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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 152

To adjust the status of certain aliens with longstanding ties to the United 

States to that of an alien lawfully admitted to permanent residence, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. PASTOR (for himself and Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To adjust the status of certain aliens with longstanding 

ties to the United States to that of an alien lawfully 

admitted to permanent residence, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Adjust5 ment Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

7 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

9 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
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1 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

2 section or other provision of the Immigration and Nation3 ality Act. 

4 TITLE I—ADJUSTMENT OF STA5 TUS OF CERTAIN UNDOCU6 MENTED ALIENS

7 SEC. 101. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN ENTRANTS 

8 BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2001, TO THAT OF PER9 SON ADMITTED FOR LAWFUL RESIDENCE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title II is amended 

11 by inserting after section 245A the following:

12 ‘‘ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN ENTRANTS BE13 FORE JANUARY 1, 2001, TO THAT OF PERSON ADMIT14 TED FOR LAWFUL RESIDENCE

15 ‘‘SEC. 245B. (a) RESIDENT STATUS.—

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

17 adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien law18 fully admitted for permanent residence if the alien 

19 meets the requirements of this subsection. 

20 ‘‘(2) TIMELY APPLICATION.—

21 ‘‘(A) DURING APPLICATION PERIOD.—Ex22 cept as provided in subparagraph (B), the alien 

23 must apply for such adjustment during the 18-

24 month period beginning on a date (not later 

25 than 360 days after date of enactment) des26 ignated by the Attorney General. 
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1 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF

2 NOTICE TO APPEAR.—An alien who, at any time 

3 during the first 17 months of the 18-month pe4 riod described in subparagraph (A), is the sub5 ject of a notice to appear issued under section 

6 239, must make application under subsection 

7 (b) not later than the end of the 30-day period 

8 beginning either on the first day of such 18-

9 month period or on the date of the issuance of 

10 such notice, whichever day is later. 

11 ‘‘(C) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN APPLICA12 TION.—Each application under subsection (c) 

13 shall contain such information as the Attorney 

14 General may require, including information on 

15 living relatives of the applicant with respect to 

16 whom a petition for preference or other status 

17 may be filed by the applicant at any later date 

18 under section 204(a). 

19 ‘‘(3) CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE.—

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—

21 ‘‘(i) CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE.—The 

22 alien must establish that the alien entered 

23 the United States before January 1, 2001, 

24 and has resided continuously in the United 

25 States since such date and through the 
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1 date the application is filed under this sub2 section. 

3 ‘‘(ii) 5 YEARS.—The alien must estab4 lish continuous residence in the United 

5 States immediately preceding the 5-year 

6 period ending on the date on which the 

7 alien becomes eligible for adjustment of 

8 status under this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(iii) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AB10 SENCES.—An alien shall not be considered 

11 to have lost continuous residence by reason 

12 of an absence from the United States per13 mitted under subsection (b)(9). 

14 ‘‘(B) EXCHANGE VISITORS.—If the alien 

15 was at any time a nonimmigrant exchange alien 

16 (as defined in section 101(a)(15)(J)), the alien 

17 must establish that the alien was not subject to 

18 the two-year foreign residence requirement of 

19 section 212(e) or has fulfilled that requirement 

20 or received a waiver thereof.

21 ‘‘(4) CONTINUOUS PHYSICAL PRESENCE SINCE

22 DATE OF ENACTMENT.—

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must estab24 lish that the alien has been continuously phys-
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1 ically present in the United States since the 

2 date of the enactment of this section. 

3 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF BRIEF, CASUAL, AND

4 INNOCENT ABSENCES.—An alien shall not be 

5 considered to have failed to maintain contin6 uous physical presence in the United States for 

7 purposes of subparagraph (A) by virtue of an 

8 absence, or absences, from the United States 

9 for any periods in the aggregate not exceeding 

10 180 days. 

11 ‘‘(C) ADMISSIONS.—Nothing in this section 

12 shall be construed as authorizing an alien to 

13 apply for admission to, or to be admitted to, the 

14 United States in order to apply for adjustment 

15 of status under this subsection. 

16 ‘‘(5) ADMISSIBLE AS IMMIGRANT.—The alien 

17 must establish that the alien—

18 ‘‘(A) is admissible to the United States as 

19 an immigrant, except as otherwise provided 

20 under subsection (c)(2); and

21 ‘‘(B) has not been convicted of any felony 

22 or three or more misdemeanors committed in 

23 the United States. 

