order or permission to depart, apply for lawful per-
manent resident status under this section. Such non-
citizen shall not be required to file a separate motion 
to reopen, reconsider, or vacate the order of removal. 
If the Secretary of Homeland Security approves the 
application, the Secretary shall notify the Attorney 
General of such approval, and the Attorney General 
shall cancel the order of removal. If the Secretary ren-
ders a final administrative decision to deny the ap-
plication, the order of removal or permission to de-
part shall be effective and enforceable to the same ex-
tent as if the application had not been made, only 
after all available administrative and judicial rem-
edies have been exhausted. 
SEC. 8. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN IMMEDIATE 
RELATIVES 
OF 
UNITED 
STATES 
CITIZEN 
SERVICE MEMBERS OR VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of an application for 
adjustment of status pursuant to an approved petition for 
classification under section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)), an 
alien described in subsection (b)— 
(1) is be deemed to have been inspected and ad-
mitted into the United States; and 
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(2) shall not be subject to paragraphs (6)(A), 
(6)(C), (7)(A), and (9) of section 212(a) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)). 
(b) ALIEN DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in sub-
section (a) if the alien is the beneficiary of an approved 
petition for classification under section 204(a)(1)(A) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)) 
as 
an 
immediate 
relative 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i))) of 
a citizen of the United States who— 
(1) served, for a minimum of 2 years, on active 
duty in the Armed Forces or in a reserve component 
of the United States Armed Forces; and 
(2) if discharged or released from service in the 
Armed Forces, was discharged or released under hon-
orable conditions. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory 
Committee’’ means the Military Family Immigration 
Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 4. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; 
(F) the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(H) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) ARMED FORCES.—The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘armed forces’’ in 
section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) COVERED FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered family member’’ means the noncitizen spouse or 
noncitizen child of— 
(A) a member of the Armed Forces; or 
(B) a veteran. 
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(5) IMMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-
tion laws’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101). 
(6) NONCITIZEN.—The term ‘‘noncitizen’’ means 
an individual who is not a citizen or national of the 
United States (as defined in section 101(a) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))). 
(7) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
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