1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Reuniting Families
Act
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Reducing family-based visa backlogs and promoting family
reunification
Sec. 101. Recapture of immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic
delay.
Sec. 102. Reclassification of spouses and minor children of
legal permanent residents as immediate relatives.
Sec. 103. Country limits.
Sec. 104. Promoting family unity.
Sec. 105. Relief for orphans, widows, and widowers.
Sec. 106. Exemption from immigrant visa limit for certain
veterans who are natives of Philippines.
Sec. 107. Fiancée child status protection.
Sec. 108. Equal treatment for all stepchildren.
Sec. 109. Retention of priority dates.
Title II—Uniting American Families Act
Sec. 201. Definitions of permanent partner and permanent
partnership.
Sec. 202. Definition of child.
Sec. 203. Worldwide level of immigration.
Sec. 204. Numerical limitations on individual foreign
states.
Sec. 205. Allocation of immigrant visas.
Sec. 206. Procedure for granting immigrant status.
Sec. 207. Annual admission of refugees and admission of
emergency situation refugees.
Sec. 208. Asylum.
Sec. 209. Adjustment of status of refugees.
Sec. 210. Inadmissible aliens.
Sec. 211. Nonimmigrant status for permanent partners awaiting
the availability of an immigrant visa.
Sec. 212. Derivative status for permanent partners of
nonimmigrant visa holders.
Sec. 213. Conditional permanent resident status for certain
alien spouses, permanent partners, and sons and daughters.
Sec. 214. Conditional permanent resident status for certain
alien entrepreneurs, spouses, permanent partners, and children.
Sec. 215. Deportable aliens.
Sec. 216. Removal proceedings.
Sec. 217. Cancellation of removal; adjustment of
status.
Sec. 218. Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of
person admitted for permanent residence.
Sec. 219. Application of criminal penalties for
misrepresentation and concealment of facts regarding permanent
partnerships.
Sec. 220. Requirements as to residence, good moral character,
attachment to the principles of the Constitution.
Sec. 221. Naturalization for permanent partners of
citizens.
Sec. 222. Application of family unity provisions to permanent
partners of certain LIFE Act beneficiaries.
Sec. 223. Application to Cuban Adjustment Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Reducing
family-based visa backlogs and promoting family reunification</header>
<section id="H4755D2FAFD2F4276B61E60DCC7E52867"><enum>101.</enum><header>Recapture of
immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delay</header>
<subsection id="H0EBBF77D6257435DB7C773C947DD78D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of family-Sponsored immigrants</header><text>Section 201(c) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F34839970254595BBF72AD42A627254" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H97FC5CBCE474406381A1A590A83335D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of family-Sponsored immigrants</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5BD9768693E4055BEDBC67044540D57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subparagraph (B), the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants under this
subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12C6D1BA68A340EC943914A8E092D034"><enum>(A)</enum><text>480,000;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6F9093783FE4909AF17F3C144766D85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of—</text>
<clause id="HC4B0242CD8AC4E7DA2640B9AB4F305A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number
computed under paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FD10A7AFAD84AE59F4C9FADA4401BDC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number
computed under paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70B06B97D58345AEA240A2860208440B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unused visa
numbers from previous fiscal year</header><text>The number computed under this
paragraph for a fiscal year is the difference, if any, between—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED6D8050323344F49AC43C13D5F42F3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the worldwide level of family-sponsored
immigrant visas established for the previous fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E91CDC555EA40B89F67B8BDEDD55D60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
visas issued under section 203(a), subject to this subsection, during the
previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E839D04C7A34778B8FE99FC2498F7F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unused visa
numbers from fiscal years 1992 through 2011</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number computed under this paragraph is
the difference, if any, between—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA10F7266DCBF461A84300C26FB47A6CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference, if any, between—</text>
<clause id="H1F6714DD8DD9414491D4EE0BC78EF807"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of the worldwide levels of
family-sponsored immigrant visas established for fiscal years 1992 through
2011; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H25E35A2A9A7C4A6393C15B77002F76C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
visas issued under section 203(a), subject to this subsection, during such
fiscal years; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H669845281EC64FFFA1ED8A32C98763F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of unused visas from fiscal
years 1992 through 2011 that were issued after fiscal year 2011 under section
203(a), subject to this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5E2310F6DEF4D61B92CC266AFDEA250"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of employment-Based immigrants</header><text>Section 201(d) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD6423AA737F543D492B0C930BFC6F9E1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H18338BAEAC164DA68FC6501F078E8EB8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of employment-Based immigrants</header>
<paragraph id="HF5F9D8B1E40A4E4E8D5176186F0D963B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The worldwide level of employment-based immigrants under
this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A671C1B4FEE443EAEC18E1047569B32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>140,000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E63FC93BCE04B8C9CFFB4FF795DBA6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number
computed under paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0B7FB83EE57499796BEE018BEDCCDBA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number
computed under paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H08AEDB14E7EC4D9E916FB3C728594535"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unused visa
numbers from previous fiscal year</header><text>The number computed under this
paragraph for a fiscal year is the difference, if any, between—</text>
<subparagraph id="H672A19013BB94B4185F2737B4D098BDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the worldwide
level of employment-based immigrant visas established for the previous fiscal
year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4D64069D06747BC9B3106AC1EB542E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
visas issued under section 203(b), subject to this subsection, during the
previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2A1BE469C75F4B28899AC3E721628913"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unused visa
numbers from fiscal years 1992 through 2011</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number computed under this paragraph is
the difference, if any, between—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F432F1F09534526BC620646A23CC8FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference, if any, between—</text>
<clause id="HBE8946D05ADC4BFBB04A3E1FA6468E76"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of the
worldwide levels of employment-based immigrant visas established for each of
fiscal years 1992 through 2011; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA56012EEDFCA42188E0CFE76715B33C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of
visas issued under section 203(b), subject to this subsection, during such
fiscal years; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34975B2948AA4356A0A0D7244B99E252"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
unused visas from fiscal years 1992 through 2011 that were issued after fiscal
year 2011 under section 203(b), subject to this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2217F40CAE4A446D81359959518DF998"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date which is 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H098A9CF2BFD14CF69709316CB4340AE3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Reclassification
of spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents as immediate
relatives</header>
<subsection id="HC9A868571019496F8AF012ADB4906574"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 201(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D8A0EA0B41E4C389881FF8DEFA94FE4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8F32AE57A0EC43AA9E425A2AA0526E61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Immediate
relative</header>
<subparagraph id="H049EAB9A7E974B60BA6B249C296EF6EB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<clause id="H6D39809E925041B3B420C78BF41D74A7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Immediate
relative defined</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>immediate
relative</term> means a child, spouse, or parent of a citizen of the United
States or a child or spouse of a lawful permanent resident (and for each family
member of a citizen or lawful permanent resident under this subparagraph, such
individual’s spouse or child who is accompanying or following to join the
individual), except that, in the case of parents, such citizens shall be at
least 21 years of age.</text>
</clause><clause id="H40989F63714B46E7BC7A58F2121172E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Previously
issued visa</header><text>Aliens admitted under section 211(a) on the basis of
a prior issuance of a visa under section 203(a) to their accompanying parent
who is an immediate relative.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1AC81F0641D34561B15AEA92F8F5C422"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Parents and
children</header><text>An alien who was the child or parent of a citizen of the
United States or a child of a lawful permanent resident at the time of the
citizen’s or resident’s death if the alien files a petition under
204(a)(1)(A)(ii) within 2 years after such date or prior to reaching 21 years
of age.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB43CC4EAC025470396AF705CB7DCE369"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Spouse</header><text>An
alien who was the spouse of a citizen of the United States or lawful permanent
resident for not less than 2 years at the time of the citizen’s or resident’s
death or, if married for less than 2 years at the time of the citizen’s or
resident’s death, proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage
was entered into in good faith and not solely for the purpose of obtaining an
immigration benefit and was not legally separated from the citizen or resident
at the time of the citizen’s or resident’s death, and each child of such alien,
shall be considered, for purposes of this subsection, an immediate relative
after the date of the citizen’s or resident’s death if the spouse files a
petition under section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) before the earlier of—</text>
