PUBLIC LAW 105-119—NOV. 26, 1997 111 STAT. 2459 under section 203(b)(4)) may adjust status pursuant to subsection (a) and notwithstanding subsection (c)(2), (c)(7), and (c)(8), if— "(1) the alien, on the date of fiHng an application for adjustment of status, is present in the United States pursuant to a lawful admission; "(2) the alien, subsequent to such lawful admission has not, for an aggregate period exceeding 180 days— "(A) failed to maintain, continuously, a lawful status; "(B) engaged in unauthorized employment; or "(C) otherwise violated the terms and conditions of the alien's admission,". SEC. 112. (a) SHORT TITLE.—T his section may be cited as the "Philippine Army, Scouts, and Guerilla Veterans of World War II Naturalization Act of 1997". (b) IN GENERAL. —Section 405 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 1440 note) is amended— (1) by striking subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(1) and inserting the following: "(B) who— "(i) is listed on the final roster prepared by the Recovered Personnel Division of the United States Army of those who served honorably in an active duty status within the Philippine Army during the World War II occupation and liberation of the Philippines, "(ii) is listed on the final roster prepared by the Guerilla Affairs Division of the United States Army of those who received recognition as having served honorably in an active duty status within a recognized guerilla unit during the World War II occupation and liberation of the Philippines, or "(iii) served honorably in an active duty status within the Philippine Scouts or within any other component of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (other than a component described in clause (i) or (ii)) at any time during the period beginning September 1, 1939, and ending December 31, 1946:"; (2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: "(3)(A) For purposes of the second sentence of section 329(a) and section 329(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the executive department under which a person served shall be— "(i) in the case of an applicant claiming to have served in the Philippine Army, the United States Department of the Army; "(ii) in the case of an applicant claiming to have served in a recognized guerilla unit, the United States Department of the Army; or "(iii) in the case of an applicant claiming to have served in the Philippine Scouts or any other component of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (other than a component described in clause (i) or (ii)) at any time during the period beginning September 1, 1939, and ending December 31, 1946, the United States executive department (or successor thereto) that exercised supervision over such component. Philippine Army, Scouts, and Guerilla Veterans of World War II Naturalization Act of 1997. 8 USC 1101 note.
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