S.Amdt. 1068

SA 1068. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, and
Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) On receipt of a written request by the chair,
ranking member, or vice chair of an appropriate committee of
Congress for an investigative report relating to an alien (as
defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) for whom a private bill to provide
immigration relief has been introduced in the Senate or the
House of Representatives during the 116th Congress, the
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall
immediately stay the removal of the alien.
(b) A stay of removal under subsection (a) shall remain in
effect until March 15, 2021.
(c) This section shall take effect as if enacted on January
3, 2019.
(d) In this section, the term ``appropriate committee of
Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on
Border Security and Immigration of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on
Immigration and Citizenship of the House of Representatives.
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