GRACE Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 63 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish certain family separation as an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2023 Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish certain family separation as an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant Relief for Amer- 4 ican Children’s Elevation Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘GRACE 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:16 Jan 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H63.IH H63 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 63 IH SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY UNUSUAL HARD- 1 SHIP. 2 Section 240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 3 Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b) is amended by adding at the end 4 the following: 5 ‘‘(7) EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY UNUSUAL 6 HARDSHIP DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 7 ‘exceptional and extremely unusual hardship’ shall 8 include hardship resulting from separating a family 9 member who is a United States citizen, a lawful per- 10 manent resident or an individual lawfully admitted 11 to the United States and a family member who is 12 subject to deportation or removal from the United 13 States.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:16 Jan 13, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H63.IH H63 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS