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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10061 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform temporary protected 

status, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 29, 2024 

Mr. BANKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform 

temporary protected status, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Executive Branch 

5 Amnesty Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 

7 (a) POWER TO DESIGNATE A FOREIGN STATE.—Sec8 tion 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

9 U.S.C. 1254a(b)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—For purposes of 

4 this section, a foreign state may be designated upon 

5 the enactment of an Act that satisfies the following 

6 requirements: 

7 ‘‘(A) The Act shall contain a finding— 

8 ‘‘(i) that there is an ongoing armed 

9 conflict within the state and, due to such 

10 conflict, requiring the return of aliens who 

11 are nationals of that state (or to the part 

12 of the state) would pose a serious threat to 

13 their personal safety; 

14 ‘‘(ii) that— 

15 ‘‘(I) there has been an earth16 quake, flood, drought, epidemic, or 

17 other immediately life-threatening en18 vironmental disaster in the state re19 sulting in a substantial, but tem20 porary, disruption of living conditions 

21 in the area affected; 

22 ‘‘(II) the foreign state is unable, 

23 temporarily, to handle adequately the 

24 return to the state of aliens who are 

25 nationals of the state; and 


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1 ‘‘(III) the foreign state officially 

2 has requested designation under this 

3 subparagraph; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) that there exist extraordinary 

5 and temporary conditions in the foreign 

6 state that prevent aliens who are nationals 

7 of the state from returning to the state in 

8 safety and that permitting the aliens to re9 main temporarily in the United States is 

10 not contrary to the national interest of the 

11 United States. 

12 ‘‘(B) The Act shall include— 

13 ‘‘(i) an estimate of the number of na14 tionals of the foreign state who are (or 

15 within the effective period of the designa16 tion are likely to become) eligible for tem17 porary protected status under this section; 

18 ‘‘(ii) such nationals’ immigration sta19 tus in the United States; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) a time period for the effective21 ness of the designation that is not greater 

22 than 12 months. 

23 ‘‘(2) TERMINATION.— 

24 ‘‘(A) TIMELY TERMINATION.—If an initial 

25 designation of a foreign state is not extended 


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1 under paragraph (3), the initial designation 

2 shall terminate at the end of the time period 

3 described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii). 

4 ‘‘(B) EARLY TERMINATION.—For purposes 

5 of this section, the designation of a foreign 

6 state shall be terminated upon the enactment of 

7 an Act that contains a finding that the foreign 

8 state (or part of such foreign state) no longer 

9 meets the conditions for designation under 

10 paragraph (1)(A). 

11 ‘‘(3) EXTENSION.—For purposes of this sec12 tion, the time period for the effectiveness of the des13 ignation of a foreign state may be extended upon the 

14 enactment of an Act that includes— 

15 ‘‘(A) a finding that the conditions for des16 ignation under paragraph (1)(A) continue to be 

17 met; and 

18 ‘‘(B) a time period for the effectiveness of 

19 the extension that is not greater than 12 

20 months.’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘of the At22 torney General’’ and inserting ‘‘made in any Act’’. 

23 (b) ALIENS LACKING LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STA24 TUS.—Section 244(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Na25 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end 

2 and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 

4 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(iii) the alien lacks a lawful immigra7 tion status.’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 244 of the 

9 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a et seq.) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘If the At12 torney General terminates the designation of a for13 eign state (or part of such foreign state) under sub14 section (b)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘If the designation 

15 of a foreign state (or part of such foreign state) is 

16 terminated under section 244(b)(2)’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (i)(1)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the 

19 comma at the end and adding ‘‘; and’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, 

21 and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 

22 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

23 (d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 244 of the 

24 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a), as 

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1 ther amended by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu3 rity’’. 

