I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3271
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for permanent 
resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound 
students, to modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants 
in order to promote family unification, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2003
Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
FROST, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. FARR, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. REYES, and Mr. GREEN of Texas) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for permanent resident status for certain long-term resi-
dent workers and college-bound students, to modify the 
worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order 
to promote family unification, 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 ‘‘Earned Legalization 
and Family Unification Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. LEGALIZATION OF STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title II of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 245A the following new 
section: 
‘‘ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN LONG-TERM RESI-
DENT
WORKERS
AND
COLLEGE-BOUND
STUDENTS 
TO THAT OF ALIEN LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PER-
MANENT RESIDENCE 
‘‘SEC. 245B. (a) ADJUSTMENT
TO PERMANENT 
RESIDENT STATUS FOR CERTAIN WORKERS, SPOUSES, 
AND CHILDREN.—The Attorney General shall adjust the 
status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence if the alien meets the following 
requirements: 
‘‘(1) TIMELY APPLICATION.—
‘‘(A) DURING APPLICATION PERIOD.—Ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (B), the alien 
must apply for such adjustment during the 36-
month period beginning on the date final regu-
lations are issued to carry out this section. 
‘‘(B) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN APPLI-
CATION.—Each application under this sub-
section shall contain such information as the 
Attorney General may require, including infor-
mation on living relatives of the applicant with
respect to whom a petition for preference or 
other status may be filed by the applicant at 
any later date under section 204(a). 
‘‘(2) CONTINUOUS 5-YEAR RESIDENCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must estab-
lish that the alien—
‘‘(i) entered the United States before 
the date that is 5 years before the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
‘‘(ii) has resided continuously in the 
United States during the 5-year period 
ending on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and through the date the application 
was filed under this subsection; and 
‘‘(iii) was in the United States on the 
date of the enactment of this Act in an un-
lawful status and has resided continuously 
in the United States in an unlawful status 
since such date and through the date the 
application was filed under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) NONIMMIGRANTS.—In the case of an 
alien who entered the United States as a non-
immigrant before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the alien must also establish that the 
alien’s period of authorized stay as a non-
immigrant expired before such date through the 
passage of time or the alien’s unlawful status 
was known to the Government as of such date. 
‘‘(C) EXCHANGE
VISITORS.—If the alien 
was at any time a nonimmigrant exchange alien 
(as defined in section 101(a)(15)(J)), the alien 
must establish that the alien was not subject to 
the two-year foreign residence requirement of 
section 212(e) or has fulfilled that requirement 
or received a waiver thereof. 
‘‘(D) OTHER LAWFUL ALIENS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this paragraph, 
in the case of an alien who is in a lawful status, 
other than a nonimmigrant status, on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the alien must es-
tablish that the alien has resided continuously 
in the United States in such status during the 
5-year period ending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
‘‘(3) CONTINUOUS
PRESENCE
SINCE
ENACT-
MENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must estab-
lish that the alien has been continuously 
present in the United States since the date of 
the enactment of this section.
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF BRIEF, CASUAL, AND 
INNOCENT ABSENCES.—An alien shall not be 
considered to have failed to maintain a contin-
uous presence in the United States for purposes 
of subparagraph (A), or continuous residence in 
the United States for purposes of paragraph 
(2), by virtue of brief, casual, and innocent ab-
sences from the United States. 
‘‘(C) ADMISSIONS.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as authorizing an alien to 
apply for admission to, or to be admitted to, the 
United States in order to apply for adjustment 
of status under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) ADMISSIBLE
AS
IMMIGRANT.—The alien 
must establish that the alien—
‘‘(A) is admissible to the United States as 
an immigrant, except as otherwise provided 
under subsection (e)(2); 
‘‘(B) has not been convicted of any felony 
or of three or more misdemeanors committed in 
the United States; 
‘‘(C) has not assisted in the persecution of 
any person or persons on account of race, reli-
gion, nationality, membership in a particular 
social group, or political opinion; and
‘‘(D) is registered or registering under the 
Military Selective Service Act, if the alien is re-
quired to be so registered under that Act. 
‘‘(5) EMPLOYMENT IN UNITED STATES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must have 
been employed (whether or not lawfully) in the 
United States, in the aggregate, for at least 
520 of the workdays occurring during the 5-
year period ending on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR ALIEN CHILDREN.—
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an indi-
vidual under 23 years of age on the date on 
which the application was filed under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(C) EVIDENCE
OF
EMPLOYMENT.—For 
purposes of satisfying the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A), the alien may submit, among 
other evidence—
‘‘(i) records maintained by the Com-
missioner of Social Security; 
‘‘(ii) other employment records; 
‘‘(iii) tax records; 
‘‘(iv) bank account records; and
‘‘(v) attestations from community 
leaders, religious leaders, co-workers, or 
store owners. 
