(A) to conduct security and law enforce-
ment background checks of an alien applying 
for adjustment of status under this section; and 
(B) to determine whether there is any 
criminal, national security, or other factor that 
would render the alien ineligible for such ad-
justment of status. 
(2) COMPLETION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS.— 
The security and law enforcement background 
checks required by paragraph (1) shall be completed, 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary, prior to the date 
the Secretary grants adjustment of status. 
(i) EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
Nothing in this section or in any other law may be con-
strued to apply a numerical limitation on the number of 
aliens who may be eligible for adjustment of status under 
this section. 
(j) ELIGIBILITY FOR NATURALIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An alien whose status is ad-
justed under this section to that of an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence may be natural-
ized upon compliance with all the requirements of 
the immigration laws. 
(2) ALIEN ENLISTEES.—For purposes of sec-
tion 316(a), an alien enlistee whose status was ad-
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justed under this section shall be deemed to have 
satisfied the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of such section, and may apply for naturalization. 
SEC. 7. TREATMENT OF ALIENS MEETING REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
EXTENSION 
OF 
CONDITIONAL 
NON-
IMMIGRANT STATUS. 
If, on the date of the enactment of this Act, an alien 
has satisfied all the requirements of sections 4(a)(1) and 
5(d)(1)(D), the Secretary of Homeland Security may can-
cel removal and grant conditional nonimmigrant status in 
accordance with section 4, and may extend conditional 
nonimmigrant status in accordance with section 5(d). The 
alien may apply for adjustment of status in accordance 
with section 6(a) if the alien has met the requirements 
of section 5(d)(1) during the entire period of conditional 
nonimmigrant status. 
SEC. 8. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall have exclu-
sive jurisdiction to determine eligibility for relief under 
this Act, except where the alien has been placed into de-
portation, exclusion, or removal proceedings either prior 
to or after filing an application for cancellation of removal 
and conditional nonimmigrant status or adjustment of sta-
tus under this Act, in which case the Attorney General 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction and shall assume all the 
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powers and duties of the Secretary until proceedings are 
terminated, or if a final order of deportation, exclusion, 
or removal is entered the Secretary shall resume all powers 
and duties delegated to the Secretary under this Act. If 
the Secretary grants relief under this Act, the final order 
of deportation, exclusion, or removal shall be terminated. 
SEC. 9. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), no officer or employee of the United States may— 
(1) use the information furnished by an indi-
vidual pursuant to an application filed under this 
Act to initiate removal proceedings against any per-
son identified in the application; 
(2) make any publication whereby the informa-
tion furnished by any particular individual pursuant 
to an application under this Act can be identified; or 
(3) permit anyone other than an officer or em-
ployee of the United States Government, the alien, 
or, in the case of an application filed under this Act 
with a designated entity, that designated entity, to 
examine such application filed under this Act. 
(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURE.—The Attorney General 
or the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the 
information furnished under this Act, and any other infor-
mation derived from such furnished information, to— 
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(1) a Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforce-
ment agency, intelligence agency, national security 
agency, component of the Department of Homeland 
Security, court, or grand jury in connection with a 
criminal investigation or prosecution, a background 
check conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun 
Violence Protection Act (Public Law 103–159; 107 
Stat. 1536) or an amendment made by that Act, or 
for homeland security or national security purposes, 
if such information is requested by such entity or 
consistent with an information sharing agreement or 
mechanism; or 
(2) an official coroner for purposes of affirma-
tively identifying a deceased individual (whether or 
not such individual is deceased as a result of a 
crime). 
(c) FRAUD IN APPLICATION PROCESS OR CRIMINAL 
CONDUCT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, information concerning whether an alien seeking 
relief under this Act has engaged in fraud in an applica-
tion for such relief or at any time committed a crime may 
be used or released for immigration enforcement, law en-
forcement, or national security purposes. 
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(d) PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly uses, publishes, 
or permits information to be examined in violation of this 
section shall be fined not more than $10,000. 
SEC. 10. TREATMENT OF CONDITIONAL NONIMMIGRANTS 
FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual granted conditional 
nonimmigrant status under this Act shall, while such indi-
vidual remains in such status, be considered lawfully 
present for all purposes except— 
(1) section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (concerning premium tax credits), as added 
by section 1401 of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148); and 
(2) section 1402 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (concerning reduced cost shar-
ing; 42 U.S.C. 18071). 
(b) FOR PURPOSES OF THE 5-YEAR ELIGIBILITY 
WAITING PERIOD UNDER PRWORA.—An individual who 
has met the requirements under this Act for adjustment 
from conditional nonimmigrant status to lawful perma-
nent resident status shall be considered, as of the date 
of such adjustment, to have completed the 5-year period 
specified in section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1613). 
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SEC. 11. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 7 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives a report setting forth— 
(1) the number of aliens who were eligible for 
cancellation of removal and grant of conditional non-
immigrant status under section 4(a); 
(2) the number of aliens who applied for can-
cellation of removal and grant of conditional non-
immigrant status under section 4(a); 
(3) the number of aliens who were granted con-
ditional nonimmigrant status under section 4(a); 
and 
(4) the number of aliens whose status was ad-
justed to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence under section 6. 
SEC. 12. MILITARY ENLISTMENT. 
Section 504(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) An alien who is a conditional non-
immigrant (as that term is defined in section 3 of 
the Recognizing American Children Act).’’. 
Æ 
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