[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2713 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2713

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney 
General to create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence 
  for certain aliens who entered the United States at least 15 years 
                     prior to the application date.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2001

  Ms. Waters 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 to permit the Attorney 
General to create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence 
  for certain aliens who entered the United States at least 15 years 
                     prior to the application date.

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

SECTION 1. RECORD OF ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR CERTAIN 
              ALIENS WHO ENTERED 15 YEARS BEFORE APPLICATION DATE.

    (a) In General.--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 at least 15 years before 
        the application date;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of section 249 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1259) is amended to read as 
follows:

 ``record of admission for permanent residence for certain aliens who 
   entered united states at least 15 years before application date''.

    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act is amended by amending the item relating to section 
249 to read as follows:

``Sec. 249. Record of admission for permanent residence for certain 
                            aliens who entered United States at least 
                            15 years before application date.''.
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