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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Department of Education statistics reveal a lack of 
        diversity among public schoolteachers. During the school year 
        of 2007 through 2008, an estimated 83.1 percent of public 
        schoolteachers were Caucasian, while 7.1 percent were Latino, 7 
        percent were African-American, and 1.2 percent were Asian. Of 
        all public schoolteachers, 24.1 percent were male and 75.9 
        percent were female.
            (2) Some experts believe the lack of diversity can leave 
        students in underrepresented groups without role models to whom 
        they can relate, which may lead to poorer performance in the 
        classroom. Statistics show that students in some 
        underrepresented groups have lower standardized test scores and 
        lower graduation rates.
            (3) Teacher demographics should better reflect those of the 
        population as a whole, ensuring that students have role models 
        from diverse backgrounds and racial and ethnic groups and of 
        different genders.

SEC. 3. RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS FROM 
              UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new part:

    ``PART E--RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS FROM 
                        UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS

``SEC. 2501. GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Authorization.--From amounts appropriated under section 2505, 
the Secretary shall make grants on a competitive basis to eligible 
entities for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from 
underrepresented groups as teachers at public elementary schools and 
secondary schools.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--The Secretary may only make a grant under 
subsection (a) to an eligible entity that--
            ``(1) serves schools that have difficulty recruiting, 
        training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented 
        groups as teachers; and
            ``(2) submits an application at such time, in such form, 
        and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary 
        may require, including--
                    ``(A) a description of how the activities the 
                eligible entity carries out with grant funds will 
                ensure the recruitment, training, and retention of a 
                significant number of individuals from underrepresented 
                groups; and
                    ``(B) a description of the difficulty recruiting, 
                training, and retaining individuals from 
                underrepresented groups experienced by the schools 
                served by the eligible entity.
    ``(c) Priority.--In making grants under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall give priority to--
            ``(1) local educational agencies (or consortia of local 
        educational agencies) that serve the most high-need schools; 
        and
            ``(2) local educational agencies (or consortia of local 
        educational agencies) that serve schools with the highest 
        percentages of minority individuals in their student 
        populations.
    ``(d) Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may not make a grant to an 
        eligible entity under subsection (a) unless the eligible entity 
        agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the 
        eligible entity in carrying out the activities for which the 
        grant is awarded, the eligible entity will make available non-
        Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than 10 
        percent of the Federal funds provided under the grant.
            ``(2) Satisfying matching requirement.--The non-Federal 
        contributions required under paragraph (1) may be--
                    ``(A) in cash or in-kind, including services, 
                fairly evaluated; and
                    ``(B) from--
                            ``(i) any private source; or
                            ``(ii) a State educational agency or local 
                        educational agency.
            ``(3) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive or reduce the non-
        Federal contribution required by paragraph (1) if the eligible 
        entity involved demonstrates that it cannot meet the 
        contribution requirement due to financial hardship.

``SEC. 2502. REPORTS TO SECRETARY.

    ``An eligible entity receiving a grant under section 2501(a) shall 
submit to the Secretary not later than 90 days after the end of each 
school year in which the entity receives grant funds a report that 
contains--
            ``(1) a description of the activities for which the entity 
        used grant funds during such school year;
            ``(2) data concerning, with respect to the schools served 
        by the entity--
                    ``(A) the number of individuals from 
                underrepresented groups that began teaching during such 
                school year;
                    ``(B) the retention rate of teachers who are 
                individuals from underrepresented groups;
                    ``(C) in the case of the report covering the last 
                school year in which the entity receives grant funds, 
                indicators of student academic achievement during such 
                school year as compared with previous school years, 
                disaggregated, if possible, by the achievement of--
                            ``(i) economically disadvantaged students;
                            ``(ii) students from major racial groups;
                            ``(iii) students with disabilities; and
                            ``(iv) students with limited English 
                        proficiency;
                    ``(D) student graduation rates for the school year 
                covered by the report as compared with previous school 
                years, if applicable in the case of the schools served 
                by the entity; and
                    ``(E) student attendance rates for the school year 
                covered by the report as compared with previous school 
                years; and
            ``(3) a description of and data regarding such 
        characteristics of the schools served by the entity, and the 
        students of such schools, as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate, including the number and percentage of students in 
        each of the groups listed in clauses (i) through (iv) of 
        paragraph (2)(C).

