[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2497 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2497

   To suspend until January 21, 2013, certain provisions of Federal 
                immigration law, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2011

    Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Royce, Mr. 
  Campbell, Mr. Akin, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
 Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Jones, Mr. Womack, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
Buchanan, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. 
 Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Gallegly, 
 Mr. Carter, and Mr. Hunter) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To suspend until January 21, 2013, certain provisions of Federal 
                immigration law, 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--
            (1) the ``Hinder the Administration's Legalization 
        Temptation Act''; or
            (2) the ``HALT Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN LAWS.

    (a) Waiver of Inadmissibility of Aliens Unlawfully Present.--
Section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(v)) is suspended during the period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013.
    (b) Parole.--Section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) is suspended during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
January 21, 2013, except to the extent that the discretionary authority 
conferred under such section is exercised for the purpose of paroling 
an alien into the United States--
            (1) to be tried for a crime, or to be a witness at trial, 
        upon the request of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
        agency;
            (2) for any other significant law enforcement or national 
        security purpose; or
            (3) for a humanitarian purpose where the life of the alien 
        is imminently threatened.
    (c) Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment of Status for Certain 
Nonpermanent Residents.--Section 240A(b)(1) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(1)) is suspended during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
January 21, 2013.
    (d) Designation for Temporary Protected Status.--No foreign state 
may be designated or re-designated under section 244(b) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)) during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
January 21, 2013. The preceding sentence shall not be construed to 
affect any extension of a designation under paragraph (3)(C) of such 
section, if the designation was made prior to the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
    (e) Definition of Unauthorized Alien.--Section 274A(h)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) is deemed 
amended during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and ending on January 21, 2013, by striking ``, or by the 
Attorney General''.
    (f) Deferred Action; Extended Voluntary Departure.--The Secretary 
of Homeland Security may not grant deferred action or extended 
voluntary departure to any alien during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013, 
except to the extent that such grant authority is exercised for the 
purpose of maintaining the alien in United States--
            (1) to be tried for a crime, or to be a witness at trial, 
        upon the request of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
        agency;
            (2) for any other significant law enforcement or national 
        security purpose; or
            (3) for a humanitarian purpose where the life of the alien 
        is imminently threatened.
    (g) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--The following provisions of title 8, Code 
        of Federal Regulations, are suspended during the period 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
        on January 21, 2013:
                    (A) Section 274a.12(a)(11).
                    (B) Section 274a.12(c)(11).
                    (C) Section 274a.12(c)(14).
                    (D) Section 274a.12(c)(16).
                    (E) Section 274a.12(c)(18).
            (2) References.--Any reference in paragraph (1) to a 
        section of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be construed 
        to be a reference to that section and any successor section.
    (h) Treatment of Certain Benefits.--In the case of any immigration 
benefit granted during the period beginning on July 12, 2011, and 
ending on the date of the enactment of this Act under any authority 
suspended under subsection (b), (e), (f), or (g), the benefit is 
revoked as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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