[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5595 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5595

   To amend section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
     create, for an alien seeking to enter the United States as a 
nonimmigrant to care for a relative with a serious health condition, an 
     exemption from the presumption that the alien is an immigrant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
     create, for an alien seeking to enter the United States as a 
nonimmigrant to care for a relative with a serious health condition, an 
     exemption from the presumption that the alien is an immigrant.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM PRESUMPTION THAT AN ALIEN IS AN IMMIGRANT.

    Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(b) Every alien (other than'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) Every alien (except for a nonimmigrant described in 
paragraph (2),'';
            (2) by striking ``and other than'' and inserting ``and''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien--
            ``(A) is a family member of an individual who--
                    ``(i) is suffering from a serious health condition 
                (as such term is defined in section 101(11) of the 
                Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
                2611(11)); and
                    ``(ii) is a citizen of the United States or an 
                alien lawfully admitted to the United States for 
                permanent residence;
            ``(B) seeks to enter the United States to provide care to 
        the individual described in subparagraph (A); and
            ``(C) submits an attestation from a health care provider 
        (as such term is defined in section 101(6) of the Family and 
        Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(6)) of the individual 
        described in subparagraph (A) that includes--
                    ``(i) a diagnosis statement, which includes the 
                treatment being provided; and
                    ``(ii) the expected time period during which such 
                care will be required.''.
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