[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6397 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6397


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2010

                                Received

                           December 22, 2010

       Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend section 101(a)(35) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
provide for a marriage for which the parties are not physically in the 
presence of each other due to service abroad in the Armed Forces of the 
                             United States.

    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 ``Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, 
Jr. Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY MARRIAGES LACKING PHYSICAL PRESENCE.

    Section 101(a)(35) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(35)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
``(except for failure to consummate the marriage caused by physical 
separation due to the service abroad of one of the contracting parties 
in an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States)''.

SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYGO.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the


              

House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been 
submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 15, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.