[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2635 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2635

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2017

Ms. Hanabusa (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. 
   Gutierrez, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Judy Chu of 
 California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Lee, Mr. Soto, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Al 
 Green of Texas, Mr. Takano, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Scott of 
    Virginia, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Filipino Veterans Family 
Reunification Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM IMMIGRANT VISA LIMIT.

    Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) Aliens who--
                    ``(i) are eligible for a visa under paragraph (1) 
                or (3) of section 203(a); and
                    ``(ii) have a parent (regardless of whether the 
                parent is living or dead) who was naturalized pursuant 
                to--
                            ``(I) section 405 of the Immigration Act of 
                        1990 (Public Law 101-649; 8 U.S.C. 1440 note); 
                        or
                            ``(II) title III of the Act of October 14, 
                        1940 (54 Stat. 1137, chapter 876), as added by 
                        section 1001 of the Second War Powers Act, 1942 
                        (56 Stat. 182, chapter 199).''.
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