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other than paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and 
(3)(B) of such section; or 
‘‘(iii) is described in clause (i) or (ii) 
and was lawfully admitted as a permanent 
resident.’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION FROM 5-YEAR BAN FOR FEDERAL 
MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFITS.—Section 403(b) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) BATTERED AND CRIME VICTIM ALIENS.— 
An alien who— 
‘‘(A) is described in section 431(c); 
‘‘(B) is described in section 431(b) and 
also is described in section 431(c), other than 
paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3)(B) of such 
section; or 
‘‘(C) is described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) and was lawfully admitted as a permanent 
resident.’’. 
(d) STATUS AS QUALIFIED ALIEN FOR VAWA PETI-
TIONERS AND NONIMMIGRANT ‘‘U’’ AND ‘‘T’’ VISA APPLI-
CANTS AND VISA HOLDERS.—Section 431(c) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)—
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(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or a child’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, child, or parent’’ and by strik-
ing ‘‘or (iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iv), or (vii)’’; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(as in effect 
prior to April 1, 1997)’’; 
(C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a comma; 
(D) in clause (iv), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting a comma; 
(E) in clause (v), by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(vi) status as a VAWA petitioner (as 
defined in section 101(a)(51) of such Act), 
other than such a petitioner described in 
clause (i) or (ii);’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2)(B); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3)(B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3)(B) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) an alien who has applied for and not been 
denied status as a nonimmigrant under clause (i) or
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(ii) of subparagraph (T), or clause (i) or (ii) of sub-
paragraph (U), of section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act’’. 
(e) CONFORMING DEFINITION OF ‘‘FAMILY’’ USED 
IN LAWS GRANTING FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT ACCESS 
FOR BATTERED ALIENS TO STATE FAMILY LAW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 431(c) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘by a 
spouse or a parent, or by a member of the 
spouse or parent’s family residing in the same 
household as the alien and the spouse or parent 
consented to, or acquiesced in, such battery or 
cruelty’’ and inserting ‘‘by a spouse, parent, 
son, or daughter, or by any individual having a 
relationship with the alien covered by the civil 
or criminal domestic violence statutes of the 
State or Indian country where the alien resides, 
or the State or Indian country in which the 
alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s par-
ents received a protection order, or by any indi-
vidual against whom the alien could obtain a 
protection order,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘by a 
spouse or parent of the alien (without the active
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participation of the alien in the battery or cru-
elty), by a member of the spouse or parent’s 
family residing in the same household as the 
alien and the spouse or parent consented or ac-
quiesced to such battery or cruelty,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter of 
the alien (without the active participation of the 
alien in such battery) or by any individual hav-
ing a relationship with the alien covered by the 
civil or criminal domestic violence statutes of 
the State or Indian country where the alien re-
sides, or the State or Indian country in which 
the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s 
parents received a protection order, or by any 
individual against whom the alien could obtain 
a protection order,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘by a 
spouse or parent, or by a member of the spouse 
or parent’s family residing in the same house-
hold as the alien and the spouse or parent con-
sented or acquiesced to such battery or cru-
elty,’’ and inserting ‘‘by a spouse, parent, son, 
or daughter, or by any individual having a rela-
tionship with the alien covered by the civil or 
criminal domestic violence statutes of the State