1397aa et seq.), the limitation under section 
403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1613(a)) shall not apply to an individual 
who adjusts status under this section. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The limitation de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall apply to an 
individual who was eligible to adjust status only 
by virtue of subsection (c). 
‘‘(f) INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 
education’ has the meaning given such term in section 102 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), 
except that the term does not include institutions de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(C) of such section.’’. 
(b) COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES 
OF THE UNITED STATES.—Section 704 of title VII of di-
vision E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 588) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘; or (5) is 
a person who is employed by the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate, and has been issued an 
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employment authorization document under DACA’’ 
after ‘‘United States’’. 
(c) RESTORATION OF STATE OPTION TO DETERMINE 
RESIDENCY FOR PURPOSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 505 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1623) is repealed. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal under para-
graph (1) shall take effect as if included in the origi-
nal enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division 
C of Public Law 104–208). 
(d) FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION INSUR-
ANCE
OF MORTGAGES.—Section 203 of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709) is amended by inserting 
after subsection (h) the following: 
‘‘(i) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means a noncit-
izen who, at any time before, on, or after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, is or was subject to 
a grant of deferred action pursuant to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security memorandum entitled 
‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 
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Individuals Who Came to the United States as Chil-
dren’ issued on June 15, 2012. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not— 
‘‘(A) prescribe terms that limit the eligi-
bility of a single family mortgage for insurance 
under this title because of the status of the 
mortgagor as a DACA recipient; or 
‘‘(B) issue any limited denial of participa-
tion in the program for such insurance because 
of the status of the mortgagor as a DACA re-
cipient. 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.— 
‘‘(A) DENIAL
FOR
FAILURE
TO
SATISFY 
VALID
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing 
in this title prohibits the denial of insurance 
based on failure to satisfy valid eligibility re-
quirements. 
‘‘(B) 
INVALID
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Valid eligibility requirements do not 
include criteria that were adopted with the pur-
pose of denying eligibility for insurance because 
of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, na-
tional origin, disability, or the status of a mort-
gagor as a DACA recipient.’’. 
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(e) RURAL HOUSING SERVICE.—Section 501 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means a noncit-
izen who, at any time before, on, or after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, is or was subject to 
a grant of deferred action pursuant to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security memorandum entitled 
‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 
Individuals Who Came to the United States as Chil-
dren’ issued on June 15, 2012. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not 
prescribe terms that limit eligibility for a single fam-
ily mortgage made, insured, or guaranteed under 
this title because of the status of the mortgagor as 
a DACA recipient.’’. 
(f) FANNIE MAE.—Section 302(b) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means a 
noncitizen who, at any time before, on, or after 
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the date of enactment of this paragraph, is or 
was subject to a grant of deferred action pursu-
ant to the Department of Homeland Security 
memorandum entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial 
Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 
Came to the United States as Children’ issued 
on June 15, 2012. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The corporation may 
not condition purchase of a single-family resi-
dence mortgage by the corporation under this 
subsection on the status of the borrower as a 
DACA recipient.’’. 
(g) FREDDIE MAC.—Section 305(a) of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 
1454(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) DACA RECIPIENT ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) DACA RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘DACA recipient’ means a 
noncitizen who, at any time before, on, or after 
the date of enactment of this paragraph, is or 
was subject to a grant of deferred action pursu-
ant to the Department of Homeland Security 
memorandum entitled ‘Exercising Prosecutorial 
Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who 
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Came to the United States as Children’ issued 
on June 15, 2012. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Corporation may 
not condition purchase of a single-family resi-
dence mortgage by the Corporation under this 
subsection on the status of the borrower as a 
DACA recipient.’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as amended by section 1102, 
is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 245C the following: 
‘‘Sec. 245D. The Dream Act.’’. 
