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PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-327 "(B) the Attorney General may grant the alien a waiver on the grounds of inadmissibility under subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 212(a)(9) of such Act. In granting waivers under subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall use standards used in granting consent under subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (C)(ii) of such section 212(a)(9).". (2) PERMITTING MOTION TO REOPEN.— Notwithstanding any time and number limitations imposed by law on motions to reopen exclusion, removal, or deportation proceedings (except limitations premised on an alien's conviction of an aggravated felony (as defined by section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)), a national of Haiti who has become eligible for adjustment of status under the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 as a result of the amendments made by paragraph (1), may file one motion to reopen exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings to apply for such adjustment under that Act. The scope of any proceeding reopened on this basis shall be limited to a determination of the alien's eligibility for adjustment of status under that Act. All such motions shall be filed within 180 days of the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) SECTION 309 OF IIRIRA.— Section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(h) RELIEF AND MOTIONS TO REOPEN. — "(1) RELIEF. —An alien described in subsection (c)(5)(C)(i) who is otherwise eligible for— "(A) suspension of deportation pursuant to section 244(a) bf the Immigration and Nationality Act, as in effect before the title III-A effective date; or "(B) cancellation of removal, pursuant to section

240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and subsection (f) of this section; shall not be barred from applying for such relief by operation of section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as in effect after the title III-A effective date. " (2) ADDITIONAL MOTION TO REOPEN PERMITTED. — Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on motions to reopen removal or deportation proceedings (except limitations premised on an alien's conviction of an aggravated felony (as defined by section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)), any alien who is described in subsection (c)(5)(C)(i) and who has become eligible for cancellation of removal or suspension of deportation as a result of the enactment of paragraph (1) may file one motion to reopen removal or deportation proceedings in order to apply for cancellation of removal or suspension of deportation. The scope of any proceeding reopened on this basis shall be limited to a determination of the alien's eligibility for cancellation of removal or suspension of deportation. The Attorney General shall designate a specific time period in which all such motions to reopen are required to be filed. The period shall begin not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection and shall extend for a period not to exceed 240 days. "(3) CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this subsection shall preclude an alien from filing a motion to reopen pursuant to section 240(b)(5)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,