‘‘(D) BURDEN OF PROOF.—An alien apply-
ing for adjustment of status under this sub-
section has the burden of proving by a prepon-
derance of the evidence that the alien has 
worked the requisite number of days (as re-
quired under subparagraph (A)). An alien can 
meet such burden of proof by producing suffi-
cient evidence to show the extent of that em-
ployment as a matter of just and reasonable in-
ference. In such a case, the burden then shifts 
to the Attorney General to disprove the alien’s 
evidence with a showing which negates the rea-
sonableness of the inference to be drawn from 
the evidence. 
‘‘(6) PAYMENT OF INCOME TAXES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must dem-
onstrate the payment of all Federal and State 
income taxes owed for employment during the 
3-year period preceding the date the application 
was filed under this subsection. The alien may 
satisfy such requirement through demonstrating 
that no such tax liability exists or through sat-
isfaction of all outstanding liabilities (including 
through execution of a binding agreement to 
pay back taxes owing). 
‘‘(7) BASIC CITIZENSHIP SKILLS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must dem-
onstrate that the alien either—
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of section 
312(a) (relating to minimal understanding 
of ordinary English and a knowledge and 
understanding of the history and govern-
ment of the United States); or 
‘‘(ii) is satisfactorily pursuing a 
course of study (recognized by the Attor-
ney General) to achieve such an under-
standing of English and such a knowledge 
and understanding of the history and gov-
ernment of the United States. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(i) MANDATORY.—The requirements 
of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any 
person who is—
‘‘(I) 65 years of age or older; or 
‘‘(II) unable because of physical 
or developmental disability or mental 
impairment to comply therewith.
‘‘(ii) DISCRETIONARY.—The Attorney 
General may, in his discretion, waive all or 
part of the requirements of subparagraph 
(A) in the case of an alien who is 50 years 
of age or older. 
‘‘(C) RELATION TO NATURALIZATION EX-
AMINATION.—In accordance with regulations of 
the Attorney General, an alien who has dem-
onstrated under subparagraph (A)(i) that the 
alien meets the requirements of section 312(a) 
may be considered to have satisfied the require-
ments of that section for purposes of becoming 
naturalized as a citizen of the United States 
under title III. 
‘‘(b) FAMILY UNIFICATION.—An alien who, as of the 
date of filing an application under subsection (a), is the 
spouse or child of an alien who qualifies for adjustment 
of status under subsection (a) shall, if not otherwise enti-
tled to such adjustment of status, be entitled to the same 
status if accompanying or following to join the spouse or 
parent if—
‘‘(1) the spouse or child meets the requirements 
of subsection (a)(4); and
‘‘(2) the spouse or child was included in the ap-
plication information required under subsection 
(a)(1)(B). 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT TO PERMANENT RESIDENT STA-
TUS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN IN MIDDLE OR SECONDARY 
SCHOOL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence if the alien 
meets the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) TIMELY APPLICATION.—
‘‘(i) AGE
ON
APPLICATION
DATE.—
The alien must not have attained 25 years 
of age before the date on which the appli-
cation for adjustment under this sub-
section was filed. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
requirements of subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of subsection (a)(1) shall apply to an 
application under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) CONTINUOUS PRESENCE.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The alien must es-
tablish that the alien was present in the 
United States on the date of the enactment 
of this section and has been present in the
United States for a continuous period of 
not less than 5 years immediately pre-
ceding the date on which the application 
under subparagraph (A) was filed. 
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF BRIEF, CASUAL, 
AND INNOCENT ABSENCES.—An alien shall 
not be considered to have failed to main-
tain a continuous presence in the United 
States for purposes of clause (i) by virtue 
of brief, casual, and innocent absences 
from the United States. 
‘‘(iii) ADMISSIONS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as authorizing 
an alien to apply for admission to, or to be 
admitted to, the United States in order to 
apply for adjustment of status under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(C) GOOD
MORAL
CHARACTER.—The 
alien must demonstrate that the alien has been 
a person of good moral character during the 5 
years immediately preceding the date on which 
the application under subparagraph (A) was 
filed. 
‘‘(D) STUDENT.—The alien, at the time of 
application, must be enrolled at or above the
7th grade level in a school in the United States 
or be enrolled in, or actively pursuing admission 
to, an institution of higher education in the 
United States (as defined in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)). 
‘‘(E) ADMISSIBLE
AS
IMMIGRANT.—The 
alien must satisfy the requirements of sub-
section (a)(4). 