<subclause id="H0B6883A31EDD4B6BA78E25D6F4DB5271"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 years after such
date; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDB401F48F4434577BBB90EF1841D1549"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the date on which
the spouse remarries.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H886DF45B360B416EBF438C323B9EDABF"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, an alien who has filed a
petition under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) remains an
immediate relative if the United States citizen or lawful permanent resident
spouse or parent loses United States citizenship or residence on account of the
abuse.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4B62CB337B241D78E85D0DBC40EDEBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Birth during
temporary visit abroad</header><text>Aliens born to an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence during a temporary visit
abroad.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0992E30356C84F499667418A424686F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation of
immigrant visas</header><text>Section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6CCF60D50D7B48BD9E2E3C732987FC99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>23,400</quote> and inserting <quote>127,200</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB31DCF5A91D649DD96E6ADCCD7D640A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68E97B870F77472AAB8B51211FF1C099" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7BED091A676F43CFB187B81B999DDEB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unmarried sons
and unmarried daughters of permanent resident aliens</header><text>Qualified
immigrants who are the unmarried sons or unmarried daughters (but are not the
children) of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall be
allocated visas in a number not to exceed 80,640, plus any visas not required
for the class specified in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H416344F6C2954A799867674CB869269D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>23,400</quote> and inserting <quote>80,640</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42C115350D764921A5AE9C1A2C40C1E4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>65,000</quote> and inserting <quote>191,520</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC9113CE47C6748A2A70313CC74BA416A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H0A8A182717D341F7902809D46B9F7039"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rules for
determining whether certain aliens are immediate
relatives</header><text>Section 201(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1151(f)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H932D52D4288841FF8240F7C945548176"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3),</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (2),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87B945A732BC40BF9AB8EF2226F50E75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03A12C14B9B443BEBDC236F95E466745"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AEAA30A74364580BAB27FDE90832B24"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>through (3)</quote> and
inserting <quote>and (2)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0706EE8A3A4149AD8B2FAC7699C1EAE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Numerical
limitation to any single foreign state</header><text>Section 202 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD32064C8ECC47C4ABA545409D380157"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(4)—</text>
<clause id="H546B3EBD477B484F8AD4CA77CCB7062D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraphs (A) and (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF8E7D48542740F886C8ECDE83B039AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H04D98D9D7DA44D0898CAE676B0253366"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), as redesignated by clause (ii), by striking <quote>section
203(a)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 203(a)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B97D016DAEE436D8CD6EC32EF009520"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
in the flush matter following paragraph (3), by striking <quote>, or as
limiting the number of visas that may be issued under section 203(a)(2)(A)
pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H773C4CCE12E2493995FB9F6A9919CFA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of
immigration visas</header><text>Section 203(h) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(h)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B3CE36A94B5421681E3F6FDEFD590B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H9662D8D0022C4E72ABE431BD8779EF69"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsections (a)(2)(A)
and (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H34A4D3ACE8704FE88483CB8762059C49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>becomes available for such alien (or, in
the case of subsection (d), the date on which an immigrant visa number became
available for the alien’s parent),</quote> and inserting <quote>became
available for the alien’s parent,</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE0443C744C4C4A3EB1E26CD801AEC6B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>applicable</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94EA1C6902AB47ABADC16A17AAC67BBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7E282765D2C496087362DAA7F3861A7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H86C9D8483AB442968C0256036641087D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Petitions
described</header><text>The petition described in this paragraph is a petition
filed under section 204 for classification of the alien’s parent under
subsection (a), (b), or (c).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8D299039F8C48CD8AD35EC20816ACE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>subsections (a)(2)(A) and (d)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (d)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H024B815E154D421584345AE2C0F3F093"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedure for
granting immigrant status</header><text>Section 204 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF00D32889EAB406593DE6DF1B9D48EC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<clause id="H2226281F1B704F069D7A6DCF95FFDCF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="HC244D37BE1F84E4E9DDB639EC7B6EA0C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
inserting <quote>or lawful permanent resident</quote> after
<quote>citizen</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE26D80F973BE47D1B8DD3D5A95CD17E9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>described in the second sentence of section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)
also</quote> and inserting <quote>, alien child, or alien parent described in
section 201(b)(2)(A)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6FB5A78221E14079A3DE7536E54B0D7C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause
(iii)—</text>
<item id="HCF2B2871107F43CEA7AE65F7835AA8A0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in
subclause (I)(aa), by inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident</quote>
after <quote>citizen</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="HD8E26650D10B43F88F0CDABAF60C653C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in
subclause (II)(aa)—</text>
<subitem id="H024AE151FDFB4AE88A5D4B3CBA6886A4"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>in
subitems (AA) and (BB), by inserting <quote>or legal permanent
resident;</quote> after <quote>citizen</quote> each place that term
appears;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HCCAAD41BF77448D487F330AA7E4753EF"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>in
subitem (CC), by inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident</quote> after
<quote>citizen</quote> each place that term appears; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HE51A9111984B40DAB956C1F402454431"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>in
subitem (CC)(bbb), by inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident</quote>
after <quote>citizenship</quote>;</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="H0C982861E2284A7C8FEE09488EE9A887"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in clause (iv),
by inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident</quote> after
<quote>citizen</quote> each place that term appears;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB23299FF59E24683AC348DE7665FC4A6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in clause (v)(I),
by inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident</quote> after
<quote>citizen</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA4B79EDEDFB742CB8C9756DE400CF9CC"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>in clause
(vi)—</text>
<item id="H928391DEB44C4FB6B5EDBD4712C9B23D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident status</quote> after
<quote>renunciation of citizenship</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="H20E05572AC6447309F019BD9E510EE41"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or legal permanent resident</quote> after <quote>abuser’s
citizenship</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H3FD87B234B9145B0918E401CF569226B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="H9CE7CBC6627A43FFBD4BC9CBAC834218"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii),
or (B)(iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (iii) or (iv) of subparagraph
(A)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H23EE57DD7EBA4368948A8AFC6F61080C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (J), by striking <quote>or clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph
(B)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H03EBA7410C2D461FAA6ADE9D2E74928D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F31221B0B7E4D9DAD4BA57F664434BB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by striking <quote>or preference status</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B4D323683CB4E558C773BE51B6891FA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (h),
by striking <quote>or a petition filed under subsection
(a)(1)(B)(ii)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC225AE01088B4209B0B53F166E035A87"><enum>103.</enum><header>Country
limits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(a)(2) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)) is amended by
striking <quote>7 percent (in the case of a single foreign state) or 2
percent</quote> and inserting <quote>10 percent (in the case of a single
foreign state) or 5 percent</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF779A6E1B3904F18AC6FCB1E8E7F9608"><enum>104.</enum><header>Promoting
family unity</header>
<subsection id="H5424A1825AA940B7ACE2CF1AEED702C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Aliens
previously removed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
212(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE5F546915CE4DCDB2388723BEE17BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6AF3B70110546C09F69EFC7FD1D8E83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause
(iii)—</text>
<clause id="HF78A25242BA34E53A0E37A02025FD031"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subclause (I), by striking <quote>18 years of age</quote> and inserting
<quote>21 years of age</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6D492596ACC24DD49DCADE0B4D9ED151"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