4 SEC. 3. UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. 

5 (a) REPATRIATION OF UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN

6 CHILDREN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 235 of the William 

8 Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reau9 thorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (I) by amending the heading to 

14 read as follows: ‘‘RULES FOR UNAC15 COMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.—’’; 

16 (II) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (aa) in the matter preceding 

18 clause (i), by striking ‘‘who is a 

19 national or habitual resident of a 

20 country that is contiguous with 

21 the United States’’; 

22 (bb) in clause (i), by insert23 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (cc) in clause (ii), by strik2 ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe3 riod; and 

4 (dd) by striking clause (iii); 

5 and 

6 (III) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (aa) in the matter preceding 

8 clause (i), by striking ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 

9 1101 et seq.) may—’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘(8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)—’’; 

11 (bb) in clause (i), by insert12 ing before ‘‘permit such child to 

13 withdraw’’ the following: ‘‘may’’; 

14 and 

15 (cc) in clause (ii), by insert16 ing before ‘‘return such child’’ 

17 the following: ‘‘shall’’; and 

18 (ii) in paragraph (5)(D)— 

19 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

20 (i), by striking ‘‘, except for an unac21 companied alien child from a contig22 uous country subject to exceptions 

23 under subsection (a)(2),’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘who does not meet the criteria 

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1 (II) in clause (i), by inserting be2 fore the semicolon at the end the fol3 lowing: ‘‘, which shall include a hear4 ing before an immigration judge not 

5 later than 14 days after being 

6 screened under paragraph (4)’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (b)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (I) in subparagraph (A), by in10 serting before the semicolon the fol11 lowing: ‘‘believed not to meet the cri12 teria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A)’’; 

13 and 

14 (II) in subparagraph (B), by in15 serting before the period the following: 

16 ‘‘and does not meet the criteria listed 

17 in subsection (a)(2)(A)’’; and 

18 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an 

19 unaccompanied alien child in custody 

20 shall’’ and all that follows, and inserting 

21 the following: ‘‘an unaccompanied alien 

22 child in custody— 

23 ‘‘(A) in the case of a child who does not 

24 meet the criteria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), 

25 shall transfer the custody of such child to the 


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1 Secretary of Health and Human Services not 

2 later than 30 days after determining that such 

3 child is an unaccompanied alien child who does 

4 not meet such criteria; or 

5 ‘‘(B) in the case of a child who meets the 

6 criteria listed in subsection (a)(2)(A), may 

7 transfer the custody of such child to the Sec8 retary of Health and Human Services after de9 termining that such child is an unaccompanied 

10 alien child who meets such criteria.’’; and 

11 (C) in subsection (c)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (3), by inserting at 

13 the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS

15 WITH WHOM CHILDREN ARE PLACED.— 

16 ‘‘(i) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED

17 TO HOMELAND SECURITY.—Before placing 

18 a child with an individual, the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services shall provide 

20 to the Secretary of Homeland Security, re21 garding the individual with whom the child 

22 will be placed, information on— 

23 ‘‘(I) the name of the individual; 

24 ‘‘(II) the social security number 

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1 ‘‘(III) the date of birth of the in2 dividual; 

3 ‘‘(IV) the location of the individ4 ual’s residence where the child will be 

5 placed; 

6 ‘‘(V) the immigration status of 

7 the individual, if known; and 

8 ‘‘(VI) contact information for the 

9 individual. 

10 ‘‘(ii) ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY

11 OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Not later than 

12 30 days after receiving the information 

13 listed in clause (i), the Secretary of Home14 land Security, upon determining that an 

15 individual with whom a child is placed is 

16 unlawfully present in the United States 

17 and not in removal proceedings pursuant 

18 to chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration 

19 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et 

20 seq.), shall initiate such removal pro21 ceedings.’’; and 

22 (ii) in paragraph (5)— 

23 (I) by inserting after ‘‘to the 

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1 lowing: ‘‘(at no expense to the Gov2 ernment)’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘have counsel to 

4 represent them’’ and inserting ‘‘have 

5 access to counsel to represent them’’. 

6 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

7 by this section shall apply to any unaccompanied 

8 alien child (as such term is defined in section 462(g) 

9 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

10 279(g))) apprehended on or after the date that is 30 

11 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (b) SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS FOR IM13 MIGRANTS UNABLE TO REUNITE WITH EITHER PAR14 ENT.—Section 101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Na15 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)) is amended— 

16 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and whose reuni17 fication with 1 or both of the immigrant’s parents 

18 is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or 

19 a similar basis found under State law’’; and 

20 (2) in clause (iii)— 

21 (A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (B) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

24 after the semicolon; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(III) an alien may not be grant2 ed special immigrant status under this 

3 subparagraph if the alien’s reunifica4 tion with any one parent or legal 

5 guardian is not precluded by abuse, 

6 neglect, abandonment, or any similar 

7 cause under State law;’’. 

