116 HR 2289 IH: Notario Victim Relief Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-04-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2289IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 10, 2019Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Soto, Mr. Correa, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Velázquez, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend section 240(c)(7)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Notario Victim Relief Act.

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Elimination of time limit on motions to reopen in certain cases

Section 240(c)(7)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(7)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (v)

Fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative

There is no time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen if the basis of the motion is to apply for relief due to fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 1292.1 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, or a person who claimed to be such a representative, and the alien establishes such fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, such a representative (or person) by a preponderance of evidence..