``SEC. 2503. BEST PRACTICES INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall evaluate the success of the 
activities carried out by eligible entities using grant funds received 
under section 2501(a) and compile a database of best practices for 
recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented 
groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers. The 
Secretary shall make such database available to eligible entities 
(regardless of whether such entities have received grants under such 
section) through an Internet Web site.
    ``(b) Funds Available.--Of the amounts appropriated to carry out 
this part for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use not more than 10 
percent to carry out this section during such fiscal year.

``SEC. 2504. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part, the following definitions apply:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency (or consortium of 
                local educational agencies); or
                    ``(B) an entity that--
                            ``(i) has entered into a partnership with a 
                        local educational agency (or consortium of 
                        local educational agencies) in which the local 
                        educational agency (or consortium of local 
                        educational agencies) is the primary partner; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) is a private nonprofit organization, 
                        educational service agency, institution of 
                        higher education, or State educational agency.
            ``(2) High-need high school.--The term `high-need high 
        school' means a secondary school--
                    ``(A) in which the entering grade of the school is 
                not lower than grade 9 and that includes grade 12; and
                    ``(B) that has a graduation rate of not more than 
                65 percent in each of the 2 academic years prior to the 
                submission of the grant application.
            ``(3) High-need middle school.--The term `high-need middle 
        school' means a secondary school--
                    ``(A) in which the entering grade is not lower than 
                grade 6 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 
                9; and
                    ``(B) from which not less than 35 percent of the 
                students who complete such school enroll in a high-need 
                high school.
            ``(4) High-need school.--The term `high-need school' means 
        a public school, including a charter school (as such term is 
        defined in section 5210(1))--
                    ``(A) in which not less than 40 percent of the 
                enrolled students are eligible to receive free or 
                reduced price lunches under section 9(b) of the Richard 
                B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1758(b)); or
                    ``(B) that is a high-need high school or a high-
                need middle school.
            ``(5) Individual from an underrepresented group.--The term 
        `individual from an underrepresented group' means an individual 
        who is a member of a racial group or gender that has 
        historically been underrepresented among teachers in public 
        primary and secondary schools in the United States.
            ``(6) Minority individual.--The term `minority individual' 
        means an individual who is a member of a racial group that has 
        historically been underrepresented among teachers in public 
        primary and secondary schools in the United States.

``SEC. 2505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 2015.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding 
after the item related to section 2441 the following:

     Part E--Recruitment, Training, and Retention of Teachers From 
                        Underrepresented Groups

Sec. 2501. Grant program.
Sec. 2502. Reports to Secretary.
Sec. 2503. Best practices information clearinghouse.
Sec. 2504. Definitions.
Sec. 2505. Authorization of appropriations.
[A]: Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2010 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or nonprofits, educational service agencies, institutions of higher education, or states that enter into partnerships with such LEAs, for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers.

Gives priority to LEAs that serve the most high-need schools and those that serve schools with the highest percentages of minorities in their student bodies.

Requires the Secretary to evaluate the success of the grantees and compile a database of best practices for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Tracking Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.

    The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 301, by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(jj) The failure to comply with any requirement of section 414A 
(relating to the traceability of food).''; and
            (2) in chapter IV, by inserting after section 414 the 
        following:

``SEC. 414A. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.