‘‘(2) NO DERIVATIVE RIGHT OF PARENTS.—The 
parent of an alien who adjusts status pursuant to 
this subsection shall not be granted the same status 
by reason of accompanying or following to join un-
less otherwise entitled to such status. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—
‘‘(1) TO WHOM MAY BE MADE.—The Attorney 
General shall provide that applications for adjust-
ment of status under this section may be filed—
‘‘(A) with the Attorney General; or 
‘‘(B) with a qualified designated entity, 
but only if the applicant consents to the for-
warding of the application to the Attorney Gen-
eral.
As used in this section, the term ‘qualified des-
ignated entity’ means an organization or person des-
ignated under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED ENTITIES TO 
RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.—For purposes of assisting 
in the program of legalization provided under this 
section, the Attorney General—
‘‘(A) shall designate qualified voluntary or-
ganizations and other qualified State, local, and 
community organizations; and 
‘‘(B) may designate such other persons as 
the Attorney General determines are qualified 
and have substantial experience, demonstrated 
competence, and traditional long-term involve-
ment in the preparation and submittal of appli-
cations for adjustment of status under section 
209 or 245, Public Law 89–732, or Public Law 
95–145 (including qualified designated entities 
under section 245A). 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF APPLICATIONS BY DES-
IGNATED ENTITIES.—Each qualified designated enti-
ty must agree to forward to the Attorney General 
applications filed with it in accordance with para-
graph (1)(B) but not to forward to the Attorney 
General applications filed with it unless the appli-
cant has consented to such forwarding. No such en-
tity may make a determination required by this sec-
tion to be made by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
ACCESS
TO
INFORMA-
TION.—Files and records of qualified designated en-
tities relating to an alien’s seeking assistance or in-
formation with respect to filing an application under 
this section are confidential and the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Service shall not have access to such 
files or records relating to an alien without the con-
sent of the alien. 
‘‘(5) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
this paragraph, neither the Attorney General, 
nor any other official or employee of the De-
partment of Justice, or bureau or agency there-
of, may—
‘‘(i) use the information furnished by 
the applicant pursuant to an application 
filed under this section for any purpose 
other than to make a determination on the 
application for enforcement of paragraph 
(6), or for the preparation of reports to 
Congress under law;
‘‘(ii) make any publication whereby 
the information furnished by any par-
ticular applicant can be identified; or 
‘‘(iii) permit anyone other than the 
sworn officers and employees of the De-
partment or bureau or agency or, with re-
spect to applications filed with a des-
ignated entity, that designated entity, to 
examine individual applications. 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED
DISCLOSURES.—The At-
torney General shall provide the information 
furnished under this section, and any other in-
formation derived from such furnished informa-
tion, to a duly recognized law enforcement enti-
ty in connection with a criminal investigation or 
prosecution, when such information is requested 
in writing by such entity, or to an official cor-
oner for purposes of affirmatively identifying a 
deceased individual (whether or not such indi-
vidual is deceased as a result of a crime). 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORIZED
DISCLOSURES.—The 
Attorney General may provide, in the Attorney 
General’s discretion, for the furnishing of infor-
mation furnished under this section in the same 
manner and circumstances as census informa-
tion may be disclosed by the Secretary of Com-
merce under section 8 of title 13, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to limit the 
use, or release, for immigration enforce-
ment purposes or law enforcement pur-
poses of information contained in files or 
records of the Service pertaining to an ap-
plication filed under this section, other 
than information furnished by an applicant 
pursuant to the application, or any other 
information derived from the application, 
that is not available from any other source. 
‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.—Infor-
mation concerning whether the applicant 
has at any time been convicted of a crime 
may be used or released for immigration 
enforcement purposes. 
‘‘(E) CRIME.—Whoever knowingly uses, 
publishes, or permits information to be exam-
ined in violation of this paragraph shall be fined 
not more than $10,000.
‘‘(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.—
‘‘(A) DIRECT
REVIEW.—A person whose 
application for adjustment of status under this 
section is denied after administrative appellate 
review under paragraph (2) may seek review of 
such denial before the United States district 
court for the district in which such person re-
sides in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(B) REVIEW
AFTER
REMOVAL
PRO-
CEEDINGS.—There shall be judicial review of 
the denial of an application for adjustment of 
status under this section in the judicial review 
of an order of removal, deportation, or exclu-
sion, but only if the validity of the denial has 
not been upheld in a prior judicial proceeding 
under subparagraph (A). Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the standard for review 
of such a denial shall be governed by subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(C) STANDARD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
Judicial review of a denial of an application 
under this section shall be based solely upon the 
administrative record established at the time of 
the review. The findings of fact and other de-
terminations contained in the record shall be
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:
‘‘245B. Adjustment of status of certain long-term resident workers and college-
bound students to that of alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent 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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