[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2960 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2960

To exempt aliens who are admitted as refugees or granted asylum and are 
 employed overseas by the Federal Government from the 1-year physical 
    presence requirement for adjustment of status to that of aliens 
   lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 2010

 Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Lugar) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To exempt aliens who are admitted as refugees or granted asylum and are 
 employed overseas by the Federal Government from the 1-year physical 
    presence requirement for adjustment of status to that of aliens 
   lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Refugee Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ONE-YEAR PHYSICAL PRESENCE REQUIREMENT FOR 
              ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR ALIENS GRANTED ASYLUM AND 
              EMPLOYED OVERSEAS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    Section 209 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting ``(except as 
        provided under subsection (d))'' after ``one year'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``(except as 
        provided under subsection (d)),'' after ``asylum''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Exception to 1-Year Residency Requirement for Adjustment of 
Status.--An alien who does not meet the physical presence requirement 
under subsection (a)(1)(B) or (b)(2), but who otherwise meets the 
requirements under subsection (a) or (b) for adjustment of status to 
that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, shall be 
eligible for such adjustment of status if the alien did not meet the 1-
year physical presence requirement because the alien was employed 
outside of the United States by the Federal Government or by a 
contractor of the Federal Government.''.
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