109 HR 2092 IH: Immigrant Victims of Violence Protection Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-05-04
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1.Short title; references to Act
(a)This Act may be cited as the Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2005
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(b)References to the Immigration and Nationality ActExcept as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Family-based immigration</header>
<section id="HBFE0E8DDFF2E47E1987FA9938658F08E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Increasing the allocation of Family-based Immigrant Visas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(c)(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/115">8 U.S.C. 115(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H1366214610094A6A907F9C6E677F7324"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be no more than 960,000.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H049AD4D468DC4D3100E4C72803D79255"><enum>102.</enum><header>Protection against processing delays</header>
<subsection id="H304E31724531AC6A984F1EBFFF983EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Age-out protection for children</header>
<paragraph id="HF9E0CF964C7862AB071A039BB8B1FDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 1 of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HBD9CF98440C3FAB504862399C14F14E"><enum>408.</enum><header>Age-out protection for children</header>
<subsection id="H2A469C00F3BA45D08E001BF5BDDBCF51" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum> (a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>In the case of an application initially to grant a benefit under this Act (other than an application for naturalization) that otherwise would be granted only after a determination that the beneficiary of the application is a child (such as classification as an immediate relative under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)), if the application is neither approved nor denied (on procedural or substantive grounds) during the 90-day period beginning on the date of the filing of the application, the beneficiary shall be considered to be a child for all purposes related to the receipt of the benefit if the beneficiary was a child on the last day of such 90-day period, and the beneficiary shall not otherwise be prejudiced with respect to such determination by such delay, and shall be considered to be a child under this Act for all purposes related to such application.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8BD51C54446978153B4F2A89A009E2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of benefit</header><text>Subsection (a) shall remain in effect until the termination of the 1-year period beginning on the date on which the application described in such paragraph is approved.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H304C1C814A1A3C17E74BAD95DC4E10E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 407 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 408. Age-out protection for children</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H34EE0A814623B40B71448C93122F97F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timeliness of adoption for immigration purposes</header>
<paragraph id="HD50357AB491D3812064FFA86D1D0CC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 101(b)(1)(E)(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(E)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a child adopted while under the age of sixteen years</quote> and inserting <quote>a child, under the age of 16 when adoption proceedings were initiated,</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA3E71A14C44CFAB5B1AC6A2118F8FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for siblings</header><text>Section 101(b)(1)(E)(ii)(III) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(E)(ii)(III)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>adopted while under the age of 18 years</quote> and inserting <quote>under the age of 18 when adoption proceedings were initiated</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HB8C9BD1E4F7ECB4FC148C2BBD700044"><enum>103.</enum><header>Temporary status pending receipt of permanent resident status</header>
<subsection id="HBD21D570497EC125A1907F9245E5345"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Classes of nonimmigrant aliens</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(K) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H59C5AB84476A2E09FF3D66BB69AA71D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (ii);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB78B25F54E2606BE856D31B3FBA9DD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (iii); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7656EB784D3DEBF383D9F28076FDACC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H7A07EE8342217A1643FBAD99E70C748"><enum>(iv)</enum>
<subclause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE0BB21654DA45104D9389FAD00C4CC7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has concluded a valid marriage with an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, is the parent of a citizen of the United States, or is the child, son, or daughter of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or a citizen of the United States; (II) is the beneficiary of an approved petition to accord immigrant status on the basis of such family relationship that was filed under section 204 by such family member; (III) has available to the alien an immigrant visa number; (IV) has waited more than 6 months for the issuance of an immigrant visa based upon an application made by the alien; and (V) seeks to enter the United States to await such issuance;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3357E620451A27ED9CB6869B3784FBC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Admission of nonimmigrants</header><text>Section 214(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H09EFFAAC4CF519ED9C371A9BA6EFADF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(1)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9E408144BDD85F3E3D9499ACEC3581"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph indent="up1" id="HDDE40FB741229A310F1847B8CFE566B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A visa shall not be issued under the provisions of section 101(a)(15)(K)(iv) until the consular officer has received a petition filed in the United States by the lawful permanent resident or citizen relative of the applying alien and approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security. The petition shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HE0B7BBF975F5415FB7A64D5E1202AAC4" commented="no"><enum>104.</enum><header>Elimination of affidavit of support requirement</header>
<subsection id="H348E5BEF43CC73CA92079F982CCCA85" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grounds for ineligibility for admission</header><text>Section 212(a)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H649985AC4CF1F3DEA59484B01FF72B2" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B)(ii) to read as follows:</text>
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<clause indent="up1" id="HB95118BD462794B2EDAA5D96A8DFACC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If an alien submits an affidavit of support described in section 213A, in addition to the factors under clause (i), the consular officer or the Attorney General shall also consider such affidavit in determining whether the alien is inadmissible under this paragraph.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA263C0D242D020D93987C28F09F99A6" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDE42351A4491F560305F61B2EF71F2E" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for sponsor’s affidavit of support</header><text>Subsections (a)(1)(A), (f)(1)(E), and (f)(4)(B)(i) of section 213A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1183a">8 U.S.C. 1183a(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>, (f)(1)(E), and (f)(4)(B)(i)) are amended by striking <quote>125</quote> and inserting <quote>100</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HDB3992B617EF42E797A5469E57BFF06B"><enum>105.</enum><header>Acquisition of citizenship for children born abroad and out of wedlock to a United States citizen father</header>
<subsection id="HC629D65211D14A6781099654C9DFDB19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for citizenship eligibility</header><text>Section 309(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1409">8 U.S.C. 1409(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E8B52A81FA54938B2FEEA9D4CF20340"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6E35C5E608F42CD8420E6007EA3D8EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0208A8361D464151AE28E1836C8F4375"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>while the person is under the age of 18 years—</quote> and inserting <quote>at any time—</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E53CA6D489F45C9855E6797D4B50AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE06FB8AB5F7A4219AAC388ECB989CF00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification regarding deceased parents of children born abroad and out of wedlock</header><text>Section 309 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1409">8 U.S.C. 1409</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H5004D99B41FD40FDA88478499727375E"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person who is a citizen or national of the United States by virtue of a provision of this section from establishing such status under this title after the death of the person’s father, mother, or parents.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H8FB173A20DAE47748BA2E2CC49620000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of citizenship provisions</header><text>The amendments made by this Act shall apply to persons born out of wedlock who are alive on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H4CECAE3730804817A28028B9AF1C52AE" commented="no"><enum>106.</enum><header>Allow aunts and uncles or grandparents to adopt orphaned or abandoned children of the deceased relative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(b) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H3BC86B88FC5345E0986DB6BA1E1E1EC" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD56CD1B053E447E482B9016E9489D945" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H04D0A2B17D1841F1A01E46B7063AB3C" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting the following subparagraph: </text>
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<subparagraph id="H20567F6A8BBD4538866DA934E6E0B426"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a child adopted in the United States or abroad or who is coming to the United States for adoption by a grandparent, aunt or uncle while under the age of eighteen years, who has suffered the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents, or for whom the sole or surviving parent is incapable of providing proper care and has consented in writing to the adoption, if the Secretary of Homeland Security is satisfied that proper care will be furnished the child if admitted to the United States. No natural parent or prior adoptive parent of any such child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the child to be released to an orphanage as a prerequisite for eligibility.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H8FF09824E1D4434A96B92F02EAC9733C"><enum>107.</enum><header>Eliminating the widowed immigrants 2-year marriage penalty and surviving immediate relatives penalty</header>
<subsection id="HD80861F49B7741ABB04E53AC66D64B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for eliminating widow penalty</header><text>Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1151 (b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H10129ECDF88549E3B152E8A05CC93572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for at least 2 years</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFB18BF57F14458AB072ACF858E13D07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and if married for less than two years at the time of the citizen’s death proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not solely for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit,</quote> after <quote>within 2 years after such date</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CC4D6BD99F84D72B0B9095990253986"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting the following sentence after the sentence ending with <quote>remarries.</quote>: <quote>In the case of an alien who was the child or parent of a citizen of the United States at the time of the citizen’s death, the alien shall be considered, for purposes of this subsection, to remain an immediate relative after the date of the citizen’s death but only if the alien files a petition under section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii), as amended, within two years after such date in the case of a parent, or prior to reaching the age of 21 in the case of a child.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H69AE9973EEBF42A391F908D59682A166"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for eliminating surviving immediate relative penalty</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) (8 U.S.C. 1154 (a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting <quote>or an alien child or alien parent described in the third sentence of section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote> after <quote>section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF58380D2270E4CF687FE650466040383"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition period</header><text>In applying section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(b)(2)(A)(i)</external-xref>), as amended, in the case of an alien whose citizen relative died before the date of the enactment of this Act, the alien relative may (notwithstanding the deadlines specified in such subsection) file the classification petition referred to in such subsection within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H96CA5572DCE94AB5AC64A1C594C0E347"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications for adjustment of status</header><text>Section 245 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA156B875D3814246B756E3A6A73DCD3C"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Applications for adjustment of status by surviving spouses, children, and parents</header>
<paragraph id="HFAC63B51D50748C787090870DF5EE00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) (except subsection (c)(6)) of section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref>), any alien described in paragraph (2) who applied for adjustment of status prior to the death of the qualifying relative, may have such application adjudicated as if such death had not occurred.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C3E6F98054740D692AB29125ABB48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alien described</header><text>An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien was—</text>
<subparagraph id="H95356E50F08D4ADDBF1BDC93085B71E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an immediate relative as described in section 201(b)(2)(A)(i);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB38F2D65CA9B4630AB99E9502F13FBD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a family-sponsored immigrant as described in section 203(a) or (d);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59E37701BD4142CDA8C37869210074B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a derivative beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant under section 203(b), as described in section 203(d); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H072774599AF34280BBB60106331B9724"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a derivative beneficiary of a diversity immigrant as described in section 203(c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H10D0D83160344FDD84F8AEA79B55318"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transition Period</header><text>Notwithstanding a prior denial of an application for adjustment of status, in the case of an alien whose qualifying relative died before the date of the enactment of this Act, such application may be renewed by the alien through a motion to reopen, without fee, filed within two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. In the case of an alien who was deported, removed, or departed voluntarily before the date of the enactment of this Act, such alien shall be eligible for parole into the United States pursuant to the Attorney General’s authority under section 212(d)(5), and such alien’s application for adjustment of status shall be considered notwithstanding section 212(a)(9).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H91E4E34A4D5C486B9F5CBCCB47DD8822"><enum>108.</enum><header>Eliminating the widowed permanent resident’s naturalization penalty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 319(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1429">8 U.S.C. 1429(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or, if the spouse is deceased, the spouse was a citizen of the United States,</quote> after <quote>(a) Any person whose spouse is a citizen of the United States,</quote>.</text></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Legalization for long-term residents</header>
<section id="HDFA757CE47D503B29AA1C696D6D9B5E"><enum>201.</enum><header>Earned access to legalization</header>
<subsection id="H1917F7E94E411793BD020CA38982E5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 245A the following:</text>
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<section id="H71F97CBC4215F99CEB072383ECB79EB"><enum>245B.</enum><header>Adjustment of status on the basis of earned access to legalization</header>
<subsection id="HA91F8831282F4649847688341FEA0054" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien—</text>
<paragraph id="HD547A5B7459549F9987ED29D00EEE00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 5 years immediately preceding the date on which this provision was enacted and has maintained continuous physical presence since then;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10D18EBA42C562A486F0469DBD90C0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has at all times been a person of good moral character;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H404B9C974FDCAA3B8190BB96EAE2C3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has never been convicted of a criminal offense in the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F44F5EA4FEBA716AA7767AD2EC585F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of an alien who is 18 years of age or older, but who is not over the age of 65, has successfully completed a course on reading, writing, and speaking words in ordinary usage in the English language, unless unable to do so on account of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4148E7B34D72B6EAB79CF896DAFCD84"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the case of an alien 18 years of age or older, has accepted the values and cultural life of the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25757411466EE41E4CB5798F99B19EC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in the case of an alien 18 years of age or older, has performed at least 40 hours of community service.</text></paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H709C2F99457EE77D2DDFC6B5D69EA86"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of brief, casual, and innocent absences</header><text>An alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain a continuous presence in the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(1) by virtue of brief, casual, and innocent absences from the United States.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDF94C53E4C8F19C03AE97BB9F3F7701"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Admissible as immigrant</header>
<paragraph id="H98D982D64001BDEB625B97876D81F6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The alien shall establish that the alien is admissible to the United States as immigrant, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2751B39A4C33D0355896AA8E00F2E65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The provisions of paragraphs (5), (6)(A), (6)(B), (6)(C), (6)(F), (6)(G), (7)(A), (9)(B), and (9)(C)(i)(I) of section 212(a) shall not apply in the determination of an alien’s admissibility under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H594FC0A7415DBB54EDEF83B8A473216"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security and law enforcement clearances</header><text>The alien, if over 15 years of age, shall submit fingerprints in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Such fingerprints shall be submitted to relevant Federal agencies to be checked against existing databases for information relating to criminal, national security, or other law enforcement actions that would render the alien ineligible for adjustment of status under this section. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a process for challenging the accuracy of matches that result in a finding of ineligibility for adjustment of status.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEE71D0EE4FA39D4A77FB508CD29511A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inapplicability of numerical limitations</header><text>When an alien is granted lawful permanent resident status under this subsection, the number of immigrant visas authorized to be issued under any provision of this Act shall not be reduced. The numerical limitations of sections 201 and 202 shall not apply to adjustment of status under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HD8FFBBF2407234D07453C6A8C7B7EB6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Termination of proceedings</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may terminate removal proceedings without prejudice pending the outcome of an alien’s application for adjustment of status under this section on the basis of a prima facie showing of eligibility for relief under this section.</text></subsection> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBF4B69094F0FB283686BC3B55700E67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 245A the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 245B. Adjustment of status on the basis of earned access to legalization</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H935ECCEE4E425834EBD901A117B9DDD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Legalization provisions for children</header>
<subsection id="H76AC209A497B98220CB3C08D2D53A6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 201, is further amended by inserting after section 245B the following:</text>
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<section id="HDBF8D4FF443EA94BA6B22283F8FC010"><enum>245C.</enum><header>Adjustment of status for certain children</header>
<subsection id="H42538F653FD24F0DBCC3EBFEFF7FB633" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien is a child at the time of filing the application for such adjustment and establishes that the alien, at such time—</text>
<paragraph id="HC95DC6A1475CBB11ABE46B9E00A300B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has been physically present and enrolled in school in the United States for a continuous period of not less than 5 years immediately preceding the date of such application, and during that period has been a person of good moral character;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99F1BFFC47F5F5094F567D8FBDE5F9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has fully integrated into life in the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7363286346E45E6CA7900C8031FF7F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has learned English or is satisfactorily pursuing a course of study to achieve an understanding of English;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EEC4C8B4BE14502C16D39ACB8164E2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is successfully pursuing an elementary school, middle school, high school, or college-level education; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H856192BF4E4DAA81B26A24A5B8D4E00"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if older than 13 years of age, has performed at least 60 hours of community service.</text></paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H484E3BB8478D919E4B9B14902200BE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of brief, casual, and innocent absences</header><text>An alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain a continuous presence in the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(1) by virtue of brief, casual, and innocent absences from the United States.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDFD0998E4AF60E876E14C085963370B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Admissible as immigrant</header>
<paragraph id="H5301E90E4C133CE1BC2051A4C00F99D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The alien shall establish that the alien is admissible to the United States as an immigrant, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H894F1D8E4402773B0BFF689346CB083"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability of certain provisions</header>
<subparagraph id="H27BD4E924C56C3F70E5F04AFFD569EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Grounds of inadmissibility not applied</header><text>The provisions of paragraphs (5), (6)(A), (6)(B), (6)(C), (6)(F), (6)(G), (7)(A), (9)(B), and (9)(C) of section 212(a) shall not apply in the determination of an alien’s admissibility under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B374CB145282984407820A164513CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver of other grounds</header>
<clause id="H388B76FD428B843DA395F496A5E4ABE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary of Homeland Security may waive any other provision of section 212(a) in the case of an individual alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB864A52849A8360A49B1D89815A5247"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Grounds that may not be waived</header><text>The following provisions of section 212(a) may not be waived by the Secretary under clause (i):</text>
<subclause id="H29071B234C3610B4B535A2BCF71E38B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Paragraphs (2)(A) and (2)(B) (relating to criminals).</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H96AFA8794D0F68808CFC91A1574C83B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Paragraph (2)(C) (relating to drug offenses), except for so much of such paragraph as relates to a single offense of simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8CB22D9B4FDE01584DD66DB028F3F5B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Paragraph (3) (relating to security and related grounds).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4C54E7AD4A7728C88278DC9B31C09D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No numerical limitations</header><text>The numerical limitations of sections 201 and 202 shall not apply to adjustment of status under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H48DED9F24AF4436EF29EE5B0722500E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Confidentiality of information</header><text>Except as provided in this section, neither the Secretary of Homeland Security, nor any other official or employee of the Department of Homeland Security, may—</text>