24 ‘‘(6) BASIC CITIZENSHIP SKILLS.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must dem2 onstrate that he either—

3 ‘‘(i) meets the requirements of section 

4 312(a) (relating to minimal understanding 

5 of ordinary English and a knowledge and 

6 understanding of the history and govern7 ment of the United States); or 

8 ‘‘(ii) is satisfactorily pursuing a 

9 course of study (recognized by the Attor10 ney General) to achieve such an under11 standing of English and such a knowledge 

12 and understanding of the history and gov13 ernment of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—

15 ‘‘(i) DISABILITIES.—Subparagraph 

16 (A) shall not apply to a person who is un17 able because of physical or developmental 

18 disability or mental impairment to comply 

19 with such subparagraph. 

20 ‘‘(ii) AGE.—The Attorney General 

21 may, in the Attorney General’s discretion, 

22 waive all or part of the requirements of 

23 subparagraph (A) in the case of an alien 

24 who is 65 years of age or older. 
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1 ‘‘(C) RELATION TO NATURALIZATION EX2 AMINATION.—In accordance with regulations of 

3 the Attorney General, an alien who has dem4 onstrated under subparagraph (A)(i) that the 

5 alien meets the requirements of section 312(a) 

6 may be considered to have satisfied the require7 ments of that section for purposes of becoming 

8 naturalized as a citizen of the United States 

9 under title III. 

10 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—

11 ‘‘(1) CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF APPLI12 CATION.—An application shall be accepted under 

13 this subsection upon a determination that the appli14 cant is prima facie eligible for adjustment of status 

15 under subsection (a), which determination shall not 

16 be made before, at a minimum, the identity of the 

17 applicant has been checked against all appropriate 

18 electronic databases maintained by the Attorney 

19 General and by the Secretary of State and appro20 priate foreign entities or international law enforce21 ment databases to determine any grounds on which 

22 the alien may be inadmissible to the United States 

23 that may not be waived under subsection (c)(2). 

24 ‘‘(2) TO WHOM MAY BE MADE.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

2 shall provide that applications for adjustment of 

3 status under subsection (a) may be filed—

4 ‘‘(i) with the Attorney General, or 

5 ‘‘(ii) with a qualified designated enti6 ty, but only if the applicant consents to the 

7 forwarding of the application to the Attor8 ney General. 

9 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—As used in this sec10 tion, the term ‘qualified designated entity’ 

11 means an organization or person designated 

12 under paragraph (3). 

13 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED ENTITIES TO

14 RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.—For purposes of assisting 

15 in the program of legalization provided under this 

16 section, the Attorney General—

17 ‘‘(A) shall designate qualified voluntary or18 ganizations and other qualified State, local, and 

19 community organizations, and 

20 ‘‘(B) may designate such other persons as 

21 the Attorney General determines are qualified 

22 and have substantial experience, demonstrated 

23 competence, and traditional long-term involve24 ment in the preparation and submittal of appli25 cations for adjustment of status under section 
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1 209 or 245, Public Law 89–732, or Public Law 

2 95–145. 

3 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF APPLICATIONS BY DES4 IGNATED ENTITIES.—Each qualified designated enti5 ty must agree to forward to the Attorney General 

6 applications filed with it in accordance with para7 graph (2)(A)(ii) but not to forward to the Attorney 

8 General applications filed with it unless the appli9 cant has consented to such forwarding. No such en10 tity may make a determination required by this sec11 tion to be made by the Attorney General. 

12 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON ACCESS TO INFORMA13 TION.—Files and records of qualified designated en14 tities relating to an alien’s seeking assistance or in15 formation with respect to filing an application under 

16 this section are confidential and the Attorney Gen17 eral and the Service shall not have access to such 

18 files or records relating to an alien without the con19 sent of the alien. 

20 ‘‘(6) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

22 this paragraph, neither the Attorney General,

23 nor any other official or employee of the De24 partment of Justice, or bureau or agency there25 of, may—
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1 ‘‘(i) use the information furnished by 

2 the applicant pursuant to an application 

3 filed under this section for any purpose 

4 other than to make a determination on the 

5 application, for enforcement of paragraph 

6 (7); 

7 ‘‘(ii) make any publication whereby 

8 the information furnished by any par9 ticular applicant can be identified; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) permit anyone other than the 

11 sworn officers and employees of the De12 partment or bureau or agency or, with re13 spect to applications filed with a des14 ignated entity, that designated entity, to 

15 examine individual applications. 

