I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1745 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive inadmissibility based 
on a misrepresentation in the case of an immediate relative of an active 
duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces and to extend the V 
nonimmigrant visa program for spouses and children of such a member. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2007 
Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. REYES, Ms. LEE, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive 
inadmissibility based on a misrepresentation in the case 
of an immediate relative of an active duty or reserve 
member of the Armed Forces and to extend the V non-
immigrant visa program for spouses and children of such 
a member. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uniting America’s 
Military Families Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. WAIVER OF INADMISSIBILITY BASED ON A MIS-
REPRESENTATION IN THE CASE OF AN IMME-
DIATE RELATIVE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY OR RE-
SERVE MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(6)(C) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION
FOR
IMMEDIATE 
RELATIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES.—Clauses (i) and (ii) shall not 
apply to an alien who is an immediate rel-
ative 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i)) of an active duty or re-
serve member of the Armed Forces.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to misrepresentations 
made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF V NONIMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM 
FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. 
Section 101(a)(15)(V) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(V)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert-
ing ‘‘(or that was so filed before, on, or after such 
date, in the case of a petition filed by an active duty 
or reserve member of the Armed Forces)’’ after 
‘‘Family Equity Act’’; 
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘more;’’ and in-
serting ‘‘more (or for any length of time, in the case 
of a petition filed by an active duty or reserve mem-
ber of the Armed Forces);’’; and 
(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘(or any length 
of time has elapsed, in the case of a petition filed 
by an active duty or reserve member of the Armed 
Forces)’’ after ‘‘have elapsed’’. 
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