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PUBLIC LAW 86-254-SEPT. 10, 1959

shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. "(b) When used in this section, the term 'eligible orphan' shall mean an alien child who (1) is an orphan because of the death or disappearance of both parents, or because of abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents, or who has only one parent due to the death or disappearance of, abandonment, or desertion by, or separation or loss from the other parent and the remaining parent is incapable of providing care for such orphan and has in writing irrevocably released him for emigration and adoption; (2) (A) has been lawfully adopted abroad by a United States citizen and spouse, or (B) is coming to the United States for adoption by a United States citizen and spouse; and (3) is ineligible for admission into the United States solely because that portion of the quota to which he would otherwise be chargeable is oversubscribed by applicants registered on the consular waiting list at the time his visa application is made. "Any United States citizen and spouse claiming that any eligible orphan is entitled to a nonquota immigrant status under subsection (a) of this section may file a petition with the Attorney General. The petition shall be in such form and shall contain such information and be supported by such documentary evidence as the Attorney General may by regulations prescribe. The petition shall establish to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the petitioners will care for such eligible orphan properly if he is admitted to the United States and, if such eligible orphan has not been lawfully adopted abroad, that they will adopt such orphan in the United States and that the preadoption requirements, if any, of the State of such orphan's proposed residence have been met. After an investigation of the facts in each case, the Attorney General shall, if he determines the facts stated in the petition are true and that the petitioning United States citizen and spouse are persons of good moral character, approve the petition and forward one copy thereof to the Department of State. The Secretary of State shall then authorize the consular officer concerned to grant nonquota immigrant status to the beneficiary of such petition after the consular officer has determined that such beneficiary is an eligible orphan as herein defined." Approved September 9, 1959.

66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note. Definitions.

Petitions.

Public Law 86-254 AN ACT Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley .Vuthority, and for other purposes, namely: 32716 O-60—34

September 10, 1959 [H. R. 9105]

P u b l i c Works Aiipropriation Act, 1960.

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