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Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
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.
Summary
This Act amends the registry provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make immigration status adjustment available to long-term residents of the United States. It replaces fixed historical entry dates (prior to July 1, 1924 or January 1, 1972) with a rolling requirement that applicants must have entered the United States at least 7 years before applying for registry. This change modernizes the registry mechanism, making it available to individuals who have been continuous long-term residents for at least 7 years, rather than limiting it to those who entered before specific historical dates. The amendments take effect 60 days after the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
14 cosponsors
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
Actions (2)
- Jul 28, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4776) · senate
- Jul 28, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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. Lujan, 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.
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 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. <all>
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