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Union Calendar No. 584 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1071 
[Report No. 110–909] 
To provide the nonimmigrant spouses and children of nonimmigrant aliens 
who perished in the September 11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to 
adjust their status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HARE, and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
OCTOBER 3, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. BURTON 
of Indiana, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
WEINER, and Mr. SHAYS 
OCTOBER 3, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide the nonimmigrant spouses and children of non-
immigrant aliens who perished in the September 11 ter-
rorist attacks an opportunity to adjust their status to 
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that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘September 11 Family 
Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NON-
IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF TERRORISM. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The status of any alien de-
scribed in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security to that of an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence, if the alien— 
(A) applies for such adjustment not later 
than 2 years after the date on which the Sec-
retary promulgates final regulations to imple-
ment this section; and 
(B) is otherwise admissible to the United 
States for permanent residence, except in deter-
mining such admissibility the grounds for inad-
missibility specified in paragraphs (4), (5), 
(6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 212(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)) shall not apply. 
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(2) RULES IN APPLYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS.— 
In the case of an alien described in subsection (b) who 
is applying for adjustment of status under this sec-
tion— 
(A) the provisions of section 241(a)(5) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act shall not 
apply; and 
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may grant the alien a waiver of the grounds of 
inadmissibility under subparagraphs (A) and 
(C) of section 212(a)(9) of such Act. 
In granting waivers under subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary shall use standards used in granting con-
sent under subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (C)(ii) of such 
section 212(a)(9). 
(3) RELATIONSHIP OF APPLICATION TO CERTAIN 
ORDERS.—An alien present in the United States who 
has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or or-
dered to depart voluntarily from the United States 
under any provision of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) may, notwith-
standing such order, apply for adjustment of status 
under paragraph (1). Such an alien may not be re-
quired, as a condition of submitting or granting such 
application, to file a separate motion to reopen, re-
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consider, or vacate such order. If the Secretary of 
Homeland Security grants the application, the Sec-
retary shall cancel the order. If the Secretary renders 
a final administrative decision to deny the applica-
tion, the order shall be effective and enforceable to the 
same extent as if the application had not been made. 
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE
FOR ADJUSTMENT
OF STA-
TUS.—The benefits provided by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any alien who— 
(1) was lawfully present in the United States as 
a nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)) on September 10, 2001; 
(2) was, on such date, the spouse, child, depend-
ent son, or dependent daughter of an alien who— 
(A) was lawfully present in the United 
States as a nonimmigrant alien described in sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) on such date; 
and 
(B) died as a direct result of a specified ter-
rorist activity; and 
(3) was deemed to be a beneficiary of, and by, 
the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 
2001 (42 U.S.C. 40101). 
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