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H.R. 4331: America’s Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively Act of 2021

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H.R. 4331: America’s Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-01 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

America’s Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively Act of 2021

Plain summary

America's Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively Act of 2021 or the America's CHILDREN Act of 2021 This bill provides lawful permanent resident status to certain college graduates who entered the United States as children and addresses other immigration-related issues. Specifically, this bill allows an alien to apply for lawful permanent resident status if the alien (1) was lawfully admitted into the United States as a dependent child of an alien on a temporary worker visa, (2) was in the United States with such status for at least four years, (3) has graduated from an institution of higher education in the United States, and (4) is not deportable or otherwise inadmissible. In addition, the alien must have been lawfully present in the United States for at least 10 years at the time of the application. The bill also modifies various provisions related to the calculation of an alien's age for immigration purposes and the priority date of certain immigration-related applications.

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Official text

America’s Cultivation of Hope and Inclusion for Long-term Dependents Raised and Educated Natively Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] · 44 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Young Kim (R-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Jason Crow (D-CO), André Carson (D-IN), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Levin (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4331 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117