text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Central American Security Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALS FROM EL SALVADOR, 
                GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS.
  
      Section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American 
  Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) is amended--
              (1) in the section heading, by striking ``nicaraguans and 
          cubans'' and inserting ``nicaraguans, cubans, salvadorans, 
          guatemalans, and hondurans'';
              (2) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ``April 1, 2000'' 
          and inserting ``two years after the promulgation of a final 
          rule implementing the Central American Security Act'';
              (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Nicaragua or Cuba'' 
          and inserting ``Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, or 
          Honduras''; and
              (4) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by striking ``April 1, 2000'' 
          and inserting ``two years after the promulgation of a final 
          rule implementing the Central American Security Act''.
  
  SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS PENDING UNDER AMENDMENTS MADE BY SECTION 203 OF 
                THE NICARAGUAN ADJUSTMENT AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RELIEF 
                ACT.
  
      An application for relief properly filed by a national of Guatemala 
  or El Salvador under the amendments made by section 203 of the 
  Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act which was filed 
  on or before the date of the enactment of this Act, and on which a 
  final administrative determination has not been made, shall, at the 
  election of the applicant, be considered to be an application for 
  adjustment of status under the provisions of section 202 of the 
  Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, as amended by 
  this Act, upon the payment of any fees, and in accordance with 
  procedures, that the Attorney General shall prescribe by regulation. 
  The Attorney General may not refund any fees paid in connection with an 
  application filed by a national of Guatemala or El Salvador under the 
  amendments made by section 203 of that Act.
  
  SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NICARAGUAN ADJUSTMENT AND CENTRAL 
                AMERICAN RELIEF ACT.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and 
  Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) is amended--
              (1) in subsection (a)--
                      (A) by inserting before the period at the end of 
                  paragraph (1)(B) the following: ``, and the Attorney 
                  General may waive the grounds of inadmissibility 
                  specified in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (6)(C) of section 
                  212(a)(1) of such Act for humanitarian purposes, to 
                  assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the 
                  public interest''; and
                      (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
              ``(3) Relationship of application to certain orders.--An 
          alien present in the United States who has been ordered 
          excluded, deported, or removed, or ordered to depart 
          voluntarily from the United States under any provision of the 
          Immigration and Nationality Act may, notwithstanding such 
          order, apply for adjustment of status under paragraph (1). Such 
          an alien may not be required, as a condition of submitting or 
          granting such application, to file a separate motion to reopen, 
          reconsider, or vacate such order. Such an alien may be required 
          to seek a stay of such an order in accordance with subsection 
          (c) to prevent the execution of the order pending the 
          adjudication of the application for adjustment of status. If 
          the Attorney General denies a stay of a final order of 
          exclusion, deportation, or removal, or if the Attorney General 
          renders a final administrative determination to deny the 
          application for adjustment of status, the order shall be 
          effective and enforceable to the same extent as if the 
          application had not been made. If the Attorney General grants 
          the application for adjustment of status, the Attorney General 
          shall cancel the order.'';
              (2) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the 
          following: ``Subsection (a) shall not apply to an alien 
          lawfully admitted for permanent residence, unless the alien is 
          applying for relief under that subsection in deportation or 
          removal proceedings.'';
              (3) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end the 
          following: ``Nothing in this section requires the Attorney 
          General to stay the removal of an alien who is ineligible for 
          adjustment of status under this section.'';
              (4) in subsection (d)--
                      (A) by amending the subsection heading to read as 
                  follows:
      ``(d) Spouses, Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters.--'';
                      (B) by amending the heading of paragraph (1) to 
                  read as follows:
      ``(1) Adjustment of status.--'';
                      (C) by amending paragraph (1)(A) to read as 
                  follows:
                      ``(A) the alien entered the United States on or 
                  before the date of the enactment of the Central 
                  American Security Act;'';
                      (D) by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read as 
                  follows:
                      ``(B) the alien--
                              ``(i) is the spouse, child, or unmarried 
                          son or daughter of an alien whose status is 
                          adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted 
                          for permanent residence under subsection (a) or 
                          pursuant to the amendments made by section 203, 
                          except that--
                                      ``(I) any determination of whether 
                                  the alien satisfies the age requirement 
                                  in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                                  (A) of section 101(b)(1) shall be made 
                                  using the age of the alien on the date 
                                  on which the principal alien filed for 
                                  adjustment under  subsection (a) or 
  pursuant to the amendments made by section 203;
                                      ``(II) in the case of such a 
                                  spouse, stepchild, or unmarried stepson 
                                  or stepdaughter, the spouse, stepchild, 
                                  stepson, or stepdaughter shall be 
                                  required to establish that the 
                                  qualifying marriage was entered into 
                                  before the date of the enactment of the 
                                  Central American Security Act; and
                                      ``(III) in the case of such an 
                                  unmarried son or daughter, the son or 
                                  daughter shall be required to establish 
                                  that the son or daughter has been 
                                  physically present in the United States 
                                  for a continuous period beginning not 
                                  later than December 1, 1995, and ending 
                                  not earlier than the date on which the 
                                  application for adjustment under this 
                                  subsection is filed; or
                              ``(ii) was, at the time at which a 
                          principal alien filed for adjustment under 
                          subsection (a) or pursuant to the amendments 
                          made by section 203, the spouse or child of 
                          such principal alien, the status of such 
                          principal alien is adjusted to that of an alien 
                          lawfully admitted for permanent residence under 
                          subsection (a) or pursuant to the amendments 
                          made by section 203, and the spouse, child, or 
                          child of the spouse has been battered or 
                          subjected to extreme cruelty by such principal 
                          alien;''; and
                      (E) by adding at the end the following new 
                  paragraph:
              ``(3) Eligibility of certain spouses and children for 
          issuance of immigrant visas.--
                      ``(A) In general.--In accordance with regulations 
                  to be promulgated by the Attorney General and the 
                  Secretary of State, upon approval of an application for 
                  adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully 
                  admitted for permanent residence under subsection (a) 
                  or pursuant to the amendments made by section 203, an 
                  alien who is the spouse or child of the alien being 
                  granted such status may be issued a visa for admission 
                  to the United States as an immigrant following to join 
                  the principal applicant, if the spouse or child--
                              ``(i) satisfies the requirements in 
                          paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(D); and
                              ``(ii) applies for such a visa within a 
                          time period to be established by such 
                          regulations.
                      ``(B) Retention of fees for processing 
                  applications.--The Secretary of State may retain fees 
                  to recover the cost of immigrant visa application 
                  processing and issuance for certain spouses and 
                  children of aliens whose applications for adjustment of 
                  status under subsection (a) have been approved. Such 
                  fees--
                              ``(i) shall be deposited as an offsetting 
                          collection to any Department of State 
                          appropriation to recover the cost of such 
                          processing and issuance; and
                              ``(ii) shall be available until expended 
                          for the same purposes of such appropriation to 
                          support consular activities.'';
              (5) in subsection (g), by inserting ``, or an immigrant 
          classification,'' after ``for permanent residence''; and
              (6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(i) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section authorizes 
  any alien to apply for admission to, be admitted to, be paroled into, 
  or otherwise lawfully return to the United States, to apply for, or to 
  pursue an application for adjustment of status under this section 
  without the express authorization of the Attorney General.''.
      (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by paragraphs (1)(B), (2), 
  and (6) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the 
  Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act. The amendments 
  made by paragraphs (1)(A), (3), (4), and (5) shall take effect on the 
  date of the enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 5. SECURITY AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.
  
