,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,mc,caul 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cohen1
 ,mr4 ,pierluisi1 ,mr4 ,whitfield1 ,mr4 
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 and ,ms4      
,foxx7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,immigration and ,nationality ,act to  
provide for special immigrant status for
 certain spouses and children of        
employees of the ,united ,states        
,government abroad killed in the line of
 duty4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,mustafa ,akarsu ,local 
,guard ,force ,support ,act4  #b4       
,special immigrant status for certain   
surviving spouses and children  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #aja7;a77#bg7 of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;a77#bg77 is amended in 
subparagraph 7,d7--  7#a7 by inserting  
7i7 before an immigrant who is an       
employee2 and  7#b7 by inserting the    

following3  7ii7 an immigrant who is the
 surviving spouse or child of an        
employee of the ,united ,states         
,government abroad killed in the line of
 duty1 provided that the employee had   
performed faithful service for a total  
of fifteen years1 or more1 and that the 
principal officer of a ,foreign ,service
 establishment 7or1 in the case of the  
,american ,institute of ,taiwan1 the    
,director thereof7 in his discretion1   
recommends the granting of special      
immigrant status to the spouse and      
children and the ,secretary of ,state   
approves such recommendation and find   
that it is in the national interest to  
grant such status2  4  7b7 ,effective   
date ,this ,act and the amendments made 
by this ,act shall take effect beginning
 on ,january #ca1 #bjac1 and shall have 
retroactive effect4