[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2052 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2052

     To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to 
 cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain long-term 
                            resident aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1997

  Mr.  Frank 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 with respect to 
 cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain long-term 
                            resident aliens.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITING THE DISQUALIFICATION, BASED ON COMMISSION OF AN 
              AGGRAVATED FELONY, FROM CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL FOR 
              CERTAIN LONG-TERM RESIDENT ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Section 240A(a)(3) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as inserted by section 304(a)(3) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C 
of Public Law 104-208), is amended by striking ``any aggravated 
felony'' and inserting ``an aggravated felony or felonies for which the 
alien has been sentenced, in the aggregate, to a term of imprisonment 
of at least 5 years''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as of the title III-A effective date (described in section 
309(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996, division C of Public Law 104-208).
    (c) Application Pending Permanent Law Change.--Effective as if 
included in the enactment of section 440(d) of the Antiterrorism and 
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132) and before its 
repeal by section 304(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-
208), section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``for not less than 5 years'' 
                after ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence'', 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``who are returning to a lawful 
                unrelinquished domicile of seven consecutive year'' and 
                inserting ``who have resided in the United States 
                continuously for 7 years after having been admitted in 
                any status''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by striking all that follows 
        ``shall not apply to an alien'' and inserting the following: 
        ``who has been convicted of an aggravated felony or felonies 
        for which the alien has been sentenced, in the aggregate, to a 
        term of imprisonment of at least 5 years.''.
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