<paragraph id="H7366A99F4211225D0E2EA2840000D7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use information furnished by applicant for an application filed under this section for any purpose other than to make a determination on the application;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H451D55A2439F317AFE67E6A0CF65D4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make any publication whereby the information furnished by any particular applicant can be identified; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8E81DF54BE0A0245C28C9A0EE6100A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>permit anyone other than the sworn officers and employees of the Department, the applicant, or a representative of the applicant to examine individual applications.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H94BE615346ECDED7A8D6B28781F4C46"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Dissemination of information</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall broadly disseminate information respecting the benefits which aliens may receive under this section and the requirements to obtain such benefits.</text></subsection> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H7F390D2A48A5175BADD561B0B0BEDDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents, as amended by section 201, is amended further by inserting after the item relating to section 245B the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 245C. Adjustment of status for certain children</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HACDE224445739DBC1026089A6770FFB"><enum>203.</enum><header>Updated registry provision</header>
<subsection id="H2B92107942BDA1749A8DE2AB79D0C2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 249 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1259">8 U.S.C. 1259</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H513DF7A74E8A04B85175A8A7A714600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote>1972</quote> and inserting <quote>1986</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5379A7664B6F8DDD18996684F2981CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (a), by striking <quote>1972</quote> and inserting <quote>1986</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA8C536F74DA043E1CCE13CA7AC00FFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections is amended in the item relating to section 249 by striking <quote>1972</quote> and inserting <quote>1986</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Border security provisions</header>
<section id="HA6A4511E6E7849FF944688E70360C64B" commented="no"><enum>301.</enum><header>Increase the number of inspectors at airport and land border inspection stations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, increase by not less than 1,000 the number of positions for full-time active duty immigration inspectors at airport and land border inspection stations within the Department of Homeland Security above the number of such positions for which funds were allotted for the preceding fiscal year.</text></section>
<section id="H7D51948F4CB14B2F9F8097BDCCBDA977"><enum>302.</enum><header>Establish a special task force for coordinating and distributing information on fraudulent immigration documents</header>
<subsection id="HF9608CD55C614B62B448CEFC37650039"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a task force (to be known as the Task Force on Fraudulent Immigration Documents) to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H34DFEFC7D0A543CB9BF97D605C885E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Collect information from Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies, and Foreign governments on the production, sale, and distribution of fraudulent documents intended to be used to enter or to remain in the United States unlawfully.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H599A155CCF9E43A1883E001C8C0098E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Maintain that information in a comprehensive database.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D9DE1012F9040AEBC87E246F4A0275C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Convert the information into reports that will provide guidance for government officials on identifying fraudulent documents being used to enter or to remain in the United States unlawfully.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A911B4F94F9421A92D696F52DD67985"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Develop a system for distributing these deports on an ongoing basis to appropriate Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2A9740A5E8B64145A7FD4460AB2C1E7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of information</header><text>Distribute the reports to appropriate Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies on an ongoing basis.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H382060BC975A41279EB9F100327E8399"><enum>303.</enum><header>New nonimmigrant visa classification to enable informants to enter the United States and remain temporarily</header>
<subsection id="H59971BFCEE5344E4B67DECFEBA1B08EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(S) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(S)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD515296A8C664A8AA513AD5EEF0B46B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01B71A961C8C433E00B625DC9164173F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB1BA4F7D58A4F99B95C769015409004"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text>
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<clause id="HA6CBABF003424A8D9B7ECD151C81E671"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines—</text>
<subclause id="HE6FADE9B567244CFBF43B7BC71C9CF9F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in possession of critical reliable information concerning a commercial alien smuggling organization or enterprise or a commercial operation for making or trafficking in documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H87EAE3983E4F4CEDA637D6FC210417A1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is willing to supply or has supplied such information to a Federal or State court; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD37CE1CB059B4B90BA29F705C50090D6"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose presence in the United States the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines is essential to the success of an authorized criminal investigation, the successful prosecution of an individual involved in the commercial alien smuggling organization or enterprise, or the disruption of such organization or enterprise or a commercial operation for making or trafficking in documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully. </text></subclause> </clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E8E1E1511D049D99F1903AB733654B3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, or with respect to clause (iii), the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General</quote> after <quote>jointly</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E271830FFEE4D3A00E49270D3E72C1C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(i) or (ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(i), (ii), or (iii)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8B1C96E3D6664E71AA2854A3072884E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Admission of nonimmigrants</header><text>Section 214(k) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(k)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H52EBBD85996C48CCB339D58246D00099"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA91C2EF7643A40F6A901C9A501B429D6" style="OLC"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The number of aliens who may be provided a visa as nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(S)(iii) in any fiscal year may not exceed 400.</text><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F2FF229475C4065AD5543C785F48192"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE8000BF034E44BA49D12F106141F6C59"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines that a nonimmigrant described in clause (iii) of section 101(a)(15)(S), or that of any family member of such a nonimmigrant who is provided nonimmigrant status pursuant to such section, must be protected, such official may take such lawful action as the official considers necessary to effect such protection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H9ABD6FE798514D8880EF1DA91EBEF673"><enum>304.</enum><header>Adjustment of status when needed to protect informants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 245(j) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDD0401C02BAA41CEBCE78408B166F84F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>(1) or (2),</quote> and inserting <quote>(1), (2), (3), or (4),</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6B136C2D69F4FE7A2BB738983AFF057"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8681509D6FB341B9BEC2A4E48709AEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5670B56BE9CD408A81D5D6601C3CBA00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If, in the opinion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F1892EFE9804313BD6E41587CB9DC48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonimmigrant admitted into the United States under section 101(a)(15)(S)(iii) has supplied information described in subclause (I) of such section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AC11D2657DE44FD90BB23D333845FF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provision of such information has substantially contributed to the success of a commercial alien smuggling investigation or an investigation of the sale or production of fraudulent documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully, the disruption of such an enterprise, or the prosecution of an individual described in subclause (III) of that section,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of the alien (and the spouse, children, married and unmarried sons and daughters, and parents of the alien if admitted under that section) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien is not described in section 212(a)(3)(E).</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E58A59B5F924249956EFAC6C0D993F3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of a nonimmigrant admitted into the United States under section 101(a)(15)(S)(iii) (and the spouse, children, married and unmarried sons and daughters, and parents of the nonimmigrant if admitted under that section) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence on the basis of a recommendation of the Secretary of State or the Attorney General.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AA5452A1AFE4E39B113EE449C8BE07"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE7808C70D213411DAAE2D34EEB4062E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines that a person whose status is adjusted under this subsection must be protected, such official may take such lawful action as the official considers necessary to effect such protection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H20D7F20F073A43D9844C3398D7DBE7E3"><enum>305.</enum><header>Rewards Program</header>
<subsection id="H53AACECB7DE640D6846BC5E47C8FA217"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rewards program</header><text>Section 274 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324">8 U.S.C. 1324</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H0892DACC1349447A83AA9DD937FD94A1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rewards program</header>
<paragraph id="H6B7CB09851774C5BA48E11B410ED51DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Department of Homeland Security a program for the payment of rewards to carry out the purposes of this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EE2A00B66384AA48322ADDB19DDB35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rewards program shall be designed to assist in the elimination of commercial operations to produce or sell fraudulent documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully and to assist in the investigation, prosecution, or disruption of a commercial alien smuggling operation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H347E6D0700944F7D8F763923D913C7F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The rewards program shall be administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA764D31DA2D04DFB8B02B6C992770091"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rewards authorized</header><text>In the sole discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, such Secretary, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, may pay a reward to any individual who furnishes information or testimony leading to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC1DCCF2CD1F146DAB9A4AC7C63B35CD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the arrest or conviction of any individual conspiring or attempting to produce or sell fraudulent documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully or to commit an act of commercial alien smuggling involving the transportation of aliens in groups of 10 or more—</text>
<clause id="HB0F3E7CB71374BB0A512DC605CC5615D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a manner that endangers their lives; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4E7A4E7554304F8E836F1D009DD86C95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who present a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF240F3078B0B4D7BBE44CB007D256BEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the arrest or conviction of any individual committing such an act;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB52A2E436EF54B3ABD352FD85C8797E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the arrest or conviction of any individual aiding or abetting the commission of such an act;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B9216031940442A97D31C4EE738CDA0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the prevention, frustration, or favorable resolution of such an act, including the dismantling of an operation to produce or sell fraudulent documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States, or commercial alien smuggling operations, in whole or in significant part; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AD03371F32F436FB67400EDE0800693"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the identification or location of an individual who holds a key leadership position in an operation to produce or sell fraudulent documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully or a commercial alien smuggling operation involving the transportation of aliens in groups of 10 or more—</text>
<clause id="HDC1705426D6B4CC99E338DE9C4CF8014"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a manner that endangers their lives; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H8F0D626826A441178F18F26FF46159DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who present a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C6D0E29B94640BE8D00711EBF671B8E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF59E84A1F6584A5400AA317FE51EA800"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Ineligibility</header><text>An officer or employee of any Federal, State, local, or foreign government who, while in performance of his or her official duties, furnishes information described in paragraph (4) shall not be eligible for a reward under this subsection for such furnishing.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD46AB0DC111C4DCA809150B8F8DAD2DD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Protection measures</header><text>If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General determines that an individual who furnishes information or testimony described in paragraph (4), or any spouse, child, parent, son, or daughter of such an individual, must be protected, such official may take such lawful action as the official considers necessary to effect such protection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81C3626CFB854337A108EF00D4A6E2BE"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Limitations and certification</header>
<subparagraph id="HB5E7FE15556D4D2D00D95B59F10005ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>No reward under this subsection may exceed $100,000, except as personally authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H793EBC4881BD4422A763DE5CBC8715FC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>Any reward under this subsection exceeding $50,000 shall be personally approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3FAD95B68866400BB625B34B23AD093"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certification for payment</header><text>Any reward granted under this subsection shall be certified for payment by the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H7761757FC43047F1BDFF68DB4853169F"><enum>306.</enum><header>Outreach program</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324">8 U.S.C. 1324</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H8B84AB7AD30B4B14BC00353BE210439C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Outreach program</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, shall develop and implement an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and abroad about—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4D5C427666F4A69AA5250CA4EE9A3EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the penalties for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H135C20AB2F6742CEBBD00BFEF1DEA2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8CDDDAAEE5F4E018F5ED3E94000BC34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participating in a commercial operation for making, or trafficking in, documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97F1DA8BE5C14322BE003659104421B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the financial rewards and other incentives available for assisting in the investigation, disruption, or prosecution of a commercial smuggling operation or a commercial operation for making, or trafficking in, documents to be used for entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Employment-based immigration</header>
<section id="H1DB667B546059B1CB83586BF7E9D87D"><enum>401.</enum><header>Unfair immigration-related employment practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 274B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324b">8 U.S.C. 1324b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2EF3B8E2433AFEEECAB438B1C1141B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFEC9E7FC4313616E9C6BF6ABD0071EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the paragraph heading to read <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Prohibition of intimidation, retaliation, or unlawful discrimination in employment</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52BD0588435B8E234E1157832FF3474"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by moving the text down and to the right 2 ems;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8992162F4F8BF1C2C190ECBADDCCFF0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before such text the following: <quote> <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(A) </enum-in-header>In general.—</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8979027047996998D2BE7BA0DA3412E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H1A4871E84C10FEF7953C10ACD5BDCAD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal labor or employment laws</header><text>It is an unfair employment practice for any employer to directly or indirectly threaten any individual with removal or any other adverse consequences pertaining to that individual’s immigration status or employment benefits for the purpose of intimidating, pressuring, or coercing any such individual not to exercise any right protected by State or Federal labor or employment law (including section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/157">29 U.S.C. 157</external-xref>)), or for the purpose of retaliating against any such individual for having exercised or having stated an intention to exercise any such right.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B8CB7F64712AC55D1F64F91AE61CDE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Discrimination based on immigration status</header><text>It is an unfair employment practice for any employer, except to the extent specifically authorized or required by law, to discriminate in any term or condition of employment against any individual employed by such employer on the basis of such individual’s immigration status.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41C0252A4534DA4952D8579E3658EC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Special Counsel shall not disclose to the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other government agency or employee, and shall not cause to be published in a manner that discloses to the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other government agency or employee, any information obtained by the Special Counsel in any manner concerning the immigration status of any individual who has filed a charge under this section, or the identity of any individual or entity that is a party or witness to a proceedings brought pursuant to such charge. The Secretary of Homeland Security may not rely, in whole or in part, in any enforcement action or removal proceeding, upon any information obtained as a result of the filing or prosecution of an unfair immigration-related employment practice charge. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>Special Counsel</term> includes individuals formerly appointed to the position of Special Counsel and any current or former employee of the office of the Special Counsel. Whoever knowingly uses, publishes, or permits information to be used in violation of this paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H633222E04AAF35A49639F69D22E300E"><enum>402.</enum><header>Department of Labor task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall conduct a national study of American workplaces to determine the causes, extent, circumstances, and consequences, of exploitation of undocumented alien workers by their employers. As part of this study, the Secretary of Labor shall create a plan for targeted review of Federal labor law enforcement in industries with a substantial immigrant workforce, for the purpose of identifying, monitoring, and deterring frequent or egregious violators of wage and hour, antidiscrimination, National Labor Relations Act, and workplace safety and health requirements. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Congress a report describing the results of the study and the Secretary’s recommendations based on the study.</text></section>
<section id="H450FA6EF42E662CCCF2B45A940A09DE"><enum>403.</enum><header>Recruitment of American workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H352B3C03410385D9A7792481D3C371E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (m) (as added by section 105 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/313">Public Law 106–313</external-xref>), (n) (as added by section 107(e) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>), (o) (as added by section 1513(c) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>), (o) (as added by section 1102(b) of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act), and (p) (as added by section 1503(b) of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act) as subsections (n), (o), (p), (q), and (r), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65F488F247015191491C8B8051CDB43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H4FD22E1F4827EF2D6D5BA3A51541A7C"><enum>(s)</enum>
<paragraph id="H6F248E6BC7F249538BBD001C9E518617" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No petition to accord employment status under any nonimmigrant classification described in section 101(a)(15) shall be granted in the absence of an affidavit from the petitioner describing the efforts that were made to recruit an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or a citizen of the United States before resorting to a petition to obtain a foreign employee. The recruitment efforts must have included substantial attempts to find employees in minority communities. Recruitment efforts in minority communities should include at least one of the following, if appropriate for the employment being advertised:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC0A898C440B1C6EC7F230A03973ABF" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Advertise the availability of the job opportunity for which the employer is seeking a worker in local newspapers in the labor market that is likely to be patronized by a potential worker for at least 5 consecutive days.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H052C1613419B0AFDF50A848B50A3A2B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Undertake efforts to advertise the availability of the job opportunity for which the employer is seeking a worker through advertisements in public transportation systems.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H830E51C54D660EC45F740A9D43B9600" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To the extent permitted by local laws and regulations, engage in recruitment activities in secondary schools, recreation centers, community centers, and other places throughout the communities within 50 miles of the job site that serve minorities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H222E820F4F4D05113E32C490FABDB7F"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph id="HC68DCD5B17AD450DBCC7BFB07C455D43" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall impose a 10 percent surcharge on all fees collected for petitions to accord employment status and shall use these funds to establish an employment training program which will include unemployed workers in the United States who need to be trained or retrained. The purpose of this program shall be to increase the number of lawful permanent residents and citizens of the United States who are available for employment in the occupations that are the subjects of such petitions. At least 50 percent of the funds generated by this provision must be used to train American workers in rural and inner-city areas.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H46BA0F71424838A0F4BE589EE703EA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall reserve and make available to the Secretary of Labor a portion of the funds collected under this paragraph. Such funds shall be used by the Secretary of Labor to establish an <quote>Office to Preserve American Jobs</quote> within the Department of Labor. The purpose of this office shall be to establish policies intended to ensure that employers in the United States will hire available workers in the United States before resorting to foreign labor, giving substantial emphasis to hiring minority workers in the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Removal waivers</header>
<section id="H4A1358EA49DEB5AD9E1E3C9F1119CAA"><enum>501.</enum><header>Permanent application of Section 245<enum-in-header>(i)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 245(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3446DB0A45786A968DCFC7AAFCEC3BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1)(A);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB979A7F14A82ECB9F1BE0485E663DD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H302D31F6465D8AFA072C289709CE83D">
<subparagraph id="H7D10FCE642A3C61F288D3C984DC692C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who is the beneficiary (including a spouse or child of the principal alien) of—</text>
<clause id="H7A891FA8456937BAAA6964ADFE787CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a petition for classification under section 204; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE16C441402248BAF446A498CA3CFFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an application for a labor certification under section 212(a)(5)(A);</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35F3B2754A384572B63ACDBD307BDBE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1)(C); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6198891342399F61989965817C1500C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H1C11BF3B494EACBBE53B0EAB3889DBE"><enum>502.</enum><header>Discretionary waiver of inadmissibility based on unlawful presence, failure to attend removal proceedings, and misrepresentations</header>
