[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3647 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3647

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that United 
      States citizens' sons and daughters with mental or physical 
    disabilities be considered immediate relatives for purposes of 
 exemption from numerical limitations on visas issued to such sons and 
                               daughters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2015

  Mr. O'Rourke (for himself and Mr. Pearce) 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 that United 
      States citizens' sons and daughters with mental or physical 
    disabilities be considered immediate relatives for purposes of 
 exemption from numerical limitations on visas issued to such sons and 
                               daughters.

    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 ``Fairness for Families Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

    Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(53) The term `mental or physical disability' means, in 
        the case of an individual, a mental or physical impairment, or 
        physical disability that--
                    ``(A) a licensed physician designated by the 
                Secretary of State pursuant to section 40.11 of title 
                22, Code of Federal Regulations for purposes of making 
                examinations pursuant to section 212(a)(1) has 
                determined, by examining the individual, renders the 
                individual unable to care for himself or herself as an 
                adult; and
                    ``(B) due to such impairment or disability, the 
                individual's parent or sibling is solely responsible 
                for the care of the individual.''.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES CITIZENS' SONS AND DAUGHTERS WITH MENTAL OR 
              PHYSICAL DISABILITIES TO BE CONSIDERED IMMEDIATE 
              RELATIVES.

    Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting after ``children, 
spouses,'' the following: ``sons and daughters with mental or physical 
disabilities,''.
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