) (or any predecessor provision); and
                    (ii) was adopted by a United States citizen; or
                    (B)(i) was admitted to the United States under 
                section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
                Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
                1988 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note);
                    (ii) is an alien described in subsection (b)(1)(A) 
                of such section; and
                    (iii) was adopted by a United States citizen.
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