H.R. 1511 – Reading Mode

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1511

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 9, 2023

Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Ross, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Payne, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Bush, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Omar, Mr. Soto, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Trone, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Chu, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Casar) 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.