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Act waived or reduced under paragraph (6) of such 
section, a Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
official investigating or prosecuting trafficking de-
scribed in section 101(a)(15)(T)(i) in relation to the 
alien or the alien’s spouse, child, parent, or sibling 
may provide for a certification of having no objection 
to such waiver or reduction.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.—
Section 245(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1255(l)), as amended by subsection (a)(1), is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘subject 
to paragraph (7),’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole unreviewable 
discretion, may waive consideration of a disqualification 
from good moral character described in section 101(f) with 
respect to an alien if there is a connection between the 
disqualification and the trafficking with respect to the 
alien described in section 101(a)(15)(T)(i).’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAINING OF LAW EN-
FORCEMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 107(g) of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of 
Public Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7105(g)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each such 
report shall also include statistics regarding the 
number of law enforcement officials who have been 
trained in the identification and protection of traf-
ficking victims and certification for assistance as 
nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(T) of such 
Act.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to annual reports be-
ginning with the report for fiscal year 2006. 
Subtitle B—VAWA Petitioners 
SEC. 911. DEFINITION OF VAWA PETITIONER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(51) The term ‘VAWA petitioner’ means an alien 
whose application or petition for classification or relief 
under any of the following provisions (whether as a prin-
cipal or as a derivative) has been filed and has not been 
denied after exhaustion of administrative appeals: 
‘‘(A) Clause (iii), (iv), or (vii) of section 
204(a)(1)(A).
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‘‘(B) Clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B). 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 
216(c)(4). 
‘‘(D) The first section of Public Law 89–732 
(commonly known as the Cuban Adjustment Act) as 
a child or spouse who has been battered or subjected 
to extreme cruelty. 
‘‘(E) Section 902(d)(1)(B) of the Haitian Ref-
ugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (division A 
of section 101(h) of Public Law 105–277). 
‘‘(F) Section 202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Ad-
justment and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255 note; Public Law 105–100). 
‘‘(G) Section 309(c)(5) of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 
1101 note).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 212(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking 
‘‘qualifies for immigrant status under subparagraph 
(A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 
204(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(2) Section 212(a)(9)(C)(ii) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘to
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whom the Attorney General has granted classifica-
tion under clause (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 
204(a)(1)(A), or classification under clause (ii), (iii), 
or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a 
VAWA petitioner’’. 
(3) Subsections (h)(1)(C) and (g)(1)(C) of sec-
tion 212 (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by striking 
‘‘qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) 
of section 204(a)(1)(A) or classification under clause 
(ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘is a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(4) Section 212(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘an alien granted 
classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 
204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(5) Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘is 
an alien who qualifies for classification under clause 
(iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or 
(iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a 
VAWA petitioner’’. 
(6) Section 240A(b)(4)(B) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229b(b)(4)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘they were applications filed under section 204(a)(1)
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(A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘the applicants were VAWA petitioners’’. 
(7) Section 245(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘under subpara-
graph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 
204(a)(1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘as a VAWA peti-
tioner’’. 
(8) Section 245(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘under subpara-
graph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), 
(B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of section 204(a)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(9) For additional conforming amendments to 
sections 212(a)(4)(C)(i) and 240(c)(7)(C)(iv)(I) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, see sections 
832(b)(2) and 817(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 912. SELF-PETITIONING FOR CHILDREN. 
(a) SELF-PETITIONING BY CHILDREN OF PARENT-
ABUSERS UPON DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION OF 
PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.—
(1) 
CITIZEN
PARENTS.—Section 
204(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or who’’ and inserting 
‘‘who’’; and