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HR 4847 114th Congress House

CUBA Act of 2016

Official title: To repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act, Public Law 89-732, to provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 23, 2016 See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCaribbean areaCongressional oversightCuba
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Mar 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 23, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 28, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens Act of 2016 or the CUBA Act of 2016

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that Cuban nationals should be treated under the same immigration rules as nationals of other countries with which the United States has diplomatic relations and should not receive preferential treatment.

The bill repeals P.L. 89-732, which provides for the adjustment of Cuban citizens or nationals to lawful permanent resident status in the United States.

No funds, resources, or fees made available to the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, or to any other federal agency, including deposits into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, may be used to implement or administer any of the policy changes set forth in the 2007 memorandum from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled "Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program."

Cuban nationals who enter the United States on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be ineligible for refugee/parolee assistance under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. Conforming amendments are made to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The Inspector General of the Social Security Administration shall report to Congress describing methods for enforcing the loss of Supplemental Security Income eligibility by persons who are absent from the United States for at least one month.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3818 Related bill Ending Special National Origin-Based Immigration Programs for Cubans Act of 2015
  • HR 4247 Related bill Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 23, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4847: CUBA Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4847/
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