[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1114-S1115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1999. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to unsubsidized COBRA 
continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. STATUS FOR CERTAIN BATTERED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.

       (a) Nonimmigrant Status for Certain Battered Spouses and 
     Children.--
       (1) In general.--Section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(51)), as amended by section 
     2305(d)(6)(B)(i)(III), is further amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``or'' at the end the 
     following;
       (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon and ``or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) section 106 as an abused derivative alien.''.
       (b) Relief for Abused Derivative Aliens.--
       (1) In general.--Section 106 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1105a) 
     is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 106. RELIEF FOR ABUSED DERIVATIVE ALIENS.

       ``(a) Abused Derivative Alien Defined.--In this section, 
     the term `abused derivative alien' means an alien who--
       ``(1) is the spouse or child admitted under section 
     101(a)(15);
       ``(2) is accompanying or following to join a principal 
     alien admitted under such a section; and
       ``(3) has been subjected to battery or extreme cruelty by 
     such principal alien.
       ``(b) Relief for Abused Derivative Aliens.--The Secretary--
       ``(1) shall grant or extend the status of admission of an 
     abused derivative alien under the such section 101(a)(15) 
     under which the principal alien was admitted for the longer 
     of--
       ``(A) the same period of time for which the principal was 
     initially admitted; or
       ``(B) a period of 3 years;
       ``(2) may renew a grant or extension of status made under 
     paragraph (1);
       ``(3) shall grant employment authorization to an abused 
     derivative alien; and
       ``(4) may adjust the status of the abused derivative alien 
     to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
     if--
       ``(A) the alien is admissible under section 212(a) or the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security finds the alien's continued 
     presence in the United States is justified on humanitarian 
     grounds, to ensure family unity, or is otherwise in the 
     public interest; and

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       ``(B) the status under which the principal alien was 
     admitted to the United States would have potentially allowed 
     for eventual adjustment of status.
       ``(c) Effect of Termination of Relationship.--Termination 
     of the relationship with principal alien shall not affect the 
     status of an abused derivative alien under this section if 
     battery or extreme cruelty by the principal alien was 1 
     central reason for termination of the relationship.
       ``(d) Procedures.--Requests for relief under this section 
     shall be handled under the procedures that apply to aliens 
     seeking relief under section 204(a)(1)(C).''.
       (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
     the first section is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 106 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 106. Relief for abused derivative aliens.''.
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