Fairness for Permanent Residents Act of 1999

Summary

Fairness for Permanent Residents Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal of specified permanent resident aliens who have been convicted of an aggravated felony that would not have been an aggravated felony prior to the passage of specified provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 or the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Directs the Attorney General to establish a process for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility or deportation of specified aliens under similar circumstances as above. Authorizes the supervised release of certain aliens from detention pending removal decisions. Subjects such decision (by the Attorney General) to administrative review only. Authorizes not more than three months' additional detention for inadmissible or criminal aliens deemed to be a risk in order to allow for removal negotiations between the United States and a foreign nation. Revises related release provisions.

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Timeline

1. 1 October 1999

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 October 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 October 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 October 1999

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2020)

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 15 October 1999

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 1 October 1999 · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 1 October 1999

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Sponsors

• Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rogan, James E. [R-CA-27] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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