HR 1870 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children.

Introduced Apr 2, 2009 Originated House Sponsor James P. McGovern D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 26, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 2, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a surviving spouse of a U.S. citizen who was married for less than two years at the time of the citizen's death who proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit to self-petition (within the required two years) for continued immediate relative status. (Applies such provision to applications and petitions pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.)

Extends the petition filing deadline for two years after the date of the enactment of this Act if: (1) the alien's U.S. citizen spouse died before the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) the alien and the citizen spouse were married for less than two years at the time of the citizen spouse's death; and (3) the alien has not remarried.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2009 to Jul 10, 2009, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalApr 2, 2009
R-CABrian P. BilbrayOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalApr 2, 2009
R-CADaniel E. LungrenOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-ORDavid WuOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-TXGene GreenOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-NYMichael E. McMahonOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 2, 2009
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalApr 2, 2009
D-PAChaka FattahApr 22, 2009
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 26, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
  2. Apr 2, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Apr 2, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 2, 2009Introduced in House

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