Uniting America's Military Families Act of 2007

Uniting America's Military Families Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive inadmissibility grounds based on visa, document, or immigration benefit misrepresentation in the case of an immediate family member of an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces.

Amends V-visa (permits nonimmigrant spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents who are beneficiaries of an immigrant petition to reside and work in the United States while waiting to obtain immigrant status) provisions to eliminate specified restrictions on a petition's filing date and length of pendency for a petition filed by an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1745 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1745

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive inadmissibility 
based on a misrepresentation in the case of an immediate relative of an 
 active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces and to extend the V 
  nonimmigrant visa program for spouses and children of such a member.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2007

     Mr. Ortiz (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
 Abercrombie, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive inadmissibility 
based on a misrepresentation in the case of an immediate relative of an 
 active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces and to extend the V 
  nonimmigrant visa program for spouses and children of such a member.

    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 ``Uniting America's Military Families 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF INADMISSIBILITY BASED ON A MISREPRESENTATION IN THE 
              CASE OF AN IMMEDIATE RELATIVE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY OR 
              RESERVE MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(a)(6)(C) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(iii) Exception for immediate relatives 
                        of members of the armed forces.--Clauses (i) 
                        and (ii) shall not apply to an alien who is an 
                        immediate relative (as defined in section 
                        201(b)(2)(A)(i)) of an active duty or reserve 
                        member of the Armed Forces.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
misrepresentations made before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF V NONIMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM FOR MILITARY FAMILIES.

    Section 101(a)(15)(V) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(V)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``(or 
        that was so filed before, on, or after such date, in the case 
        of a petition filed by an active duty or reserve member of the 
        Armed Forces)'' after ``Family Equity Act'';
            (2) in clause (i), by striking ``more;'' and inserting 
        ``more (or for any length of time, in the case of a petition 
        filed by an active duty or reserve member of the Armed 
        Forces);''; and
            (3) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or any length of time 
        has elapsed, in the case of a petition filed by an active duty 
        or reserve member of the Armed Forces)'' after ``have 
        elapsed''.
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