<subsection id="H73644ECB4D140D52168FE496BCFDFA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 212(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(i)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H925131B24469844AE9078285D14DB45">
<subsection id="H17B71DB0462A3DFB376A3483C35FF02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the application of subparagraph (A)(i) or (B), or clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (C), of subsection (a)(6) in the case of an immigrant who is the parent, spouse, child, son, or daughter of a United States citizen or of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, if it is established to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the refusal of admission to the United States of such immigrant would result in hardship to the immigrant or to such citizen or lawful permanent resident parent, spouse, child, son, or daughter.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBED216FB45E0D0D963B5F48BFD06197"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 212(a)(6) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3D8407848D2084D659D81B39910F28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="HF3AD46AE431EB1F7F466DCAA8049D1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Waiver authorized</header><text>For a provision authorizing the waiver of clause (i), see subsection (i).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0D8C2384B6D6793B0989AA2824F02F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DA6D1324F0237B98D95F4A168E7F7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(i)</quote> after the subparagraph heading; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0E58F54A418B9C419BEE79AF968FE1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1A0B2D4F4CF6CF20135BD9973CE0F16">
<clause id="H9004BCC840EE0A0419D34D8BBB16B52"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Waiver authorized</header><text>For a provision authorizing the waiver of clause (i), see subsection (i).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A994AAA474C68490045CAAFBC00A00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting <quote>or (ii)</quote> after <quote>(i)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HD88E4591294C45AAB0CEC349D5CCAF32" commented="no"><enum>503.</enum><header>Waiver of inadmissibility for minor criminal offenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(h) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4B36AEE44C92DAC7ABB76FA373BAD12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>offense of simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana</quote> and inserting <quote>controlled substance offense for which the alien was not incarcerated for a period exceeding 1 year</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H585A303F4C48C4A2D683FBAD4C32A53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the final two sentences.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="HA1A3147548F52AAF0CE5A38C7FABA0D"><enum>504.</enum><header>General waiver for aliens previously removed and for the unlawful presence bars</header>
<subsection id="H90D221DF466471F71B9721AE5899C64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 212(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph indent="up1" id="HA1813E2F42AFF478B01FC5B2ADA603A"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may, in the discretion of the Secretary, for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest, waive the application of subparagraph (A) or (B)(i) of subsection (a)(9).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H452CB7A04507BC7FDE64F5BF8D07FCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 212(a)(9)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clause (v).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1E946BD748D030885454679A5CB9CCA"><enum>505.</enum><header>Waiver of aggravated felony consequences</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H413CDAF74DBBF2B3643F178E8FE4672"><enum>(j)</enum><text>For purposes of this Act, and notwithstanding subsection (a)(43), the Secretary of Homeland Security may treat any conviction that did not result in incarceration for more than 1 year as if such conviction were not a conviction for an aggravated felony. This discretion may be exercised for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H605116F04E0E874B17E59CB74DE9441"><enum>506.</enum><header>Discretionary waiver to admit persons in unusual circumstances</header>
<subsection id="H87A00E4B4F30B0793816CAB4BEA6170"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New general waiver</header><text>Section 212(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC01BB49741FB8869453B50B1D87B235"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may, in the discretion of such Secretary for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest, waive the application of subparagraph (B) or (G) of subsection (a)(6), clause (i) or (ii) of subsection (a)(9)(A), or subsection (a)(9)(B)(i), in unusual circumstances. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an instance of battering or extreme cruelty is deemed to constitute unusual circumstances in the case where it is inflicted on an alien (or a child of an alien) by the alien’s United States citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse, parent, child, son, or daughter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0CEAEF7A444B5CC92D30459DB98E436"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver for aliens previously removed</header>
<paragraph id="H15FCDB7F48A6517F2E16929CA9FF18D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certain aliens previously removed</header><text>Section 212(a)(9)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1862A1FD412E44A679A9DD86EA56418">
<clause id="H910CAD43420C510D4879179874BF98A"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Waiver authorized</header><text>For provision authorizing waiver of clause (i) or (ii), see subsection (d)(13).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1357306D4947AD7F6480A8AE9DF8FBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aliens unlawfully present</header><text>Section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) (8 U.S.C. 1182(A)(9)(B)(v)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<clause id="H07B1CDBD4915FEA345228D9EFFDC4AE"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Waiver authorized</header><text>For provision authorizing waiver of clause (i), see subsection (d)(13).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HF3EBC53F77DC4C80A9C6AA3D0037DC63" commented="no"><enum>507.</enum><header>Restoration of suspension of deportation</header>
<subsection id="HF382769F4C99E2D1F622BDB9BE5DBB0" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cancellation of removal</header><text>Section 240A(a)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEDD8B8334F69608887AD7D851351BBB">
<paragraph id="H29CEBA8A48CF3634AF870782EC7F1A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has not been convicted of an aggravated felony for which the sentence imposed is five years or more.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFF09F97F489BB709BB36ECAAC24A86D" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of rule for termination of continuous period</header>
<paragraph id="H3B920A104C61855EA9B35DA17631FAA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 240A(d)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(d)(1)</external-xref>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(a)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11B2559D43B52134402E25BFED99D61" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 240A(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC417CAA043377A5D7AEC82B560D93A9" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H893E6A8E447C58FF771C4D85D47C6C8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end of paragraph (1) (as redesignated) the following: <quote>, unless the alien’s departure from the United States was due to a temporary trip abroad required by emergency or extenuating circumstances outside the control of the alien</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC908B4B547096B8660130684ABAB909" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cancellation of removal and Adjustment for certain nonpermanent residents</header><text>Section 240A(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6C71EC844C3A5BBBF68AA58080C531B">
<paragraph id="H1C7D9F4049834743710FB7B9AC9AF3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General may cancel removal in the case of an alien who is inadmissible or deportable from the United States if the alien—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9A32F574CCAEA7DCDE59CB1E169C55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been physically present in the United States for a continuous period of—</text>
<clause id="H51F11A2142D1BF620C74AA80A5EC48B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>7 years immediately preceding the date of application in the case of an alien—</text>
<subclause id="H1C010CAB46EC3A92326CD1BDB3BA225"><enum>(I)</enum><text>who is deportable on any ground other than a ground specified in clause (ii)(I); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF4BBA9434528342701037CAAFFEC94E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whose deportation would, in the opinion of the Attorney General, result in extreme hardship to the alien or the alien’s spouse, child, parent, son, or daughter, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; or</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HB3F8901C4BA355FFE992F9935065F16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 years immediately preceding the date of application in the case of an alien—</text>
<subclause id="H8682FEEF41629C00EAEA6CAE30EB15D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>who is deportable for conviction of an offense under section 212(a)(2), 237(a)(2), or 237(a)(3); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD020AF654899119C00AD0B9A05B55BD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whose deportation would, in the opinion of the Attorney General, result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien or the alien’s spouse, parent, child, son, or daughter, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93D2DA8B498EF189ABC736A3C2ED647"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been a person of good moral character during such period.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="HAA91AF0A409D009FC72A8FB6E4CD600" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elimination of annual limitation</header><text>Section 240A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e).</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Removal grounds based on criminal offenses</header>
<section id="H0252519B7E5D46B294E3212DA960ECFA"><enum>601.</enum><header>Definition of moral turpitude</header>
<subsection id="H46F0DC114923FB66E20793A3DF651A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Equitable Definition of <quote>Moral Turpitude</quote></header>
<paragraph id="H1C6164874AFB707E95EACE83939F23D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conviction of certain crimes</header><text>Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>of, or who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of—</quote> and inserting <quote>of—</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AC91660487AB6B499F2F5BA09E55B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Section 212(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCDAA9A684CA1DC7DB6FFFC89E5A4795"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the maximum</quote> and all that follows through <quote>such crime,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBF2988D4B731C7422910B965ECD7FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>6 months</quote> and inserting <quote>1 year</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H288663204A45509ED7F15D9BD106B22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Equitable definition of <quote>crimes of moral turpitude</quote></header><text>Section 237(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)(i)(II)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFF555B3444339080275F3994D961000">
<subclause id="H9F13B7984A17C573CC2A64B8601FCE7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for which the alien has been incarcerated for a period exceeding one year,</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H6EDCA368CA2E456BA49D912B1BC5465C" commented="no"><enum>602.</enum><header><quote>Aggravated felony</quote> definitions</header>
<subsection id="HE5AA5FC0EC7344A3BBA668C909686634" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Section 101(a)(43) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The term <term>aggravated felony</term> means</quote> and inserting <quote>Aggravated felony means a felony</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H371FAAAB4E8B408EABEDE15F749BCE57" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Illicit trafficking</header><text>Section 101(a)(43)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Code);</quote> and inserting <quote>Code), except it does not include simple possession of a controlled substance;</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E3FA94BBDD14C9B9DEB1C867DF5A000" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Crimes of violence and theft offenses</header><text>Subparagraphs (F), (G), (R), and (S) of section 101(a)(43) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(F)</external-xref>, (G), (R), and (S)) are each amended by striking <quote>imprisonment</quote> and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting <quote>imprisonment of more than five years;</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H874CA543C80240DB80CB87E26F6107D8" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Corrupt organizations and gambling offenses</header><text>Section 101(a)(43)(J) is amended by inserting <quote>more than five years</quote> after the words <quote>sentence of</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H47FFB0B94A28438D9C88544E2BF463F7" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Alien smuggling</header><text>Section 101(a)(43)(N) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/101">8 U.S.C. 101(a)(43)(N)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF73482E42C274F6BA758F1DC8F17D917" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>committed for the purpose of commercial advantage,</quote> after <quote>smuggling),</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC188482275E8473392AAE88210FA7516" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end a semicolon.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB76E0C04F7BF4E14A79280082CFA654" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Discretionary waiver in cases of other minor felonies</header><text>Section 101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H656910F2536F4EE6A4341056FDA6A6A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For purposes of this Act, and notwithstanding subsection (a)(43), the Attorney General may treat any conviction that did not result in incarceration for more than 1 year as if such conviction were not a conviction for an aggravated felony.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> </section>
<section id="HE6825A76396F420A000000ED4101F37E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Definitions of <quote>conviction</quote> and <quote>term of imprisonment</quote></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(48) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(48)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B7EDF076DDE40689F4B165ED7AF79DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>court</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>court. An adjudication or judgment of guilt that has been expunged, deferred, annulled, invalidated, withheld, or vacated, an order of probation without entry of judgment, or any similar disposition shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of this Act.</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9573664EBA2A43E69486D6B5953B53E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8A311A0064C47558E0067232E99425D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>only</quote> after <quote>deemed to include</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB637ADFDE9D142018088FEBA194EE04E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>court of law</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>court of law. Any such reference shall not be deemed to include any suspension of the imposition or execution of that imprisonment or sentence in whole or in part.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H550B9D47C16A4E119F5C58D8115DE7AB" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header>Eliminating retroactive changes in removal grounds</header>
<subsection id="HB57C51D6E5804F6880969E2B9FD55E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of aggravated felony definition</header><text>The last sentence of section 101(a)(43) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: <quote>The term shall not apply to any offense that was not covered by the term on the date on which the offense occurred.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H794E9F262DD3435B8F17593E3535E4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grounds of deportability</header><text>Section 237 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HC6A2659CC9954E04A9F7B27DA4719502"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an alien is not deportable by reason of committing any offense that was not a ground of deportability on the date the offense occurred.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H879E9073CB234642A5C165E11D7D367"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grounds of inadmissibility</header><text>Section 212 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HA4CA67AFE7B04A1EBFFA46637C90EE"><enum>(p)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an alien is not inadmissible by reason of committing any offense that was not a ground of inadmissibility on the date the offense occurred.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H36FA1A613D104471820440F2A6A87DB0"><enum>605.</enum><header>Eliminating unfair retroactive changes in removal rules for persons previously removed</header>
<subsection id="HD223B06842124576B99BB666ABCD7BEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall establish a process by which an alien described in subsection (b) may apply for reopening a proceeding so as to seek relief from exclusion, deportation, or removal under section 212(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>, as such section was in effect prior to the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, or section 240A of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>, as amended by this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3E2DC0919A634A0786EE200984B00CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alien described</header><text>An alien referred to in subsection (a) is an alien who received a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal, or a decision on a petition for review or petition for habeas corpus, on or after September 30, 1996, and who was—</text>
<paragraph id="H0A38294626D048A3ABAA52A6FF30673C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>excluded, deported, or removed from the United States by reason of having committed a criminal offense that was not a basis for removal, exclusion, or deportation on the date on which the offense was committed;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA933CD53BE6C4C829DB641721E2DC39D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>excluded, deported, or removed from the United States by reason of having committed a criminal offense that is not a basis for removal, exclusion, or deportation on the date of enactment of this Act; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3392E4F556FE43B8A972A73691A93BB7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>excluded, deported, or removed from the United States by reason of having committed a criminal offense prior to April 24, 1996, for which there was relief from exclusion, deportation, or removal available prior to such date.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCF61C72F35CB49B0887BC527E5840638"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Parole</header><text>The Attorney General may in her discretion exercise the parole authority under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)</external-xref>) for the purpose of permitting aliens excluded, deported, or removed from the United States to participate in the process established under subsection (a), if the alien establishes prima facie eligibility for the relief.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Diversity Visas</header>
<section id="HB21B9F7AAAB04650B4506807C80370E8"><enum>701.</enum><header>Increase in worldwide level of diversity immigrants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>55,000</quote> and inserting <quote>110,000</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HF4E6D75D8CA34A1A93E27E1831BE6F37"><enum>702.</enum><header>Period designated for application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(e)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H72CAA0C5299E4198893862E2B452FFDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88824A1FE4E64CD79481E29961BCA2B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Secretary shall provide for a filing system that will permit unlimited filing throughout the entire period designated for the filing of petitions. If an electronic filing system is chosen, the Secretary shall ensure that the computer equipment and software used to accept the filed petitions will have the capacity to accept every application that is submitted during the period designated for filing the petitions. In the event that petitions submitted during the designated period are rejected, the designated period will be extended for an additional 10-day period.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<enum>VIII</enum><header>Haitian parity</header>
<section id="H5623437247CBF3A28370BA9BA123EB8"><enum>801.</enum><header>Adjustment of status for Haitians</header>
<subsection id="HFE6BD2EA476DFFDC258A9AA08379B60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title II (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 202, is further amended by inserting after section 245C the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="traditional" act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H73E478B249B7BE477C258CBF00B9B1B">
<section id="H716B772F41A9FE1D733307AF26C4DEA"><enum>245D.</enum><header>Adjustment of status of certain Haitian nationals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the provisions of section 245(c), the status of any alien who is a national or citizen of Haiti, and who has been physically present in the United States for at least one year, may be adjusted by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s discretion and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if the alien makes an application for such adjustment and the alien is eligible to receive an immigrant visa and is admissible to the United States for permanent residence. Upon approval of such an application for adjustment of status, the Secretary shall create a record of the alien’s admission for permanent residence as of a date 30 months prior to the filing of such an application or the date of the alien’s last arrival into the United States, whichever date is later. The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to the spouse and child of any alien described in this section, regardless of their citizenship and place of birth, if the spouse or child is residing with such alien in the United States.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBD19CA2A4DD59AF173A0218F74DCFBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents as amended by section 202, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 245C the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H4D065FA64E640F79985DA89BF5F5A86">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 245D. Adjustment of status of certain Haitian nationals</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H2827E2314058C22F287076B327C4A60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall cease to be effective on the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1E842F93425E4D6922ECA3ADC33639E"><enum>802.</enum><header>Limitation of attorney general’s bond discretion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 236 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1226">8 U.S.C. 1226</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H8549E9CF405707E25F9C98AD9E75F4D">
<subsection id="H0FD1986F443094894BB233BA454EF0C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exercise of authority for arrest, detention, and release</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall exercise the discretion afforded under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis. If bond is to be denied on the ground that the alien’s release would give rise to adverse consequences for national security or national immigration policy, the finding of such adverse consequences shall be based on circumstances pertaining to the individual alien whose release is being considered.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H477A4B9F4A4AD17376B4FE90483714A"><enum>803.</enum><header>Elimination of mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 235(b)(1)(B)(iii)(IV) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1225">8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(iii)(IV)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H56AA61AE4D7E5CF161FF08A8D9DC29E">
<subclause id="HCB37FD324E56E9B4A08BC9B852A1D07"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Detention</header><text>Aliens subject to the procedures under this clause shall be detained in accordance with section 236.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H30BB64964B5E282A650E419459D163C"><enum>804.</enum><header>Amendments to Haitian and Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998</header>
<subsection id="H885F244A442CDEF2FFFA6C8F00ED1DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ground for inadmissibility for document fraud does not apply</header><text>The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note) is amended in subsections (a)(1)(B) and (d)(1)(D) of section 902 by inserting <quote>(6)(C)(i),</quote> after <quote>(6)(A),</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5855C86A47317F1B78EFD289D42DA91"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determinations with respect to children</header><text>Section 902(d) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFACAAE9645DC34D97B289988C27F1F9">
<paragraph id="HCB48470F42865A5E5B5AB9BAB777CDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determinations with respect to children</header>
<subparagraph id="H5CB8427340383044260EF48A1DFDA9D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Use of application filing date</header><text>Determinations made under this subsection as to whether an individual is a child of a parent shall be made using the age and status of the individual on the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB36BA21B4115FB42E0DB59BE00B320D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application submission by parent</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C), an application under this subsection filed based on status as a child may be filed for the benefit of such child by a parent or guardian of the child, if the child is physically present in the United States on such filing date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H2810FC564902DE687E292092F8DDAC6"><enum>805.</enum><header>New applications and motions to reopen</header>
