[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1598 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1598

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2019

 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
 Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
  Harris, Mr. Kaine, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 2019''.

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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