Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Bill: 119-hr-4696
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2025-07-23
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4696 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mrs. Torres of California , Ms. Meng , Mr. Correa , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. DeGette , Ms. Schakowsky , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Balint , Ms. Ross , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Omar , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Costa , Ms. Chu , Mr. Suozzi , and Mr. Huffman ) 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 . 2. Registry (a) In general Section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1259 ) is amended— (1) in the section header, by striking entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972 and inserting are long-term residents of the United States ; and (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) entered the United States at least 7 years before the application date; . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.