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 114 STAT. 1526 PUBLIC LAW 106-386—OCT. 28, 2000 amended by inserting "(except in a case described in section 237(a)(7) where the Attorney General exercises discretion to grant a waiver)" after "237(a)(3)". (c) MISREPRESENTATION WAIVERS FOR BATTERED SPOUSES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.— (1) WAIVER OF INADMISSIBILITY. —Section 212(i)(l) of the Immigration and NationaHty Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(i)(l)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "or, in the case of 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), the alien demonstrates extreme hardship to the alien or the alien's United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, or qualified alien parent or child". (2) WAIVER OF DEPORTABILITY. —Section 237(a)(1)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by inserting "(I)" after "(i)"; (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as subclause (II); and (C) by adding after clause (i) the following: "(ii) is an alien who qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B).". (d) BATTERED IMMIGRANT WAIVER.—Section 212(g)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(g)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "or" at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B), by adding "or" at the end; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: "(C) qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or classification under clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B);". (e) WAIVERS FOR VAWA ELIGIBLE BATTERED IMMIGRANTS. — Section 212(h)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(h)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking "and" and inserting "or"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(C) the alien qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or classification under clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B); and". (f) PUBLIC CHARGE.—Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(p) In determining whether an alien described in subsection (a)(4)(C)(i) is inadmissible under subsection (a)(4) or ineligible to receive an immigrant visa or otherwise to adjust to the status of permanent resident by reason of subsection (a)(4), the consular officer or the Attorney General shall not consider any benefits the alien may have received that were authorized under section 501 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)),". Deadline. (g) REPORT. —Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives covering, with respect to fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter— (1) the policy and procedures of the Immigration and Naturalization Service under which an alien who has been battered

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