[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1885 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1885

 To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of 
 status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by 
     extending the deadline for classification petition and labor 
             certification filings, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2001

   Mr. Gekas (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. King, and Ms. Ros-
  Lehtinen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of 
 status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by 
     extending the deadline for classification petition and labor 
             certification filings, 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 ``Section 245(i) Extension Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.

    Section 245(i)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(i)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``2001;'' and 
        inserting ``2001, or during the 120-day period beginning on the 
        date of the enactment of the Section 245(i) Extension Act of 
        2001;''; and
            (2) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
            ``(C) who, in the case of a beneficiary of a petition for 
        classification, or an application for labor certification, 
        described in subparagraph (B) that was filed after January 14, 
        1998--
                    ``(i) was physically present in the United States 
                on December 21, 2000; and
                    ``(ii) demonstrates that the familial or employment 
                relationship that is the basis of such petition for 
                classification or application for labor certification 
                existed on or before April 30, 2001;''.
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