H.R. 8433 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8433 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2022Ms. 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929. 2. 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.