[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2496 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2496

  To expand the definition of immediate relative for purposes of the 
                    Immigration and Nationality Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 3, 2006

 Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand the definition of immediate relative for purposes of the 
                    Immigration and Nationality Act.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE RELATIVE.

    Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ``For purposes of this 
subsection, a child of a parent of a citizen of the United States shall 
be considered an immediate relative if the child is accompanying or 
following to join the parent.'' after ``at least 21 years of age.''.
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