American Hope Act of 2017

Summary

American Hope Act of 2017 This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow a state to extend higher-education benefits to state residents regardless of whether they are lawfully present in the United States. In addition, the bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal, and adjust the status, of certain residents who entered the United States as children prior to 2017. An individual whose status has been so adjusted shall be considered to have obtained conditional permanent-resident status, valid for a period of eight years and subject to termination on the basis of specified deportable conduct. In order for an individual's conditional status to become permanent, the individual must timely file with DHS a petition indicating, among other specified information, that the individual has maintained conditional permanent-resident status for at least three years. Any period of time in which the individual was granted deferred action pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy shall count toward this three-year period. Information furnished by an individual in such a petition may not be used by an officer or employee of the United States to initiate removal proceedings. The bill also: (1) allows DHS to establish a competitive grant program for the provision of nonprofit assistance to eligible applicants for conditional permanent-resident status; (2) establishes the Presidential Award for Business Leadership in Promoting American Citizenship; (3) allows the Department of Education to develop an open-source, electronic English-learning program; (4) specifies requirements related to federal higher-education assistance for individuals with conditional permanent-resident status; and (5) requires the Government Accountability Office to report on specified data related to the bill.

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Timeline

1. 28 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 July 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 6 September 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 28 July 2017 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 July 2017

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Sponsors

• LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Sponsor
• Zoe Lofgren · D · Sponsor
• LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD · D · Sponsor
• Michelle Lujan Grisham · D · Sponsor
• Nancy Pelosi · D · Sponsor
• Steny Hoyer · D · Sponsor
• JOSEPH CROWLEY · D · Sponsor
• Linda Sánchez · D · Sponsor
• JOHN CONYERS · D · Sponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
• Pete Aguilar · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] · D · Sponsor
• Sanford Bishop · D · Sponsor
• Earl Blumenauer · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · D · Sponsor
• Anthony Brown · D · Sponsor
• Julia Brownley · D · Sponsor
• G. K. Butterfield · D · Sponsor
• MICHAEL CAPUANO · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] · D · Sponsor
• Tony Cárdenas · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D · Sponsor
• Kathy Castor · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] · D · Sponsor
• David Cicilline · D · Sponsor
• Katherine Clark · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · D · Sponsor
• WM. CLAY · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · D · Sponsor
• Charlie Crist · D · Sponsor
• ELIJAH CUMMINGS · D · Sponsor
• Diana DeGette · D · Sponsor
• Rosa DeLauro · D · Sponsor
• Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] · D · Sponsor
• Theodore Deutch · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · D · Sponsor
• Keith Ellison · D · Sponsor
• Anna Eshoo · D · Sponsor
• Adriano Espaillat · D · Sponsor
• Dwight Evans · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] · D · Sponsor
• Marcia Fudge · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor

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