16 ‘‘(B) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.—The At17 torney General shall provide the information 

18 furnished under this section, and any other in19 formation derived from such furnished informa20 tion, to a duly recognized law enforcement enti21 ty in connection with a criminal investigation or 

22 prosecution, when such information is requested

23 in writing by such entity, or to an official cor24 oner for purposes of affirmatively identifying a 
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1 deceased individual (whether or not such indi2 vidual is deceased as a result of a crime). 

3 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES.—The 

4 Attorney General may provide, in the Attorney 

5 General’s discretion, for the furnishing of infor6 mation furnished under this section in the same 

7 manner and circumstances as census informa8 tion may be disclosed by the Secretary of Com9 merce under section 8 of title 13, United States 

10 Code. 

11 ‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this 

13 paragraph shall be construed to limit the 

14 use, or release, for immigration enforce15 ment purposes or law enforcement pur16 poses of information contained in files or 

17 records of the Service pertaining to an ap18 plication filed under this section, other 

19 than information furnished by an applicant 

20 pursuant to the application, or any other 

21 information derived from the application, 

22 that is not available from any other source. 

23 ‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.—Informa24 tion concerning whether the applicant has 

25 at any time been convicted of a crime may 
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1 be used or released for immigration en2 forcement or law enforcement purposes. 

3 ‘‘(E) CRIME.—Whoever knowingly uses, 

4 publishes, or permits information to be exam5 ined in violation of this paragraph shall be fined 

6 not more than $10,000. 

7 ‘‘(7) PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS IN

8 APPLICATIONS.—Whoever files an application for ad9 justment of status under this section and knowingly 

10 and willfully falsifies, misrepresents, conceals, or 

11 covers up a material fact or makes any false, ficti12 tious, or fraudulent statements or representations, 

13 or makes or uses any false writing or document 

14 knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or 

15 fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined in ac16 cordance with title 18, United States Code, or im17 prisoned not more than five years, or both. 

18 ‘‘(8) APPLICATION FEES.—

19 ‘‘(A) FEE SCHEDULE.—The Attorney Gen20 eral shall provide for a schedule of fees to be 

21 charged for the filing of applications for adjust22 ment under this section. Such fees shall not ex23 ceed the Attorney General’s costs in adjudi24 cating the applications. 
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1 ‘‘(B) USE OF FEES.—The Attorney Gen2 eral shall deposit payments received under this 

3 paragraph in a separate account and amounts 

4 in such account shall be available, without fiscal 

5 year limitation, to cover administrative and 

6 other expenses incurred in connection with the 

7 review of applications filed under this sub8 section. 

9 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZED TRAVEL AND EMPLOY10 MENT.—During the period after an alien has sub11 mitted an application under this subsection and be12 fore the Attorney General has rendered a decision to 

13 accept or reject such application, and during the pe14 riod after the acceptance of an alien’s application 

15 under this subsection and before the Attorney Gen16 eral has rendered a final decision granting or deny17 ing such application, the Attorney General—

18 ‘‘(A) shall not remove the alien from the 

19 United States; 

20 ‘‘(B) shall, in accordance with regulations, 

21 permit the alien to return to the United States 

22 after such brief and casual trips abroad as re23 flect an intention on the part of the alien to ad24 just to lawful permanent resident status under 

25 subsection (a) and after brief temporary trips 
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1 abroad occasioned by a family obligation involv2 ing an occurrence such as the illness or death 

3 of a close relative or other family need; and 

4 ‘‘(C) shall grant the alien authorization to 

5 engage in employment in the United States and 

6 provide to that alien an ‘employment author7 ized’ endorsement or other appropriate work 

8 permit for 12 months, renewable at 6-month in9 tervals, until a final ruling on the application is 

10 made. 

11 ‘‘(c) WAIVER OF NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS AND CER12 TAIN GROUNDS FOR INADMISSIBILITY.—

13 ‘‘(1) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS DO NOT

14 APPLY.—The numerical limitations of sections 201 

15 and 202 shall not apply to the adjustment of aliens 

16 to lawful permanent resident status under subsection 

17 (a) or (g). 

18 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF GROUNDS FOR INADMIS19 SIBILITY.—

20 ‘‘(A) INAPPLICABLE GROUNDS FOR INAD21 MISSIBILITY.—In the determination of an 

22 alien’s admissibility under subsection (a), the 

23 provisions of paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A),

24 (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 212(a) shall not 

25 apply. 
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1 ‘‘(B) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR INADMIS2 SIBILITY.—

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro4 vided in clause (ii), the Attorney General 

5 may waive any other provision of section 

6 212(a) in the case of individual aliens for 

7 humanitarian purposes, to assure family 

8 unity, or when it is otherwise in the public 

9 interest. 

