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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6907 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reinstate the processing 

of applications for parole under the Cuban Family Reunification Parole 

Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2022 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. SIRES, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, 

Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. CRIST, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. CHERFILUSMCCORMICK, and Mrs. MURPHY of Florida) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reinstate 

the processing of applications for parole under the Cuban 

Family Reunification Parole Program, 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 ‘‘Cuban Family Reunifi5 cation Parole Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF CUBAN FAMILY REUNIFICA2 TION PAROLE PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home5 land Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

6 shall— 

7 (1) begin to reinstate the processing of applica8 tions for parole under the Cuban Family Reunifica9 tion Parole Program at the United States Embassy 

10 in Havana, Cuba; and 

11 (2) prioritize applications described in para12 graph (1) in the order in which they were received 

13 by the United States Citizenship and Immigration 

14 Services before the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act. 

16 (b) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.— 

17 (1) ASSIGNMENT.—To carry out subsection 

18 (a)— 

19 (A) the Secretary of Homeland Security 

20 shall assign to the United States Embassy in 

21 Havana, Cuba, appropriate personnel from the 

22 United States Citizenship and Immigration 

23 Services; and 

24 (B) the Secretary of State, with the per25 mission of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

26 shall assign to the United States Embassy in 


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1 Havana, Cuba, appropriate personnel from the 

2 Department of State. 

3 (2) SAFETY OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security and Secretary of State shall take 

5 such actions as may be necessary to ensure the safe6 ty of such personnel and to ensure that such per7 sonnel are available a minimum of one business day 

8 each week for the Cuban Family Reunification Pa9 role Program. 

10 (c) ACCESSIBILITY.—To carry out subsection (a), the 

11 Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 

12 Secretary of State, may to the extent practicable make 

13 available to applicants for parole under the Cuban Family 

14 Reunification Parole Program video teleconference capa15 bilities and may fly personnel assigned under subsection 

16 (b) to the United State Embassy in Havana, Cuba, for 

17 time sufficient to process applications in a safe manner. 

18 In carrying out this subsection, the Secretaries shall en19 sure that appropriate privacy and security requirements 

20 are satisfied for all personnel involved. 

21 (d) DURATION.—Parole granted under the Cuban 

22 Family Reunification Parole Program shall be valid for 

23 an initial period of at least two years. 

24 (e) EXPEDITIOUS PROCESSING.—The Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of 


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1 State, shall ensure that applications for parole under the 

2 Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program that were 

3 filed before the date of the enactment of this Act have 

4 started being adjudicated not more than six months after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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