SEC. 1104. THE AMERICAN PROMISE ACT. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATION-
ALS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES DESIGNATED FOR TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS OR DEFERRED ENFORCED 
DEPARTURE.—Chapter 5 of title II of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1103, is further amended by inserting after sec-
tion 245D the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 245E. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN NA-
TIONALS 
OF 
CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
DES-
IGNATED FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STA-
TUS OR DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may grant lawful perma-
nent resident status to a noncitizen if the noncitizen— 
‘‘(1) satisfies the eligibility requirements set 
forth in section 245G(b), including all criminal and 
national security background checks and the pay-
ment of all applicable fees; 
‘‘(2) submits an application pursuant to the 
procedures under section 245G(b)(1); 
‘‘(3) subject to section 245G(b)(3)(B)(ii), has 
been continuously physically present in the United 
States since January 1, 2017; and 
‘‘(4)(A) is a national of a foreign state (or a 
part thereof), or in the case of a noncitizen having 
no nationality, is a person who last habitually re-
sided in such foreign state, with a designation under 
section 244(b) on January 1, 2017, who had or was 
otherwise eligible for temporary protected status on 
such date notwithstanding subsections (c)(1)(A)(iv) 
and (c)(3)(C) of that section; or 
‘‘(B) was eligible for deferred enforced depar-
ture as of January 1, 2017. 
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‘‘(b) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—The requirements of 
paragraphs (2) through (4) of subsection (a) shall not 
apply to a noncitizen who is the spouse or child of a non-
citizen who satisfies all the requirements of subsection 
(a).’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND ADMISSION 
UNDER TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.—The Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 244(f)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(4)), 
by inserting ‘‘as having been inspected and admitted 
to the United States’’ after ‘‘considered’’; and 
(2) in section 245(c) (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)), in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or a 
noncitizen granted temporary protected status under 
section 244’’ after ‘‘self-petitioner’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as amended by section 1103, 
is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 245D the following: 
‘‘Sec. 245E. Adjustment of status for certain nationals of certain countries des-
ignated for temporary protected status or deferred enforced de-
parture.’’. 
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SEC. 1105. THE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ADJUSTMENT 
ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title II of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.), as 
amended by section 1104, is further amended by inserting 
after section 245E the following: 
‘‘SEC. 245F. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR AGRICULTURAL 
WORKERS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may grant lawful perma-
nent resident status to a noncitizen if— 
‘‘(1) the noncitizen satisfies the eligibility re-
quirements set forth in section 245G(b), including 
all criminal and national security background checks 
and the payment of all applicable fees; and 
‘‘(2) submits an application pursuant to the 
procedures under section 245G(b)(1); and 
‘‘(3) the Secretary determines that, during the 
5-year period immediately preceding the date on 
which the noncitizen submits an application under 
this section, the noncitizen performed agricultural 
labor or services for at least 2,300 hours or 400 
work days. 
‘‘(b) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—The requirements of 
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) shall not apply to a noncit-
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izen who is the spouse or child of a noncitizen who satisfies 
all the requirements of that subsection. 
‘‘(c) AGRICULTURAL
LABOR
OR
SERVICES
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘agricultural labor or 
services’ means— 
‘‘(1) agricultural labor or services (within the 
meaning of the term in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)), 
without regard to whether the labor or services are 
of a seasonal or temporary nature; and 
‘‘(2) agricultural employment (as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1802)), without 
regard to whether the specific service or activity is 
temporary or seasonal.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as amended by section 1104, 
is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 245E the following: 
‘‘Sec. 245F. Adjustment of status for agricultural workers.’’. 
SEC. 1106. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ADJUST-
MENT OF STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title II of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.), as 
amended by section 1105, is further amended by inserting 
after section 245E the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 245G. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ADJUST-
MENT OF STATUS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—Unless otherwise specified, 
the provisions of this section shall apply to sections 245B, 
245C, 245D, 245E, and 245F. 
‘‘(b) COMMON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR AP-
PLICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 245B, 245C, 245D, 245E, 
AND 245F.—Unless otherwise specified, a noncitizen ap-
plying for status under section 245B, 245C, 245D, 245E, 
or 245F shall satisfy the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION.—The non-
citizen shall submit a completed application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary shall re-
quire. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A noncitizen who is 
18 years of age or older shall pay to the De-
partment of Homeland Security a processing 
fee in an amount determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) RECOVERY
OF
COSTS.—The proc-
essing fee referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 
be set at a level sufficient to recover the cost 
of processing the application. 
‘‘(C) AUTHORITY
TO
LIMIT
FEES.—The 
Secretary may— 
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