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wide level under such section for such year has been 
exceeded, in which case the alien shall be counted as 
a diversity immigrant for fiscal year 2006. 
(3) TREATMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF CER-
TAIN
ALIENS.—In the case of a principal alien 
issued an immigrant visa number under section 
203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1153(c)) for fiscal year 2005, if such prin-
cipal alien died as a consequence of a specified hur-
ricane disaster, the aliens who were, on August 29, 
2005, the spouse and children of such principal alien 
shall, until June 30, 2006, if not otherwise entitled 
to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance 
of a visa under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
203 of such Act, be entitled to the same status, and 
the same order of consideration, that would have 
been provided to such alien spouse or child under 
section 203(d) of such Act as if the principal alien 
were not deceased and as if the spouse or child’s 
visa application had been adjudicated by September 
30, 2005. 
(4) CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENTING TIMELY AC-
TION.—For 
purposes 
of 
paragraph 
(1), 
cir-
cumstances preventing an alien from using an immi-
grant visa number during fiscal year 2005 are—
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(A) office closures; 
(B) mail or courier service cessations or 
delays; 
(C) airline flight cessations or delays; and 
(D) other closures, cessations, or delays af-
fecting case processing or travel necessary to 
satisfy legal requirements. 
(d) EXTENSION
OF EXPIRATION
OF IMMIGRANT 
VISAS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the limita-
tions under section 221(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(c)), in the case of 
any immigrant visa issued to an alien that expires 
or expired before February 26, 2006 if the alien was 
unable to effect entry into the United States due to 
a circumstance described in paragraph (2) that is a 
consequence of a specified hurricane disaster, then 
the period of validity of the visa is extended until 
February 26, 2006, unless a longer period of validity 
is otherwise provided under this Act. 
(2) CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENTING ENTRY.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), circumstances preventing 
an alien from effecting entry into the United States 
are—
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(A) destruction of, or damage rendering 
uninhabitable, the intended residence of the 
alien; 
(B) a legal prohibition on inhabiting or ac-
cessing the intended residence of the alien; 
(C) office closures; 
(D) airline flight cessations or delays; and 
(E) other closures, cessations, or delays af-
fecting case processing or travel necessary to 
satisfy legal requirements. 
(e) GRANTS OF PAROLE EXTENDED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any parole 
granted by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) that expires on 
a date on or after August 26, 2005, if the alien ben-
eficiary of the parole was unable to return to the 
United States prior to the expiration date due to a 
circumstance described in paragraph (2) that is a 
consequence of a specified hurricane disaster, the 
parole is deemed extended for an additional 90 days. 
(2) CIRCUMSTANCES
PREVENTING
RETURN.— 
For purposes of paragraph (1), circumstances pre-
venting an alien from timely returning to the United 
States are—
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(A) office closures; 
(B) airline flight cessations or delays; and 
(C) other closures, cessations, or delays af-
fecting case processing or travel necessary to 
satisfy legal requirements. 
(f) VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229c), if a period for voluntary departure of an 
alien under such section expired during the period begin-
ning on August 26, 2005, and ending on October 26, 
2005, and the alien was unable voluntarily to depart as 
a consequence of a specified hurricane disaster, such vol-
untary departure period is deemed extended for an addi-
tional 60 days. 
SEC. 4. HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING 
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN. 
(a) TREATMENT AS IMMEDIATE RELATIVES.— 
(1) SPOUSES.—Notwithstanding the second 
sentence of section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1151(b)(2)(A)(i)), in the case of an alien who was 
the spouse of a citizen of the United States at the 
time of the citizen’s death and was not legally sepa-
rated from the citizen at the time of the citizen’s 
death, if the citizen died as a consequence of a speci-