10 ‘‘(ii) GROUNDS THAT MAY NOT BE

11 WAIVED.—The following provisions of sec12 tion 212(a) may not be waived by the At13 torney General under clause (i): 

14 ‘‘(I) Paragraphs (2)(A) and 

15 (2)(B) (relating to criminals). 

16 ‘‘(II) Paragraph (2)(C) (relating 

17 to drug offenses), except for so much 

18 of such paragraph as relates to a sin19 gle offense of simple possession of 30 

20 grams or less of marijuana. 

21 ‘‘(III) Paragraph (3) (relating to 

22 security and related grounds).

23 ‘‘(C) MEDICAL EXAMINATION.—The alien 

24 shall be required, at the alien’s expense, to un25 dergo such a medical examination (including a 
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1 determination of immunization status) as is ap2 propriate and conforms to generally accepted 

3 professional standards of medical practice. 

4 ‘‘(d) TEMPORARY STAY OF DEPORTATION AND

5 WORK AUTHORIZATION BEFORE APPLICATION PERIOD.—

6 The Attorney General may provide that in the case of an 

7 alien who is apprehended before the beginning of the ap8 plication period described in subsection (a)(2)(A) and who 

9 can establish a prima facie case of eligibility to have his 

10 status adjusted under subsection (a) or (g) (but for the 

11 fact that the alien may not apply for such adjustment until 

12 the beginning of such period), until the alien has had the 

13 opportunity during the first 30 days of the application pe14 riod to complete the filing of an application for adjust15 ment, the alien—

16 ‘‘(1) may not be removed from the United 

17 States; and 

18 ‘‘(2) shall be granted authorization to engage in 

19 employment in the United States and be provided an 

20 ‘employment authorized’ endorsement or other ap21 propriate work permit. 

22 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.—

23 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL RE24 VIEW.—There shall be no administrative or judicial 

25 review of a determination respecting an application 
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1 for adjustment of status under subsection (a) or (g) 

2 except in accordance with this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(2) NO REVIEW FOR LATE FILINGS.—No de4 nial of adjustment of status under subsection (a) or 

5 (g) based on a late filing of an application for such 

6 adjustment may be reviewed by a court of the 

7 United States or of any State or reviewed in any ad8 ministrative proceeding of the United States Govern9 ment. 

10 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—

11 ‘‘(A) SINGLE LEVEL OF ADMINISTRATIVE

12 APPELLATE REVIEW.—The Attorney General 

13 shall establish an appellate authority to provide 

14 for a single level of administrative appellate re15 view of a determination described in paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 ‘‘(B) STANDARD FOR REVIEW.—Such ad18 ministrative appellate review shall be based 

19 solely upon the administrative record estab20 lished at the time of the determination on the 

21 application and upon such additional or newly 

22 discovered evidence as may not have been avail23 able at the time of the determination. 

24 ‘‘(4) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
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1 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION TO REVIEW OF DEPOR2 TATION.—There shall be judicial review of such 

3 a denial only in the judicial review of an order 

4 of removal under section 242. 

5 ‘‘(B) STANDARD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—

6 Such judicial review shall be based solely upon 

7 the administrative record established at the 

8 time of the review by the appellate authority 

9 and the findings of fact and determinations 

10 contained in such record shall be conclusive un11 less the applicant can establish abuse of discre12 tion or that the findings are directly contrary to 

13 clear and convincing facts contained in the 

14 record considered as a whole. 

15 ‘‘(C) JURISDICTION OF COURTS.—Notwith16 standing any other provision of law, no court 

17 shall have jurisdiction of any cause of action or 

18 claim by or on behalf of any person asserting 

19 an interest under this section unless such per20 son in fact filed an application under this sec21 tion within the period specified by subsection 

22 (a)(2) attempted to file a complete application 

23 and application fee with an authorized legaliza24 tion officer of the Service but had the applica25 tion and fee refused by that officer. 
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1 ‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION.—

2 ‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General, 

3 after consultation with the Committees on the Judi4 ciary of the House of Representatives and of the 

5 Senate, shall prescribe—

6 ‘‘(A) regulations establishing a definition 

7 of the term ‘continuous residence’, as used in 

8 this section, and the evidence needed to estab9 lish that an alien has resided continuously in 

