H.R. 8433House117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

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The bill amends section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand a specific immigration benefit to long‑term residents of the United States. It replaces the old language that limited the benefit to people who entered before July 1, 1924 or January 1, 1972 with a broader category of “long‑term residents.” The new rule requires that an applicant have entered the U.S. at least seven years before the date they apply, making the benefit accessible to more recent long‑term residents.

Key Provisions

Changes the section heading to refer to “long‑term residents of the United States” instead of the historic entry‑date limits.
Updates the eligibility criterion to require that the applicant entered the United States at least seven years before the application date.
Sets the amendments to take effect 60 days after the law is enacted.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

November 1, 2022

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Introduced in House

July 20, 2022

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Judiciary Committee

July 20, 2022

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

November 1, 2022

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Introduced in HouseIssued July 20, 2022

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 8433

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 20, 2022

Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bass, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Ross, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Mr. McNerney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit under that section.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929.

Registry

(a)

In general

Section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1259) is amended—

(1)

in the section header, by striking entered the united states prior to july 1, 1924 or january 1, 1972; and inserting are long-term residents of the united states; and

(2)

by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

(a)

entered the United States at least 7 years before the application date;

(b)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.