moving subclause (V) 4 ems to the right; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A123949F5474C6FA476AE1603E923C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20C287A6145F46B58C1D2C3F2260F4B8" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HFBC1A7F111BD49FAB63304178C44653A"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Clause (i) shall
not apply to an alien for whom an immigrant visa is available or was available
on or before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Reuniting Families Act</short-title>, and is otherwise
admissible to the United States for permanent
residence.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB408C5A42D6D48B1A2524A03BB68912D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause
(v)—</text>
<clause id="H48087C9594974FFDBD5CCB496FEA9708"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>spouse or son or daughter</quote> and inserting <quote>spouse,
son, daughter, or parent</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H892E14278E0E4B56854683EE7690BCE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>extreme</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H66707B24E214444C9201D91A6399D9B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, son, daughter, or</quote> after <quote>lawfully resident
spouse</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3421645C65014A60ADD7794D82B19752"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>alien.</quote> and inserting <quote>alien or, if the Secretary
of Homeland Security determines that a waiver is necessary for humanitarian
purposes, to ensure family unity or is otherwise in the public
interest.</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H08F33D5118CA4617A4D311BE4CFAFF1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E7557BFA5C54F89AD6593BD549AEF5E" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF1F57F635BEB4ECD9155FD384A53BE2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Clause
(i) shall not apply to an alien—</text>
<subclause id="H407695CF64724A1E933E3D742522FBA5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>seeking admission
more than 10 years after the date of the alien’s last departure from the United
States if, prior to the alien’s reembarkation at a place outside the United
States or attempt to be readmitted from a foreign contiguous territory, the
Secretary of Homeland Security has consented to the alien’s reapplication for
admission; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H891121F4F092440683292C53DDBEB7A1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for whom an
immigrant visa is available or was available on or before the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>Reuniting Families
Act</short-title>, and is otherwise admissible to the United States for
permanent
residence.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDF865045875493398A4332EFC58699B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>False claims and
misrepresentations</header><text>The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE2B4B95E6A9242B9A096BEE269F56968"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
237(a)(3)(D) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(D)), by inserting <quote>and
willfully</quote> after <quote>falsely</quote> each place such term
appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C74B9BFBC7A4795A3090F13041D8073"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
212(a)(6)(C)(ii) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)), by inserting <quote>and
willfully</quote> after <quote>falsely</quote> each place such term
appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63474A8DED0E4F099E3271870C8B8378"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
212(a)(6)(C)(iii) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(iii)), by striking <quote>of clause
(i)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4524FF053B6C406D870F778C13711780"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending
section 212(i)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1182(i)(1)) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCD191F868979482AABDF58701033DB84" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD6647F6B64584455BFC353A05FD1F4BC"><enum>(i)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF18C753C3ACD4A8696C9C615DDD8FE20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Attorney General or
the Secretary of Homeland Security may, in the discretion of the Attorney
General or the Secretary, waive the application of subsection (a)(6)(C) in the
case of an immigrant who is the parent, spouse, son, or daughter of a United
States citizen or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an
alien granted classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section
204(a)(1)(A), if it is established to the satisfaction of the Attorney General
or the Secretary that the admission to the United States of such alien would
not be contrary to the national welfare, safety, or security of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD0E13604E95F45839DCE6E997A4FF940"><enum>105.</enum><header>Relief for
orphans, widows, and widowers</header>
<subsection id="H42CE49C702654B9BB1D17A1ABAACF1F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HDD399AE6093145D4AD98F9EE762B3A17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special rule for
orphans and spouses</header><text>In applying clauses (iii) and (iv) of section
201(b)(2)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality
Act</act-name>, as added by section 102(a) of this Act, to an alien whose
citizen or lawful permanent resident relative died before the date of the
enactment of this Act, the alien relative may file the classification petition
under section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) of such Act, as amended by section
102(c)(4)(A)(i)(II) of this Act, not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFE66E53DCBE47B8B56AC70F2F4EC5B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility for
parole</header><text>If an alien was excluded, deported, removed, or departed
voluntarily before the date of the enactment of this Act based solely upon the
alien’s lack of classification as an immediate relative (as defined in section
201(b)(2)(A)(iv) of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and
Nationality Act</act-name>, as amended by section 102(a) of this Act) due to
the death of such citizen or resident—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21D18C2E6EBB4B4587B3F8EA3A309E31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such alien shall
be eligible for parole into the United States pursuant to the Secretary of
Homeland Security’s discretionary authority under section 212(d)(5) of such Act
(8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F3C62B70AA0404688A26AA6FD7B1AB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such alien’s
application for adjustment of status shall be considered notwithstanding
section 212(a)(9) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12F9C6CFC65146F0A5AEFB935AA89064"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status</header><text>Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3AAD860DFFDD4FAC9CEB614CC75C4813" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5D2C44AB17C84B5CAEEAA816B268870D"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Application for
adjustment of status by surviving spouses, parents, and children</header>
<paragraph id="H09F9E7063E594EEB927D6B3E8F1D781D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An alien described in paragraph (2) who applies for
adjustment of status before the death of the qualifying relative may have such
application adjudicated as if such death had not occurred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80EB4EF05C2949CA8B972B4F6D7EFD83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alien
described</header><text>An alien described in this paragraph is an alien
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0AD89B5B9D1540F1B58BE45FFBCB2320"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is an immediate
relative (as described in section 201(b)(2)(A));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A6482F2503C483D9729794740AE8A5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is a
family-sponsored immigrant (as described in subsection (a) or (d) of section
203); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H647BBFA5AE044ED6A64333FB77822FDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is a derivative
beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant under section 203(b) (as described
in section
203(d)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H01A82EB96D6A4A9EBF015101EEB06D9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition
period</header>
<paragraph id="H48A6B8C6F88845FF80E31C3BC1035E16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding a denial of an application for adjustment
of status for an alien whose qualifying relative died before the date of the
enactment of this Act, such application may be renewed by the alien through a
motion to reopen, without fee, if such motion is filed not later than 2 years
after such date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8517578B2F644513A597068072442430"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility for
parole</header><text>If an alien described in section 245(n)(2) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (b), was excluded,
deported, removed, or departed voluntarily before the date of the enactment of
this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="H343474C041424B8AA3B1C29DFA63B853"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such alien shall
be eligible for parole into the United States pursuant to the Secretary of
Homeland Security’s discretionary authority under section 212(d)(5) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(d)(5))</act-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H295079E043FD45C793B4664C47E13C40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such alien’s
application for adjustment of status shall be considered notwithstanding
section 212(a)(9) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H111A85254503442EA66C040E35722A59"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Processing of
immigrant visas and derivative petitions</header>
<paragraph id="H6313441CA4524F70B0AA82A1654420AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 204(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1154(b)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H165B60A0F5914CEFB262D2A52653ACF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>After an investigation</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC921A3BF4218413585825D0E409C735F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE7902E6F451A477A82062F35D0848620"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After an
investigation</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1334F7D70C93461DB848182960E5F0E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDF74C2B5B18449C39A1A84F1161FDCA7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3D06C339758447FC8C000B8980E35B3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Death of
qualifying relative</header>
<subparagraph id="H19A01D268D8B440DB355752465948A86"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any alien described in subparagraph (B) whose qualifying
relative died before the completion of immigrant visa processing may have an
immigrant visa application adjudicated as if such death had not occurred. An
immigrant visa issued before the death of the qualifying relative shall remain
valid after such death.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82899F2FBB6E43AF9C793650AE67F181"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alien
described</header><text>An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien
