HR 1511 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Introduced Mar 9, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Zoe Lofgren D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 9, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 9, 2023
  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 85

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2023 to Dec 4, 2024, with 48 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-MOCori BushOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMar 9, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 9, 2023
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 9, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2606Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929Identical billJul 27, 2023

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House

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