[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5593 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5593

 To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment of status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2018

   Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment of status.

    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 ``Protect Patriot Spouses Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SPOUSES.

    Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n)(1) In applying this section to an alien described in 
paragraph (2)--
            ``(A) such alien shall be deemed, for purposes of 
        subsection (a), to have been inspected and admitted into the 
        United States; and
            ``(B) in determining the alien's admissibility as an 
        immigrant, paragraphs (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 
        212(a) shall not apply.
    ``(2) An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien--
            ``(A) is or was the spouse of a United States citizen who--
                    ``(i) is or was serving on active duty in the 
                United States Armed Forces or in a reserve component of 
                the United States Armed Forces; and
                    ``(ii) if discharged or released from service in 
                the Armed Forces, was discharged or released under 
                honorable conditions; and
            ``(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classification 
        under section 204(a)(1)(A) as an immediate relative (as defined 
        in section 201(b)) by reason of the marriage to such 
        citizen.''.
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