Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4696 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4696 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Meng, Mr. Correa, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Balint, Ms. Ross, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Omar, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Barragan, 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929''. SEC. 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. <all>