202 
subparagraph (B)(iii) that was filed or ap-
proved before the date on which the child at-
tained 21 year of age shall be considered (if the 
child has not been admitted or approved for 
lawful permanent residence by the date the 
child attained 21 years of age) a petitioner for 
preference status under section 203(a)(2), with 
the same priority date assigned to the self-peti-
tion filed under such subparagraph.’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘in 
either such case’’ after ‘‘shall be required to be 
filed’’. 
(3) CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF DERIVA-
TIVE CHILDREN.—Section 204(a)(1)(D) of such Act 
is further amended by striking subclauses (III) and 
(IV) of clause (i) and by striking clause (ii) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(ii) Subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) also shall 
apply to a derivative child under subparagraph (A)(iii) or 
(A)(iv), or under subparagraph (B)(ii) or (B)(iii), who at-
tains 21 years of age in the same manner as such sub-
clauses apply to a principal petitioner under subparagraph 
(A)(iv), or subparagraph (B)(iii), respectively.’’. 
(4) CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
APPLICATION 
OF
CSPA
PROTECTIONS
TO
CHILDREN
OF
CITI-
203 
ZENS.—Section 201(f) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(f)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
TO
CERTAIN
VAWA
PETI-
TIONERS.—Paragraphs (1) through (3) apply to a 
petitioner described in clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
204(a)(1)(A). ’’. 
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to applications filed 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
VAWA–2000, except that the amendment made by 
paragraph (4) shall apply as if included in the enact-
ment of the Child Status Protection Act (Public Law 
107–208). 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF NO SEPARATE ADJUSTMENT 
APPLICATION FOR DERIVATIVE CHILDREN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 204(a)(1)(A) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(vii) In the case of a petition under clause (ii), (iii), 
or (iv) that includes an individual as a derivative child of 
a principal alien, no adjustment application other than the 
adjustment application of the principal alien shall be re-
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quired for adjustment of status of the individual under 
subsection (a) or (c) of section 245.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications 
filed before, on, or after such date. 
SEC. 813. ACCESS TO VAWA PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN 
OF ASYLUM APPLICANTS UNDER ADJUST-
MENT PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 209(b)(3) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) was the spouse of a refugee within the 
meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) at the time the 
asylum application was granted and who was bat-
tered or was the subject of extreme cruelty per-
petrated by such refugee or whose child was battered 
or subjected to extreme cruelty by such refugee 
(without the active participation of such spouse in 
the battery or cruelty), or 
‘‘(C) was the child of a refugee within the 
meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) at the time of the 
filing of the asylum application and who was bat-
205 
tered or was the subject of extreme cruelty per-
petrated by such refugee,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and— 
(1) section 209(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a)(2), 
shall apply to asylum applications granted before, 
on, or after such date; and 
(2) section 209(b)(3)(C) of such Act, as so 
added, shall apply with respect to asylum applica-
tions filed before, on, or after such date. 
SEC. 814. ELIMINATING ABUSERS’ CONTROL OVER APPLI-
CATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENTS OF STATUS. 
(a) APPLICATION OF MOTIONS TO REOPEN FOR ALL 
VAWA PETITIONERS.—Section 240(c)(6)(C)(iv) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1230(c)(6)(C)(iv)) is amended — 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘under clause 
(iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A), clause (ii) or 
(iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘as a 
VAWA petitioner’’; and 
(2) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘or adjust-
ment of status’’ after ‘‘cancellation of removal’’.