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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4798 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. · Sec. 202

Sec. 202. Definition of child

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Section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: a biological child of an alien permanent partner if the child was under the age of 18 at the time the permanent partnership was formed; or a child adopted by an alien permanent partner while under the age of 16 years if the child has been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, such adoptive parent for at least 2 years and if the child was under the age of 18 at the time the permanent partnership was formed. .
Section 101(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting or as described in subsection (b)(1)(H) after The term ; and child means an unmarried person under twenty-one years of age in paragraph (2), by inserting or a deceased permanent partner of the deceased parent, father, or mother, after deceased parent, father, and mother .
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