[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5532 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5532

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to adopted 
                            alien children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2010

Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to adopted 
                            alien children.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Adoption Harmonization 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ADOPTION AGE REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E)--
                    (A) by striking ``(E)(i)'' and inserting ``(E)'';
                    (B) by striking ``sixteen'' and inserting 
                ``eighteen'';
                    (C) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon; 
                and
                    (D) by striking clause (ii);
            (2) in subparagraph (F)--
                    (A) by striking ``(F)(i)'' and inserting ``(F)'';
                    (B) by striking ``sixteen'' and inserting 
                ``eighteen'';
                    (C) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting 
                ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
                    (D) by striking clause (ii); and
            (3) in subparagraph (G)--
                    (A) by striking ``sixteen'' and inserting 
                ``eighteen''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place 
                such term appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
                Security''.

SEC. 3. HARMONIZING ADOPTIONS BETWEEN HAGUE CONVENTION AND NON-HAGUE-
              CONVENTION COUNTRIES.

    Section 212(a)(1)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ``section 
101(b)(1)(F),'' and inserting ``subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 
101(b)(1),''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act except that, in the case of an alien who 
attained the age of 16, 17, or 18 years between April 1, 2008, and the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the alien shall be deemed to meet 
the age requirement specified in subparagraph (E), (F), or (G) of 
section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by 
section 2 of this Act, if a petition for classification of the alien as 
an immediate relative under section 201(b) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act is filed not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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