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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2830

To grant special immigrant status to immediate relatives of Filipino veterans

of World War II, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 2, 1993

Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. MINETA, Mr. BLACKWELL, and Mr. GUTIERREZ)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

A BILL

To grant special immigrant status to immediate relatives

of Filipino veterans of World War II, 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 ‘‘Filipino Veterans’ Eq5 uity Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS OF CERTAIN FILIPINO

7 VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

8 Section 405(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is

9 amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), military

2 service records authenticated by the appropriate agency

3 of the Government of the Philippines shall be accepted to

4 certify periods of military service in the Philippines during

5 World War II and the nature of discharge from such serv6 ice, in the absence of such records in the United States

7 Army Reserve Personnel Center or the National Personnel

8 Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or the records of

9 the Department of Veterans Affairs being kept in the

10 United States or in Manila, Philippines.’’.

11 SEC. 3. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR SPOUSES, CHIL12 DREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN OF CERTAIN

13 FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27) of the Immi15 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is

16 amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph

18 (J),

19 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub20 paragraph (K) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub22 paragraph:

23 ‘‘(L) an immigrant who is the spouse or surviv24 ing spouse, child, or grandchild of a person de-
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1 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section

2 405(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990.’’.

3 (b) NOT SUBJECT TO NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 201(b)(1)(A) of

5 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by

6 striking ‘‘or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (B), or (L)’’.

7 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

8 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) is

9 amended by striking ‘‘or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (B),

10 or (L)’’.

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

12 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment

13 of this Act.

14 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND

15 WAIVER PROVISIONS.

16 (a) DEADLINE.—Subparagraph (D) of section

17 405(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended to

18 read as follows:

19 ‘‘(D) who applies for naturalization during the

20 period beginning on the date of the enactment of

21 this Act and ending November 29, 1998.’’.

22 (b) WAIVER.—Section 113 of Public Law 102–395

23 is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘within 2

2 years after the effective date of this section’’ and in3 serting ‘‘before November 30, 1998’’, and

4 (2) by striking subsection (e).

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