,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dceb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjbc,ms4 
,salazar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,castro of  
,texas1 ,mr4 ,gimenez1 ,mr4             
,diaz-,balart1 and ,ms4 ,wasserman      
,schultz7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,oversight and            
,accountability1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide ,nicaraguan      
political prisoners who arrived in the  
,united ,states on ,february #i1 #bjbc1 
and their immediate family members with 
certain benefits available to refugees4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,nicaragua ,political ,prisoner 
,support ,act4  #b4 ,defined term ,in   
this section1 the term eligible         
,nicaraguan national means an alien--   

7#a7 7,a7 7i7 who is a citizen or       
national of ,nicaragua2 or  7ii7 in the 
case of an alien having no nationality1 
whose former or last habitual residence 
was in ,nicaragua2 and  7,b7 who arrived
 in the ,united ,states on ,february #i1
 #bjbc1 as part of a political prisoner 
release1 and was granted a #b-year      
humanitarian parole by the ,united      
,states ,government2 or  7#b7 who is the
 parent1 spouse1 or child of an         
individual described in paragraph 7#a74 
#c4 ,eligibility requirements           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 an eligible ,nicaraguan national is
 eligible for the benefits described in 
section #d if-- 7#a7 such individual has
 completed security and law enforcement 
background checks to the satisfaction of
 the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security2 
and  7#b7 such individual's parole--    
7,a7 has not been terminated by the     
,secretary of ,homeland ,security2 or   
7,b7 was terminated while a renewal     
application was pending for such parole 

and the sole reason for such termination
 was that the renewal application had   
not yet been processed4  #d4 ,benefits  
,an individual described in section #c  
is eligible for-- 7#a7 resettlement     
assistance1 entitlement programs1 and   
other benefits that are available to    
refugees admitted under section #bjg of 
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaeg7 to the same extent 
as such refugees2  7#b7 child welfare   
services described in section           
#dab7;d77#b7 of such ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 
#aebb7;d77#b772 and  7#c7 a driver's    
license or identification card under    
section #bjb of the ,,real ,,id ,act of 
#bjje 7division ,b of ,public ,law      
#aji-ac2 #di ,u4,s4,c4 #cjcja note71    
notwithstanding subsection 7c77#b77;,b7 
of such ,act4  #e4 ,rules of            
construction  7a7 ,in general ,nothing  
in this ,act may be construed-- 7#a7 to 
preclude an eligible ,nicaraguan        
national from applying for or receiving 
any immigration benefits to which such  

individual is otherwise eligible2 or    
7#b7 to entitle an eligible ,nicaraguan 
national to lawful permanent resident   
status4  #f4 ,exemption from the        
,paperwork ,reduction ,act ,the         
requirements under chapter #ce of title 
#dd1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
referred to as the ,paperwork ,reduction
 ,act7 shall not apply to any action    
taken to implement this section         
involving the translation of an approved
 collection of information into a new   
language4