12 2 STA T . 1 85PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (iv)ano n pr o f i t privat e entit yd e s i g nated b ya S tate , reg ul ated by t h at State, and approved by the Se c retary for purposes of this section .’ ’. (b) PARTIC I P ATI ON O FO FFIC E R S IN PRO G RA M . — Such subsection is further a m ended— ( 1 ) in paragraph ( 2 )— ( A ) by stri k ing ‘‘ Ex cept as provided in paragraph ( 3 ), the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘ T he Secretary’’
and ( B ) by striking ‘‘an enlisted member of the Selected R eserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force in a reserve component and military specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force in a reserve component and in an officer program or military specialty’’; and (2) by striking paragraph (3). (c) CL ERICAL AMEN D MENTS.— (1) SECTION H EADING.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follo w s
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‘ §1630 1 .Educationl oan rep a ym ent pro g ram
mem b er s o fS elected R eser v e ’ ’. (2) TA B LE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the begin - ning of chapter 1 609 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 16301 and inserting the following new item: ‘ ‘ 1630 1 .Educationl oan rep a ym ent pro g ram
mem b er s o fS elected R eser v e. ’ ’. SEC.673 . E N S URI N G EN T R Y INT O UNITE D ST A TES A F TER TI M E A B ROAD FOR P ERMANENT RESIDENT A L IEN MILITARY SPOUSES AND C H ILDREN. Section 2 84 of the I mmigration and N ationality Act (8 U .S.C. 13 5 4) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) Nothing’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(b) If a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence is the spouse or child of a member of the Armed F orces of the United States, is authori z ed to accompany the member and reside abroad with the member pursuant to the member’s official orders, and is so accompanying and residing with the member (in marital union if a spouse), then the residence and physical presence of the person abroad shall not be treated as— ‘‘(1) an abandonment or relin q uishment of lawful perma- nent resident status for purposes of clause (i) of section 101(a)(13)(C); or ‘‘(2) an absence from the United States for purposes of clause (ii) of such section.’’. SEC. 67 4 .O V ERSEAS NATURALI Z ATION FOR MILITARY SPOUSES AND CHILDREN. (a) SPO U SES.—Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(e)(1) In the case of a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, is authorized to accom- pany such member and reside abroad with the member pursuant to the member’s official orders, and is so accompanying and residing
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