Mark Takai Filipino Veterans Family Unification Act

Bill: 114-hr-6306
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2016-11-14
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Mark Takai Filipino Veterans Family Unification Act</strong></p> <p> This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6306 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2016 Ms. Gabbard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mark Takai Filipino Veterans Family Unification Act . 2. Exemption from immigrant visa limit Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Aliens who— (i) are eligible for a visa under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 203(a); and (ii) have a parent (regardless of whether the parent is living or dead) who was naturalized pursuant to— (I) section 405 of the Immigration Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–649 ; 8 U.S.C. 1440 note); or (II) title III of the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1137, chapter 876), as added by section 1001 of the Second War Powers Act, 1942 (56 Stat. 182, chapter 199). .