‘‘(6) PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS IN 
APPLICATIONS.—Whoever files an application for ad-
justment of status under this section and knowingly 
and willfully falsifies, misrepresents, conceals, or 
covers up a material fact or makes any false, ficti-
tious, or fraudulent statements or representations, 
or makes or uses any false writing or document 
knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or 
fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined in ac-
cordance with title 18, United States Code, or im-
prisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(7) APPLICATION FEES.—
‘‘(A) FEE SCHEDULE.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Congress, shall 
provide for a schedule of fees to be charged for 
the filing of applications for adjustment under 
this section. Such fees may not exceed $100 per 
individual or $300 per family. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FEES.— The Attorney Gen-
eral shall deposit payments received under this 
paragraph in a separate account and amounts 
in such account shall be available, without fiscal 
year limitation, to cover administrative and 
other expenses incurred in connection with the 
review of applications filed under this section.
‘‘(e) WAIVER OF NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS AND CER-
TAIN GROUNDS FOR INADMISSIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) 
NUMERICAL
LIMITATIONS
DO
NOT 
APPLY.—The numerical limitations of sections 201 
and 202 shall not apply to the adjustment of aliens 
to lawful permanent resident status under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER
OF
GROUNDS
FOR
INADMIS-
SIBILITY.—In the determination of an alien’s admis-
sibility under this section, the following provisions 
shall apply: 
‘‘(A) GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY NOT 
APPLICABLE.—The provisions of paragraphs 
(5), (6)(A), (6)(C), (6)(F), (6)(G), (7)(A), 
(9)(B), and (9)(C) of section 212(a) shall not 
apply. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER OF OTHER GROUNDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the Attorney General 
may waive any other provision of section 
212(a) in the case of individual aliens for 
humanitarian purposes, to assure family 
unity, or when it is otherwise in the public 
interest.
‘‘(ii) GROUNDS
THAT
MAY
NOT
BE 
WAIVED.—The following provisions of sec-
tion 212(a) may not be waived by the At-
torney General under clause (i): 
‘‘(I) 
Paragraphs 
(2)(A) 
and 
(2)(B) (relating to criminals). 
‘‘(II) Paragraph (2)(C) (relating 
to drug offenses), except for so much 
of such paragraph as relates to a sin-
gle offense of simple possession of 30 
grams or less of marijuana. 
‘‘(III) Paragraph (3) (relating to 
security and related grounds). 
‘‘(IV) Paragraph (4) (relating to 
aliens 
likely 
to 
become 
public 
charges). 
Subclause (IV) (prohibiting the waiver of 
section 212(a)(4)) shall not apply to an 
alien who is or was an aged, blind, or dis-
abled individual (as defined in section 
1614(a)(1) of the Social Security Act). 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINA-
TION OF PUBLIC CHARGE.—An alien is not 
ineligible for adjustment of status under 
this section due to being inadmissible
under section 212(a)(4) if the alien dem-
onstrates a history of employment in the 
United States evidencing self-support with-
out receipt of public cash assistance. 
‘‘(C) MEDICAL EXAMINATION.—The alien 
shall be required, at the alien’s expense, to un-
dergo such a medical examination (including a 
determination of immunization status) as is ap-
propriate and conforms to generally accepted 
professional standards of medical practice. 
‘‘(f) TEMPORARY STAY OF REMOVAL AND WORK AU-
THORIZATION FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS.—
‘‘(1) BEFORE APPLICATION PERIOD.—The At-
torney General shall provide that in the case of an 
alien who is apprehended before the beginning of the 
application period described in subsection (a)(1)(A) 
and who can establish a prima facie case of eligi-
bility to have the alien’s status adjusted under this 
section (but for the fact that the alien may not apply 
for such adjustment until the beginning of such pe-
riod), until the alien has had the opportunity during 
the first 120 days of the application period to com-
plete the filing of an application for adjustment, the 
alien—
‘‘(A) may not be removed from the United 
States; and 
‘‘(B) shall be granted authorization to en-
gage in employment in the United States and 
be provided an ‘employment authorized’ en-
dorsement or other appropriate work permit. 
‘‘(2) DURING APPLICATION PERIOD.—The At-
torney General shall provide that in the case of an 
alien who presents a prima facie application for ad-
justment of status under this section during the ap-
plication period, and until a final determination on 
the application has been made in accordance with 
this section, including any judicial review thereof, 
the alien—
‘‘(A) may not be removed from the United 
States; and 
‘‘(B) shall be granted authorization to en-
gage in employment in the United States and 
be provided an ‘employment authorized’ en-
dorsement or other appropriate work permit. 
