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PUBLIC LAW 106-386—OCT. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 1527 or subjected to extreme cruelty who is eligible for suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal can request to be placed, and be placed, in deportation or removal proceedings so that such alien may apply for suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal; (2) the number of requests filed at each district office under this policy; (3) the number of these requests granted reported separately for each district; and (4) the average length of time at each Immigration and Naturalization office between the date that an alien who has been subject to battering or extreme cruelty eligible for suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal requests to be placed in deportation or removal proceedings and the date that the immigrant appears before an immigration judge to file an application for suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal. SEC. 1506. RESTORE»IG IMMIGRATION PROTECTIONS UNDER THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 1994. (a) REMOVING BARRIERS TO ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR VIC- TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. — (1) IMMIGRATION AMENDMENTS.— Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by inserting "or the status of any other alien having an approved petition for classification under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 204(a)(1) or" after "into the United States."; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking "Subsection (a) shall not be applicable to" and inserting the following: "Other than an alien having an approved petition for classification under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), (B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of section 204(a)(1), subsection (a) shall not be applicable to". (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by paragraph 8 USC 1255 note. (1) shall apply to applications for adjustment of status pending on or made on or after January 14, 1998. (b) REMOVING BARRIERS TO CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL AND SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.— (1) NOT TREATING SERVICE OF NOTICE AS TERMINATING CONTINUOUS PERIOD. —Section 240A(d)(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(d)(l)) is amended by striking "when the alien is served a notice to appear under section 239(a) or" and inserting "(A) except in the case of an alien who applies for cancellation of removal under subsection (b)(2), when the alien is served a notice to appear under section 239(a), or (B)". (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendment made by paragraph 8 USC I229b (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section ^°^- 304 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 587). (3) MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRANSITION RULES FOR BAT- TERED SPOUSE OR CHILD. —Section 309(c)(5)(C) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended—