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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 557
To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment of status.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 15, 2019
Mr. SOTO (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. NORTON,
and Mr. ESPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment
of status.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Patriot
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Spouses Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY
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SPOUSES.
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Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
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(8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(n)(1) In applying this section to an alien described
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in paragraph (2)—
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‘‘(A) such alien shall be deemed, for purposes
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of subsection (a), to have been inspected and admit-
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ted into the United States; and
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‘‘(B) in determining the alien’s admissibility as
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an immigrant—
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‘‘(i) paragraphs (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B)
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of section 212(a) shall not apply; and
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‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Security,
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in the discretion of the Secretary, may waive
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the application of paragraphs (6)(C), (9)(A),
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and (9)(C) of section 212(a) if the alien estab-
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lishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary that
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the alien does not pose a threat to the public
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and has not committed any criminal offenses in
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violation of Federal or State law unrelated to
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the alien’s status.
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‘‘(2) An alien is described in this paragraph if the
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alien—
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‘‘(A) is or was the spouse of a United States
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citizen who—
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‘‘(i) is or was serving on active duty in the
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United States Armed Forces or in a reserve
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component of the United States Armed Forces;
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and
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‘‘(ii) if discharged or released from service
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in the Armed Forces, was discharged or re-
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leased under honorable conditions; and
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‘‘(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classi-
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fication under section 204(a)(1)(A) as an immediate
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relative (as defined in section 201(b)) by reason of
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the marriage to such citizen.’’.
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