US Congress House Bill 1036 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 14 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

American Families United Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise waiver of inadmissibility requirements, including by waiving inadmissibility for: (1) certain persons who entered the United States before age 16 who have earned a degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, (2) false claims of U.S. citizenship by persons under age 18 or lacking mental competence to knowingly misrepresent a claim, and (3) false claims of U.S. citizenship if inadmissibility would create family separation hardship for the alien (including a self-petitioner under the Violence Against Women Act) or for a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident family member. The bill: (1) authorizes parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility for unlawful presence, (2) places a three-year limit on immigration-related misrepresentations rendering aliens inadmissible, and (3) revises the definition "conviction" for INA purposes. An immigration judge in specified circumstances, including family separation hardship, but with certain exceptions, may decline to order an alien removed, deported, or excluded and terminate related proceedings or grant permission to reapply for admission or for relief from removal. Nothing in this bill shall be construed to enable the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to expand their discretionary authority beyond a case-by-case basis or to provide legalization or nationalization of covered persons.

American Families United Act

Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-02-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1036/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1036/BILLS-115hr1036ih.pdf