[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 115 (Monday, July 17, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S10176]
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               IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMMENT

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 130, S. 457, a 
bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to update references 
in the classification of children for purposes of U.S. immigration 
laws.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 457) to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to update references in the classification of children 
     for purposes of U.S. immigration laws.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered deemed read a third time, passed, that the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to 
the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the bill (S. 457) was deemed read for the third time, and passed 
as follows:
                                 S.457

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

     SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF CHILD.

       Section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``legitimate child'' 
     and inserting ``child born in wedlock''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``an illegitimate 
     child'' and inserting ``a child born out of wedlock''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``an illegitimate child'' 
     and inserting ``a child born out of wedlock''.
     

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