‘‘(3) ADVANCE PAROLE AUTHORITY.—The At-
torney General shall establish a process for the ap-
proval of advance parole (under section 212(d)(5)) 
for applicants to travel outside the United States 
with prior approval in the case of—
‘‘(A) business or family necessity; or 
‘‘(B) 
emergency 
or 
extenuating 
cir-
cumstances outside the control of the alien. 
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no adminis-
trative or judicial review of a determination respect-
ing an application for adjustment of status under 
this section except in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—
‘‘(A) SINGLE LEVEL OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
APPELLATE
REVIEW.—The Attorney General 
shall establish an appellate authority to provide 
for a single level of administrative appellate re-
view of a determination described in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(B) STANDARD FOR REVIEW.—Such ad-
ministrative appellate review shall be based 
solely upon the administrative record estab-
lished at the time of the determination on the 
application and upon such additional or newly 
discovered evidence as may not have been avail-
able at the time of the determination. 
‘‘(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
conclusive unless the applicant can establish 
abuse of discretion or that the findings are di-
rectly contrary to clear and convincing facts 
contained in the record, considered as a whole. 
‘‘(D) JURISDICTION
OF
COURTS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the 
district courts of the United States shall have 
jurisdiction over any cause or claim arising 
from a pattern or practice of the Attorney Gen-
eral in the operation or implementation of this 
section that is arbitrary, capricious, or other-
wise contrary to law, and may order any appro-
priate relief. The district courts may order any 
appropriate relief in accordance with the pre-
ceding sentence without regard to exhaustion, 
ripeness, or other standing requirements, if the 
court determines that resolution of such cause 
or claim will serve judicial and administrative 
efficiency or that a remedy would otherwise not 
be reasonably available or practicable. 
‘‘(h) INAPPLICABILITY OF REMOVAL ORDER REIN-
STATEMENT.—Section 241(a)(5) shall not apply with re-
spect to an alien who is applying for adjustment of status 
under this section.
‘‘(i) IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, for comparable provisions of 
this section and section 245A, the Attorney General 
shall base the regulations prescribed to implement 
this section on the regulations (as implemented after 
judicial review) prescribed by the Attorney General 
under section 245A(g) that were most recently in ef-
fect before the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(2) IDENTITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 
after consultation with the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
of the Senate, shall prescribe regulations with 
respect to how an alien may establish his or her 
identity for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(B) EVIDENCE.—The Attorney General 
shall provide that the applicant may submit evi-
dence to establish his or her identity, includ-
ing—
‘‘(i) attestations; 
‘‘(ii) photographs; 
‘‘(iii) rental records; 
‘‘(iv) medical records; and 
‘‘(v) employment records. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN ABSENCES.—
‘‘(A) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may 
provide for a waiver, in the discretion of the At-
torney General, of an absence from the United 
States that otherwise would be considered to 
break a period of continuous residence in the 
case of an absence from the United States due 
merely to a brief temporary trip abroad re-
quired by—
‘‘(i) business or family necessity; or 
‘‘(ii) emergency or extenuating cir-
cumstances outside the control of the alien. 
‘‘(B) ABSENCES CAUSED BY REMOVAL.—If 
a waiver is granted pursuant to subsection 
(e)(2)(B) for an alien who is inadmissible under 
section 212(a)(9)(A) due to having been or-
dered removed, or having departed the United 
States while an order of removal was out-
standing, the Attorney General shall provide 
that any period of time during which the alien 
is outside the United States because of such re-
moval or departure shall be disregarded in de-
termining any period of continuous residence or 
presence in the United States for purposes of 
this section.
‘‘(j) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON LEGAL-
IZATION PROGRAM.—Beginning not later than the first 
day of the application period described in subsection 
(a)(1)(A), the Attorney General, in cooperation with quali-
fied designated entities, shall broadly disseminate informa-
tion respecting the benefits which aliens may receive under 
this section and the requirements to obtain such bene-
fits.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 245A the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 245B. Adjustment of status of certain long-term resident workers and col-
lege-bound students to that of alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence.’’.
SEC. 3. FAMILY UNIFICATION. 
Section 201(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
sum of the number of aliens described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of subsection (b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘the num-
ber of aliens described in subsection (b)(2)(B)’’.
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