H.R. 4696

Summary

H.R. 4696, the Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929, was introduced in the House on Jul 23, 2025 by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) with 69 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jul 23, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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H.R. 4696 has 69 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4696 IH: Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-23
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4696  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 23, 2025   Ms. Lofgren  (for herself,  Mrs. Torres of California ,  Ms. Meng ,  Mr. Correa ,  Mr. Espaillat ,  Mr. García of Illinois ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Ms. DeGette ,  Ms. Schakowsky ,  Mrs. Ramirez ,  Ms. Balint ,  Ms. Ross ,  Mr. Vargas ,  Ms. Omar ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Ms. Barragán ,  Mr. Pallone ,  Mr. Menendez ,  Mr. Nadler ,  Mr. Carbajal ,  Ms. Sewell ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Mr. Thompson of California ,  Mr. McGovern ,  Mr. Costa ,  Ms. Chu ,  Mr. Suozzi , and  Mr. Huffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit under that section.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929  .
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Registry
(a)
In general
Section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1259 ) is amended—
(1)
in the section header, by striking
entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972   and inserting
are long-term residents of the United States  ; and
(2)
by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
(a)
entered the United States at least 7 years before the application date;
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(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit under that section.

Sponsors

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) sponsors H.R. 4696, and 69 members have co-sponsored it, 27 of them from the day it was introduced.

Zoe Lofgren

Rep. · D–CA-18 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 23, 2025

Becca Balint

Rep. · D–VT-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Nanette Barragan

Rep. · D–CA-44 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Salud Carbajal

Rep. · D–CA-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Judy Chu

Rep. · D–CA-28 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Luis Correa

Rep. · D–CA-46 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Jim Costa

Rep. · D–CA-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Diana DeGette

Rep. · D–CO-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Adriano Espaillat

Rep. · D–NY-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

Jesus Garcia

Rep. · D–IL-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 23, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 4696 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jul 23, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4696 has taken 2 actions since Jul 23, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4696 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 4696.

S 2468Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929Jul 28, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductor… · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 4696 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 — Display Title
• To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit under that section. — Official Title as Introduced
• Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 20 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4696 in 2 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Government Issues, Health Issues, Housing, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4696 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4696’s is Immigration.

Constitutional authority

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[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LOFGREN:H.R. 4696.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with thepower to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''[Page H3649]

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