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H.R. 8433: Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

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H.R. 8433: Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

117th Congress · introduced 2022-07-20 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-07-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] · 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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What does this mean?

Official title

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Plain summary

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 This bill expands eligibility for a program that authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to, at its discretion, provide lawful permanent resident status to certain long-term residents of the United States, including individuals who are unlawfully present. Currently, this program, sometimes referred to as the Registry program, is only available to eligible non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who entered the United States before January 1, 1972. The bill removes this entry cutoff date and opens up the program to eligible individuals who have resided in the United States for at least seven years. Existing requirements (e.g., the individual must not be inadmissible or deportable due to certain grounds related to crime or terrorism) continue to apply.

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Official text

Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] · 74 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) and 14 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] 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-hr8433 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117