<subsection id="H4F376CA6426F307E8BC1A9B2195CC94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New applications</header><text>Notwithstanding section 902(a)(1)(A) of the Haitian and Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998, an alien who is eligible for adjustment of status under such Act, as amended by section 804 of this Act, may submit an application for adjustment of status under such Act not later than the later of—</text>
<paragraph id="H74AB63F44C6746917B987686BBF7FDC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CF3A6074DFFE14F5375DCB3B350DCD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>1 year after the date on which final regulations implementing section 804 are promulgated.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCFE3340C4DB8614EBCDA26A200AB29C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Motions to reopen</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish procedures for the reopening and reconsideration of applications for adjustment of status under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 that are affected by the amendments under section 804 of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H400432E4496EF32946A04686A8615DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relationship of application to certain orders</header><text>Section 902(a)(3) of the Haitian and Immigrant Fairness Act of 1998 shall apply to an alien present in the United States who has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily, and who files an application under subsection (a), or a motion under subsection (b), in the same manner as such section 902(a)(3) applied to aliens filing applications for adjustment of status under such Act before April 1, 2000.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H505EE12E41531CFF25B1BF80806BBF3"><enum>806.</enum><header>Temporary protected status for Haitians</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security should be more liberal with respect to Haiti in deciding whether to designate that country for temporary protected status under section 244(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1254">8 U.S.C. 1254(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>). It is the sense of the Congress that this decision has sometimes been made without due regard to the serious threat to personal safety that results from sending Haitians back to Haiti during a period of ongoing armed conflict in that country.</text></section>
<enum>IX</enum><header>Liberian refugee relief</header>
<section id="H96D63CA2448F9ADC68C8D39BA8A907B"><enum>901.</enum><header>Adjustment of status of certain liberian nationals</header>
<subsection id="H3C69A1634225EB74DD7D1784BC74818"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustment of status</header>
<paragraph id="HD6C1609B4EA88C40C8B951AEDAEDDD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>, the status of any alien described in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if the alien—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8DC30F1D46B95E69BBC98E81F23E359"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applies for such adjustment before April 1, 2005; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD371620E4666FF069FEBC29FBB9978E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence, except in determining such admissibility the grounds for inadmissibility specified in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), and (7)(A) of section 212(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> shall not apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E4E68244AE28F738CD773AD81C7E15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relationship of application to certain orders</header><text>An alien present in the United States who has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily from the United States under any provision of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> may, notwithstanding such order, apply for adjustment of status under paragraph (1). Such an alien may not be required, as a condition on submitting or granting such application, to file a motion to reopen, reconsider, or vacate such order. If the Secretary of Homeland Security grants the application, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall cancel the order. If the Secretary of Homeland Security renders a final administrative decision to deny the application, the order shall be effective and enforceable to the same extent as if the application had not been made.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0E14A1B641793C54FD7BBE9EEA57BBC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Aliens eligible for adjustment of status</header><text>The benefits provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who—</text>
<paragraph id="H87670DAF4E8186ABE2966B8D1765FCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a national of Liberia; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9497008649098016C8BB7DB6E598EAE"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph id="H859CE67DB0F44DB7975BA8E3B5143E1" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who was granted temporary protected status on or after March 27, 1991; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H46F11D4746FCAA78BE60A4BBA869D04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>was eligible to apply for temporary protected status on or after March 27, 1991.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H63DD96D9416C867E5FB360ABAAEC300"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Stay of removal</header>
<paragraph id="H6CADA6614E18F8BEA95377BDD489F4E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide by regulation for an alien subject to a final order of deportation or removal or exclusion to seek a stay of such order based on the filing of an application under subsection (a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F1DF7974DCC87EF862ABABC8D38F5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>During certain proceedings</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not order any alien to be removed from the United States, if the alien is in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings under any provision of such Act and raises as a defense to such an order the eligibility of the alien to apply for adjustment of status under subsection (a), except where the Secretary of Homeland Security has rendered a final administrative determination to deny the application.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H479635004B10409EDA4ED599D097E7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Work authorization</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may authorize an alien who has applied for adjustment of status under subsection (a) to engage in employment in the United States during the pendency of such application and may provide the alien with an <quote>employment authorized</quote> endorsement or other appropriate document signifying authorization of employment, except that if such application is pending for a period exceeding 180 days, and has not been denied, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize such employment.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H37140E114E6D1FC22B6CAF845093C96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment of status for spouses and children</header>
<paragraph id="H936A781D415605A5E79FA883EDC1952"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>, the status of an alien shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5EC99D8543851B3CB6F3F086A8BFD4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alien is a national of Liberia;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC96B5162424E5FAC4966CCA96BBE9A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alien is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter, of an alien whose status is adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under subsection (a), except that in the case of such an unmarried son or daughter, the son or daughter shall be required to establish that they have been physically present in the United States for at least 1 year and is physically present in the United States on the date the application for such adjustment is filed;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0856627343A3408B02A562A77F8516C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien applies for such adjustment and is physically present in the United States on the date the application is filed; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H326B482C42297D7DCC40E2806F2CD1D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the alien is otherwise eligible to receive an immigration visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence, except in determining such admissibility the grounds for exclusion specified in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), and (7)(A) of section 212(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> shall not apply.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H271F7100462FA02342C3FDB8CA96631"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proof of continuous presence</header><text>For purposes of establishing the period of continuous physical presence referred to in paragraph (1)(B), an alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical presence by reason of an absence, or absences, from the United States for any periods in aggregate not exceeding 180 days.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA74091684B5C5AEB85ABF18A59ED8AE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Availability of administrative review</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to applicants for adjustment of status under subsection (a) the same right to, and procedures for, administrative review as are provided to—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDAF0BB846F2E78F3737899CA68BB8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applicants for adjustment of status under section 245 of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09BA3C6E4B5C642E860EA3AEA00F05F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>aliens subject to removal proceedings under section 240 of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA5A1CEC04A435419E0A8699AF18EF53"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on judicial review</header><text>A determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security as to whether the status of any alien should be adjusted under this section is final and shall not be subject to review by any court.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE938D4B94D22B8CC2A44F4BD79D406E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No offset in number of visas available</header><text>When an alien is granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall not be required to reduce the number of immigrant visas authorized to be issued under any provision of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAD6B138B422FAC285C3090B9E7DC4E7"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Application of <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> provisions</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the definitions contained in the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> shall apply in the administration of this section. Nothing contained in this section shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security in the administration and enforcement of such Act or any other law relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization. The fact that an alien may be eligible to be granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section shall not preclude the alien from seeking such status under any other provision of law for which the alien may be eligible.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>X</enum><header>Fairness in asylum and refugee proceedings</header>
<section id="HE2DBCE7B4DD9548B826C668AD2E7135"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Refugee status for unmarried sons and daughters of refugees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(c)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1157">8 U.S.C. 1157(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H029791E64EC6B0B7CC7FA0B6E837C19">
<subparagraph id="HA9DCF7AB43CE64820984619769DC66C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>When warranted by unusual circumstances or to preserve family unity, the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General’s discretion, consider an unmarried son or daughter of a refugee to be a child of the refugee for purposes of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H71B8128F4251B7ECC70D049B678900E"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Asylee status for unmarried sons and daughters of asylees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(b)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1158">8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H14F6C17147BF96FC65F2E69A4DDFA51">
<subparagraph id="H7022412B461113FDD6542FA08E58B23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>When warranted by unusual circumstances or to preserve family unity, the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General’s discretion, consider an unmarried son or daughter of an alien who is granted asylum under this subsection to be a child of the alien for purposes of this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H7B4821A84240B81A053B0F86FA0C109"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Elimination of arbitrary time limits on asylum applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1158">8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF20EB1B64D7DFDE532957F88B7019B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70CDF8FD4D348FB34C99C6969658B8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(D),</quote> and inserting <quote>(C),</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H594B75764B47ED1B6A74499EB7B7BFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD94BBE67493198163B40A48ECFEE15F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraphs (B) and (C),</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (B),</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3C58A8A41BE69B04123E6B2A4E101E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>either</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF10BE154CBE8F2B1FE5D3AEF674C77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>asylum or extraordinary</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>asylum.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B2A7A1E420F6E35C6301A8BA7DFF5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H45DE4162434D11D83AF8D6A63BEA58C"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Gender-based persecution</header>
<subsection id="HDE50720A41B9A51A79ECEF8AD27E48C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment as refugee</header><text>Section 101(a)(42) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H3294ECBE4462B626C38AFF88F4731BB">
<subparagraph id="H082EFB6945202419ED456199D2E3FD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of determinations under this Act, a person who establishes that he or she suffered persecution in the past, or has a well-founded fear of persecution, on account of gender shall be considered to have suffered persecution, or to have a well-founded fear of persecution, on account of membership in a particular social group.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC542E47744D83906B7120686B1E98EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction on removal to country where alien would be threatened</header><text>Section 241(b)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1231">8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H251FA23E4C8C55F362B31B925DB64EC">
<subparagraph id="H7355C8244F8DA51A3454CD8DC3BCFAA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Gender-based persecution</header><text>For purposes of determinations under this paragraph, an alien who establishes that the alien’s life or freedom would be threatened in a country on account of gender shall be considered to have established that the alien’s life or freedom would be threatened in that country on account of membership in a particular social group.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H5FCE5E2340A41874CF5CDA9DEFB5BF0"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Elimination of arbitrary cap on persons eligible to adjust status from asylees to legal permanent residents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1159">8 U.S.C. 1159(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Not more than 10,000 of the</quote> and all that follows through <quote>to adjust</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to a numerical limitation determined by the President before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Attorney General may adjust, in the Attorney General’s discretion and under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe,</quote>.</text></section>
<enum>XI</enum><header>Temporary protected status</header>
<section id="HD2424FDC4F3E53562EF1C9961EE0E9C"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Adjustment of status for certain recipients of temporary protected status</header>
<subsection id="H733B3A464BE4ACC652E1FBBDC41DA5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 245 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H8EA9511C4F3FF359C064E29B6DA4D18">
<subsection id="HE555AE4B4849DB5B01119DAF110048C"><enum>(n)</enum>
<paragraph id="H21DB3A9F00894D4BB23B2FF363D5F949" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Homeland Security Department, a person granted temporary protected status under section 244—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62255F864ADE6CAC915FCB9C8EEDC2F" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been physically present in the United States in that status for a continuous period of at least 5 years;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6765FBE4E6AD0ADEBD9B6A500DF09D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has at all times been a person of good moral character;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A72413A42AB734D594899BE32CFF3D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has never been convicted of a criminal offense in the United States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B543D174F2A9BF4195338A7C3C2399" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of an alien who is 18 years of age or older, but who is not over the age of 65, has successfully completed a course on reading, writing, and speaking words in ordinary usage in the English language, unless unable to do so on account of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD70E307E4FCDE53F3C0A6D9EC58C957" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in the case of an alien 18 years of age or older, has accepted the values and cultural life of the United States; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H805941CF4E522C88F09848B2006002C" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the case of an alien 18 years of age or older, has performed at least 40 hours of community service;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">the Secretary may adjust the status of the alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.</continuation-text>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="H5653FC6B4AF605E045D2079F6BAEA6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain a continuous presence in the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(1) by virtue of brief, casual, and innocent absences from the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HCB6D9E5C425B311CF3ACE3980015D23"><enum>(3)</enum>
<subparagraph id="H577FE18A516B48118ED89E04F5BF5E9D" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The alien shall establish that the alien is admissible to the United States as immigrant, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H8FDD3A6E4903919D7A8109A8CF96D58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The provisions of paragraphs (5), (6)(A), (6)(B), (6)(C), (6)(F), (6)(G), (7)(A), (9)(B), and (9)(C)(i)(I) of section 212(a) shall not apply in the determination of an alien’s admissibility under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HBE193DAC40D751E48B0F608744C2C27"><enum>(4)</enum><text>When an alien is granted lawful permanent resident status under this subsection, the number of immigrant visas authorized to be issued under any provision of this Act shall not be reduced. The numerical limitations of sections 201 and 202 shall not apply to adjustment of status under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HDF4FF5E14EF20D15E88355B2DE8F558"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may terminate removal proceedings without prejudice pending the outcome of an alien’s application for adjustment of status under this section on the basis of a prima facie showing of eligibility for relief under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB1902BB42B0AC39797C92886B08D8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on consideration in the Senate of legislation adjusting status</header><text>Section 244 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1254a">8 U.S.C. 1254a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (h) and redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H7D0A6980409024FAF5A657880099DC4"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Foreign State designations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 244(b)(1)(C) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1254a">8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended to change the following phrase <quote>the Attorney General finds that there exist extraordinary and temporary conditions in the foreign state that prevent aliens who are nationals of the state from returning to the state in safety,</quote> so that it reads as follows: <quote>the Secretary of Homeland Security finds that extraordinary and temporary conditions in the foreign state make returning aliens to the state undesirable for humanitarian reasons,</quote>.</text></section>
<enum>XII</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<section id="HDE67489CF27F422993B803D3CEA94F15"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Naturalization provisions</header>
<subsection id="H5865B1E24590CE3037AF0192FE42ED3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Physical presence requirement</header><text>Section 316(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1427">8 U.S.C. 1427</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration and Nationality Act" id="H094DF88A40A8661F81B3DFBA2CE00A8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4C3D2705428DDC9AD04DCC8F1FC08B0" indent="subsection"><enum>(g)</enum><text>When warranted by extraordinary circumstances, the Secretary of Homeland Security may reduce, by not more than 90 days, the physical presence requirement described in the preceding sentence.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H260CCFD34748A3E775E285A8A355090"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Absences from the United States</header><text>Section 316(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1427">8 U.S.C. 1427(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H26FB62AB4F863A3BC6C246B416D5BFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>18 months</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BAFEAD94BF6CE35D4BCCEB200DA386"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>continuous period of one year</quote> and inserting <quote>continuous period of 18 months</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H1D92D0E241DA4509A25DF425ADE1A37B"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Preventing inappropriate State and local government involvement in the enforcement of civil immigration provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act</header>
<subsection id="HEB275CE4411E13C397BE01B0B46E925"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of ban on State and local governments from preventing communications with the Department of Homeland Security</header>
<paragraph id="H0EAAF9054035612A7C7F469E1616A5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1373">8 U.S.C. 1373</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9492137C4E854C262BF5F9AEB8BEA7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Verification of eligibility for Federal public benefits</header><text>Section 432 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1642">8 U.S.C. 1642</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H73EAE8F14CAFC20D8EF822AEFADFE20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elimination of authority to permit State personnel to carry out immigration officer functions</header><text>Section 287(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1357">8 U.S.C. 1357(g)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>XIII</enum><header>Protection for Immigrant Victims of Violence</header>
<section id="H72E917CA0F674C69A5F12B4D9FD6E40" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1300.</enum><header>Short title of title; table of contents of title; references to VAWA–2000; regulations</header>
<subsection id="HA91CC6CF1D5B4AE98876C10B96BAA53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This title may be cited as <quote><short-title>Immigrant Victims of Violence Protection Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F197E95CEC44BA695BAEDA4A99786C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References to VAWA–2000</header><text>In this title, the term <term>VAWA–2000</term> means the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6B0C4501208B4E25A9E4AE4DD1392FE0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text> Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions contained in the Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act of 2000 (title V of VAWA–2000) and the amendments made by (and the provisions of) this title.</text></subsection></section>
<subtitle id="HF4A8E1EBCCF04A3F8E212043B2DEA7"><enum>A</enum><header>Victims of Crime</header>
<section id="H30D03E8638E945D8941F01F75EF7BC88" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Conditions applicable to U and T visas</header>
<subsection id="HD08D74DE253B4CB3BA0006335D2291DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment of U derivatives</header><text>Clause (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(U)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)(ii)</external-xref>), as added by section 1513(b) of VAWA–2000, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9953836B036C4F749D258F467F509600" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="H9843CF44A1354BFBB1A065FB337C0000" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the spouse or child of an alien described in clause (i), or the parent of such an alien if the alien is a child, or the unmarried sibling of such a child if such sibling is under 18 years of age on the date on which such alien applied for status under such clause, if—</text>
