Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013 - 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.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 461 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 461

 To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the 
    numerical limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2013

   Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
 Schatz, and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the 
    numerical limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Filipino Veterans Family 
Reunification Act of 2013''.

SEC. 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).''.
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