(ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘is a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(4) Section 212(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘an alien granted 
classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
201(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 
204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(5) Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘is 
an alien who qualifies for classification under clause 
(iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or 
(iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a 
VAWA petitioner’’. 
(6) Section 240A(b)(4)(B) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229b(b)(4)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘they were applications filed under section 204(a)(1) 
(A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of such Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the applicants were VAWA petitioners’’. 
(7) Section 245(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘under subpara-
graph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 
204(a)(1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘as a VAWA peti-
tioner’’. 
(8) Section 245(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘under subpara-
graph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), 
(B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of section 204(a)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(9) For additional conforming amendments to 
sections 212(a)(4)(C)(i) and 240(c)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, see sections 
832(c) and 817(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 112. SELF-PETITIONING FOR CHILDREN. 
(a) SELF-PETITIONING BY CHILDREN OF PARENT- 
ABUSERS UPON DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION OF 
PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.— 
(1) 
CITIZEN
PARENTS.—Section 
204(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or who’’ and inserting 
‘‘who’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘domestic violence,’’ 
the following: ‘‘or who was a child of a United 
States citizen parent who within the past 2 
years (or, if later, two years after the date the 
child attains 18 years of age) died or otherwise 
terminated the parent-child relationship,’’. 
(2) LAWFUL
PERMANENT
RESIDENT
PAR-
ENTS.—
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
204(a)(1)(B)(iii) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(B)(iii)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or who’’ and inserting 
‘‘who’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘domestic vio-
lence,’’ the following: ‘‘or who was a child 
of a lawful permanent resident resident 
who within the past 2 years (or, if later, 
two years after the date the child attains 
18 years of age) died or otherwise termi-
nated the parent-child relationship,’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
TREATMENT
OF
DE-
CEASED
SPOUSES.—Section 
204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(CC)) 
is 
amended— 
(i) by redesignating subitems (aaa) 
and (bbb) as subitems (bbb) and (ccc), re-
spectively; and 
(ii) by inserting before subitem (bbb), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(aaa) whose spouse died within the past 
2 years;’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the amendment made by paragraphs 
(1) and (2) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(B) TRANSITION IN CASE OF CITIZEN PAR-
ENTS WHO DIED BEFORE ENACTMENT.—In ap-
plying the amendments made by paragraphs (1) 
and (2)(A) in the case of an alien whose citizen 
parent or lawful permanent resident parent died 
or whose parent-child relationship with such 
parent terminated during the period beginning 
on October 28, 1998, and ending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the following rules 
apply: 
(i) The reference to ‘‘within the past 
2 years’’ in section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) or 
204(a)(1)(B)(iii), respectively, of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act in the mat-
ter inserted by such paragraph is deemed 
to be a reference to such period. 
(ii) The petition must be filed under 
such section within 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act (or, if later, 
2 years after the alien’s 18th birthday).
(iii) The determination of eligibility 
for benefits as a child under such section 
(including under section 204(a)(1)(D) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act by 
reason of a petition authorized under such 
section) shall be determined as of the date 
of the death of the citizen parent or lawful 
permanent resident parent or the termi-
nation of the parent-child relationship. 
(b) PROTECTING VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE FROM 
AGING OUT.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION REGARDING CONTINUATION 
OF IMMEDIATE RELATIVE STATUS FOR CHILDREN OF 
CITIZENS.—Section 204(a)(1)(D)(i)(I) of the Immi-
gration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(D)(i)(I)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘clause (iv) of section 
204(a)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(iv)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a petitioner for preference 
status under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of sec-
tion 203(a), whichever paragraph is applicable’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to continue to be treated as an 
immediate 
relative 
under 
section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i), or a petitioner for preference
status under section 203(a)(3) if subsequently 
married,’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
APPLICATION 
TO
CHILDREN
OF
LAWFUL
PERMANENT
RESI-
DENTS.—Section 204(a)(1)(D) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)) is amended—— 
(A) in clause (i)(I)— 
(i) by inserting after the first sentence 
the following new sentence: ‘‘Any child who 
attains 21 years of age who has filed a pe-
tition under subparagraph (B)(iii) that was 
filed or approved before the date on which 
the child attained 21 year of age shall be 
considered (if the child has not been ad-
mitted or approved for lawful permanent 
residence by the date the child attained 21 
years of age) a petitioner for preference 
status under section 203(a)(2)(A), with the 
same priority date assigned to the self-peti-
tion filed under such subparagraph.’’; and 
(ii) in the last sentence, by inserting 
‘‘in either such case’’ after ‘‘shall be re-
quired to be filed’’;