[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5747 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5747

   To amend section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
extend the special adjustment of status to certain aliens currently in 
the United States who are married to United States citizens and parents 
                   of a United States citizen child.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2006

 Mr. Cleaver introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
extend the special adjustment of status to certain aliens currently in 
the United States who are married to United States citizens and parents 
                   of a United States citizen child.

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

SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS CURRENTLY IN THE 
              UNITED STATES WHO ARE MARRIED TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS 
              AND PARENTS OF A UNITED STATES CITIZEN CHILD.

    Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4)(A) In the case of an alien described in subparagraph 
        (B)--
                    ``(i) paragraph (1)(B)(i) shall be applied by 
                substituting `the date that is 6 months after the date 
                of the enactment of paragraph (4)' for `April 30, 
                2001'; and
                    ``(ii) paragraph (1)(C) shall be applied by 
                substituting `June 1, 2006' for `the date of the 
                enactment of the LIFE Act Amendments of 2000'.
            ``(B) An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien--
                    ``(i) who is married to a citizen of the United 
                States and who is able to affirmatively demonstrate to 
                the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                such marital status through the production of a 
                certified copy of the alien's marriage certificate;
                    ``(ii) who is the biological parent of a child who 
                is a citizen of the United States, who was born before 
                June 1, 2006; and
                    ``(iii) with respect to whom the Secretary 
                determines that it is in the best interest of the child 
                described in clause (ii) for the alien to be permitted 
                to remain in the United States as a lawful permanent 
                resident.''.
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