who—</text>
<clause id="HA9F9D827B3F84FF88011A90EEC515B53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
an immediate relative (as described in section 201(b)(2)(A));</text>
</clause><clause id="H454217F1C97F40FEAAD7B0D57DC5D044"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a
family-sponsored immigrant (as described in subsection (a) or (d) of section
203);</text>
</clause><clause id="H70DC40C0C04946748529C27755E9912B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is a derivative
beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant under section 203(b) (as described
in section 203(d)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3E401070AA648F3BDD32F4A0DC46C68"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>is the spouse or
child of a refugee (as described in section 207(c)(2)) or an asylee (as
described in section
208(b)(3)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7BE9FAD1E7684189A01E3EE5842F2605"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition
period</header>
<subparagraph id="H8F0622985BA6499C9A34AFFB181A7F4F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding a denial or revocation of an application
for an immigrant visa for an alien whose qualifying relative died before the
date of the enactment of this Act, such application may be renewed by the alien
through a motion to reopen, without fee, if such motion is filed not later than
2 years after such date of enactment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3CF97B3B9AC4BBA9C9DAE558D164A48"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of bars to entry</header><text>Notwithstanding section 212(a)(9) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)), an alien’s application
for an immigrant visa shall be considered if the alien was excluded, deported,
removed, or departed voluntarily before the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BBDC2CBE7C74E4CAC9CFB13B049ECEB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Naturalization</header><text>Section
319(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430(a)) is amended by
inserting <quote>(or, if the spouse is deceased, the spouse was a citizen of
the United States)</quote> after <quote>citizen of the United
States</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA070D20672B242C49D25175C75E06FB4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Waivers of
inadmissibility</header><text>Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H16C259577AA04B32963F43FA00DD3BF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second subsection (t) as subsection (u); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C185972D7CD471880C7FD7F987D4ECA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90FCA8A1B17C471699C4ABED0AD6B96B" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HDC6F85755CB24301907FD51E9750AB8E"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Continued waiver
eligibility for widows, widowers, and orphans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an alien who would have been
statutorily eligible for any waiver of inadmissibility under this Act but for
the death of a qualifying relative, the eligibility of such alien shall be
preserved as if the death had not occurred and in place of any showing of
hardship required with respect to the deceased qualifying relative, the alien
may qualify by showing the required degree of hardship to him or herself or to
any relative of the deceased
relative.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF048685A2E354B52AB0CD7ED6AC901EB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Surviving
relative consideration for certain petitions and applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(l)(2)(D) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(l)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting <quote>,
except that for beneficiaries described in this subparagraph, presence in the
United States shall not be required and those not so present shall be entitled
to immigrant visas notwithstanding the death of the qualifying relative</quote>
before the semicolon.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H955EC603FDAD4014B2DEB2312AC00350"><enum>106.</enum><header>Exemption from
immigrant visa limit for certain veterans who are natives of
Philippines</header>
<subsection id="HF8DC9E0E700445CB984FE20214012353"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Filipino Veterans Family
Reunification Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE2F5D6E57AB473FAF002264B95BD302"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Aliens not
subject to direct numerical limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61868A2A194A43019F0A351BE6E06913" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEAB1BB8F5F6041C69B11D6FC926156E4" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Aliens who are eligible for an
immigrant 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 (8 U.S.C. 1440
note).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFA0217BC97204A598ED4BDFBFABEB946"><enum>107.</enum><header>Fiancée child
status protection</header>
<subsection id="H2FE54CC619CD4E79AA0E03D2C692233B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section
101(a)(15)(K)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(K)(iii)) is amended by inserting <quote>, provided that a
determination of the age of such minor child is made using the age of the alien
on the date on which the petition is filed with the Secretary of Homeland
Security to classify the alien’s parent as the fiancée or fiancé of a United
States citizen (in the case of an alien parent described in clause (i)) or as
the spouse of a United States citizen under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) (in the
case of an alien parent described in clause (ii));</quote> before the semicolon
at the end.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD47A21BB23E54192B654B5769D5917B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status authorized</header><text>Section 214(d) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H426EA5E69D1C4878A0DC591AE76A7147"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37388F4796B14924A50D5175120741C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>In the event</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE395A72C59954049A90BB019CAC13D3E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEC9C2F87980E42F8B59998C27C3F3063" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5E0BE09715A94704B2A8463DC7B8E988"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If an alien does not
marry the petitioner under paragraph (1) within 3 months after the alien and
the alien’s minor children are admitted into the United States, such alien and
children shall be required to depart from the United States. If such aliens
fail to depart from the United States, they shall be removed in accordance with
sections 240 and 241.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H006C0F76F58D40B9ACE17C46D8C1F24F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D),
if an alien marries the petitioner described in section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) within
3 months after the alien is admitted into the United States, the Secretary of
Homeland Security or the Attorney General, subject to the provisions of section
245(d), may adjust the status of the alien, and any minor children accompanying
or following to join the alien, to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence on a conditional basis under section 216 if the alien and
any such minor children apply for such adjustment and are not determined to be
inadmissible to the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF15F81562374107B0E3681923C727C0" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Paragraphs (5) and (7)(A) of section
212(a) shall not apply to an alien who is eligible to apply for adjustment of
his or her status to an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under
this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B3A652B0D0E40FA871BEA1E680CE8CF" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An alien eligible for a waiver of
inadmissibility as otherwise authorized under this Act shall be permitted to
apply for adjustment of his or her status to that of an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9432A7AAAF2449D58F8F1A6D5C72B2C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Age
determination</header><text>Section 245(d) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1155(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E3098DE84544F4684BFE5831CC147F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">(1)</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>The Attorney
General</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD85D2E86AD1A4530B577D428B0F418CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A819F46328A4ABBA39647AFD0D2510E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HABED73C4224B41C0A85B6520DD38056A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A determination of the age of an
alien admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(K)(iii) shall be
made, for purposes of adjustment to the status of an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence on a conditional basis under section 216, using the age
of the alien on the date on which the petition is filed with the Secretary of
Homeland Security to classify the alien’s parent as the fiancée or fiancé of a
United States citizen (in the case of an alien parent admitted to the United
States under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i)) or as the spouse of a United States
citizen under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) (in the case of an alien parent admitted
to the United States under section
101(a)(15)(K)(ii)).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A4EBF704A7543EAA49D2E8C59D10BFA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="HE4B9143F65E44CEAA80D0DB172DBBBCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall be effective as
if included in the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986 (Public Law
99–639).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05E3F50B3D3247BD8CCCBB3E562AB59C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendments made by this section shall apply to all petitions or applications
described in such amendments that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE89345DDA60442C9999DA5A21CB31567"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are pending as of
the date of the enactment of this Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79C46848EA1341E88132FED38B59AD83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have been denied,
but would have been approved if such amendments had been in effect at the time
of adjudication of the petition or application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F5F4158FB714AE4843FEF89EFA15DF8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Motion to reopen
or reconsider</header><text>A motion to reopen or reconsider a petition or
application described in paragraph (2)(B) shall be granted if such motion is
filed with the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General not later
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9528B0378C4D42D9BD3818B8E0163600"><enum>108.</enum><header>Equal treatment
for all stepchildren</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
101(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(B)) is
amended by striking <quote>, provided the child had not reached the age of
eighteen years at the time the marriage creating the status of stepchild
occurred</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4C8791706ABE448E946BF38523ECFAB2"><enum>109.</enum><header>Retention of