8 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed to limit the following procedures 

10 or practices relating to an unaccompanied alien child (as 

11 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 

12 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))): 

13 (1) Screening of such a child for a credible fear 

14 of return to his or her country of origin. 

15 (2) Screening of such a child to determine 

16 whether he or she was a victim of trafficking. 

17 (3) Department of Health and Human Services 

18 policy in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

19 Act requiring a home study for such a child if he or 

20 she is under 12 years of age. 

21 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL; ADJUST22 MENT OF STATUS. 

23 (a) REPEAL.—Section 240A of the Immigration and 

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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Immigration 

2 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended— 

3 (1) in section 101(a)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (13)(C)(v), by striking 

5 ‘‘or 240A(a)’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (50), by striking ‘‘, 

7 204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(BB), or 

8 240A(b)(2)(A)(i)(III)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

9 204(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II)(aa)(BB)’’; 

10 (2) by striking section 201(b)(1)(D); 

11 (3) in section 240— 

12 (A) in subsection (b)(7), by striking 

13 ‘‘240A,’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (c)(7)(C)(iv)(I), by strik15 ing ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B), 

16 or 240A(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘or clause (ii) or 

17 (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’; 

18 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘and sec19 tion 240A’’; 

20 (4) in section 240B(d)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 

22 ‘‘240A,’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘under section 

2 240A(b)(2), or’’; 

3 (5) in section 242(a)(2)(B)(i), by striking 

4 ‘‘240A,’’; 

5 (6) by striking section 244(e); 

6 (7) in section 245(l)(7), by striking 

7 ‘‘240A(b)(2),’’ and 

8 (8) by striking section 504(k)(3). 

9 SEC. 5. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR 

10 AIR TRAVEL. 

11 (a) PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AT

12 AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS.—The Administrator 

13 of the Transportation Security Administration may not 

14 accept as valid proof of identification a prohibited identi15 fication document at an airport security checkpoint. 

16 (b) PROHIBITION ON OPERATIONS FOR CERTAIN AIR

17 CARRIERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 49, 

19 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

20 section 40130 the following: 

21 ‘‘§ 40131. Prohibition on operations for air carriers 

22 allowing use of prohibited identification 

23 documents 

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1 craft at any airport in the United States if the air carrier 

2 or foreign air carrier allows the use of a prohibited identi3 fication document (as such term is defined in section 5 

4 of the End Executive Branch Amnesty Act of 2024) as 

5 identification to board such aircraft.’’. 

6 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

7 chapter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is 

8 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec9 tion 40130 the following: 

‘‘40131. Prohibition on operations for air carriers allowing use of prohibited 

identification documents.’’. 

10 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘prohib11 ited identification document’’ means any of the following: 

12 (1) The U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

13 One Mobile App. 

14 (2) A Notice to Appear issued by the Depart15 ment of Homeland Security. 

16 (3) A Notice to Report issued by the Depart17 ment of Homeland Security. 

18 SEC. 6. IMMIGRATION PAROLE REFORM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(d)(5) of the Immi20 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is 

21 amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs 

23 (B) and (C) and section 214(f), the Secretary of 

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1 retary, may temporarily parole into the United 

2 States any alien applying for admission to the 

3 United States who is not present in the United 

4 States, under such conditions as the Secretary may 

5 prescribe, on a case-by-case basis, and not according 

6 to eligibility criteria describing an entire class of po7 tential parole recipients, for urgent humanitarian 

8 reasons or significant public benefit. Parole granted 

9 under this subparagraph may not be regarded as an 

10 admission of the alien. When the purposes of such 

11 parole have been served in the opinion of the Sec12 retary, the alien shall immediately return or be re13 turned to the custody from which the alien was pa14 roled. After such return, the case of the alien shall 

15 be dealt with in the same manner as the case of any 

16 other applicant for admission to the United States. 

