S.Amdt. 2979Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)2nd degree

To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.

Submitted July 23, 2025

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2979 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2979 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

October 9, 2025

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2979 proposed by Senator Wicker for Senator Hirono to Amendment SA 3748.

October 9, 2025

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Amendment SA 2979 proposed by Senator Wicker for Senator Hirono to Amendment SA 3748. (consideration: CR S7074-7086)

October 9, 2025

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Amendment SA 2979 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

October 9, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

July 23, 2025

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SA 2979. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. EXEMPTION FROM IMMIGRANT VISA LIMIT.

Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(F) Aliens who--
``(i) are eligible for a visa under paragraph (1) or (3) of
section 203(a); and
``(ii) have a parent (regardless of whether the parent is
living or dead) who was naturalized pursuant to--
``(I) section 405 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101-649; 8 U.S.C. 1440 note); or
``(II) title III of the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat.
1137, chapter 876), as added by section 1001 of the Second
War Powers Act, 1942 (56 Stat. 182, chapter 199).''.
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