priority dates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2390ABFA2BEE42679D642EFDDF190390"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (h)(3) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47D069A24CF44CE79A2D7E5A38155762" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9C30C72DB37745D287DEB70CCD2F5B75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retention of
priority date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the age of
an alien is determined under paragraph (1) to be 21 years of age or older for
the purposes of subsections (a)(2)(A) and (d), and a parent of the alien files
a family-based petition for such alien, the priority date for such petition
shall be the original priority date issued upon receipt of the original family-
or employment-based petition for which either parent was a
beneficiary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA427AE2B289E44A2B0810DA5B665A9E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD64C7A548F754265BB76E6AD89C391A6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H549080F2579B46BE8ED26F467A2A88A6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Permanent
priority dates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The priority
date for any family- or employment-based petition shall be the date of filing
of the petition with the Secretary of Homeland Security (or the Secretary of
State, if applicable), unless the filing of the petition was preceded by the
filing of a labor certification with the Secretary of Labor, in which case that
date shall constitute the priority date. The beneficiary of any petition shall
retain his or her earliest priority date based on any petition filed on his or
her behalf that was approvable when filed, regardless of the category of
subsequent
petitions.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Uniting American
Families Act</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3511250EB0F411B9DA4FAF0B12B3F30" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions of
permanent partner and permanent partnership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE2ED3ADEDA9B4B06AD274E595F040171"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(15)(K)(ii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1622F8769104EB6A815649470B80E21"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H275A7C6D3CAC4C51BD6EC8509FC803E6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H50F6254566F848AA8B3C08EDE911B22A"><enum>(52)</enum><text>The term
<term>permanent partner</term> means an individual 18 years of age or older
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAAC9DF63C89A40908FC1B6C1F0A795DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in a committed,
intimate relationship with another individual 18 years of age or older in which
both parties intend a lifelong commitment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8DB25B4D858400D878B89D21FC3F97A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is financially
interdependent with that other individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62B059E74E524A27982717798C005FA2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not married to
or in a permanent partnership with anyone other than that other
individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD40BC2C287154050B3337724643558A9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is unable to
contract with that other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H959E155AC4844AC29208401987775DD6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is not a first,
second, or third degree blood relation of that other individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF6768077606487AAA4F6CA8304D52D1"><enum>(53)</enum><text>The term
<term>permanent partnership</term> means the relationship that exists between
two permanent partners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4472BC654ACF4D70BAD606299EB7469A"><enum>(54)</enum><text>The term
<term>alien permanent partner</term> means the individual in a permanent
partnership who is being sponsored for a
visa</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H647086E519294AC58B02A10D1336A73E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definition of
child</header>
<subsection id="HE6E3D9E4FEEB416EB098DDE42DE35701"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Titles I and
II</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(b)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83B2656F3CA44A209712C2E3AB26EDE7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB84AEC6512A54CE98DCD6877EC378C91" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H65103A10C5014E0A88B38894CBC85120"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a biological child of an alien permanent
partner if the child was under the age of 18 at the time the permanent
partnership was formed; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H23D84CD681F94A0AB58EB36CF60D1EAF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
child adopted by an alien permanent partner while under the age of 16 years if
the child has been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, such adoptive
parent for at least 2 years and if the child was under the age of 18 at the
time the permanent partnership was
formed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2511238D4C314CDAB032698186FD6F30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title
III</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A6060D17F354311B40DB771B17109BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or as described in subsection (b)(1)(H)</quote> after
<quote>The term <quote>child</quote> means an unmarried person under twenty-one
years of age</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17B75C2359F14C0FB8258FE892BFCEE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>or a deceased permanent partner of the deceased parent,
father, or mother,</quote> after <quote>deceased parent, father, and
mother</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H005AE2EC0FDF4A3D8FC32ED90AE65E41"><enum>203.</enum><header>Worldwide level
of immigration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B34AD1443AF46CE9470578832078ABE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>permanent partners,</quote> after <quote>spouses,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H708EA3FA17D24700B3AC7D43FD686968"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1062407B453449D8A4E10019488517F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(or, in the case of a permanent partnership, whose permanent partnership
was not terminated)</quote> after <quote>was not legally separated from the
citizen</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48EEB1C320714D0989ADF053151A9643"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>remarries.</quote> and inserting <quote>remarries or enters a permanent
partnership with another person.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7CC7A75BB9D436DA6D90829C809E771" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Numerical
limitations on individual foreign states</header>
<subsection id="H57745C66AADC46249F1704B1B7AF2887"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Per country
levels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(a)(4) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H723A1F2BC94D4A6AAAC67114D36EC15F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">, permanent
partners,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C925250AA3D438B979013172B9E3A5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the heading of
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">, permanent partners,</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE11B73D8150498F9D3D124AADE3D886"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of subparagraph (C), by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and
daughters</header-in-text></quote> inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">without permanent partners and unmarried
daughters without permanent partners</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA983C23C988C46D695E9BD5B6EC00BE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules for
chargeability</header><text>Section 202(b)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(b)(2))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC49B504F66DE44F4B7B660B84CBADC4A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA408004A27994E6B936E3B791F31CAB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partners</quote> after <quote>husband and
wife</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2BACE5F1F684D9E84B54B3227E37B63" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Allocation of
immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="H8BFAA39B540E482981673B0F99DE3430"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for family members of permanent resident aliens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8DCAC4C68A184DE2917CD06A022E5BB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
heading—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D575F2E833546A49C47BDEC029B6887"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">, permanent
partners,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D92E02F13224FA7A1E744A02C7B28BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">without permanent
partners</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">sons</header-in-text></quote> and after
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">daughters</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAA3C347F7EE48CA80497BFD0EE2DF0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, permanent partners,</quote> after
<quote>spouses</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BC2ADBEA83E46C09F995F62F33DC3DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting
<quote>without permanent partners</quote> after <quote>sons</quote> and after
<quote>daughters</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H307B573E399A41279836193998FBFAEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for sons and daughters of citizens</header><text>Section 203(a)(3)
of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H776BC0D3B694492581596196427A7D08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and daughters
and sons with permanent partners</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">daughters</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79EC4AB7ACB64EB5901CEAF02A3C04B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or daughters or sons with permanent partners,</quote> after
<quote>daughters</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H67F9970F17D2451FB11D5C8DE5D60C14"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employment
creation</header><text>Section 203(b)(5)(A)(ii) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1153(b)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote>
after <quote>spouse,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB61FA0E9916C47088C8167B536F3B427"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment of
family members</header><text>Section 203(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F3B1C647372497DBEE6EF94D227B4AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D443BDFE8B14278A4DAA6DAFD6AED82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or (E)</quote> and inserting <quote>(E), or (H)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0CBB5A8B4EB4DE99E7281D7B8B0AB76" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Procedure for
granting immigrant status</header>
<subsection id="H7B12403836C3482BAE0B790A451D0D0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Classification
petitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(a)(1)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE09CFCE1073E462D951D5366B14E5802"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C6EF18881C14C51B63D3DA433B4E44E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(iii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA80B4D69EF8848D08368F1504A37BE48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H768A3D7901C44F289DEBC8A94FDC99AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H983FCE55E99049B0A5A081C22C4BC153"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(v)(I), by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>is the
spouse,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50B833395A5849A9ACE2BC9C11633F87"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(vi)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H804891CD981D4B329A62C68BE4016D6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or termination of the permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>divorce</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64793B72003F4484ACFF9041C2E342DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1D6EB1D24894AF98793AE3CBE23C106"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40AAA908A01B4BD9BB1167808D822E08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39E605B277AD4F789CC13AA7128DD2DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote> in clause
(ii)(I)(aa) and the first place it appears in clause (ii)(I)(bb); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5761EADE7F1B4EFB9264B134B99310D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)(II)(aa)(CC)(bbb), by inserting <quote>(or the termination of the permanent
partnership)</quote> after <quote>termination of the marriage</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7465297A0407431EAFFBD3BEFFAEB073"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Immigration
fraud prevention</header><text>Section 204(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(c)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F5345BA70EA41798C078F6B5CF9A7B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA57C715C80C42249C4F27A1D1DB0465"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote> each
place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15D1E339C8BA4419951F1D5D5786A227"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restrictions on
petitions based on marriages entered while in exclusion or deportation
proceedings</header><text>Section 204(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(g)) is
amended by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HADE8167FC6E44CD69FFA57F66E3D8251"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Survival of
rights to petition</header><text>Section 204(h) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(h))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H609DD240F8564B5D81E47CF241A24984"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote> each
place it appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A4B083B6B2841719DBBBF48B733DCCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or formation of a new permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>Remarriage</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H55BB2D07403A413CBFE2F65CA8FF5E1F"><enum>207.</enum><header>Annual
admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation
refugees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC601EB8C32C345A6B23E6700A8731E32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H320A0A9AFFD3402A98654350F7AEE998"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE721951B05234DF9872DDEB37F2D8571"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner’s</quote> after <quote>spouse’s</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8586FADFE534DF5B5C3E9587E7C6690"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="HE68930272DCD4A0688CE2D43D75589E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or</quote> after <quote>(D),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEF27390DA200439CA62D7D3652DBA045"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, or (H)</quote> after <quote>(E)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29164630D3B2406CABF43DFC249FDD6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95B9AD95245144B686656A190F919E9A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Asylum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(b)(3) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6475C0F9686548F98AF80C292ACCA8D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">or
permanent partner</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">spouse</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1512A0A28FB0429C9FD867B2C6B09BC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H32492A1FC45A4C90B54309D816FE418D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD67570B3F84549C2839EB499164E50C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> after <quote>(D),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA55FDAB264D426BB668811646CAAA37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or (H)</quote> after <quote>(E)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDFDDCD7972E4DFD85955EEEDAF7CB8A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Adjustment of status
of refugees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209(b)(3)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)(3)) is amended by
inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HEF49290970BF4CB5A1D289C857C599E4"><enum>210.</enum><header>Inadmissible
aliens</header>
<subsection id="HC3EC7E874DA34FF095DDD5124F761F49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Classes of
aliens ineligible for visas or admission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4B7CA6A948044871B347054F7D160915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(D)(iv), by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51AAD9DFC0824E90A4FBED75EA1A0593"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(C)(I)(I), by inserting <quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4692C1C308D5452D93B7006467785A55"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)(E)(ii), by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD943403E392D41A3A59B8FCC5561729B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(9)(B)(v), by inserting <quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9EB8148F78DA4112B6EECCEB3F92B31A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>Section
212(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0472FC4837814B5BBC18D0C11A58805D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (11),
by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse,</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61F509B17365496D852999FA61F3898A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (12),
by inserting <quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0ABF8FC20D34A219E4A5721FF99A9BE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waivers of
inadmissibility on health-Related grounds</header><text>Section 212(g)(1)(A) of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting <quote>or permanent
partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8D83BC2D3CD4E0AB76166CF34B649C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waivers of
inadmissibility on criminal and related grounds</header><text>Section
212(h)(1)(B) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(h)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting
<quote>permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB2B90D8D5E88409390A3D92EC7E5C2ED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver of
inadmissibility for misrepresentation</header><text>Section 212(i)(1) of such
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(i)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>permanent
partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEAD8A4A3D40491FB954634DDAB29D9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Nonimmigrant status
for permanent partners awaiting the availability of an immigrant
visa</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H00D926036694485599794F5206CF5F3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(2), by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26B4A22FEE124BE1A1AD2EB9080E77C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(r)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BF85388492B42D9B294ABDA9EA15475"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or
permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1415A358998340BA9B25A97EAEDF5FC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote> each
place it appears.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HF2C790DEE93C4BCAA0376C2BCAA110A3"><enum>212.</enum><header>Derivative
status for permanent partners of nonimmigrant visa holders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3E02C3C9B184861BFFCB81894473488"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB3B80D10A6F44048B160013BA901629"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
inserting <quote>, which shall include permanent partners</quote> after
<quote>immediate family</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA05DEED93F894BC08AC33D040321D1D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
inserting <quote>, which shall include permanent partners</quote> after
<quote>immediate families</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FB5ECCAEFCB40C7825340925F3A5849"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by inserting <quote>, which shall include permanent partners,</quote> after
<quote>immediate families,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6CC01AAFA3D1482EAB109D437CB61477"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3E3E50527E74D888990D6DACE57EE22"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F)(ii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07CB445C25074664AC1DA76E7CF87C43"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)(i), by inserting <quote>, which shall include his or her permanent
partner</quote> after <quote>members of his or their immediate
family</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAECBE662790C425991FD42DDB8A2E965"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)(ii), by inserting <quote>, which shall include permanent partners,</quote>
after <quote>the members of their immediate families</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54C4D3A90A8A45009F3AD6FBC37BF3A0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)(iii), by inserting <quote>, which shall include his permanent
partner,</quote> after <quote>the members of his immediate
family</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0059672CEEE44E95A663BE46B2CAB452"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)(iv), by inserting <quote>, which shall include permanent partners</quote>
after <quote>the members of their immediate families</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00D120A2DE154D4ABA31AA806EE80E2F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)(v), by inserting <quote>, which shall include permanent partners</quote>
