12 2 STA T . 1 567PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 4 2 —J U NE3, 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–24 2 110 thCongres s A n Act Tomaket e chni ca l co r rection s to section 124 4o f the N ational D efense Au thori z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 2 0 0 8,w hich p ro v i d es special immi g rant status for certain I ra q is, and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. TEC H NIC AL CO R RECTIONS TO P RO V ISION G RANTING SPE - CIAL I M MIGRANT STAT U S F OR CERTAIN IRA Q IS. Section124 4 ( c ) o f t h e Na tiona lD efen s e Au tho r i z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 2 0 0 8 ( P u b lic L a w 110 – 181) is a m en d ed — (1) in p ara g raph (1) , b y stri k ing ‘ ‘each of the fi v e years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 2012’’
and (2) in paragraph ( 3 )— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘ ONETHR O UG H F OUR’’ and inserting ‘‘ 20 0 8 THROUGH 20 1 1’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘one through four’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2011’’; and ( B ) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— ( I ) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘F IV E A N DS I X ’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 AND 201 3 ’’; (II) by striking ‘‘the fifth fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’; and (III) by striking ‘‘the si x th fiscal year begin - ning after such date’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2013’’; and (ii) in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ‘‘the fifth fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ . SEC. 2 . AUTHORIT Y TO CONVERT PETITIONS D URING TRANSITION PERIOD. (a) IN G ENERA L .— T he Secretary of H omeland Security or the Secretary of State may convert an approved petition for special immigrant status under section 10 59 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 200 6 (8 U .S. C . 1101 note) with respect to which a visa under such section 1059 is not immediately available to an approved petition for special immigrant status under section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181) notwithstanding any re q uirement of subsection (a) or (b) of such section 1244 but sub j ect to the 8USC1 1 0 1 note.Ante,p . 397 . 8USC11 5 7 note. Ju ne3 ,2 008 [ S. 2829 ]
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