US Congress House Bill 4253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 131-1)
Status: Introduced on November 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-21 - 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 Promise Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien who is in temporary protected status (TPS) or deferred enforced departure (DED) status to apply for legal permanent resident status if such alien: is eligible for permanent resident status, applies for adjustment within three years, was granted or was eligible for TPS or DED status on or before October 1, 2017, and has been continuously physically present in the U.S. for at least three years. (TPS designations permit eligible nationals of designated counties affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily reside and work in the United States. DED designations permit eligible nationals of presidentially-designated counties to be temporarily not subject to removal from the United States.) The bill: waives certain grounds of inadmissibility; authorizes the waiver of the continuous physical presence requirement if an alien's removal would cause extreme hardship to the alien or to the alien's spouse, children, parents, or domestic partner; authorizes an alien who has applied for status adjustment to work; and authorizes an alien who has been ordered removed or granted voluntary departure to apply for status adjustment. An alien's spouse, parent, or unmarried child shall have his or her status adjusted to legal permanent resident if such person is eligible for status adjustment and applies within three years. Aliens from countries that no longer have valid TPS designation and aliens who no longer have valid DED status are not included in this bill unless such TSP or DED status expires on or after January 1, 2017.

American Promise Act of 2017

Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-11-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-11-03	House	Introduced in House

HB4956 (Related) 2018-02-06 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4253/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4253/BILLS-115hr4253ih.pdf