[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1545 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1545

     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Illegal 
    Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
   eliminate the numerical limitations relating to cancellations of 
                removal and suspensions of deportation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 1997

Mr. Gutierrez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Illegal 
    Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
   eliminate the numerical limitations relating to cancellations of 
                removal and suspensions of deportation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS RELATING TO 
              CANCELLATIONS OF REMOVAL AND SUSPENSIONS OF DEPORTATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 240A of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b) (as inserted by section 304 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-594)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking the second sentence; 
        and
            (2) by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Transition.--Section 309(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 
3009-627)) is amended by striking paragraph (7).
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