<subclause id="H5E705932FF2D411EBAF2DF1D14D34267"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary of Homeland Security considers it necessary to avoid extreme hardship to such alien or such spouse, child, parent, or sibling; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA2279B71505F4FEAAB6B5DDE08376C4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a government official described in clause (i)(III) certifies that an investigation or prosecution described in such clause would be harmed without the assistance of such spouse, child, parent, or sibling; and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H10F1BC5308DF447D8020883CC7E02346" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of spouse and children of victims of trafficking</header><text>Clause (ii) of section 101(a)(15)(T) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD792749046CD4F2293A98D4816662B12" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="HDE391D193BB24CA788D53F2D8E9463C9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if accompanying, or following to join, the alien described in clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H07E4A161175946CB8C771C17F5390009"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of an alien so described who is under 21 years of age, the spouse, children, unmarried siblings under 18 years of age on the date on which such alien applied for status under such clause, and parents of such alien; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCD49995CAD564E9D8C8E6176FDBFB080"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of an alien described in clause (i) who is 21 years of age or older, the spouse and children of such alien;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC8B986EEFE0414BB9004759A4ED8956"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of U and T visas</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H982AA285DF3C4C2BBC037855E9EE2F85"><enum>(1)</enum><header>U visas</header><text>Section 214(p) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(p)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H77B4F48B36D14264B9F8F376E3A4F300" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF22247DB6407492BAF045EEF5220F6E7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Duration of status</header><text>The authorized period of status of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(U) shall be 4 years, but shall be extended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A221BB2764449E8BBBD2695476669C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on a year-by-year basis upon certification from a Federal, State or local law enforcement official, prosecutor, judge, or other Federal, State or local authority investigating or prosecuting criminal activity described in section 101(a)(15)(U)(iii) that the alien’s continued presence in the United States is required to assist in the investigation or prosecution of such criminal activity; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E8BDAE7D88D4C52AA01259CABA96F71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the alien files an application for adjustment of status under section 245(m), until final adjudication of such application.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7DA4E8C42394D308BF2C4EF66EFA49" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>T visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(o) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(o)</external-xref>), as redesignated by section 8(a)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/193">Public Law 108–193</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration" id="HB964D735F4AD423C00AB89D304CA6B40">
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HADD0DBE765134FBBAED88FAC285C5C8C"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authorized period of status of an alien as a nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(T) shall be 4 years, but shall be extended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E1185B440B14FAF8E90DD67C08B9203"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on a year-by-year basis upon certification from a Federal, State or local law enforcement official, prosecutor, judge, or other Federal, State or local authority investigating or prosecuting criminal activity relating to human trafficking that the alien’s continued presence in the United States is required to assist in the investigation or prosecution of such criminal activity; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H77169516DC514A2B9DFCCF32007DF707"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the alien files an application for adjustment of status under section 245(l), until final adjudication of such application.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFFD3C75A267C4B198DBB12D500A5CD75"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permitting change of nonimmigrant status to U and T nonimmigrant status</header>
<paragraph id="HFA772F0B342A4F88AFDB00712DAAA72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 248 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1258">8 U.S.C. 1258</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A2947A201294D7A858E65BE546F974B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27E50D52FBBA4257BF130046A67DB448"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(subject to subsection (b))</quote> after <quote>except</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BB3AB1A44134F7A8088123069EF53A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCFDC82736DCA4443A9564B2C6E2872A9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H81022A67451E4CABADAB82C43FB5DDB7"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The limitation based on inadmissibility under section 212(a)(9)(B) and the exceptions specified in numbered paragraphs of subsection (a) shall not apply to a change of nonimmigrant classification to that of a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15), other than from such classification under subparagraph (C) or (D) of such section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85F02069BFD64092A397F9F69268DA31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 214(l)(2)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>248(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>248(a)(2)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H02E57E646D6640DB97E27E3D65EC9EBD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>U visa crimes</header>
<paragraph id="HEE4A737925C74403B18400C5F2B6F73F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(U) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCE229A52A714C4489A45DA67338567C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I)—</text>
<clause id="H53125BC576264233980028063F604BAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or injury</quote> after <quote>physical or mental abuse</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5D08678099BF4B0A8049EFF83F654D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or witness</quote> after <quote>victim</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDAAC9855C7A742508EF87BE923D39D34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by inserting <quote>child abuse; stalking (including physical or electronic stalking);</quote> after <quote>unlawful criminal restraint; false imprisonment;</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H249ACAF65E5444659783EB152D48B535"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>It is the intent of Congress that certifications should be made under clause (i)(III) of section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)</external-xref>) where an alien provides information to a law enforcement official on criminal activity described in clause (iii) of such section and is willing to help in the investigation of such activity, regardless of whether a prosecution is made in such case or if prosecution is made for criminal activity not described in such clause.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC259A60D11CF464E9C8BCF7E46A9BEC7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Certification process for victims of trafficking</header>
<paragraph id="H8CA3031C1950473A86567859695FD07E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Victim assistance in investigation or prosecution</header><text>Section 107(b)(1)(E) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7105">22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(E)</external-xref>) is amended——</text>
<subparagraph id="HB852A71E3A8D48A9BCB5438D9B9BF8FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I), by striking <quote>investigation and prosecution</quote> and inserting <quote>investigation or prosecution, by the United States or a State or local government</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90D757FD55BB48AF8904A9AB067ECA00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text>
<clause id="H73C616E52BBE48B2A7FA30FE395E94F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Investigation and prosecution</header-in-text></quote> and <quote>investigation and prosecution</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Investigation or prosecution</header-in-text></quote> and <quote>investigation or prosecution</quote>, respectively;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7AA7A1E62C78481AB7731F68A38EFD64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC0580C9CBDFA4A7CB0EC4F189B1D3BB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB385D88DDBE14EB2B1EB9F3F916456DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEAAB05F1D6064AD59E3C13441E189791" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subclause id="HABBDA617A1684E2C89D8D3E4B9B24D9E"><enum>(IV) </enum><text>responding to and cooperating with requests for evidence and information.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB30450D7B3344BB92B65A483834363"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarifying roles of Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security</header>
<subparagraph id="H3CA68E0BA80A4343B776CC259BAA9EE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7105">22 U.S.C. 7105</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H788198646D4A4807A6C951C05FD127EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsections (b)(1)(E)(i)(II)(bb), (b)(1)(E)(ii), (e)(5), and (g), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HDC229306CEB146CCAD8CCAC2C3E000AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security,</quote> after <quote>Attorney General</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F148586CF7947CB9348636D7C5FD120"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote> each place it appears.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8319963838A64D6CB1FD17676DE4121"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 212(d)(13) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(13)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HDCD761E3E257417FB9B85532E9530069"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF4F35EF3171B4865004D27525EA45D94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H64762B27B11B4C96BF588D245F14178F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Attorney General, in the Attorney General’s discretion</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9C0FAF977074B6B97099F00A8CF8DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 101(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H1B5DE97FCA014598B19BD14BDFDB8753"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5B13C3D7B48F49BB9FACABADE44200A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50C12F11E1B4469B87EACEAE3FCDBB9E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 245(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(l)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H535CCA039D8946FFA2B7628D44393021"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote> the first place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) and in paragraph (4);</text></clause>
<clause id="HB2C044D388294B4D802222F0FE24A646"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary </quote> the second place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF01A57D0BD5E4F098FDC5F78F1244502"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Attorney General’s</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary’s</quote>.</text></clause> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H767C39DE7FB14B6F86A9C7B3D9659885"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Petitioning by State and local law enforcement officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 107(c)(3) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Division A of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/386">Public Law 106–386</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7105">22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>State or local law enforcement officials may petition Federal law enforcement officials for the continued presence for trafficking victims. If such a petition contains a certification that a trafficking victim is a victim of a severe form of trafficking, the presence of the trafficking victim shall be permitted in accordance with this paragraph.</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H51582A53D532496F8E22ABC7EEE92880"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph id="HD0958C53A0A24B46911B62A0B7131BCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), (d), and (e) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7441B86032614A929C571B6141953006"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition for duration of T visas</header><text>In the case of an alien who is classified as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)</external-xref>) before the the date of implementation of the amendment made by subsection (c)(2) and whose period of authorized stay was less than 4 years, the authorized period of status of the alien as such a nonimmigrant shall be extended to be 4 years and shall be further extended on a year-by-year basis as provided in section 214(o)(7) of such Act, as added by such amendment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F3B214838424DDDA434F6AF8F008304"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification process</header>
<subparagraph id="HB7457AB3165C41B494007DE3D563CDA6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The amendments made by subsection (f)(1) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCE6D36EE3AD4D348711C7E368E5C8AD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amendments made by subsection (f)(2) shall be effective as of the applicable date of transfer of authority from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0CD4C4DFABC0408EA6EDB85B72B25624" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The amendment made by subsection (f)(3) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/193">Public Law 108–193</external-xref>). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> </section>
<section id="H591249A8CAB346FB9DDCD1E62550A23E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Clarification of basis for relief under hardship waivers for conditional permanent residence</header>
<subsection id="HB63AD8690DB44F15A44351EE17003EA6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1186a">8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>An application for relief under this paragraph may be based on one or more grounds specified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) and may be amended at any time to change the ground or grounds for such relief without the application being resubmitted.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H60ED05814FD746FDAA96EE42CAEE0018"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or qualifies for a waiver under section 216(c)(4)</quote>. </text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H4EBCC77B9CAC477282E3292FB1479596"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to applications for relief pending or filed on or after April 10, 2003.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H7F3700252B9C46FEBDFFF4961C631E00" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Adjustment of status for victims of trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 245(l)(1)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(l)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for a continuous period of at least 3 years</quote>. </text></section> </subtitle>
<subtitle id="HC9A3657ADE1F4A4EA93359F459BD8F99"><enum>B</enum><header>VAWA Petitioners</header>
<section id="HB62436FE428B49B8A3B9F4F220E67710" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Definition of VAWA petitioner</header>
<subsection id="HA3D36FB32C274753B7EFA25C5D61DB56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Immigration" id="HBD8DB085AB844D80B6906D8E681CDA8">
<paragraph id="H9245032F64BC43158890078EFB19FC1E" indent="up1"><enum>(51)</enum><text>The term <term>VAWA petitioner</term> means an alien whose application or petition for classification or relief under any of the following provisions (whether as a principal or as a derivative) has been filed and has not been denied after exhaustion of administrative appeals:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDDCE7BF90BC41E285D2656D70C4297B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Clause (iii), (iv), or (vii) of section 204(a)(1)(A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69C416329BE74CE397927EE77363D748"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H174D30EFD5B94F499713A913B41F0665"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/732">Public Law 89–732</external-xref> (commonly known as the Cuban Adjustment Act) as a child or spouse who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA68941B96DF44E2CB8E6448643235C67"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 902(d)(1)(B) of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (division A of section 101(h) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF77FC285A47408BB886DE83516654CD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/100">Public Law 105–100</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E9B83F6D99B449BACB92EF1001332ED"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 309(c)(5) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H9A52DC0A14274F4D83A774189793E000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H3BDF0EACB95A4E9686A846CB6594F344"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 212(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>qualifies for immigrant status under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 204(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85385C65507C46BE9F0059F7E55C4817"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 212(a)(9)(C)(ii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>to whom the Attorney General has granted classification under clause (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 204(a)(1)(A), or classification under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20D6C962B94A4D20AB5940AA8E40989F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsections (h)(1)(C) and (g)(1)(C) of section 212 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or classification under clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A91A799B0E749A592FCA64A20284E6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 212(i)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>an alien granted classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 201(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>a VAWA petitioner</quote>. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H445A3D9610EA4E728148D4C7D040CB16"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>is an alien who qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>is a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB2B4B09D0654669A0641BA98800C220"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 240A(b)(4)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>they were applications filed under section 204(a)(1) (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of such Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the applicants were VAWA petitioners</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F991CBA11A94CCA986D631FFDC9EE1E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 245(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 204(a)(1) or</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H360BBF46D66A4DF7A08CE5319D6794C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 245(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), (B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of section 204(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D89ECB2BECE4DEEAE139B70E9940714"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional conforming amendments to sections 212(a)(4)(C)(i) and 240(c)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, see sections 832(c) and 817(a) of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H63C5FE1B5A9443409100CC853CAFD655" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1312.</enum><header>Self-petitioning for children</header>
<subsection id="H4BD8ACBFE5E5403283988CDF9CA4ED00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Self-petitioning by children of parent-abusers upon death or other termination of parent-child relationship</header>
<paragraph id="H1383679ED09D41FDBEF306E0632932E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Citizen parents</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8D9AD449A0941FF87C794FEDBD7F904"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or who</quote> and inserting <quote>who</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D9B08704C90432F816BBFCF90B0BF49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>domestic violence,</quote> the following: <quote>or who was a child of a United States citizen parent who within the past 2 years (or, if later, two years after the date the child attains 18 years of age) died or otherwise terminated the parent-child relationship,</quote>.</text></subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BD2F6ED83984A4300D2E2D12ECA874B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lawful permanent resident parents</header>
<subparagraph id="H2F3D42607E3B4DD8AC46B9A99E391D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(B)(iii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HDFD5A781C0E8430CA974D3701D16FB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or who</quote> and inserting <quote>who</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF56326794B2E4234B25BC8377EC9F745"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>domestic violence,</quote> the following: <quote>or who was a child of a lawful permanent resident resident who within the past 2 years (or, if later, two years after the date the child attains 18 years of age) died or otherwise terminated the parent-child relationship,</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H328DD49AF2004E79BDD17EABACA079BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming treatment of deceased spouses</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H673926B8A5E74C64B7D905FFDB2537F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subitems (aaa) and (bbb) as subitems (bbb) and (ccc), respectively; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC6CEA8078E0644FE97DF9770E0A7DFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before subitem (bbb), as so redesignated, the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9F2B2F6CF38A4D339FC41C1ED10695E5" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subitem id="H1E454CC6CE1D425BB22E2F8C8FA8F931" indent="up4"><enum>(aaa)</enum><text>whose spouse died within the past 2 years;</text></subitem><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60E7628B9CDE4AA1B22CBA4830B66CA8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<subparagraph id="HB0B5FE41FFA2493096D56F5403C2C27C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the amendment made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5F0809CC3394A64930000411ECC9359" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transition in case of citizen parents who died before enactment</header><text>In applying the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) in the case of an alien whose citizen parent or lawful permanent resident parent died or whose parent-child relationship with such parent terminated during the period beginning on October 28, 1998, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the following rules apply:</text>
<clause id="HC2786E7F5E034E5287A0478069FB00AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The reference to <quote>within the past 2 years</quote> in section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) or 204(a)(1)(B)(iii), respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act in the matter inserted by such paragraph is deemed to be a reference to such period.</text></clause>
<clause id="H47B4A8F3EF324B23B4979CF8F4EA7DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The petition must be filed under such section within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act (or, if later, 2 years after the alien’s 18th birthday).</text></clause>
<clause id="H397DCC80E2B44DFDA6EFA3B8D4EE2077"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The determination of eligibility for benefits as a child under such section (including under section 204(a)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by reason of a petition authorized under such section) shall be determined as of the date of the death of the citizen parent or lawful permanent resident parent or the termination of the parent-child relationship.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF204D5EBE0FD4089A9B3C1265E04052F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Protecting victims of child abuse from aging out</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="HFD4CED78D91349268502871EE256D46F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clarification regarding continuation of immediate relative status for children of citizens</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)(i)(I)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17B8A9E1DDFC47888C3268CD7CBCD906"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>clause (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A)(iv)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D927518D6ED4BCF00FF43B2AD16EC35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a petitioner for preference status under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(a), whichever paragraph is applicable</quote> and inserting <quote>to continue to be treated as an immediate relative under section 101(b)(2)(A)(i), or a petitioner for preference status under section 203(a)(3) if subsequently married,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3856B688D37249BCBBD2E8022F5B51F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarification regarding application to children of lawful permanent residents</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)</external-xref>) is amended——</text>
<subparagraph id="H374C7041DE5548248402A041A50085A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I)—</text>