after <quote>the members of the immediate families</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC485479B4C47496F8688DD200D967143"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H442173B4FA834CBAA0CEA49267FE3CE5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(I), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC93DAB17EB24ED3BF27DDDC0605E07B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(J), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3057F3CA6ACC43DFB8F74D3888D4D669"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(L), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90B00B6FDD1D40D4ABD1C3D3AF16F15B"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(M)(ii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF965787BD667402D9295A84F6A2A4E20"><enum>(14)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(O)(iii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H284636BBDE5742A9B3081C96CFA1D69D"><enum>(15)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(P)(iv), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60978E7A0C524AF1B5B83CAA60819E0E"><enum>(16)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(Q)(ii)(II), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B0EDE676A964A79AC9CEE57EEB57C29"><enum>(17)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(R), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2BB6DCC4C8C47A7B19C263E855BE3A6"><enum>(18)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(S), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A9CC40876B0450781FDA3B8C853CB38"><enum>(19)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(T)(ii)(I), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71633F879FB04C01A6CFDB1506F5C910"><enum>(20)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(T)(ii)(II), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4346709CBA2404BA608A065F2B70EEA"><enum>(21)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(U)(ii)(I), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA4C94404F3145B19B4DE41207DCF431"><enum>(22)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(U)(ii)(II), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3348122C009948689697A6B9169A7CE4"><enum>(23)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(V), by inserting <quote>permanent partner or</quote> after <quote>beneficiary
(including a</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD568DA5B9D8D4C5EAAB7B4FCB8A834FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>Conditional
permanent resident status for certain alien spouses, permanent partners, and
sons and daughters</header>
<subsection id="HD8C9BA104632492C8C3DFC97E40CF376"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section
heading</header>
<paragraph id="H6E9B360E709B4F3CB470FD4E150E4117"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading for
section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a) is amended
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">and
permanent partners</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">spouses</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H017AF354DFBF40A7970362A320F4A526"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by
amending the item relating to section 216 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF10960359B474C51B30CCEDA68EB884E" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 216. Conditional permanent resident
status for certain alien spouses and permanent partners and sons and
daughters.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B1A5BB02DEB4A71A04C10EE59EA7380"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 216(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(a)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E3FCEA968ED4115B917C979DF1B9F4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88079E7F9458418199F412737193E5C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25EA549A527740DEB5EA33A7510930C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B), by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8609CCD2DF8A4459941FBCF4F0788C25"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(C), by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H885261365F804530AB10966BDCE528BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
status if finding that qualifying marriage improper</header><text>Section
216(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H97354375B5A74D52A8494E42280156CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or permanent
partnership</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">marriage</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D7827570DDA4A78B339ABC43B0772BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DF581EC8F52422F9BA88E6E5E65B313"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AB26BFE79DE41A0BF8A9ADB97ABFD94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or has ceased to satisfy the criteria for being considered a permanent
partnership under this Act,</quote> after <quote>terminated,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H198CE53C4B07458B8C1A208E90C534E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H150B428D358A4E87B259BF8C9E9B97AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements of
timely petition and interview for removal of condition</header><text>Section
216(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D826A9B3DFF49148DC2944E5CA06C62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1),
(2)(A)(ii), (3)(A)(ii), (3)(C), (4)(B), and (4)(C), by inserting <quote>or
permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAFED69E0E85149C8867A17392EA23D0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A), in the matter following clause (ii), and in paragraph (3)(D), (4)(B),
and (4)(C), by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6514398939F4957957FFE40D9486DFA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contents of
petition</header><text>Section 216(d)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(d)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B4F26BD93EC4BB6AEDFBF64C44E9C24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading of
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">or permanent partnership</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">marriage</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3877105111674174A6259531DC823D1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB24CECC3D2A341479317E357DC96792B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(I)(I), by inserting before the comma at the end <quote>, or is a permanent
partnership recognized under this Act</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5E59064507C469485E41C3A4A1BC715"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(I)(II)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H606E371BDB9B48A381BE2AC28B4F35E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or has not ceased to satisfy the criteria for being considered a
permanent partnership under this Act,</quote> after <quote>terminated,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60244DC2E7B74B6CB2ACDEA329D40C2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H682A11562A8C427A9C9E386188318296"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9A81ACF17244B0880AACAF6BAF31868"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6105B5E5D7145E9B02D7FD38E69198E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4B1721D53574BFEBDE654C40EC90C86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53D5AA4DDF3A403198979D673EF6CDC7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
216(g) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D98711B6F984A2E9951A15A20EDC406"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BE19274EC084799B8BB566A631A2A06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD97AF28411E4B32AD351DD7CF9DB4CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote> each
place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45B989A332394E8691F836AE4CBD34D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E39C5B7FCC0413FACC4D486CD818C9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9E7DF85B5084510A40510CE32BBABEF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56F2173FD65546ADA22CE768637D87B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78D4F3DC9EDF41F7A3047DB8FC8B688A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marriage</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26EB615EA8D24CEC9BE0807C340AD1EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Conditional
permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, permanent
partners, and children</header>
<subsection id="H6DC5DE1CBCDC4A8E97E466002923BAC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section
heading</header>
<paragraph id="H09D03F1AC3534F9BBE8BA9443FC33DCE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading for
section 216A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b) is amended
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">or
permanent partners</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">spouses</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9620A6BAB56D4A2B9D6D16BE04EED5EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by
amending the item relating to section 216A to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H743A0514BF5141B7B0B4C0469F9385E8" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 216A. Conditional permanent resident
status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses or permanent partners, and
children.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE636D1E3A1024BE6B936C3912198DFD5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 216A(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b(a)) is
amended, in paragraphs (1), (2)(A), (2)(B), and (2)(C), by inserting <quote>or
permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD332FDFB7E754F1CBFDD0B25B1B14BFC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
status if finding that qualifying entrepreneurship
improper</header><text>Section 216A(b)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b(b)(1)) is
amended by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> in the matter following subparagraph (C).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCAA3F839C3A743E09C73FE878BCF8E3C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements of
timely petition and interview for removal of condition</header><text>Section
216A(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b(c)) is amended, in paragraphs (1),
(2)(A)(ii), and (3)(C), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E88CEC4790D40AEAE22165B2AF342A5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
216A(f)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1186b(f)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>or
permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28788FE5ECFD4A24969AF6C41D281A53" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Deportable
aliens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 237(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H62E027F6FD144646981FB2547D80FCD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(D)(i), by inserting <quote>or permanent partners</quote> after
<quote>spouses</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09B074C2A9BB4DE2844B29ED800852E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(1)(E)(ii), (1)(E)(iii), and (1)(H)(I)(I), by inserting <quote>or permanent
partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC637AB656AF4ADEAD7FF130C4F57FF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of paragraph (1) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2F07273F5F454FDD847B0FC72FD04305">
<subparagraph id="H64F489386D8848CC87E3E766846814E6"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Permanent
Partnership fraud</header><text>An alien shall be considered to be deportable
as having procured a visa or other documentation by fraud (within the meaning
of section 212(a)(6)(C)(i)) and to be in the United States in violation of this
Act (within the meaning of subparagraph (B)) if—</text>
<clause id="HA6C5772A46E14914B67354E70670AE38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alien obtains
any admission to the United States with an immigrant visa or other
documentation procured on the basis of a permanent partnership entered into
less than 2 years prior to such admission and which, within 2 years subsequent
to such admission, is terminated because the criteria for permanent partnership
