HR 8433 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Introduced Jul 20, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Zoe Lofgren D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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. IntroducedJul 20, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

This bill expands eligibility for a program that authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to, at its discretion, provide lawful permanent resident status to certain long-term residents of the United States, including individuals who are unlawfully present.

Currently, this program, sometimes referred to as the Registry program, is only available to eligible non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who entered the United States before January 1, 1972. The bill removes this entry cutoff date and opens up the program to eligible individuals who have resided in the United States for at least seven years.

Existing requirements (e.g., the individual must not be inadmissible or deportable due to certain grounds related to crime or terrorism) continue to apply.

Cosponsors 74

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2022 to Dec 22, 2022; 48 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJul 20, 2022
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAKaren BassOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CARaul RuizOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CATed LieuOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CAAnna G. EshooJul 26, 2022
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonJul 26, 2022
D-NYMondaire JonesJul 26, 2022
D-CASara JacobsJul 26, 2022
D-MDAnthony G. BrownJul 28, 2022
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthAug 12, 2022
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeAug 26, 2022
D-MAAyanna PressleyAug 30, 2022
D-COJason CrowSep 2, 2022
D-ILSean CastenSep 15, 2022
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Sep 20, 2022
D-ILMarie NewmanSep 21, 2022
D-PADwight EvansSep 29, 2022
D-TXLloyd DoggettSep 29, 2022
D-CABrad ShermanOct 4, 2022
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOct 7, 2022
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Oct 21, 2022
D-CAMark TakanoOct 21, 2022
D-COJoe NeguseOct 28, 2022
D-CODiana DeGetteNov 7, 2022
D-COEd PerlmutterNov 10, 2022
D-CAJared HuffmanNov 14, 2022
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesNov 29, 2022
D-MOCori BushDec 2, 2022
D-NYRitchie TorresDec 14, 2022
D-GANikema WilliamsDec 22, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 20, 2022
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. Jul 20, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jul 20, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 120, July 20, 2022, page H6922.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1511Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929Reintroduced BillMar 9, 2023
S 4974Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929Identical billSep 28, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 20, 2022Introduced in House

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