119 HR 4696 IH: Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-23 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4696IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 23, 2025Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Balint, Ms. Ross, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Omar, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Costa, Ms. Chu, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929.

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Registry

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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 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.