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1 Child Status Protection Act of 2001 1 (2001)

handle is hein.immigration/chistat0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 107TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 107-45 CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT OF 2001 APRIL 20, 2001.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SENSENBRENNER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1209] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1209) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to de- termine whether an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an immediate relative, based on the age of the alien on the date the classification petition with respect to the alien is filed, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there- on without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1 Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2 H earings ................................................................................................................... 3 Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... . 3 V ote of the Com m ittee ............................................................................................. 3 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3 Perform ance Goals and Objectives ........................................................................ 3 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 3 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3 Constitutional Authority Statem ent ..................................................................... 5 Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 5 A gency V iew s .......................................................................................................... 6 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 7 M arkup Transcript ................................................................................................. . 8 PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 1209 modifies the provisions of the Immigration and Na- tionality Act determining whether an alien is considered a child and eligible for permanent residence status as an immediate rel- 89-006