are no longer fulfilled, unless the alien establishes to the satisfaction of
the Secretary of Homeland Security that such permanent partnership was not
contracted for the purpose of evading any provisions of the immigration laws;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H49F09F9B5A984D08A29F6D97ACF7C247"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>it appears to the
satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Security that the alien has failed or
refused to fulfill the alien’s permanent partnership which in the opinion of
the Secretary of Homeland Security was made for the purpose of procuring the
alien’s admission as an immigrant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H732E1D5ABC644907BAC43385AD56F5CD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(2)(E)(i) and (3)(C)(ii), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote>
after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7EF0C94609E44D0BD4907D4069FD0DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header>Removal
proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 240 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D5745A2378A416D9436C6B9CB13165F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading of
subsection (c)(7)(C)(iv), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">permanent partners,</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">spouses,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DE67606F48249BFA00EE75DA388AC5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8864DF29DFC946BDABAB7213E0AC468C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header>Cancellation of
removal; adjustment of status</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 240A(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC62A6DAEDCCC4D1687BAA0734603A5CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(D), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52894E0B96A34D85B41B120B7D86642D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the heading for
paragraph (2), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">, permanent partner,</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">spouse</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A8379BC560B42D48244280F4FF619EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by inserting <quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AA7EC40456D407E98FC3E47B049C635" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header>Adjustment of status
of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence</header>
<subsection id="H88442CFD08834C2B8D694A62DB600796"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on
adjustment of status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
245(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(d)) is amended by
inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H28F5D7FDB05F4092A49FBF0A33D13FE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Avoiding
immigration fraud</header><text>Section 245(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(e))
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H136E6623DD7B49D8B59043FD51A55884"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after
<quote>marriage</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2E681D0D398425398B52A08F61ADF02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCA14973EC11B4054B44EC3DCD6769E89">
<paragraph id="H7391841B804A4C50BE3E01AC69EBC609" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) and section 204(g)
shall not apply with respect to a permanent partnership if the alien
establishes by clear and convincing evidence to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of Homeland Security that the permanent partnership was entered into
in good faith and in accordance with section 101(a)(52) and the permanent
partnership was not entered into for the purpose of procuring the alien’s
admission as an immigrant and no fee or other consideration was given (other
than a fee or other consideration to an attorney for assistance in preparation
of a lawful petition) for the filing of a petition under section 204(a) or
214(d) with respect to the alien permanent partner. In accordance with
regulations, there shall be only one level of administrative appellate review
for each alien under the previous
sentence.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDF77A2B3E8FF495DAEF6A746C43F6B1D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status for certain aliens paying fee</header><text>Section 245(i)(1) of such
Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(i)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>or permanent
partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4578FBDDF86C4E9F8FEC2CCB582E5B76"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment of
status for certain alien informants</header><text>Section 245(j) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1255(j)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8BF7FE0F31C485DADDB2962FEB4A363"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7274EF23D5343449531420D0B8B462F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BA851D24173422DAB8F734E181605F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>sons and daughters with and without permanent partners,</quote> after
<quote>daughters,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4078CE2DB4064D5B83646A9689C6F777"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD94542B601284729B2AC24ABCCE7358D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2741FA79331C459BBD54E07BF310850D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>sons and daughters with and without permanent partners,</quote> after
<quote>daughters,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02862974E562411FB4349E788A07BEDF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Trafficking</header><text>Section
245(l)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting <quote>permanent partner,</quote>
after <quote>spouse,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3645D530DABC4240BFE9195798314774" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><header>Application of
criminal penalties for misrepresentation and concealment of facts regarding
permanent partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
275(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(c)) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA433F9A3F264806B26AFF467ECD6AF6" style="traditional">
<subsection id="H255D20F334CB41C09765C7273731F070"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Any individual who
knowingly enters into a marriage or permanent partnership for the purpose of
evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more
than 5 years, or fined not more than $250,000, or
both.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF443A0A82B82497B994350176F9517A1"><enum>220.</enum><header>Requirements as
to residence, good moral character, attachment to the principles of the
Constitution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 316(b) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427(b)) is amended by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3B22B19A8C6F42DC91E07FC50AAEC486"><enum>221.</enum><header>Naturalization
for permanent partners of citizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 319 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF7692BE345342059A7FEF6321E53FC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>
each place it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H630F04ABC83C45E9A2A7ACF3A7D52402"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by inserting <quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marital
union</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H915D39D476A54A9D90438155AC23057D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B7414F9A86E44CA961B85CD3527FC3C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A754A4A11CE487FA0939500F561D95C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9AE4843147B54BC7A58E63CAD9020C0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H947958B015394F2283CD55BFC5267658"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marital
union</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8324C5F1B5D433396F55D27B60B6FF3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H39EB2F1682D24B8DB8E9F05AD23998F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partner</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE78F4560CA3B4A7E94F041A233168DA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or permanent partnership</quote> after <quote>marital union</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF9A9069DC1044CA689E6ED46623ED68E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2), by inserting <quote>or permanent partner</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8103B81B29234D5AAF19F82B8AC4587B"><enum>222.</enum><header>Application of
family unity provisions to permanent partners of certain LIFE Act
beneficiaries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1504 of
the LIFE Act (division B of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, as
enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD2BC5D0840946D0B2846E50A423C7FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">, permanent
partners,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3947A885ACC24D489143E2FFF5E73976"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by inserting <quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE195500862B4127B7804D8066A12822"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in each of
subsections (b) and (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCDE11FECF5B2464D88C8A1E16CD0574D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
headings, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">,
permanent partners,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H303F58360AA04E57BEBA60055AFC0BEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after <quote>spouse</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B49E4FA883544D688444E2BE35E109C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><header>Application to Cuban
Adjustment Act</header>
<subsection id="H4DD8A0B8DA514D0BA0659D02C886A7CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first section of
Public Law 89–732 (November 2, 1966; 8 U.S.C. 1255 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4399B5398F3D47498D49E29A3EE2B50C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the next to
last sentence, by inserting <quote>, permanent partner,</quote> after
<quote>spouse</quote> the first two places it appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB285AE4E52C1486C98D246D8D0EE2D19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the last
sentence, by inserting <quote>, permanent partners,</quote> after
<quote>spouses</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56CBB408E206423E9D17FC8426E8D272"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H7CE91ACED48647A693AD25BBC4027AAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Immigration and
Nationality Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
101(a)(51)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51)(D))
is amended by striking <quote>or spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>, spouse,
or permanent partner</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF94C7828DE594740AD2263626E3E418D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Violence Against
Women Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
1506(c)(2)(A)(I)(IV) of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (8 U.S.C. 1229a
note; division B of Public Law 106–386) is amended by striking <quote>or
spouse</quote> and inserting <quote>, spouse, or permanent
partner</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>