For the relief of Median El-Moustrah.
HR 739 grants permanent resident status eligibility to Median El-Moustrah, a specific individual, by waiving standard immigration barriers like removal orders or inadmissibility based on past records. It allows Median to apply for permanent residency within two years of the bill's enactment, with a requirement that the U.S. reduce the immigrant visa quota for Median's country of origin by one. The bill also denies preferential immigration benefits to Median's relatives under current law. This is a single-person relief bill, not a policy change affecting broader groups.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Feb 2, 2021
Last action Jun 8, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Jun 8, 2022
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jun 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5238-5239)
lower
Jun 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
lower
Jun 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee on the Budget discharged.
lower
Jun 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-340, Part I.
lower
Sep 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Sep 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Discharged.
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee 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.
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rashida Tlaib
DDemocratic
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