US Congress House Bill 1870 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-5)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-05-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a surviving spouse of a U.S. citizen who was married for less than two years at the time of the citizen's death who proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit to self-petition (within the required two years) for continued immediate relative status. (Applies such provision to applications and petitions pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.) Extends the petition filing deadline for two years after the date of the enactment of this Act if: (1) the alien's U.S. citizen spouse died before the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) the alien and the citizen spouse were married for less than two years at the time of the citizen spouse's death; and (3) the alien has not remarried.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children.

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-04-02		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1870/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1870/BILLS-111hr1870ih.pdf