Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Bill: 119-s-2468
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2025-07-28
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4776: 2)

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2468 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 28, 2025 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Durbin , Mr. Schatz , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Warren , Mr. Markey , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Booker , Mr. Luján , and Mr. Schiff ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 july 1, 1924 or 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.