,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,green of ,texas introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to authorize the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security to provide lawful   
permanent resident status to previously 
removed alien parents and spouses of    
citizens of the ,united ,states1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,reentry and  
,reunification ,act4  #b4 ,lawful       
permanent resident status for previously
 removed spouses and parents of citizens
 of the ,united ,states  7a7            
,eligibility requirements  7#a7 ,in     
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security shall admit to the  
,united ,states as an alien admitted for
 lawful permanent residence an alien who
 is inadmissible to or deportable from  
the ,united ,states if the alien        

demonstrates that--  7,a7 the alien is  
the spouse1 parent1 or guardian of a    
citizen of the ,united ,states2  7,b7   
7i7 prior to the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 the alien departed the    
,united ,states pursuant to an order of 
removal2 or  7ii7 as of the date of the 
enactment of this ,act1 is subject to an
 order of removal1 or is in removal     
proceedings2  7,c7 the alien has been a 
person of good moral character 7as      
defined in section #aja7;f7 of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja7;f777 since the date the
 alien initially entered the ,united    
,states2  7,d7 subject to paragraph     
7#b71 the alien-- 7i7 is not            
inadmissible under paragraph 7#a71 7#b71
 7#c71 7#d71 7#f77;,e71 7#h71           
7#aj77;,a71 7#aj77;,c71 or 7#aj77;,d7 of
 section #bab7;a7 of the ,immigration   
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aahb7;a772  7ii7 is not deportable     
under paragraph 7#a77;,e71 7#a77;,g71   
7#b71 7#d71 7#e71 or 7#f7 of section    

#bcg7;a7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#abbg7;a772  7iii7 has not ordered1     
incited1 assisted1 or otherwise         
participated in the persecution of any  
person on account of race1 religion1    
nationality1 membership in a particular 
social group1 or political opinion2 and 
7iv7 other than an offense under ,state 
or local law for which an essential     
element was the alien's immigration     
status1 a minor traffic offense1 or a   
violation of the immigration laws1 has  
not been convicted of--  7,i7 any       
offense under ,federal or ,state law    
punishable by a maximum term of         
imprisonment of more than #a year2 or   
7,,ii7 any combination of offenses under
 ,federal or ,state law1 for which the  
alien was imprisoned for a total of more
 than #a year in the aggregate2 and     
7,e7 in the case of an alien described  
in subparagraph 7,b77ii71 the alien has 
been continuously physically present in 
the ,united ,states since the date that 

is #d years before the date of the      
enactment of this ,act4  7#b7 ,waiver   
,with respect to any benefit under this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security may waive subclauses 7,i7 and 
7,,ii7 of paragraph 7#a77;,d77iv71 the  
ground of inadmissibility under         
paragraph 7#a717d71 or 7#f77;,e7 of     
section #bab7;a7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4        
#aahb7;a771 and the ground of           
deportability under paragraph 7#a7 of   
section #bcg7;a7 of that ,act 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #abbg7;a771 for humanitarian  
purposes or family unity or when it is  
otherwise in the public interest4  7b7  
,application period ,an alien seeking   
status under this ,act may file an      
application during the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act and ending on the date that is #c  
years after such date4  7c7             
,determination of continuous presence   
7#a7 ,termination of continuous period  
,any period of continuous physical      

presence in the ,united ,states of an   
alien described in subsection           
7a77#a77;,b77ii7 who applies for status 
under this section shall not terminate  
when the alien is served a notice to    
appear under section #bci7;a7 of the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abbi7;a774  7#b7 ,treatment  
of certain breaks in presence  7,a7 ,in 
general ,except as provided in          
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c71 an alien   
shall be considered to have failed to   
maintain continuous physical presence in
 the ,united ,states under subsection   
7a77#a77;,e7 if the alien has departed  
from the ,united ,states for any period 
exceeding #ij days or for any periods1  
in the aggregate1 exceeding #ahj days4  
7,b7 ,extensions for extenuating        
circumstances ,the ,secretary may extend
 the time periods described in          
subparagraph 7,a7 for an alien who      
demonstrates that the failure to timely 
return to the ,united ,states was due to
 extenuating circumstances beyond the   

alien's control1 including the serious  
illness of the alien1 or death or       
serious illness of a parent1            
grandparent1 sibling1 or child of the   
alien4  7,c7 ,travel authorized by the  
secretary ,any period of travel outside 
of the ,united ,states by an alien that 
was authorized by the ,secretary may not
 be counted toward any period of        
departure from the ,united ,states under
 subparagraph 7,a74  7d7 ,numerical     
limitations ,an alien admitted to the   
,united ,states under this section shall
 not be subject to any numerical        
limitation under the immigration laws4  
7e7 ,definitions ,except as specifically
 provided1 the terms in this ,act have  
the meanings given those terms in the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja et seq474