17 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

18 grant parole to any alien who— 

19 ‘‘(i) is present in the United States without 

20 lawful immigration status; 

21 ‘‘(ii) is the beneficiary of an approved peti22 tion under section 203(a); 

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1 ‘‘(iv) is the spouse or child of a member of 

2 the Armed Forces serving on active duty. 

3 ‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

4 grant parole to any alien— 

5 ‘‘(i) who is a national of the Republic of 

6 Cuba and is living in the Republic of Cuba; 

7 ‘‘(ii) who is the beneficiary of an approved 

8 petition under section 203(a); 

9 ‘‘(iii) for whom an immigrant visa is not 

10 immediately available; 

11 ‘‘(iv) who meets all eligibility requirements 

12 for an immigrant visa; 

13 ‘‘(v) who is not otherwise inadmissible; and 

14 ‘‘(vi) who is receiving a grant of parole in 

15 furtherance of the commitment of the United 

16 States to the minimum level of annual legal mi17 gration of Cuban nationals to the United States 

18 specified in the U.S.-Cuba Joint Communique ́

19 on Migration, done at New York September 9, 

20 1994, and reaffirmed in the Cuba-United 

21 States: Joint Statement on Normalization of 

22 Migration, Building on the Agreement of Sep23 tember 9, 1994, done at New York May 2, 

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1 ‘‘(D) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

2 grant parole to an alien who is returned to a contig3 uous country under section 235(b)(2)(C) to allow 

4 the alien to attend the alien’s immigration hearing. 

5 The grant of parole shall not exceed the time re6 quired for the alien to be escorted to, and attend, 

7 the alien’s immigration hearing scheduled on the 

8 same calendar day as the grant, and to immediately 

9 thereafter be escorted back to the contiguous coun10 try. A grant of parole under this subparagraph shall 

11 not be considered for purposes of determining 

12 whether the alien is inadmissible under this Act. 

13 ‘‘(E) For purposes of determining an alien’s eli14 gibility for parole under subparagraph (A), an ur15 gent humanitarian reason shall be limited to cir16 cumstances in which the alien establishes that— 

17 ‘‘(i)(I) the alien has a medical emergency; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(II)(aa) the alien cannot obtain necessary 

20 treatment in the foreign state in which the alien 

21 is residing; or 

22 ‘‘(bb) the medical emergency is life-threat23 ening and there is insufficient time for the alien 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the alien is the parent or legal guard2 ian of an alien described in clause (i) and the 

3 alien described in clause (i) is a minor; 

4 ‘‘(iii) the alien is needed in the United 

5 States in order to donate an organ or other tis6 sue for transplant and there is insufficient time 

7 for the alien to be admitted through the normal 

8 visa process; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the alien has a close family member 

10 in the United States whose death is imminent 

11 and the alien could not arrive in the United 

12 States in time to see such family member alive 

13 if the alien were to be admitted through the 

14 normal visa process; 

15 ‘‘(v) the alien is seeking to attend the fu16 neral of a close family member and the alien 

17 could not arrive in the United States in time to 

18 attend such funeral if the alien were to be ad19 mitted through the normal visa process; 

20 ‘‘(vi) the alien is an adopted child with an 

21 urgent medical condition who is in the legal 

22 custody of the petitioner for a final adoption-re23 lated visa and whose medical treatment is re24 quired before the expected award of a final 

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1 ‘‘(vii) the alien is a lawful applicant for ad2 justment of status under section 245 and is re3 turning to the United States after temporary 

4 travel abroad. 

5 ‘‘(F) For purposes of determining an alien’s eli6 gibility for parole under subparagraph (A), a signifi7 cant public benefit may be determined to result from 

8 the parole of an alien only if— 

9 ‘‘(i) the alien has assisted (or will assist, 

10 whether knowingly or not) the United States 

11 Government in a law enforcement matter; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the alien’s presence is required by the 

13 Government in furtherance of such law enforce14 ment matter; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) the alien is inadmissible, does not 

16 satisfy the eligibility requirements for admission 

17 as a nonimmigrant, or there is insufficient time 

18 for the alien to be admitted through the normal 

19 visa process. 