<clause id="H612CD54A27234D2A8C6E00ABEA2D1D80"><enum>(i)</enum><text> by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>Any child who attains 21 years of age who has filed a petition under subparagraph (B)(iii) that was filed or approved before the date on which the child attained 21 year of age shall be considered (if the child has not been admitted or approved for lawful permanent residence by the date the child attained 21 years of age) a petitioner for preference status under section 203(a)(2), with the same priority date assigned to the self-petition filed under such subparagraph.</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H04BC4DBBFD75418700D4649656F5A099"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the last sentence, by inserting <quote>in either such case</quote> after <quote>shall be required to be filed</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC93F24E47E964B1CADD7723008425CAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i)(III), by striking <quote>paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 203(a)(2)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H506E5BF4CAF44AA791D752FE29BDB91C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>(A)(iii), (A)(iv),</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H555069781806423BB802E7081D189B53"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clarification of treatment of derivative children</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D) of such Act is further amended by striking subclauses (III) and (IV) of clause (i) and by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="H0C0FDC38B6AA40670001D0086103C19" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) also shall apply to a derivative child under subparagraph (A)(ii) or (A)(iii), or under subparagraph (B)(ii) or (B)(iii), who attains 21 years of age in the same manner as such subclauses apply to a principal petitioner under subparagraph (A)(iv), or subparagraph (B)(iii), respectively.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52A58F2200064BE998FCC4044F747BEB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clarification regarding application of CSPA protections to children of citizens</header><text>Section 201(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(f)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HAA3889B499F045859BE33EDA7E95B8E0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application to certain VAWA petitioners</header><text>Paragraphs (1) through (3) apply to a petitioner described in clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EEF997A78E54415BFBE2F425BBE7901"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to applications filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of VAWA–2000, except that the amendment made by paragraph (4) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Child Status Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/208">Public Law 107–208</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC97AD5CF581242E08465452B2100C0CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of no separate adjustment application for derivative children</header>
<paragraph id="H32E7A8AD80B745778217C87EB68660AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="HA68D93EC606F49FBBE9976533F60EF12" indent="up3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>In the case of a petition under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) that includes an individual as a derivative child of a principal alien, no adjustment application other than the adjustment application of the principal alien shall be required for adjustment of status of the individual under subsection (a) or (c) of section 245.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC10BA58B2DCF46FB9500014704D6A400"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications filed before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4DFA350C92084BEC8F9E657504D73E33"><enum>(d)</enum><header> Late petition permitted for adults abused as children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<paragraph id="HE6226014E39C4EFBB74CC67FF35FE15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (b)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: </text>
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<clause id="H0787A0702C124304989E6EA954A574A5" indent="up3"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an alien who qualified to petition under subparagraph (A)(iv) or (B)(iii) as of the date the individual attained 21 years of age, the alien may file a petition under such respective subparagraph notwithstanding that the alien has attained such age or been married so long as the petition is filed before the date the individual attains 30 years of age. In the case of such a petition, the alien shall remain eligible for adjustment of status as a child notwithstanding that the alien has attained 21 years of age or has married, or both.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2401574694AF41F0836248005C315398" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to individuals who attain 21 years of age on or after the date of the enactment of VAWA–2000. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HE64F64CF8FC04757B17D002802C36480" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1313.</enum><header>Self-petitioning parents</header>
<subsection id="H34354B953B464824A5EBB48959937BA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: </text>
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<clause id="H427A98B627D44127ADA1232D1CFF00B8" indent="up3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who—</text>
<subclause id="H704C43CB2AB249119E89FBCDE6629041"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the parent of a citizen of the United States or was a parent of a citizen of the United States who within the past 2 years lost or renounced citizenship status related to battering or extreme cruelty by the United States citizen son or daughter or who within the past two years died ;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFA90D8CAC46A4D9FB1ECD0CBBD97B68B"><enum>(II)</enum><text> is a person of good moral character;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H655A00978EEC400CA2CD37EB47D95882"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is eligible to be classified as an immediate relative under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1C8B8BB8888A43E000A661BDFBD880C1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>resides, or has resided in the past, with the citizen daughter or son; </text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">may file a petition with the Secretary of Homeland Security under this subparagraph for classification of the alien under such section if the alien demonstrates that the alien has been battered by or has been the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien’s citizen son or daughter.</continuation-text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H092853D7E15245979467FDB9040768F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H9F6597E38F744ABF984727107B1746BA" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1314.</enum><header>Promoting consistency in VAWA adjudications</header>
<subsection id="H77085C5124604FC3888BF7FF6D24BF48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0FD2E809DFD485D8FFEFEA647FEBADD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii)(II)(aa)(CC)(bbb), by striking <quote>an incident of domestic violence</quote> and inserting <quote>battering or extreme cruelty by the United States citizen spouse</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H235FC4C93E7A41609B06E495C7CFBE1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking <quote>an incident of domestic violence</quote> and inserting <quote>battering or extreme cruelty by such parent</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EB4ECDFC3E54B3695BACACEA8A2B5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC)(aaa), by striking <quote>due to an incident of domestic violence</quote> and inserting <quote>related to battering or extreme cruelty by the lawful permanent resident spouse</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EF4D7868C8C4C1EB99400B8E335EF3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking <quote>due to an incident of domestic violence</quote> and inserting <quote>related to battering or extreme cruelty by such parent</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H17880D95A7564B4995FDD044E8CFA424"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1464AA9D7ACB42249FCDEC37F53CD698"><enum>1315.</enum><header>Relief for prima facie victims pending actions on petitions and applications for relief</header>
<subsection id="HE89A420F4B8E4180004B99F41BD34DC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>VAWA petitioners and applicants for U and T nonimmigrant classification</header>
<paragraph id="H52BD665DF38441DCA168232C0065B3A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text> Section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)</external-xref>)is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph::</text>
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<subparagraph id="H4C4EF7372BBA4018BCFBFBE0898FA355" indent="up2"><enum>(K)</enum><text>In the case of an alien in the United States for whom a petition as a VAWA petitioner has been filed or for whom an application for nonimmigrant status (whether as a principal or derivative child) under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15) has been filed—</text>
<clause id="H9609C1FC662249BCACF601A2D07083EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the petition or application is approved, the alien shall not be removed, detained, or deported;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7A7D57A95B3D4302993ED9D388631957"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the petition or application sets forth a prima facie case for approval, such a petition or application shall be processed without regard to whether a proceeding to remove or deport such alien is brought or pending; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HA15F3E2D9FDB4129A391E2BEEBF7CC2D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the petition or application is approved or sets forth a prima facie case for approval, pending approval of an application for adjustment of status, the alien is eligible for work authorization and shall be provided an <quote>employment authorized</quote> endorsement or other appropriate work permit, except that the authorized period of work shall not exceed 180 days unless such petition or application has been approved.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13201DA90C6849A8BBFCABADD5D4586"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to petitions and applications filed before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2D17500AC927488EAC14AFD3C8FCDCB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicants for cancellation of removal or suspension of deportation</header>
<paragraph id="HA008519F34F549D9BBE5B69FC18C6FE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 240A(b)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: :</text>
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<subparagraph id="HDF7A8FA967A943EB8C1F2B42CC04E5DE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Relief while application pending</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an alien who has applied for relief under this paragraph and whose application sets forth a prima facie case for such relief or who has filed an application for relief under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997) that sets forth a prima facie case for such relief—</text>
<clause id="HB7847F5E540F4592818FB94B7DEF8D72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alien shall not be removed, detained, or deported unless the application is denied and all opportunities for appeal of the denial have been exhausted; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H46A6C7C4C12A459E9B00732EC14E7E13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such an application shall be processed without regard to whether a proceeding to remove or deport such alien is brought or pending.</text></clause> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H905C210AF7C44D5381FAF11EFD1F6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications filed before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HA27F78A10A4B49D2A900B4D519F3406F"><enum>1316.</enum><header>Access to VAWA protection regardless of manner of entry</header>
<subsection id="H2BE595CB42C04107B879F12700749F9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiancees</header>
<paragraph id="H356BB5B0BA9C44829773C3B388B3F420"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 214(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(d)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, unless the alien is not eligible under section 204(c) to have a petition approved and is eligible for status as a VAWA petitioner, for status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15)(T), or for relief under section 240A(b)(2) or under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CE5AC1700F34B8495CE73C430E31093"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to aliens admitted before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5FAB9B226BE140689F9BBF16078376B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Spouses who are conditional permanent residents</header>
<paragraph id="HA937F40E15684CE9A133738BEFE270B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 245(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8196162D477498E82A9CD125C304993"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6EF6A5944BF484488F8C643E885485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text>
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<paragraph id="H3DC69F711C5C46B0A7FB5C9089358447" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien who seeks adjustment of status on the basis of an approved petition for classification as a VAWA petitioner.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H965AC06FBDD745D797D6B82DEC933C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming clarification in cancellation of removal</header><text>Section 240A(b)(2)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter before clause (i), by inserting <quote>, regardless of whether the alien has been admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis under section 216,</quote> before <quote>if the alien demonstrates</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7BEF10D329143C5BA6987F2966D63C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suspension of deportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien may qualify for relief under section 244(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as in effect on March 31, 1997), regardless of whether the alien has been admitted for permanent residence on a conditional basis under section 216 of such Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68DAF28ECEEB4835AF305B77F48F00C7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection, and the provisions of paragraph (3), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications for adjustment of status, for cancellation of removal, or for suspension of deportation filed before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD55E7C664647448DAE501B779300328D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Spouses and children of asylum applicants under adjustment provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HE318AFFDC02D4FA38D63C823EEBAD391"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 209(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1159">8 U.S.C. 1159(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2745DD1652644362B63305C28D4B0027"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(3)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22DA4C9991FE4FDD9DEA57FD1D0342C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA680E115F6464057B269E34B25EA005F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H5BC9983F681D4F47B509B0ECCE5D7355" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was the spouse of a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) at the time the asylum application was granted and who was battered or was the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by such refugee or whose child was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by such refugee (without the active participation of such spouse in the battery or cruelty), or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE300BD6549BA4F869D551C18A271A2CC" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was the child of a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) at the time of the filing of the asylum application and who was battered or was the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by such refugee,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6D4F0E2EE9A4F2CA130A136472DA3C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA373FA0B18FF49E19B7587B9E1C62400"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 209(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by paragraph (1)(B), shall apply to asylum applications granted before, on, or after such date; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEADB8E380D924EEFA2C6CEAD541D84C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 209(b)(3)(C) of such Act, as so added, shall apply with respect to asylum applications filed before, on, or after such date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H495F8D3967844F8EA629F25E246134A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Visa waiver entrants</header>
<paragraph id="HA5487C77DF2142DABB72CAA9A0A30038"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 217(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1187">8 U.S.C. 1187(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>asylum,</quote> the following: <quote>as a VAWA petitioner, or for relief under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15), under section 240A(b)(2), or under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997),</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8868285D90F24E80B00277108D3CBC8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to waivers provided under section 217(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before, on, or after such date as if it had been included in such waivers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H988C5A51B82D4483AE3B175EE79EDF5F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exception from foreign residence requirement for educational visitors</header>
<paragraph id="HE1A9CEAE7334418285021C6400508045"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 212(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(e)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter before the first proviso, by inserting <quote>unless the alien is a VAWA petitioner or a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15)</quote> after <quote>following departure from the United States</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC07206FD01304538AC318524425155FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to .</text></paragraph></subsection> </section>
<section id="H993C5320EF2349F1B3196820F3129D4C" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1317.</enum><header>Eliminating abusers’ control over applications for adjustments of status</header>
<subsection id="HA88A7C00A2E1461E878277984EEFBD6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of motions to reopen for all VAWA petitioners</header><text>Section 240(c)(6)(C)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1230">8 U.S.C. 1230(c)(6)(C)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended —</text>
<paragraph id="H17AA7DAD3EF94376A7D6DA261436EEE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A), clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AD826F8EB544BF3B9B2E7F290447550"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>or adjustment of status</quote> after <quote>cancellation of removal</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H31198CAFF29B4ADBB8C476B193415598" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of VAWA deportation protections for transitional relief to all VAWA petitioners</header><text>Section 1506(c)(2) of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229a">8 U.S.C. 1229a</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3194314229F64AB09D26B82988187EE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2374C45B2764194B8A5BE0033F2187C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0848594F01C44331AA23BD58CA624FB">
<clause id="H177BD12B8F9A48E891D088D9ADC38F04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the basis of the motion is to apply for relief as a VAWA petitioner (as defined in section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51)</external-xref>) or under section 244(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1254">8 U.S.C. 1254(a)(3)</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9848A561A3ED4BE787EA81B2B1001FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>or adjustment of status</quote> after <quote>suspension of deportation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F4043276BB443C2BF00F91600E19E00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>for relief</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1101 note))</quote> and inserting <quote>for relief described in subparagraph (A)(i)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1A53CDC91D5146E8AF9C3D0385FF42C6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of VAWA-related relief under section 202 of NACARA</header>
<paragraph id="H4AA98F4AB2564F7D80F1AFDD2B9CA2D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/100">Public Law 105–100</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9618F26E89FC4A3BBE3EBF1C6E49BC6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting <quote>, or was eligible for adjustment,</quote> after <quote>whose status is adjusted</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H917091BBC6FA4BA4B15CDA957E873948"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by inserting after <quote>April 1, 2000</quote> the following: <quote>, or, in the case of an alien who qualifies under subparagraph (B)(ii), applies for such adjustment during the 18-month period beginning on the date of enactment of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005</quote> .</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5517D4CB6EC9478FA2AE141ED8DEF9B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Section 202(d)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/100">Public Law 105–100</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0B251BD610E43C386A21C1E084B39A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (2) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H38B8523FAB1D4B5BBAE4742D0281C6FC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Petitioning rights of certain former spouses under Cuban adjustment</header>
<paragraph id="H5C54E9E987F44865B7774F9227DA2791"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/732">Public Law 89–732</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D08FAD1FBAD43158E11EF7B64B6047C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the last sentence, by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC00470C9BDC341139046C464809C6759"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>An alien who was the spouse of any Cuban alien described in this section and has resided with such spouse shall continue to be treated as such a spouse for 2 years after the date on which the Cuban alien dies (or, if later, 2 years after the date of enactment of Violence Against Women Act of 2005), or for 2 years after the date of termination of the marriage (or, if later, 2 years after the date of enactment of Violence Against Women Act of 2005) if the alien demonstrates a connection between the termination of the marriage and the battering or extreme cruelty by the Cuban alien.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF9AE1A592D347A1B049301E0974A759"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF9F4C15CB50B43C295561CEDEE26EACC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Self-petitioning rights of HRIFA applicants</header>
<paragraph id="H8A79DA71071748A1A9F79C15F4FFDE95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 902(d)(1)(B) of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (division A of section 101(h) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2681–538; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note), as amended by section 1511(a) of VAWA–2000, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5FFF4448E3D415BBD5FB144FA87B2B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>whose status is adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence</quote> and inserting <quote>who is or was eligible for classification</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE46BAB2D89C4ACB90277753CA4C15D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>whose status is adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence</quote> and inserting <quote>who is or was eligible for classification</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H400A92D4C1734E07B1AA87062747159C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote> .</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H492171F7B0554E0BBCF78F601D6C53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1)(C) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H268CB99D41634CA0A0D0C319FD23F1CA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Self-petitioning rights under section 203 of NACARA</header><text>Section 309 of the Illegal Immigration and Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note), as amended by section 203(a) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/100">Public Law 105–100</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H19B7BCB694D14102BE25B779098B3251"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(5)(C)(i)(VII)(aa), as amended by section 1510(b) of VAWA–2000—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B656A266A74426CB4E860BEB5A02068"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subitem (BB);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB27DFF7EC95A4E2AB244D5502800F03E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subitem (CC) and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F29574EF98B41989C941438DBB927D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subitem: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2BE3B55D49904B2CA5F370D5ED73E286" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subitem id="H2E3AB2F7FA0A4C0581276468002E5686" indent="up1"><enum>(DD) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time at which the spouse or child files an application for suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal; and</text></subitem><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3512112B1B1A48C68271109C7F1E4298"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB3DB6AD5347434AB0CF5F6CE5DFF8AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>Notwithstanding</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD81912A5034A4A8CBFBB5F991CD568C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>subject to paragraph (2),</quote> after <quote>section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6271271F46D444B5AD136C068360181E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H30AD773B97BF4FB9BB2E3301FC09D61D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>There shall be no limitation on a motion to reopen removal or deportation proceedings in the case of an alien who is described in subclause (VI) or (VII) of subsection (c)(5)(C)(i). Motions to reopen removal or deportation proceedings in the case of such an alien shall be handled under the procedures that apply to aliens seeking relief under section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D8EA51145CC4231BE8165B1C9C447C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5DC06D5896F74B75ADEBD754641600BD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1318.</enum><header>Parole for family members of victims of VAWA petitioners</header>