    ``(a) Establishment of System.--Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a 
traceability system described in subsection (b) for all stages of 
manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food.
    ``(b) Description of System.--The traceability system required by 
subsection (a) shall require each article of food shipped in interstate 
commerce to be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to 
retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a 
recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or 
registered identification.
    ``(c) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
        person required to identify an article of food pursuant to 
        subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as prescribed by the 
        Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identification of 
        the article.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person described in paragraph (1) 
        shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a duly authorized 
        representative of the Secretary, allow the representative to 
        access to each place of business of the person to examine and 
        copy the records described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person described in paragraph (1) 
        shall maintain records as required under this subsection for 
        such period of time as the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(d) False Information.--No person shall falsify or misrepresent 
to any other person or to the Secretary, any information as to any 
location at which any article of food was held.
    ``(e) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person shall, 
without authorization from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 
records or other means of identification prescribed by the Secretary 
for use in determining the location at which any article of food was 
held.
    ``(f) Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to assist the Secretary in 
        implementing the traceability system under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall convene an advisory committee (referred to in 
        this subsection as the `Committee').
            ``(2) Membership.--The Committee shall consist of 13 
        members appointed by the Secretary which shall include--
                    ``(A) an equitable number of food safety and 
                tracking technology experts, representatives of the 
                food industry, and consumer advocates; and
                    ``(B) officials from the Center for Food Safety and 
                Applied Nutrition and the Office of Regulatory Affairs 
                of the Food and Drug Administration and the Agriculture 
                Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture.
            ``(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint a 
        Chairperson of the Committee.
            ``(4) Meeting.--The Committee shall convene not later than 
        180 days after the date of enactment of this section and 
        periodically thereafter at the call of the Chairperson.
            ``(5) Report of committee.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this section, the Committee shall 
                submit to the Secretary and the Office of the 
                Commissioner a report that describes the 
                recommendations regarding the most practicable approach 
                to providing for the traceability of food, including 
                the most efficient means of implementing the traceback 
                of contaminated foods.
                    ``(B) Considerations.--In developing the report 
                under subparagraph (A), the Committee shall consider 
                the following approaches to providing for the 
                traceability of food:
                            ``(i) A national database or registry 
                        operated by the Food and Drug Administration.
                            ``(ii) Electronic records identifying each 
                        prior sale, purchase, or trade of the food and 
                        its ingredients, and establishing that the food 
                        and its ingredients were grown, prepared, 
                        handled, manufactured, processed, distributed, 
                        shipped, warehoused, imported, and conveyed 
                        under conditions to ensure the safety of the 
                        food. The records would include an electronic 
                        statement with the date of, and the names and 
                        addresses of all parties to, each prior sale, 
                        purchase, or trade, and any other information 
                        as appropriate.
                            ``(iii) Standardized tracking numbers on 
                        all shipments. These numbers would identify the 
                        country of origin, the unique facility 
                        registration number, date of production, and 
                        lot number (if applicable).
                            ``(iv) Recall performance standards for 
                        each food or commodity type.
                            ``(v) Safeguards for the combining, 
                        repacking, or otherwise mixing of items of 
                        food, particularly fresh produce.
                            ``(vi) Other approaches that enable the 
                        reliable tracking of food and food products.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2011.''.
[A]: Food Tracking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit failing to comply with any requirement of this Act.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food; and (2) convene an advisory committee to assist in implementing the system. Requires the system to identify each article of food shipped in interstate commerce in a manner that enables the Secretary to retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or registered identification.

Authorizes the Secretary to direct each person required to identify an article of food to maintain accurate records regarding the purchase, sale, and identification of the article. Requires each such person to allow authorized representatives of the Secretary to examine and copy records. Prohibits any person from: (1) falsifying or misrepresenting information as to the location at which any article of food was held; or (2) altering, detaching, or destroying any records or other means of identification for use in determining such a location.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Environment from Countries 
Under Repression and Emergency Act'' or the ``SECURE Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN FOREIGN NATIONALS.

