(c) STAY OF REMOVAL; WORK AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Attorney General shall provide by 
regulation for an alien subject to a final order of re-
moval to seek a stay of such order based on the filing 
of an application under subsection (a). 
(2) WORK
AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall authorize an alien who has 
applied for cancellation of removal under subsection 
(a) to engage in employment in the United States 
during the pendency of such application. 
(d) MOTIONS TO REOPEN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.— 
Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on motions 
to reopen removal proceedings (except limitations premised 
on an alien’s conviction of an aggravated felony (as defined 
in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43))), any alien who has become eli-
gible for cancellation of removal as a result of the enactment 
of this section may file one motion to reopen removal pro-
ceedings to apply for such relief. The Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Attorney General shall designate a specific 
time period in which all such motions to reopen are re-
quired to be filed. The period shall begin not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
extend for a period not to exceed 240 days. 
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SEC. 4. EXCEPTIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an 
alien may not be provided relief under this Act if the alien 
is— 
(1) inadmissible under paragraph (2) or (3) of 
section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)), or deportable under para-
graph (2) or (4) of section 237(a) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1227(a)), including any individual culpable 
for a specified terrorist activity; or 
(2) a member of the family of an alien described 
in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 5. EVIDENCE OF DEATH. 
For purposes of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Attorney General shall use the standards 
established under section 426 of the Uniting and Strength-
ening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required 
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) 
Act of 2001 in determining whether death occurred as a 
direct result of a specified terrorist activity. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) APPLICATION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 
ACT PROVISIONS.—Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided in this Act, the definitions used in the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) (excluding the 
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definitions applicable exclusively to title III of such Act) 
shall apply in the administration of this Act. 
(b) SPECIFIED TERRORIST ACTIVITY.—For purposes of 
this Act, the term ‘‘specified terrorist activity’’ means any 
terrorist activity conducted against the Government or the 
people of the United States on September 11, 2001. 
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Union Calendar No. 584 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1071 
[Report No. 110–909] 
A BILL 
To provide the nonimmigrant spouses and children 
of nonimmigrant aliens who perished in the Sep-
tember 11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to ad-
just their status to that of an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence, and for other 
purposes. 
OCTOBER 3, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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