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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1763
For the relief of Diego Montoya Bedoya.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Mr. H
ERNA´NDEZintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
For the relief of Diego Montoya Bedoya.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR DIEGO 3
MONTOYA BEDOYA. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 5
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 6
Act (8 U.S.C. 1151), Diego Montoya Bedoya shall be eligi-7
ble for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment 8
of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for perma-9
nent residence upon filing an application for issuance of 10
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an immigrant visa under section 204 of such Act (8 1
U.S.C. 1154) or for adjustment of status to lawful perma-2
nent resident. 3
(b) A
DJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Diego Montoya 4
Bedoya enters the United States before the filing deadline 5
specified in subsection (d), he shall be considered to have 6
entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi-7
ble, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 8
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) 9
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 10
(c) W
AIVER OFGROUNDS FORREMOVAL ORDENIAL 11
OFADMISSION.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 13
212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nation-14
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)), 15
Diego Montoya Bedoya may not be removed from 16
the United States, denied admission to the United 17
States, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent 18
residence in the United States by reason of any 19
ground for removal or denial of admission that is re-20
flected in the records of the Department of Home-21
land Security or the Visa Office of the Department 22
of State on the date of enactment of this Act. 23
(2) R
ESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF 24
REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 25
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shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or de-1
portation, or any finding of inadmissibility or de-2
portability, that has been entered against Diego 3
Montoya Bedoya by reason of any ground described 4
in paragraph (1). 5
(d) D
EADLINE FORAPPLICACION ANDPAYMENT OF 6
F
EES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-7
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-8
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 9
within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 10
(e) R
EDUCTION ON IMMIGRANTVISANUMBER.— 11
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-12
idence to Diego Montoya Bedoya, the Secretary of State 13
shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the 14
current or next following fiscal year, the total number of 15
immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the 16
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the 17
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) or, 18
if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are 19
made available to natives of the country of the alien’s birth 20
under section 202(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)). 21
(f) D
ENIAL OFPREFERENTIALIMMIGRATIONTREAT-22
MENT FORCERTAINRELATIVES.—The natural parents, 23
brothers, and sisters of Diego Montoya Bedoya shall not, 24
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by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privi-1
lege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 2
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 3
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 4
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 5
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 6
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 7
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 8
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-9
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 10
vote on passage. 11
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