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no applicant for relief 
  under this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, is eligible to 
  receive a waiver from any security or criminal background investigation 
  required to process an application under section 202 of the Nicaraguan 
  Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 note). All 
  applicants seeking relief under this Act, or the amendments made by 
  this Act, shall submit fingerprints to the appropriate government 
  agency in order to facilitate such processing.
  
  SEC. 6. MOTIONS TO REOPEN.
  
      Notwithstanding any time and number limitations imposed by law on 
  motions to reopen, a national of Cuba or Nicaragua who, on the date of 
  the enactment of the Act, has a final administrative denial of an 
  application for adjustment of status under the Nicaraguan Adjustment 
  and Central American Relief Act, and who is made eligible for 
  adjustment of status under that Act by the amendments made by this Act, 
  may file one motion to reopen an exclusion, deportation, or removal 
  proceeding to have the application reconsidered. Any such motion shall 
  be filed within 180 days of the date of the enactment of this Act. The 
  scope of any proceeding reopened on this basis shall be limited to a 
  determination of the alien's eligibility for adjustment of status under 
  the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act.
target: Central American Security Act - Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to: (1) extend permanent resident status adjustment provisions to qualifying Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran nationals; and (2) revise the application filing deadline.Permits certain pending applications filed by Salvadoran or Guatemalan nationals to be converted to an application for status adjustment under the Act.Amends the Act to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility; and (2) provide for issuance of immigrant visas to certain spouses and children.States that applicants for relief: (1) shall not be granted a waiver from any security or criminal background investigation required by the Act; and (2) shall submit fingerprints to the appropriate Federal agencies.Provides for the limited reopening of certain orders of deportation, exclusion, or removal by certain Cuban, or Nicaraguan nationals.
feat_title: To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the United States.