IIB
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6397
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 17, 2010
Received
December 22, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To amend section 101(a)(35) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a marriage for which the parties are not physically in the presence of each other due to service abroad in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke,
Jr. Memorial Act
.
Military marriages lacking physical presence
Section 101(a)(35) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(35)) is amended by inserting before the period
at the end (except for failure to consummate the marriage caused by
physical separation due to the service abroad of one of the contracting parties
in an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United
States)
.
Compliance with PAYGO
The budgetary effects of
this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
for this Act, submitted
for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the
House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Passed the House of Representatives November 15, 2010.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.