GRACE Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 63 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grant Relief for American Children's 
Elevation Act of 2023'' or the ``GRACE Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY UNUSUAL HARDSHIP.

    Section 240A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229b) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Exceptional and extremely unusual hardship defined.--
        In this subsection, the term `exceptional and extremely unusual 
        hardship' shall include hardship resulting from separating a 
        family member who is a United States citizen, a lawful 
        permanent resident or an individual lawfully admitted to the 
        United States and a family member who is subject to deportation 
        or removal from the United States.''.
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