[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1380

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2011

Mr. Vitter (for himself and Mr. DeMint) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 the ``Hinder the Administration's 
Legalization Temptation Act'' or the ``HALT Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN LAWS.

    (a) Waiver of Inadmissibility of Aliens Unlawfully Present.--
Notwithstanding clause (v) of section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)), the Attorney General may 
not waive the application of clause (i) of such section during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
January 21, 2013.
    (b) Parole.--Notwithstanding section 212(d)(5)(A) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)), the Attorney 
General may not exercise the discretionary authority conferred under 
such section during the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013, except to parole 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 if the life of the alien is 
        imminently threatened.
    (c) Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment of Status for Certain 
Nonpermanent Residents.--Notwithstanding section 240A(b)(1) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(b)(1)), the Attorney 
General may not exercise the discretionary authority conferred under 
such section 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.--
            (1) Limitation.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), no 
        foreign state may be designated or redesignated 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.
            (2) Rule of construction.--The limitation under paragraph 
        (1) may not be construed to affect any extension of a 
        designation made before the date of the enactment of this Act 
        under section 244(b)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act.
    (e) Definition of Unauthorized Alien.--
            (1) Amendment.--Section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) is amended by striking 
        ``, or by the Attorney General''.
            (2) Sunset provision.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall be effective during the period beginning on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013.
    (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 maintain the alien in 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 if the life of the alien is 
        imminently threatened.
    (g) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--During the period beginning on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and ending on January 21, 2013, the 
        following provisions of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, 
        are suspended:
                    (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.--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) is revoked as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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