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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 63 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish certain family |
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| 6 | 6 | | separation as an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. J |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACKSONLEEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish |
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| 15 | 15 | | certain family separation as an exceptional and extremely |
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| 16 | 16 | | unusual hardship, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant Relief for Amer-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ican Children’s Elevation Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘GRACE 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 63 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY UNUSUAL HARD-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SHIP. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b) is amended by adding at the end 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the following: 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(7) E |
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| 32 | 32 | | XCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY UNUSUAL 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | HARDSHIP DEFINED .—In this subsection, the term 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘exceptional and extremely unusual hardship’ shall 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | include hardship resulting from separating a family 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | member who is a United States citizen, a lawful per-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | manent resident or an individual lawfully admitted 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | to the United States and a family member who is 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | subject to deportation or removal from the United 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | States.’’. 14 |
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