[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3149 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3149

 To repeal the limitation on judicial jurisdiction imposed by section 
377 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
                    of 1996, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 1999

  Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. 
Rodriguez, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. 
   Schakowsky, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Owens, 
  Mr. Wynn, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Wexler, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. 
  Lee, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
 Serrano, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Blagojevich, 
   Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Matsui, and Mrs. 
 Christensen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal the limitation on judicial jurisdiction imposed by section 
377 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
                    of 1996, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION ON LEGALIZATION LITIGATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 245A(f)(4) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(f)(4)) is amended by striking 
subparagraph (C).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of section 201 of the 
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603; 100 
Stat. 3394).

SEC. 3. RECORD OF ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE CASE OF 
              CERTAIN ALIENS.

    Section 249(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1259(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(a) entered the United States--
                    ``(1) prior to December 31, 1990, in the case of 
                any alien who has been found inadmissible to the United 
                States, or who applied to the Immigration and 
                Naturalization Service for legalization and received or 
                was denied benefits by the Service, by reason of any 
                unlawful, unauthorized, or fraudulent act by any 
                officer or employee of the Service; or
                    ``(2) prior to January 1, 1982, in the case of any 
                alien other than an alien described in paragraph 
                (1);''.
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