    (a) Adjustment of Status.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)), the status 
        of any alien described in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by 
        the Secretary of Homeland Security to that of an alien lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence if the alien--
                    (A) is not inadmissible under paragraph (2) or (3) 
                of section 212(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a));
                    (B) is not deportable under paragraph (2), (3), or 
                (4) of section 237(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)); 
                and
                    (C) is not described in section 208(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
                such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)(i)).
            (2) Relationship of application to certain orders.--
                    (A) In general.--An alien who is present in the 
                United States and has been ordered removed, or 
                permitted voluntarily to depart, from the United States 
                under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) may, notwithstanding such 
                order, apply for adjustment of status under paragraph 
                (1).
                    (B) Motion not required.--An alien described in 
                subparagraph (A) may not be required, as a condition of 
                submitting or approving an application under such 
                subparagraph, to file a motion to reopen, reconsider, 
                or vacate an order described in such subparagraph.
                    (C) Approval.--If the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security approves an application submitted by an alien 
                under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall cancel the 
                order related to the alien that is referred to in such 
                subparagraph.
                    (D) Denial.--If the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                renders a final administrative decision to deny an 
                application submitted by an alien under subparagraph 
                (A), the order related to such alien shall be effective 
                and enforceable to the same extent as if such 
                application had not been made.
    (b) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.--
            (1) In general.--An alien is described in this subsection 
        if the alien--
                    (A) is a national of a foreign state that was at 
                any time designated under section 244(b) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b));
                    (B)(i) is in temporary protected status under 
                section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 (8 
                U.S.C. 1254a);
                    (ii) held temporary protected status as a national 
                of a designated country listed in paragraph (1); or
                    (iii) qualified for temporary protected status at 
                the time the last designation was made by the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security;
                    (C) has been continuously present in the United 
                States for at least 3 years and is physically present 
                in the United States on the date on which the alien 
                files an application for adjustment of status under 
                this section; and
                    (D) passes all applicable criminal and national 
                security background checks.
            (2) Short absences.--An alien shall not be considered to 
        have failed to maintain continuous physical presence in the 
        United States under paragraph (1)(C) by reason of an absence, 
        or multiple absences, from the United States for any period or 
        periods that do not exceed, in the aggregate, 180 days.
            (3) Waiver authorized.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), an 
        alien who fails to meet the continuous physical presence 
        requirement under paragraph (1)(C) shall be considered eligible 
        to receive an adjustment of status under this section if the 
        Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        determines that the removal of the alien from the United States 
        would result in extreme hardship to the alien or the alien's 
        spouse, children, parents, or domestic partner.
    (c) Stay of Removal.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
        alien who is subject to a final order of removal may not be 
        removed if the alien--
                    (A) has a pending application under subsection (a); 
                or
                    (B)(i) is prima facie eligible to file an 
                application under subsection (a); and
                    (ii) indicates that he or she intends to file such 
                an application.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any alien 
        whose application under subsection (a) has been denied by the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security in a final administrative 
        determination.
            (3) During certain proceedings.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B) and notwithstanding any provision of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
                seq.), the Secretary of Homeland Security may not order 
                any alien to be removed from the United States if the 
                alien raises, as a defense to such an order, the 
                eligibility of the alien to apply for adjustment of 
                status under subsection (a).
                    (B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 
                any alien whose application under subsection (a) has 
                been denied by the Secretary of Homeland Security in a 
                final administrative determination.
            (4) Work authorization.--The Secretary of Homeland 
        Security--
                    (A) shall authorize any alien who has applied for 
                adjustment of status under subsection (a) to engage in 
                employment in the United States while such application 
                is pending; and
                    (B) may provide such alien with an ``employment 
                authorized'' endorsement or other appropriate document 
                signifying such employment authorization.
    (d) Adjustment of Status for Spouses and Children.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)) and except 
        as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of 
        Homeland Security shall adjust the status of an alien to that 
        of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the 
        alien--
                    (A) is the spouse, domestic partner, child, or 
                unmarried son or daughter of an alien whose status has 
                been adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
                permanent residence under subsection (a);
                    (B) is physically present in the United States on 
                the date on which the alien files an application for 
                such adjustment of status; and
                    (C) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 
                visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States 
                for permanent residence.
            (2) Continuous presence requirement.--
                    (A) In general.--The status of an unmarried son or 
                daughter referred to in paragraph (1)(A) may not be 
                adjusted under paragraph (1) until such son or daughter 
                establishes that he or she has been physically present 
                in the United States for at least 1 year.
                    (B) Short absences.--An alien shall not be 
                considered to have failed to maintain continuous 
                physical presence in the United States under 
                subparagraph (A) by reason of an absence, or multiple 
                absences, from the United States for any period or 
                periods that do not exceed, in the aggregate, 180 days.
            (3) Waiver.--In determining eligibility and admissibility 
        under paragraph (1)(C), the grounds for inadmissibility under 
        paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7)(A), and (9) of section 212(a) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) shall 
        not apply.
    (e) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall provide applicants for adjustment of status 
under subsection (a) the same right to, and procedures for, 
administrative review as are provided to--
            (1) applicants for adjustment of status under section 245 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act 19 (8 U.S.C. 1255); or
            (2) aliens who are subject to removal proceedings under 
        section 240 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a).
    (f) Exceptions to Numerical Limitations.--The numerical limitations 
set forth in sections 201 and 202 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 and 1152) shall not apply to aliens whose status is 
adjusted pursuant to subsection (a).

