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PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006 any person who committed the battery or extreme cruelty or trafficking against the individual (or the individual’s child) which established the individual’s (or individual’s child) eligibility as a VAWA petitioner or for such nonimmigrant status.’’.

SEC. 815. APPLICATION FOR VAWA-RELATED RELIEF.

8 USC 1255 note.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note; Public Law 105–100) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, or was eligible for adjustment,’’ after ‘‘whose status is adjusted’’; and (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘, or, in the case of an alien who qualifies under subparagraph (B)(ii), applies for such adjustment during the 18-month period beginning on the date of enactment of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005’’ after ‘‘April 1, 2000’’. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 202(d)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note; Public Law 105–100) is amended by striking ‘‘204(a)(1)(H)’’ and inserting ‘‘204(a)(1)(J)’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386; 114 Stat. 1491). SEC. 816. SELF-PETITIONING PARENTS.

Section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(vii) An alien may file a petition with the Secretary of Homeland Security under this subparagraph for classification of the alien under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) if the alien— ‘‘(I) is the parent of a citizen of the United States or was a parent of a citizen of the United States who, within the past 2 years, lost or renounced citizenship status related to an incident of domestic violence or died; ‘‘(II) is a person of good moral character; ‘‘(III) is eligible to be classified as an immediate relative under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i); ‘‘(IV) resides, or has resided, with the citizen daughter or son; and ‘‘(V) demonstrates that the alien has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by the citizen daughter or son.’’. SEC. 817. VAWA CONFIDENTIALITY NONDISCLOSURE.

Section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1367) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(including any bureau or agency of such Department)’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or any other official or employee of the Department of Homeland Security or Department of State (including any bureau or agency of either of such Departments)’’; and (B) in paragraph (1)—

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