20 ‘‘(G) For purposes of determining an alien’s eli21 gibility for parole under subparagraph (A), the term 

22 ‘case-by-case basis’ means that the facts in each in23 dividual case are considered and parole is not grant24 ed based on membership in a defined class of aliens 

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1 ered for or granted parole one-by-one and not as a 

2 group is not sufficient to establish that the parole 

3 decision is made on a ‘case-by-case basis’. 

4 ‘‘(H) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 

5 not use the parole authority under this paragraph to 

6 parole an alien into the United States for any reason 

7 or purpose other than those described in subpara8 graphs (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F). 

9 ‘‘(I) An alien granted parole may not accept 

10 employment, except that an alien granted parole 

11 pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) is authorized 

12 to accept employment for the duration of the parole, 

13 as evidenced by an employment authorization docu14 ment issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

15 ‘‘(J) Parole granted after a departure from the 

16 United States shall not be regarded as an admission 

17 of the alien. An alien granted parole, whether as an 

18 initial grant of parole or parole upon reentry into 

19 the United States, is not eligible to adjust status to 

20 lawful permanent residence or for any other immi21 gration benefit if the immigration status the alien 

22 had at the time of departure did not authorize the 

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1 ‘‘(K)(i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and 

2 (iii), parole shall be granted to an alien under this 

3 paragraph for the shorter of— 

4 ‘‘(I) a period of sufficient length to accom5 plish the activity described in subparagraph 

6 (D), (E), or (F) for which the alien was grant7 ed parole; or 

8 ‘‘(II) 1 year. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Grants of parole pursuant to subparagraph 

10 (A) may be extended once, in the discretion of the 

11 Secretary, for an additional period that is the short12 er of— 

13 ‘‘(I) the period that is necessary to accom14 plish the activity described in subparagraph (E) 

15 or (F) for which the alien was granted parole; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(II) 1 year. 

18 ‘‘(iii) Aliens who have a pending application to 

19 adjust status to permanent residence under section 

20 245 may request extensions of parole under this 

21 paragraph, in 1-year increments, until the applica22 tion for adjustment has been adjudicated. Such pa23 role shall terminate immediately upon the denial of 

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1 ‘‘(L) The total number of aliens granted parole 

2 under this paragraph during any fiscal year may not 

3 exceed 1,000. 

4 ‘‘(M) Not later than 90 days after the last day 

5 of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Secu6 rity shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

7 of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 

8 of the House of Representatives and make available 

9 to the public, a report— 

10 ‘‘(i) identifying the total number of aliens 

11 paroled into the United States under this para12 graph during the previous fiscal year; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) containing information and data re14 garding all aliens paroled during such fiscal 

15 year, including— 

16 ‘‘(I) the duration of parole; 

17 ‘‘(II) the type of parole; and 

18 ‘‘(III) the current status of the aliens 

19 so paroled.’’. 

20 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para22 graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 

23 this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 

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1 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

2 (1), each of the following exceptions apply: 

3 (A) Any application for parole or advance 

4 parole filed by an alien before the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act shall be adjudicated 

6 under the law that was in effect on the date on 

7 which the application was properly filed and 

8 any approved advance parole shall remain valid 

9 under the law that was in effect on the date on 

10 which the advance parole was approved. 

11 (B) Section 212(d)(5)(J) of the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act, as added by sub13 section (a), shall take effect on the date of the 

14 enactment of this Act. 

15 (C) Aliens who were paroled into the 

16 United States pursuant to section 212(d)(5)(A) 

17 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

18 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) before January 1, 2023, 

19 shall continue to be subject to the terms of pa20 role that were in effect on the date on which 

21 their respective parole was approved. 

22 (c) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Any person, State, or local 

23 government that experiences financial harm in excess of 

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1 ments made by this section shall have standing to bring 

2 a civil action against the Federal Government in an appro3 priate district court of the United States for appropriate 

4 relief. 

5 (d) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 

6 or any amendment by this section, or the application of 

7 such provision or amendment to any person or cir8 cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 

9 of this section and the application of such provision or 

10 amendment to any other person or circumstance shall not 

11 be affected. 

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