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H.R. 5888 (109th)

Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act

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Introduced

25 July 2006

Last action

25 July 2006 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1], Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7], Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8], Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12], Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8], Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9], Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2], Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11], Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4], Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rescom. Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large], Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4], Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2], Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22], Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6], Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1], Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1], Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15], Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS], Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5], Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13], Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5], Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]

Subjects

Immigration

Source updated

15 August 2025

Immigration

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Summary

Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any "covered individual" (an individual whose Application for Advanced Processing of Orphan Petition was approved on or after January 1, 2005) may file a Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative for at least two years after the approval of the individual's application. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring: (1) a covered individual who files a timely petition to pay any fees or complete any requirements already paid or completed in conjunction with the application or contingent on the amount of time that elapses between the application's approval and the petition's filing; and (2) any person who was a covered individual on this Act's enactment date from paying any fee for the timely filing of a petition unless that fee was required at the time the application was approved.

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Timeline

  1. 25 July 2006

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. 25 July 2006

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    Introduced in House

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  3. 25 July 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

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