I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 36
To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act
to eliminate the requirement that spouses and children of aliens eligible
for adjustment of status under such Act be nationals of Nicaragua
or Cuba and to provide to nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon-
duras, and Haiti an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status under
that Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. BONIOR, Ms.
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. WYNN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. OWENS,
Mr. FROST, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms.
LEE, Mrs. MEEK
of Florida, Mr. FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr.
SERRANO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. LAFALCE, Ms. WOOLSEY,
Ms. NORTON, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. STARK, Mr.
ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. BRADY of
Texas, Mr. BECERRA, and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American
Relief Act to eliminate the requirement that spouses
and children of aliens eligible for adjustment of status
under such Act be nationals of Nicaragua or Cuba and
to provide to nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon-
duras, and Haiti an opportunity to apply for adjustment
of status under that Act, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Central American and
Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF NATIONALITY REQUIREMENT FOR
ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF SPOUSES AND
CHILDREN.
Section 202(d) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and
Central American Relief Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking subparagraph
(A);
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C),
(D), and (E) of paragraph (1) as subparagraphs
(A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively;
(3) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)(B),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’.
SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALS
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA, CUBA, AND HAITI.
Section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Cen-
tral American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note), as amend-
ed by section 2, is further amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘NICA-
RAGUANS AND CUBANS.’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONALS
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA, CUBA, AND HAITI’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Nicaragua
or Cuba’’ and inserting ‘‘Nicaragua, Cuba, El Sal-
vador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Haiti’’.
SEC. 
4. 
CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS 
TO 
TRANSITION
RULES.
(a) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN ALIENS GRANTED
TEMPORARY PROTECTION FROM DEPORTATION.—Section
309(c)(5)(C)(i) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-
migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note),
as amended by section 203 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment
and Central American Relief Act, is amended by striking
subclauses (I) through (V) and inserting the following:
‘‘(I) is an alien who entered the
United States on or before December
31, 1990, who filed an application for
asylum on or before December 31,
1991, and who, at the time of filing
such application, was a national of the
Soviet Union, Russia, any republic of
the former Soviet Union, Latvia, Es-
tonia, Lithuania, Poland, Czecho-
slovakia, Rumania, Hungary, Bul-
garia, Albania, East Germany, Yugo-
slavia, or any state of the former
Yugoslavia;
‘‘(II) is the spouse or child (as
defined in section 101(b)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act) of
an individual, at the time a decision is
rendered to suspend the deportation,
or cancel the removal, of such individ-
ual, if the individual has been deter-
mined to be described in subclause
(I); or
‘‘(III) is the unmarried son or
daughter of an alien parent, at the
time a decision is rendered to suspend
the deportation, or cancel the removal,
of such alien parent, if—
‘‘(aa) the alien parent has
been determined to be described
in this subclause (I); and
‘‘(bb) in the case of a son or
daughter who is 21 years of age
or older at the time such decision
is rendered, the son or daughter
entered the United States on or
before October 1, 1990.’’.
(b) TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN DIVERSITY VISAS.—
Section 203(d) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central