‘‘PREVENTION
STRATEGY.—In 
carrying 
out paragraph (1)’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TVPRA AU-
THORIZATION.—Section 113 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (g); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (h) and 
(i) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively. 
SEC. 8. IMMIGRATION REFORM. 
(a) REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.— 
(1) 
LGBTQI 
SOCIAL
GROUP.—Section 
101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) is amended by inserting 
after the period at the end the following: ‘‘For pur-
poses of determinations under this Act, a person 
who has been persecuted on the basis of sexual ori-
entation or gender identity, shall be deemed to have 
been persecuted on account of membership in a par-
ticular social group, and a person who has a well 
founded fear of persecution on the basis of sexual 
orientation or gender identity shall be deemed to 
have a well founded fear of persecution on account 
of membership in a particular social group.’’. 
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(2) REPORT.—Section 103(e) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103(e)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Each annual report shall include information on 
the total number of applications for asylum and refugee 
status received that are, in whole or in part, based on per-
secution or a well founded fear of persecution on account 
of sexual orientation or gender identity, and the rate of 
approval administratively of such applications.’’. 
(3) ASYLUM FILING DEADLINE REPEAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(a)(2)(B) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1158(a)(2)(B)) is repealed. 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 
208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)(2)) is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘notwithstanding 
subpara-
graph (C)’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘either’’ after 
‘‘Attorney General’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘or extraor-
dinary circumstances relating to the 
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delay in filing an application within 
the period specified in subparagraph 
(B)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘Subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Subparagraph (A)’’. 
(C) 
APPLICATION.—The 
amendments 
made by this paragraph shall apply to applica-
tions for asylum filed before, on, or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) PERMANENT PARTNERS.—Section 101(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (35), by inserting ‘‘includes 
any permanent partner, but’’ before ‘‘does not in-
clude’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(53) The term ‘marriage’ includes a permanent 
partnership. 
‘‘(54) The term ‘permanent partner’ means an indi-
vidual 18 years of age or older who— 
‘‘(A) is in a committed, intimate relationship 
with another individual 18 years of age or older, in 
which both parties intend a lifelong commitment; 
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‘‘(B) is financially interdependent with the 
other individual; 
‘‘(C) is not married to anyone other than the 
other individual; 
‘‘(D) is a national of or, in the case of a person 
having no nationality, last habitually resided in a 
country that prohibits marriage between the individ-
uals; and 
‘‘(E) is not a first-, second-, or third-degree 
blood relation of the other individual. 
‘‘(55) The term ‘permanent partnership’ means the 
relationship that exists between two permanent partners.’’. 
(c) COUNSEL.— 
(1) 
APPOINTMENT
OF
COUNSEL.—Section 
240(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229a(b)(4)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in 
a case in which an indigent alien requests rep-
resentation, such representation shall be ap-
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pointed by the court, at the expense of the Gov-
ernment, for such proceedings.’’. 
(2) RIGHT TO COUNSEL.—Section 292 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1362) is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘In any’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
person’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in a case in 
which an indigent alien requests representation, such rep-
resentation shall be appointed by the court, at the expense 
of the Government, for the proceedings described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(c) In an interview relating to admission under sec-
tion 207, an alien shall have the privilege of being rep-
resented, at no expense to the Government, by such coun-
sel, authorized to practice in such proceedings, as the alien 
shall choose.’’. 
(d) REFUGEE ADMISSIONS
OF LGBTQI ALIENS 
FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of aliens who are 
nationals of or, in the case of aliens having no na-
tionality, last habitually resided in a country that 
fails to protect against persecution on the basis of 
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