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[120 STAT. 762]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 762]

120 STAT. 762

PUBLIC LAW 109–271—AUG. 12, 2006 rights, or termination of assistance shall be effected in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Federal, State, and local law for the termination of leases or assistance under the relevant program of HUD-assisted housing;’’; and (2) in subsection (u)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the public housing agency requests such certification’’ and inserting ‘‘the individual receives a request for such certification from the public housing agency’’; (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the public housing agency has requested such certification in writing’’ and inserting ‘‘the individual has received a request in writing for such certification from the public housing agency’’; and (C) in paragraph (3)(D)(ii), by striking ‘‘blood and marriage’’ and inserting ‘‘blood or marriage’’.

SEC. 6. TITLE VIII—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

(a) PETITIONS FOR IMMIGRANT STATUS.—Section 204(a)(1)(D)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(D)(v)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or (B)(iii)’’ after ‘‘(A)(iv)’’. (b) INADMISSIBLE ALIENS.—Section 212 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4)(C)(i)— (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(III) classification or status as a VAWA selfpetitioner; or’’; (B) in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by amending subclause (I) to read as follows: ‘‘(I) the alien is a VAWA self-petitioner;’’; and (C) in paragraph (9)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘the Attorney General has consented’’ and all that follows through ‘‘United States.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security has consented to the alien’s reapplying for admission. ‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the application of clause (i) in the case of an alien who is a VAWA self-petitioner if there is a connection between— ‘‘(I) the alien’s battering or subjection to extreme cruelty; and ‘‘(II) the alien’s removal, departure from the United States, reentry or reentries into the United States; or attempted reentry into the United States.’’; (2) in subsection (g)(1), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: ‘‘(C) is a VAWA self-petitioner,’’; (3) in subsection (h)(1), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: ‘‘(C) the alien is a VAWA self-petitioner; and’’; and (4) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘an alien granted classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘a VAWA selfpetitioner’’.

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