<subsection id="HDF23B98EFC334783A74646A56012B3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 240A(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9FD7BADAA3D241C2BD2CEC738FA22F06"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Battered aliens and</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Children of battered aliens</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBC6C399E2A24D1682E9EB4C63BE4A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA3ECAB09F22458F9B8D388E510720B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H428F57585BCC4D29BD392BEB10F883AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9E2196508B74B469714772307AF78B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H76D13D4AA0574F41968DFA2306EA2CD8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a VAWA petitioner.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H290F6D016F784008A8777125FFBBAE45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5BC5A171B2A4B0792DCC0128EBCE3B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>on a year-by-year basis</quote> after <quote>shall extend</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF9A2C48E7444F6C98798800D6E3E59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>or, in the case of subparagraph (A)(iii), from the date of approval of the applicable petition</quote> after <quote>1996)</quote>.</text></subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H5BC7B4E3A2014864B051D59B9E58FE02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 212(d)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H13CDA6B5AA884CD296D6A8FD9815EA50" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For provision providing for parole for certain battered aliens, children or battered aliens, and parents of battered alien children, see section 240A(b)(4).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB1401B39F68044CA8777D343EE01792B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H28C27DEA4C6D427DA470CC8C28CB33B5" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1319.</enum><header>Exemption of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking from sanctions for failure to depart voluntarily</header>
<subsection id="H4CFD379C411A487EAEE61DEE78567657"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 240B(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229c">8 U.S.C. 1229c(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF60D8ED0D4214865B954B0AC3DF508BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD78FA9FD9D2434EA9E8FF1B3C078595"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph::</text>
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<paragraph id="HF3B0439452E9432988DD98FFF9759212" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ineligibility for relief under paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien who is a VAWA petitioner, who is seeking status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15), or who is an applicant for relief under section 240A(b)(2) or under section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H65226D6964964FEB9C76D42B77EE177B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment of the Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>) and shall apply to failures to depart voluntarily occurring before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H71313345EC7146EFA85678F14CB447E"><enum>1320.</enum><header>Clarification of access to naturalization for victims of domestic violence</header>
<subsection id="H316331C2176A4B5482414BDC9042F834"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 319(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1430">8 U.S.C. 1430(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>extreme cruelty by a United States citizen spouse or parent</quote> the following: <quote>, regardless of whether the lawful permanent resident status was obtained on the basis of such battery or cruelty</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAC45CD602B6D4BBCB700F51B05300052"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications for naturalization filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HB04DD5AC803044DF82CF519E00531EC4"><enum>1321.</enum><header>Consolidating adjudication of VAWA cases in VAWA unit</header>
<subsection id="HF7F4D16E0F00448B9D1E5C4880FCAC00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle F of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/296">Public Law 107–296</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H5398C4EDC2314F79ADEF362635CE8826"><enum>479. </enum><header>Consolidated adjudication of VAWA cases in VAWA unit</header>
<subsection id="H7F1D286CD47246ECA5E235E238E000FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sole jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall designate the VAWA unit as the administrative unit within the Department of Homeland Security with sole jurisdiction over the adjudication of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFC2424FF3D904C4789C208F3C7F95F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications and petitions of VAWA petitioners described in section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC287E05BDE4B45F8A400C584B69035A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Applications for nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H803A7761C6544DAEAFA067EAC15BA180"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Applications seeking relief under paragraph (2) or (4) of section 240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/122b">8 U.S.C. 122b(b)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB426FDAA7753473F84E04FA64334FD1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Applications for adjustment of status by VAWA petitioners who are described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 101(a)(51) of such Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B428A69DB5F43559EB6EE20C61CE2F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Applications for employment authorization under section 214(c)(11).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H08EB2E26DED54B8EA9AF4BAC00C98C39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional jurisdiction</header><text>The VAWA unit may have jurisdiction over such other matters as the Secretary may specify.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2AB41037F2A642E991F6A0B694E3621F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>VAWA unit defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>VAWA unit</term> means the administrative unit within the Department of Homeland Security that has responsibility as of May 1, 2005, for petitions under subparagraphs (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), and (B)(iii) of section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and for applications for nonimmigrant status under subparagraphs (T) and (U) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBCD42045EABA4D62A52F607200B5AFC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 478 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 479. Consolidated adjudication of VAWA cases in VAWA unit</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HFAA2C13C775B4059B104EA7DCA3CA105"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to applications and petitions filed on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and, to the extent feasible, to applications and petitions filed before such date.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HC32B86208927484883CEEA8EEC84A60" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1322.</enum><header>Prohibition of adverse determinations of admissibility or deportability based on protected information</header>
<subsection id="H3D6EC5B9BB794501BB9943E5DE9578DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application to additional departments and other battered aliens</header><text>Section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1367">8 U.S.C. 1367</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1686B682A9314DE68CEB43694859D3BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), as amended by section 1513(d) of VAWA–2000—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88A386DAC6D84188A5AAA81C00F7A660"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(including any bureau or agency of such Department)</quote> and inserting <quote>, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of Labor or any other official or employee of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Department of Labor (including any bureau or agency of any such Department)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H845A5DF7455F419487BD75F5D1FD83B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H8DE9A8C9F3A34874AF9CF22E1E40000"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>furnished solely by</quote> and inserting <quote>furnished by or derived from information provided solely by</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE37A466565154DA4A904EE63D7D0B4F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D);</text></clause>
<clause id="H31C2B2BDCB3D4C6CA16E3195788EC6A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H52D7840562C94D2E87947789FEB80036"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD7DA8399CEC44EAB8EBB617954010300"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in the case of an alien applying for continued presence as a victim of trafficking under section 107(b)(1)(E)(i)(II)(bb) of the Trafficking Protection Act of 2000 or status under section 101(a)(15)(T) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the trafficker or perpetrator,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1149E1E356ED410A9DC57B2D2C32066F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HAA83BBF0EFFC4695BAB9BEDCC5C3FC22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the Department,</quote> and inserting <quote>of any such Department,</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD62C0840337D4650B66093D415702C2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A), clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>as a VAWA petitioner (as defined in section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), or under</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8907BC6E987B47B1BA7D30BDF6001585"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or section 240A(a)(3) of such Act as an alien (or the part of a child) who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>, section 101(a)(15)(T), or section 240A(b)(2) of such Act, or section 244(a)(3) of such Act (as in effect on March 31, 1997), or for continued presence as a victim of trafficking under section 107(b)(1)(E)(i)(II)(bb) of the Trafficking Protection Act of 2000, or any derivative of the alien;</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD66405847227411DB2BF214300E5A3EC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H31AD16E7C4634ED28CC92652CFF33EC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>undertake any part of an enforcement action—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9854C16FCB49418A8F76D22CAC149B1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at a domestic violence shelter, a victims services organization or program (as described in section 2003(8) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968), a rape crisis center, a family justice center, or a supervised visitation center; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A092E6404754A96A776FA14181F0590"><enum>(B)</enum><text>against an alien at a courthouse (or in connection with the appearance of the alien at a courthouse) if the alien is appearing in connection with a protection order case, child custody case, or other civil or criminal case relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, or stalking in which the alien has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty or if the alien is described in subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16EF14199EAB455F87CA22D8F061005C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of an alien described in section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned, contact the alleged abuser (or family member of the alleged abuser) at any stage of applying for special immigrant juvenile status, including after a request for the consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security under clause (iii)(I) of such section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD73FF4CBC9F949A0BDBEE29DBEA8FA98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA98F988723044FFA9E9533FB545E802"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1), by striking <quote>may provide, in the Attorney General’s discretion</quote> and inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Secretary of Labor may provide</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF32D2C91515C45B8806C9E4F7668BD07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>may provide in the discretion of the Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor may provide</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3182DA320016414F87E47BF900FD175"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>is authorized to disclose</quote> and inserting <quote>, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Secretary of Labor, or Attorney General may disclose</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H732B906B440142B4A160EEF561FEA62E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to violations or disclosures made on or after such date.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H0B5DD770B26C4E5984DA401F53E26400"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<section id="HADAD8329518645E0968BA4B3A82E9807" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1331.</enum><header>Removing 2 year custody and residency requirement for battered adopted children</header>
<subsection id="H2641ADECF0584BD0AE12DE8F41A85EF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(b)(1)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(E)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>at least two years</quote> the following: <quote>or if the child has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the adopting parent or by a family member of the adopting parent residing in the same household</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4710FA87FEDB474891C715B44300DDFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming naturalization amendment</header><text>Section 320(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1431">8 U.S.C. 1431(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or the child is residing in the United States pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence and has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the citizen parent or by a family member of the citizen parent residing in the same household </quote> </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAEC3242F71B94B7E9C15F360B9C670D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications pending or filed on or after such date.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H2ED54960412B43ADA5D0E0862E55E4FB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1332.</enum><header>Grounds of inadmissibility; good moral character; and foreign residency requirements</header>
<subsection id="HC97D557504894A6987DD6ED56051707F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver of unlawful presence</header><text>Paragraph (9)(B)(iii)(IV) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>who would be described in paragraph (6)(A)(ii)</quote> and all that follows and by inserting <quote>who demonstrates that the alien is described in subclauses (I) and (II) of paragraph (6)(A)(ii).</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H67D24E606B004DADA1567C79BE14A04B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver of false claim of U.S. citizenship</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H8CBE717E4F6E46DFA6C96E4080AE46FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 212(i)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(i)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(and, in the case of a VAWA petitioner who demonstrates a connection between the false claim of United States citizenship and the petitioner being subjected to extreme cruelty or physical or mental abuse, clause (ii))</quote> after <quote>clause (i)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90A6065D536049C4817E10C57B7D1D92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming reference</header><text>Section 212(a)(6)(C)(iii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>clause (i)</quote>and inserting <quote>clauses (i) and (ii)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H326862DA92514CF6A788A8D1DE6EC72"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exemption from public charge ground</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="HF803B53FD32D4F13B597F8B82FDA527C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 212(a)(4) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HAC565072E8E14B418899EF3FDE61157"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Special rule for battered aliens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A) through (C) shall not apply to an alien who is a VAWA petitioner or is a qualified alien described in section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D9E8FA572B140BB8FB63CD7C4EF5E8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 212(a)(4)(C)(i) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)(C)(i)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<clause id="HDB49F920BBA04066BA1C8C99E726A500"><enum>(i) the alien is described in subparagraph (E); or</enum></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9BF6B2134BDD4001981BB76BF22EC996"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Except as provided in this section, the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply regardless of whether the conviction was entered, crime, or disqualifying event occurred before, on, or after such date.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HCAE0E341FABC4FC996488775BB3B124C"><enum>1333.</enum><header>Treatment of good moral character</header>
<subsection id="HF58C34A779244436BBF694DCA1789049"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)</external-xref>) is amended——</text>
<paragraph id="H4ECE41AC4CC64FEE99C235B1A0CC337B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (F) and (G), by striking <quote>at least one year</quote> and inserting <quote>is more than one year</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAEABC5C70F5A4EE38E574C9DB7A02D00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (J), by striking <quote>one year imprisonment or more</quote> by inserting <quote>imprisonment of more than one year</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F76D53CC9764E71AAF200C89E5E2FEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (P), by striking <quote>at least 12 months</quote> and inserting <quote>more than one year</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5154E9E679C04240A0E6CE2BA2A039A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraphs (R) and (S), by striking <quote>at least one year</quote> and inserting <quote>more than one year</quote>.</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H384785EE97E943B19F4FAEEDFD6B5DC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to all convictions entered (and criminal acts occurring) before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H9A61E300C0C64215A69B0127A4785FA0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1334.</enum><header>Employment authorization for battered spouses of H–1B visa holders</header>
<subsection id="H9EEC9D16F77E4CBA82B40872A97C0046"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text>
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<paragraph id="HA9D876C9D393428AAA2443FC009E56CE" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an alien spouse admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H) who is accompanying or following to join a principal alien admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(B), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize the alien spouse to engage in employment in the United States and provide the spouse with an <quote>employment authorized</quote> endorsement or other appropriate work permit if the alien spouse demonstrates that during the marriage the alien spouse or a child of the alien spouse has been battered or has been the subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by the spouse of the alien spouse.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H1F3F1CB607CF4E0983A0D8F6C1CB2BCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to aliens who obtained the status of an alien spouse admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before, on, or after such date.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HC39208FBE513494981030036271559A9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1335.</enum><header>Grounds for hardship waiver for conditional permanent residence for intended spouses</header>
<subsection id="HB1495539582C4EF29B54BAB147BFDE1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 216(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1186a">8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H37FE050C672844ECB565E498467FA64E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D5C338301914F908EBEBBAF20C8A626"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB6DB67891244AB283B65E96E32904FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H302EA54C79A546E399EEBEB7C8D3327"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the alien meets the requirements under section 204(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II)(aa)(BB) and following the marriage ceremony has been battered by or was subject to extreme cruelty perpetrated by his or her intended spouse and was not at fault in failing to meet the requirements of paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE967D75A66DF40809115A23772242C63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H2D6F598B655144329136B84843987779"><enum>1336.</enum><header>Cancellation of removal and suspension of deportation</header>
<subsection id="H707152C43F5D491787D2F5E4B7FE1FA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarifying application of domestic violence waiver authority in cancellation of removal</header>
<paragraph id="H659A12AAD7994891A1102830F2CA00B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE0B8D5B88F4446AAFC718294327003C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(C), by striking <quote>(except in a case described in section 237(a)(7) where the Attorney General exercises discretion to grant a waiver)</quote> and inserting <quote>, subject to paragraph (5)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64440266C33649E4005B00BFAD1C9826"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by amending clause (iv) to read as follows:</text>
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<clause id="H28417A7F1CF741BFAEE23D293E6399F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (5), the alien is not inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) or removable under section 237(a)(2) or 237(a)(3); and </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA610919E6A542BCBB0294151DFE8299"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H88DC135D95494D2580EF150003F42B36"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application of domestic violence waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(A)(iv) shall not apply with respect to an offense described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 237(a)(2)(E) in the case described in section 237(a)(7)(A).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F5C0C6F92384C358CC777AECFEE064D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply as if included in the enactment of section 1504(a) of VAWA–2000.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC31171DE476541CBA35CD654C14912A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarifying nonapplication of cancellation cap</header>
<paragraph id="HF0895C1BEA114612B13DD6001D1FD41F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 240A(e)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HE7F561E59A3847838400E67C895FE0D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Aliens with respect to their cancellation of removal under subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EE14C5A88A24410BD6C76A5B89F505"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to cancellations of removal occurring on or after October 1, 2004.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H15C69BB649AC40F2A182A41558251C7C"><enum>1337.</enum><header>Motions to reopen</header>
<subsection id="H8680AB00AEBC49A48987ED92C045F2A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="H4A2DB076C0B847759E4E23E1A2F77B96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 240(c)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1230">8 U.S.C. 1230(c)(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H30BB0C30E0DF48298697F8277576D80"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, except that this limitation shall not apply so as to prevent the filing of one motion to reopen described in clause (iv)</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFAA6CFD0AAAF4EF5AAE7D15800D349A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), in the matter before subclause (I), by striking <quote>The deadline specified in subsection (b)(5)(C) for filing a motion to reopen does not apply</quote> and inserting <quote>Any limitation under this section on the deadlines for filing such motions shall not apply</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15A08BFD50EE41008061AE6BF7CAE4D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iv), by adding after and below subclause (III) the following new sentence:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2C2BDA1B9AE46EDB8BA00BC51CA42D6"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="clause">The filing of a motion to reopen under this clause shall stay the removal of the alien pending final disposition of the motion including exhaustion of all appeals.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAD9AB0511114EECAF3DD9D006D43A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H49F6CC28F22B49D584E7613DC9FAE7B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deportation proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="H47243192AB674A3DA93F96FC5B31F31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1506(c)(2)(A) of VAWA–2000 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A11590947A148D493BD48DACD36CF6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter before clause (i), by striking <quote>Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on motions</quote> inserting <quote>Notwithstanding any limitation on the number of motions, or the deadlines for filing motions (including the deadline specified in section 242B(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before the title III–A effective date),</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D8E49A363FB42E79F78595F07524B7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter before clause (i), by striking <quote>there is no time limit on the filing of a motion</quote> and all that follows through <quote>does not apply</quote> and inserting <quote>such limitations shall not apply to the filing of a single motion under this subparagraph to reopen such proceedings</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E131E9967F74898A3623F0000F92590"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC7FC785B10FF42708510C590089CBE88" display-inline="no-display-inline"><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The filing of a motion under this subparagraph shall stay the removal of the alien pending a final disposition of the motion including the exhaustion of all appeals.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19272D8B8BB34F169F9F96BA0997AAA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act .</text></paragraph></subsection> </section>
<section id="HC59D8D5776494D02B600F4000023F72E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1338.</enum><header>Removal proceedings</header>
<subsection id="H895B35A4F36349E0A469EFD63CACDD97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception to reinstatement of removal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<paragraph id="H4E33A5D0B96F41B585002BDD2808FAF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1251">8 U.S.C. 1251(a)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to an alien who, before reinstatement of the removal order, sought relief as a VAWA petitioner, applied for status as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section 101(a)(15), or applied for relief under section 240A(b)(2)or section 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997).</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB44CC1EBDFB9411BA35200B593D0011"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDDDC9E418973478997608B2DFAD1F459"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of battery or extreme cruelty as exceptional circumstances</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H51857EEF4AF14562AE3C7B3EF76987F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 240(e)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1230">8 U.S.C. 1230(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>battery or extreme cruelty of the alien or any child or parent of the alien or</quote> after <quote>exceptional circumstances (such as</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7033AB4AB2004CB79E53F204E700DD76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to a failure to appear that occurs before, on, or after such date.</text></paragraph></subsection> </section>
