[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1983 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1983

    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

                              May 6, 2003

  Ms. Millender-McDonald (for herself, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Larson of 
      Connecticut, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Honda, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Abercrombie, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Case, Mr. Crowley, Ms. 
 Watson, Mr. Olver, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Kucinich, 
 Mr. Farr, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Payne, and Mr. McDermott) 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Asian Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. 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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