For the relief of Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos.

V 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4260 For the relief of Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 Mr. CORREA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL For the relief of Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos. 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 3 GUALTERIO LAZARO SANTOS SANTOS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 5 and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 6 Act, Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos shall be eligible for 7 issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status 8 to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 9 dence upon filing an application for issuance of an immi- 10 grant visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjustment 11 of status to lawful permanent resident. 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:49 Sep 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4260.IH H4260 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4260 IH (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Gualterio Lazaro 1 Santos Santos enters the United States before the filing 2 deadline specified in subsection (d), he shall be considered 3 to have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if other- 4 wise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status under 5 section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act as of 6 the date of the enactment of this Act. 7 (c) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OR DENIAL 8 OF ADMISSION.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 10 212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nation- 11 ality Act, Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos may not 12 be removed from the United States, denied admis- 13 sion to the United States, or considered ineligible for 14 lawful permanent residence in the United States by 15 reason of any ground for removal or denial of admis- 16 sion that is reflected in the records of the Depart- 17 ment of Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the 18 Department of State on the date of the enactment 19 of this Act. 20 (2) RESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF 21 REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 22 shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or de- 23 portation, or any finding of inadmissibility or de- 24 portability, that has been entered against Gualterio 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:49 Sep 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4260.IH H4260 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 4260 IH Lazaro Santos Santos by reason of any ground de- 1 scribed in paragraph (1). 2 (d) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 3 FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap- 4 plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica- 5 tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 6 within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 7 (e) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 8 Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res- 9 idence to Gualterio Lazaro Santos Santos, the Secretary 10 of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, 11 during the current or next following fiscal year, the total 12 number of immigrant visas that are made available to na- 13 tives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 14 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, if appli- 15 cable, the total number of immigrant visas that are made 16 available to natives of the country of the alien’s birth 17 under section 202(e) of such Act. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:49 Sep 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4260.IH H4260 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS