I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1525 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform 
immigration law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2013 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Home-
land Security and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to com-
prehensively reform immigration law, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013’’. 
(b) REFERENCES TO THE IMMIGRATION AND NA-
TIONALITY ACT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed 
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in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or 
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act. 
TITLE I—FACILITATING FAMILY- 
BASED IMMIGRATION 
SEC. 101. INCREASING THE ALLOCATION OF FAMILY-BASED 
IMMIGRANT VISAS. 
Section 201(c) (8 U.S.C. 115(c)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(c) WORLDWIDE LEVEL
OF FAMILY-SPONSORED 
IMMIGRANTS.—The worldwide level of family-sponsored 
immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year shall 
be no more than 960,000.’’. 
SEC. 102. PROTECTION AGAINST PROCESSING DELAYS. 
(a) AGE-OUT PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title IV (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘AGE-OUT PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN 
‘‘SEC. 408. (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an ap-
plication initially to grant a benefit under this Act (other 
than an application for naturalization) that otherwise 
would be granted only after a determination that the bene-
ficiary of the application is a child (such as classification 
as an immediate relative under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)), 
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if the application is neither approved nor denied (on proce-
dural or substantive grounds) during the 90-day period 
beginning on the date of the filing of the application, the 
beneficiary shall be considered to be a child for all pur-
poses related to the receipt of the benefit if the beneficiary 
was a child on the last day of such 90-day period, and 
the beneficiary shall not otherwise be prejudiced with re-
spect to such determination by such delay, and shall be 
considered to be a child under this Act for all purposes 
related to such application. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION
OF BENEFIT.—Subsection (a) 
shall remain in effect until the termination of the 1-year 
period beginning on the date on which the application de-
scribed in such paragraph is approved.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 407 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 408. Age-out protection for children.’’. 
(b) TIMELINESS OF ADOPTION FOR IMMIGRATION 
PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b)(1)(E)(i) (8 
U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(E)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘a 
child adopted while under the age of sixteen years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a child, under the age of 16 when 
adoption proceedings were initiated,’’. 
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(2) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SIBLINGS.—Section 
101(b)(1)(E)(ii)(III) 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(b)(1)(E)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking 
‘‘adopted while under the age of 18 years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under the age of 18 when adoption pro-
ceedings were initiated’’. 
SEC. 103. TEMPORARY STATUS PENDING RECEIPT OF PER-
MANENT RESIDENT STATUS. 
(a) CLASSES OF NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS.—Section 
101(a)(15)(K) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii); 
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (iii); 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv)(I) has concluded a valid mar-
riage with an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence, is the parent of a cit-
izen of the United States, or is the child, 
son, or daughter of an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence or a citizen 
of the United States; (II) is the beneficiary 
of an approved petition to accord immi-
grant status on the basis of such family re-
lationship that was filed under section 204 
by such family member; (III) has available 
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