[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1337 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1337

 To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the 
               numerical limitations on immigrant visas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2009

  Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. Cantwell) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the 
               numerical limitations on immigrant visas.

    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 ``Filipino Veterans Family 
Reunification Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM IMMIGRANT VISA LIMIT.

    Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) Aliens who are eligible for a visa under paragraph 
        (1) or (3) of section 203(a) and who have a parent who was 
        naturalized pursuant to section 405 of the Immigration Act of 
        1990 (Public Law 101-649; 8 U.S.C. 1440 note).''.
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