[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1781 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1781

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special 
 immigrant status for certain spouses and children of employees of the 
      United States Government abroad killed in the line of duty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2013

 Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
  Connolly, Mr. Cuellar, and Ms. Foxx) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special 
 immigrant status for certain spouses and children of employees of the 
      United States Government abroad killed in the line of duty.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mustafa Akarsu Local Guard Force 
Support Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES AND 
              CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is amended in subparagraph (D)--
            (1) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``an immigrant who is an 
        employee''; and
            (2) by inserting the following:
                    ``(ii) an immigrant who is the surviving spouse or 
                child of an employee of the United States Government 
                abroad killed in the line of duty, provided that the 
                employee had performed faithful service for a total of 
                fifteen years, or more, and that the principal officer 
                of a Foreign Service establishment (or, in the case of 
                the American Institute of Taiwan, the Director thereof) 
                in his discretion, recommends the granting of special 
                immigrant status to the spouse and children and the 
                Secretary of State approves such recommendation and 
                find that it is in the national interest to grant such 
                status;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect beginning on January 31, 2013, and shall have 
retroactive effect.
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