<section id="H9F55BEDC3E074BB790A9CF02EB827709"><enum>1339.</enum><header>Conforming relief in suspension of deportation parallel to the relief available in VAWA–2000 cancellation for bigamy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 244(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) shall be applied as if <quote>or by a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident whom the alien intended to marry, but whose marriage is not legitimate because of that United States citizen’s or permanent resident’s bigamy</quote> were inserted after <quote>by a spouse or parent who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HCDD6A98D0C284F718053BAF739DDBDAA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1340.</enum><header>Correction of cross-reference to credible evidence provisions</header>
<subsection id="H9144A0ADA0234079B06CECC1C2476463"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cuban adjustment provision</header><text>The last sentence of the first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/732">Public Law 89–732</external-xref> (November 2, 1966; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note), as amended by section 1509(a) of VAWA–2000, is amended by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFF85397C8FEA44ACAA50CC2500F4CA98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>NACARA</header><text>Section 202(d)(3) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/100">Public Law 105–100</external-xref>), as amended by section 1510(a)(2) of VAWA–2000, is amended by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB6A0C4E17AED4B849401583D88E0E940"><enum>(c)</enum><header>IIARAIRA</header><text>Section 309(c)(5)(C)(iii) of the Illegal Immigration and Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> note), as amended by section 1510(b)(2) of VAWA–2000, is amended by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H78C5EE4DD6464EC4BD3BFB9C19C5BCDE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>HRIFA</header><text>Section 902(d)(1)(B)(iii) of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (division A of section 101(h) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2681–538), as amended by section 1511(a) of VAWA–2000, is amended by striking <quote>204(a)(1)(H)</quote> and inserting <quote>204(a)(1)(J)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H226D7E0D4F174AE29C841F4BE727DCB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of VAWA–2000.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0F912D5949354CBA8499DC9942D3A58E"><enum>1341.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection id="H062CAB96C1E84DD0A30009E2348FF4A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical corrections to references in application of special physical presence and good moral character rules</header>
<paragraph id="H2E9AEEC5B8004CC29E00F68EF9556659"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Physical presence rules</header><text>Section 240A(b)(2)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC54698280DD1497892087071C1433F84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>(A)(i)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A)(ii)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FC99085265B47BC88DC44CC372F719F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>section 240A(b)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>this subparagraph, subparagraph (A)(ii),</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0107B2DCA44947BBABD7819D7C0039D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Moral character rules</header><text>Section 240A(b)(2)(C) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1229b">8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(A)(i)(III)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A)(iii)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C5A59300E1E4E75A7A062AC78FB39AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall be effective as if included in the enactment of section 1504(a) of VAWA (114 Stat. 1522).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8AB7DF54E9BC468091C78EB000749E3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Correction of cross-reference error in applying good moral character</header>
<paragraph id="H94EC11754E4A46EDB6848E21748E5000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 101(f)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(f)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(9)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(10)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17C8721B99D340CD98BD3335009682EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA2779BB29C5461BB0388FA3FCA308F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Punctuation correction</header><text>Effective as if included in the enactment of section 5(c)(2) of VAWA–2000, section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H93367F722A034046BA6BDC6F75516311"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Correction of designation and indentation</header><text>The last sentence of section 212(a)(9)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C)(ii)</external-xref>), as added by section 1505(a) of VAWA–2000, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7ED50B5585CC4749BF69CBC69FE9BFE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 212(a)(9)(C)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (i)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H472E6F2E802C4C8997CE3EACC4D71BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2), and subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2), as subclauses (I) and (II), and items (aa) through (dd) of subclause (II), respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6C344802CC3C407FBE8D813C667CEB69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by moving the margins of each of such paragraphs and subparagraphs 6 ems to the right.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC984521775B843ACBF1B10BC669F5329"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional technical correction</header><text>Section 245(l)(2)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255(l)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(10(E))</quote> and inserting <quote>(10)(E))</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="HA62BCA5D299C4316AE5FE9AFDE7E08E"><enum>D</enum><header>Ensuring Crime Victim Access to Legal Services</header>
<section id="HCEC08A6AA2AC452BADC0C3BE359CEC7" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1351.</enum><header>Ensuring crime victim access to legal services</header>
<subsection id="H8BEFB3A845184D42B0528361E51178E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/119">Public Law 105–119</external-xref>; 111 Stat. 2510) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H23987305D8204FD6A52BE0074DE7D52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (C) of subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H5CBB6433996F4AA9B7B1823E6D9242EB"><enum>(C) </enum><text>subsection (a)(11) of such section 504 shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient from using Corporation funds and funds derived from a source other than the Corporation to provide legal assistance to—</text>
<clause id="H3B049D6BDF044A4FA9240073F9E6702C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty or who has been a victim of sexual assault or a victim of trafficking in the United States; </text></clause>
<clause id="H4006DACFAA76491597C45F594ED08534"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an alien whose child has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty or has been a victim of sexual assault or a victim of trafficking in the United States, if the alien has not actively participated in the battery, extreme cruelty, sexual assault, or trafficking; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H4C754F3F53244BB48E1EACD3DC2997C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an alien who qualifies (or whose child qualifies) for status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)</external-xref>) .</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2471AD927004205BFC154098E5B6384"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDFA59F671A1E4FBB82008FD0762D79E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>victim of trafficking</term> has the meaning given such term in section 103(14) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/286">Public Law 106–286</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(14)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4F63AD43FC374ABB9E6234A84D5766E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to expenditures made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to appropriations made for fiscal years beginning before, on, or after such date.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H96896B8BFDEE42EFA3C605CB141263EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to restrict the legal assistance provided to victims of severe forms of trafficking and certain family members allowed under section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/286">Public Law 106–286</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7105">22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> </subtitle>
<subtitle id="H5800FC19B2E04DD6BF94008E27D328E5"><enum>E</enum><header>Eligibility for Certain Public Benefits of Aliens Suffering from Domestic Abuse</header>
<section id="H29A99E3DEB754D1985C46958EC48722" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1361.</enum><header>Eligibility for certain public benefits of aliens suffering from domestic abuse</header>
<subsection id="H8111416073734DFBB23800CE608C5663"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exemption from SSI and food stamps ban</header><text>Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1612">8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: </text>
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<subparagraph id="HBBBED97078A34AC9A4BA1F48F71D1B42"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Battered and crime victim aliens</header><text>With respect to eligibility for benefits for a specified Federal program (as defined in paragraph (3)), paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien who—</text>
<clause id="H37CABDDCA44C45378C36EC187FAC3708"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is described in section 431(c);</text></clause>
<clause id="HC6D3FDC0CC8840EBA0794B3FEA1EA471"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is described in section 431(b) and also is described in section 431(c), other than paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of such section; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H933FCEAA32684C03B0C701ADD3C563EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is described in a clause (i) or (ii) and was lawfully admitted as a permanent resident.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC18C7365B3C45D8844BF8A6CEF32C19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption from TANF, social services block grant, and medicaid ban</header><text>Section 402(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1612">8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraph: </text>
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<subparagraph id="H58CAF0F2AEEA4DAE94DD98E65F732E41"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Battered and crime victim aliens</header><text>An alien who—</text>
<clause id="H9DBDA035FF3646928522CF6132AE9940"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is described in section 431(c);</text></clause>
<clause id="HBD4A73C7EC284EB600BC8BC5B50F9FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is described in section 431(b) and also is described in section 431(c), other than paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of such section; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H6962C683886A420CAC0071D397D7F821"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is described in clause (i) or (ii) and was lawfully admitted as a permanent resident.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6B2C7F776AA74AD79196A600C2FEBE45"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exemption from 5-year ban for Federal means-tested public benefits</header><text>Section 403(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1613">8 U.S.C. 1613(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3EABA064477D43E8A1F7FA1D3B163B0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Battered and crime victim aliens</header><text>An alien who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9552B5E773549428B6FAF64158600BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is described in section 431(c);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7858253783884A9EA66687B8FE3DCC60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is described in section 431(b) and also is described in section 431(c), other than paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of such section; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5BE88D3826C4722A2D1AE19905B7252"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is described in subparagraph (A) or (B) and was lawfully admitted as a permanent resident.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HCB058A3DD8484D77AD07BD115D922979"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Status as qualified alien for VAWA petitioners and nonimmigrant <quote>U</quote> and <quote>T</quote> visa applicants and visa holders</header><text>Section 431(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1641">8 U.S.C. 1641(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H98BEB0B06D8449E1885FD7BAFDE1EF6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H812A86D1AF144CF9BEA265827D8100FA"><enum>(A) </enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>or a child</quote> and inserting <quote>, child, or parent</quote> and by striking <quote>or (iv)</quote> and inserting <quote>(iv), or (vii)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA4AABB8D31B4D9AA21D1500B6A8D12D"><enum>(B)</enum><text> in clause (ii), by striking <quote>(as in effect prior to April 1, 1997)</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50A90AECFF914ECB822B979C291DE1F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H567D9C0C16F549EDB2E1C53C6FFECF8D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a comma;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1656B92564004374A9FD01F5A7FE04B4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89382ED88C364746BD8DDD60B9C5FC00"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="HC33EE77FE1FB409D00EEADBAEB76BB64"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>status as a VAWA petitioner (as defined in section 101(a)(51) of such Act), other than such a petitioner described in clause (i) or (ii);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2810534DDFC1498C9387EA0084007E98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (2)(B);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H775BC48239814EBAA5EC163CE3CECF43"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3)(B) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H617EA07A14C84F5BB1E6D3273BBE1D52"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3)(B) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H83CADE542A254C7C87D676DBE36CBAE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an alien who has applied for and not been denied status as a nonimmigrant under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (T), or clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (U), of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act</text></paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA4EF6865B1A24927A44427D7F1E7E025"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming definition of <quote>family</quote> used in laws granting Federal public benefit access for battered aliens to State family law</header>
<paragraph id="H431EFE95BEE545B4B998E4F0743900F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 431(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1641">8 U.S.C. 1641(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D0F1DD1E4A1484396C0160069CB8D41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>by a spouse or a parent, or by a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented to, or acquiesced in, such battery or cruelty</quote> and inserting <quote>by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter, or by any individual having a relationship with the alien covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence statutes of the State or Indian country where the alien resides, or the State or Indian country in which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s parents received a protection order, or by any individual against whom the alien could obtain a protection order,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC37B3ECD73F64FE4B4ED7F0300B9B9D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>by a spouse or parent of the alien (without the active participation of the alien in the battery or cruelty), by a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty,</quote> and inserting <quote>by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter of the alien (without the active participation of the alien in such battery) or by any individual having a relationship with the alien covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence statutes of the State or Indian country where the alien resides, or the State or Indian country in which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s parents received a protection order, or by any individual against whom the alien could obtain a protection order,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B7D8D64CA024BBAA6D23CC5B5D1BA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by striking <quote>by a spouse or parent, or by a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty,</quote> and inserting <quote>by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter, or by any individual having a relationship with the alien covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence statutes of the State or Indian country where the alien resides, or the State or Indian country in which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s parents received a protection order, or by any individual against whom the alien could obtain a protection order,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13E3877FCF7E401BAB007414B7E5F71D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal attribution of sponsor’s income and resources</header><text>Section 421(f)(1)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1631">8 U.S.C. 1631(f)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F4A9F8A86CA4C31B1F34EFBBF4CCBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>by a spouse or parent, or by a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty,</quote> and inserting <quote>by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter, or by any individual having a relationship with the alien covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence statutes of the State or Indian country where the alien resides, or the State or Indian country in which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s parents received a protection order, or by any individual against whom the alien could obtain a protection order,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3BAFFA7BCAE471587CA70EEAE4E5E5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>by a spouse or parent of the alien (without the active participation of the alien in the battery or cruelty), or by a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty,</quote> and inserting <quote>by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter of the alien (without the active participation of the alien in the battery or cruelty) or by any individual having a relationship with the alien covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence statutes of the State or Indian country where the alien resides, or the State or Indian country in which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s parents received a protection order, or by any individual against whom the alien could obtain a protection order,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A8763955F634A5EB95479B6E47FE769"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> before <quote>(iii) the alien</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AC9E6685C3C470EA0B565274D908D60"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, or (iv) the alien is described in section 431(c)(4)</quote> before <quote>and the battery or cruelty</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9054765156ED475193A000CBE8B3E5A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Elimination of sponsor liability and responsibility or reimbursement with respect to benefits provided to battered aliens</header><text>Section 423(d) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended by adding after paragraph (11) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3D67BAB1DCC144DEA4E1E1C69F5BD4E5"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Benefits provided to an alien who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB326CC4E0AFC411E005D6C79184D87B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is described in section 431(c); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE284F9D574045E99FED6507C8FC4193"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is described in section 431(b) and also is described in section 431(c), other than paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of such section.</text></subparagraph> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HDE1199DDF6BB43888B9356A269F6FC26"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conforming amendment confirming IIRAIRA’s grant of public and assisted housing to all qualified aliens, including battered immigrants</header><text>Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1436a">42 U.S.C. 1436a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5A2EB5B2A404428D8F78E5FB900084C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A78A6A35D71485A9FEC736EDCE83BB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CFB352E2FBE44568864A4576C58B86D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE676BBF958D2413597003C15EE484706"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE820A5E975124AC18CFB683B1681E350"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a qualified alien described in section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1641">8 U.S.C. 1641</external-xref>), or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H341B54B5C06848CFAB25138EC056C5FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE471886AA11C4FF69BBC46668B407101"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(7)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB906A37637FA4BE5BFDA65D4FFD289EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>(other than a qualified alien described in 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1641">8 U.S.C. 1641</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>any alien</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEB8DF3F8562D43D5A2A5394474A0BACD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall promulgate regulations for its officials to implement this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H412818AFF0994864811DC2BBCF2DC132"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section apply to applications for public benefits and public benefits provided on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="H2289596DF0A04EA184A02DDBB0345C4"><enum>F</enum><header>Law Enforcement Training Grants</header>
<section id="H2C58A62F9DEA4523AC2EE2DCD77C6FA4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1381.</enum><header>Grants for law enforcement training programs to identify and protect victims of trafficking</header>
<subsection id="HDAD3A2417DD64F00A7C212668BF87C1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H537F0163F23D480FBBDD51C400C56EC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Act of trafficking</header><text>The term <term>act of trafficking</term> means an act or practice described in paragraph (8) or (9) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66E05700A0D04EDC0061E5F3FAC568F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a State or a local government.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3AC35DBCEFCE489A8588F0C6AC8E166C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58CE5438B1FB441C8B4EFC001BA2DA24"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Victim of trafficking</header><text>The term <term>victim of trafficking</term> means an individual subjected to an act of trafficking.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0EFA1982BFAC4C2CBEABC100A9423261"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities to provide training to State and local law enforcement personnel to identify and protect victims of trafficking.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC9CDED58DD4F43B2B3F172C075579CCC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be used for any one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA7648858C11A4E379327BEBBED61DAE8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To train law enforcement personnel to identify and protect victims of trafficking, including training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, or local resources to assist victims of trafficking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF870E772D184C9795A900E957231DA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to identify, investigate, or prosecute acts of trafficking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6795626DFB74B23B0FF2120C400B0B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to utilize laws that prohibit acts of trafficking.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82025A508898483CBDE6E8FD1863D9B9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To assist in the development of State and local laws to prohibit acts of trafficking.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDC89CC335118426394D6E2DD4D965601"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Restrictions</header>
<paragraph id="HB4E470D574B44163A6CE28BD8F3FD86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Supplement not supplant</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds available to carry out the training described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83DC5FCA99024D41A77700CEA7F855E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section may use not more than 5 percent of the total amount of such grant for administrative expenses.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D11274FD209485E92FD4D65565D5440"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonexclusivity</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to restrict the ability of an eligible entity to apply for or obtain funding from any other source to carry out the training described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB92455C006D34E99977D847FB3B3A3D4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section></subtitle>