[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3312 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3312

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an 
 extension of the application period for certain aliens present in the 
                United States for adjustment of status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2019

  Mr. Espaillat (for himself and Mr. Vargas) 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 provide for an 
 extension of the application period for certain aliens present in the 
                United States for adjustment of status.

    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 ``Family Reunification Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR CERTAIN ALIENS PRESENT 
              IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.

    Section 245(i)(1)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1255(i)(1)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ``or before April 30, 
2001'' and inserting the following: ``or after the date that is not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the Family 
Reunification Act of 2019''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL.

    Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) An alien who is the beneficiary (including a spouse or child 
of the principal alien, if eligible to receive a visa under section 
203(d)) of a petition for classification under section 204 that was 
filed with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and 
that is prima facie eligible for approval may not be removed while such 
petition or application is being adjudicated or appealed.''.
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