Speech #850003859

The bill will be received and appropriately referred. and. without objection. the bill will be printed in the RECORD. The bill authorizing the issuance of not to exceed 10.000 special nonquota immigrant visas to eligible orphans. introduced by Mr. NEUBERGER (for himself and Mr. MORSE). was received. read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: 5. 866 A bill authorizing the issuance of not to exceed 10.000 special nonquota immigrant visas to eligible orphans Be it enacted. etc.. That the Secretary of State is authorized to issue not to exceed 10.000 special nonquota immigrant visas to eligible orphans. as defined In this act. who are under 12 years of age at the time the visa is issued. but not more than two such special nonquota immigrant visas may be issued to eligible orphans adopted abroad or to be adopted by any one United States citizen and spouse. unless necessary to prevent separation of brothers and sisters. (b) When used in this act the term "eligible orphan" shall mean an alien child (1) who is an orphan because of the death or disappearance of both parents. or because of abandonment or desertion by. or separation or loss from. both parents. or who has only one parent due to the death or disappearance of. abandonment or desertion by. or separation or loss from the other parent and the remaining parent is incapable of providing care for such orphan and has in writing irrevocably released him for emigration and adoption. (2) (a) who has been lawfully adopted abroad by a United States citizen and spouse. or (b) for whom assurances. satisfactory to the consular officer to whom a visa application on behalf of the orphan is made. have been given by a United States citizen and spouse that if the orphan is admitted into the United States they will adopt him in the United States and will care for him properly. and (3) who is ineligible for admission into the United States solely because the nonpreference portion of the quota to which he would otherwise be chargeable is oversubscribed by applicants registered on the consular waiting list at the time his visa application is made. but no natural parent of any eligible orphan who shall be admitted into the United States pursuant to this act shall thereafter. by virtue of such parentage. be accorded any right. privilege. or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. (c) Any visa issued under this act to any eligible orphan who has been lawfully adopted abroad by a United States citizen and spouse while such citizen is serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces. or is employed abroad by the United States Government. or is temporarily abroad on business. shall be valid until such time as the adoptive citizen parent returns to the United States in due course of his business or service. SEC. 2. All orphans admitted into the United States without visas prior to the enactment of this act by procedures established under section 5 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953. and under the parole provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. are hereby granted permanent residence in the United States on the same basis as if they had been issued immigrant visas.