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FUTURE DISCONTINUED 
              ELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS FROM COUNTRIES CURRENTLY LISTED 
              UNDER TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.

    Section 244(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``the Attorney General'' and 
                inserting ``, the Secretary of Homeland Security'';
                    (B) by inserting ``(including a recommendation from 
                the Secretary of State that is received by the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security not later than 90 days 
                before the end of such period of designation)'' after 
                ``Government''; and
                    (C) by striking ``The Attorney General'' and 
                inserting ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``If the Attorney General'' and 
                inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--If the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security'';
                    (B) in clause (i), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``Attorney General'' and inserting ``Secretary''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Report.--Not later than 3 days after 
                        the publication of the Secretary's 
                        determination in the Federal Register that a 
                        country's designation under paragraph (1) is 
                        being terminated, the Secretary shall submit a 
                        report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
                        Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
                        the House of Representatives that shall 
                        include--
                                    ``(I) an explanation of the event 
                                or events that initially prompted such 
                                country's designation under paragraph 
                                (1);
                                    ``(II) the progress the country has 
                                made in remedying the designation under 
                                paragraph (1), including any 
                                significant challenges or shortcomings 
                                that have not been addressed since the 
                                initial designation;
                                    ``(III) a statement indicating 
                                whether the country has requested a 
                                designation under paragraph (1), a 
                                redesignation under such paragraph, or 
                                an extension of such designation; and
                                    ``(IV) an analysis, with applicable 
                                and relevant metrics, as determined by 
                                the Secretary, of the country's ability 
                                to repatriate its nationals, 
                                including--
                                            ``(aa) the country's 
                                        financial ability to provide 
                                        for its repatriated citizens;
                                            ``(bb) the country's 
                                        financial ability to address 
                                        the initial designation under 
                                        paragraph (1) without foreign 
                                        assistance;
                                            ``(cc) the country's gross 
                                        domestic product and per capita 
                                        gross domestic product per 
                                        capita;
                                            ``(dd) an analysis of the 
                                        country's political stability 
                                        and its ability to be 
                                        economically self-sufficient 
                                        without foreign assistance;
                                            ``(ee) the economic and 
                                        social impact repatriation of 
                                        nationals in possession of 
                                        temporary protected status 
                                        would have on the recipient 
                                        country; and
                                            ``(ff) any additional 
                                        metrics the Secretary considers 
                                        necessary.''.

SEC. 4. OTHER MATTERS.

    (a) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions.--
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions 
in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) shall 
apply in this Act.
    (b) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers, duties, 
functions, or authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security in the 
administration and enforcement of the immigration laws.
    (c) Eligibility for Other Immigration Benefits.--An alien who is 
eligible to be granted the status of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence under section 2 may not be precluded from seeking 
such status under any other provision of law for which the alien may 
otherwise be eligible.
[A]:
Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act or the SECURE Act This bill permits a qualifying alien who is not inadmissible or deportable under certain criminal or security grounds or who did not participate in persecution to apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status if such alien: (1) is in temporary protected status (TPS), (2) held TPS status, (3) qualified for TSP status at the time of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) last TPS designation, or (4) is a national of a foreign country that was at any time a TPS-designated country. TPS designation permits eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily reside and work in the United States.  An alien who has applied for status adjustment may work while the application is pending.  The spouse, domestic partner, child, or unmarried son or daughter of an alien who has adjusted to lawful permanent resident status may also adjust to such status subject to certain conditions. An unmarried son or daughter must additionally establish physical presence in the United States for at least one year. An alien subject to a final order of removal may not be removed if the alien has a pending status adjustment application or is prima facie eligible to file an application and indicates an intention to do so. An alien who raises the defense of status adjustment eligibility may not be removed unless DHS has already denied the alien's application.