110 HR 628 IH: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure U.S. House of Representatives 2007-01-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 628 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2007 Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mr. Price of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that an individual may file an orphan petition for at least 2 years after approval of an advanced processing application.
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Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act.
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Extension of time to file orphan petition
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that any covered individual may file an orphan petition for at least 2 years after the approval of the individual's advanced processing application. (b)
Fees and requirements
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall not require a covered individual who timely files an orphan petition to pay any fees or complete any requirements that— (1)the individual has already paid or completed in conjunction with the advanced processing application; or (2)are contingent on the amount of time that elapses between the approval of the advanced processing application and the filing of the orphan petition. (c)
Additional fees
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall not require any person who was a covered individual on the date of enactment of this Act to pay any fee for the timely filing of an orphan petition, unless that fee was required at the time the advanced processing application was approved. (d)
Definitions
In this section: (1)The term covered individual means any individual whose advanced processing application was approved on or after July 1, 2005. (2)The term orphan petition means the Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative or such form that is a successor to that form. (3)The term advanced processing application means the Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition or such form that is a successor to that form.