10 the United States for purposes of this section; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) such other regulations as may be nec13 essary to carry out this section. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In prescribing regula15 tions described in paragraph (1)(A)—

16 ‘‘(A) PERIODS OF CONTINUOUS RESI17 DENCE.—The Attorney General shall specify in18 dividual periods, and aggregate periods, of ab19 sence from the United States which will be con20 sidered to break a period of continuous resi21 dence in the United States and shall take into

22 account absences due merely to brief and casual 

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1 ‘‘(B) ABSENCES CAUSED BY REMOVAL OR

2 ADVANCED PAROLE.—The Attorney General 

3 shall provide that—

4 ‘‘(i) an alien shall not be considered to 

5 have resided continuously in the United 

6 States, if, during any period for which con7 tinuous residence is required, the alien was 

8 outside the United States as a result of a 

9 departure under an order of removal or de10 portation; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) any period of time during which 

12 an alien is outside the United States pur13 suant to the advance parole procedures of 

14 the Service shall not be considered as part 

15 of the period of time during which an alien 

16 is outside the United States for purposes 

17 of this section. 

18 ‘‘(C) WAIVERS OF CERTAIN ABSENCES.—

19 The Attorney General shall provide for a waiv20 er, in the discretion of the Attorney General, of 

21 the periods specified under subparagraph (A) in 

22 the case of an absence from the United States 

23 due merely to a brief temporary trip abroad re24 quired by emergency or extenuating cir25 cumstances outside the control of the alien. 
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1 ‘‘(D) USE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTA2 TION.—The Attorney General shall require 

3 that—

4 ‘‘(i) continuous residence and physical 

5 presence in the United States must be es6 tablished through documents, together with 

7 independent corroboration of the informa8 tion contained in such documents; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the documents provided under 

10 clause (i) be employment-related if employ11 ment-related documents with respect to the 

12 alien are available to the applicant. 

13 ‘‘(3) INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS.—Regula14 tions prescribed under this section may be pre15 scribed to take effect on an interim final basis if the 

16 Attorney General determines that this is necessary 

17 in order to implement this section in a timely man18 ner. 

19 ‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR SPOUSES AND

20 CHILDREN.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The status of an alien shall 

22 be adjusted by the Attorney General to that of an 

23 alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence con24 currently with the adjustment of the principal alien, 

25 if—
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1 ‘‘(A) the alien is the spouse or child of an 

2 alien whose status is adjusted to that of an 

3 alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 

4 under subsection (a); 

5 ‘‘(B) the alien applies for such adjustment 

6 and is physically present in the United States 

7 on the date the application is filed; 

8 ‘‘(C) the alien is otherwise admissible to 

9 the United States for permanent residence, ex10 cept in determining such admissibility the 

11 grounds for inadmissibility specified in para12 graphs (4), (5), (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of 

13 section 212(a) shall not apply; and 

14 ‘‘(D) the alien applies for such adjustment 

15 before the expiration of the application period 

16 specified in subsection (a)(2)(A). 

17 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF WHETHER APPLICANT

18 IS A CHILD.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), a 

19 determination of whether an alien is a child shall be 

20 made using the age of the alien on the date on 

21 which the alien’s application under this subsection is 

22 filed. 

23 ‘‘(h) INAPPLICABILITY OF REMOVAL ORDER REIN24 STATEMENT.—Section 241(a)(5) shall not apply with re-
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1 spect to an alien who is applying for adjustment of status 

2 under this section.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

5 245A the following:

‘‘Sec. 245B. Adjustment of status of certain entrants before January 1, 2001, 

to that of person admitted for lawful residence.’’. 

6 TITLE II—REGISTRY DATE 

7 CHANGE 

8 SEC. 201. CHANGE OF ENTRY DATE INTO THE UNITED 

9 STATES FOR PURPOSES OF A RECORD OF AD10 MISSION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 

11 CERTAIN ALIENS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 249 (8 U.S.C. 1259) is 

13 amended—

14 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘JANU15 ARY 1, 1972’’ and inserting ‘‘JANUARY 1, 2001’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘January 1, 

17 1972;’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2001;’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

19 is amended in the item relating to section 249 by striking 

20 ‘‘January 1, 1972’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2001’’. 

21 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on January 1, 

23 2007. 
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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 SEC. 301. REGULATIONS. 

3 The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations to 

4 implement this Act not more than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro8 priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

9 Act. 

10 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro11 priated pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to re12 main available until expended. 

13 SEC. 303. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the 

15 amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act.

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