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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4696
To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit under that section.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 2025
Ms. L OFGREN (for herself, Mrs. T ORRES of California, Ms. M ENG, Mr.
CORREA, Mr. E SPAILLAT, Mr. G ARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. J OHNSON of Geor- gia, Ms. D EGETTE, Ms. S CHAKOWSKY, Mrs. R AMIREZ, Ms. B ALINT, Ms.
ROSS, Mr. V ARGAS, Ms. O MAR, Mr. K HANNA, Ms. B ARRAGA´ N, Mr. P AL- LONE, Mr. M ENENDEZ, Mr. N ADLER, Mr. C ARBAJAL, Ms. S EWELL, Ms.
JAYAPAL, Mr. T HOMPSON of California, Mr. M CGOVERN, Mr. C OSTA, Ms.
CHU, Mr. S UOZZI, and Mr. H UFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents
of the United States the benefit under that section.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Renewing Immigration 4
Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REGISTRY. 1
(a) I N GENERAL.—Section 249 of the Immigration 2
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1259) is amended— 3
(1) in the section header, by striking ‘‘ en-4
tered the United States prior to January 5
1, 1972 ’’ and inserting ‘‘ are long-term resi-6
dents of the United States ’’; and 7
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-8
lows: 9
‘‘(a) entered the United States at least 7 10
years before the application date;’’. 11
(b) E FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 12
this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 13 enactment of this Act. 14
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