119-hr3070

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3070 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3070

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of 
 Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in 
 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) of such Act, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 29, 2025

 Ms. Lee of Florida (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Stanton, Mr. 
 Morelle, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Bergman, Ms. 
 Salazar, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Ciscomani, 
 Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Calvert) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on 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

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 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of 
 Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in 
 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) of such Act, 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 ``Canadian Snowbird Act''.

SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES.

 

Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (s) Canadian Retirees.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
 admit an alien as a visitor described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the 
 Secretary, that the alien--
 ``
        (A) is a citizen of Canada;
 ``
        (B) is at least 50 years of age;
 ``
            (C) maintains a residence in Canada;
 ``
            (D) owns a residence in the United States or has 
 signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the 
 United States for the duration of the alien's stay in 
 the United States;
 ``
        (E) is not inadmissible under 

section 212;
 ``
        (F) is not described in any ground of 
 deportability under 

section 237;
 ``
        (G) will not engage in employment or labor for 
 hire in the United States other than employment or 
 labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the 
 United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed 
 in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed 
 services in Canada; and
 ``
        (H) will not seek any form of assistance or 
 benefit described in 

section 403

    (a) of the Personal 
 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613

    (a) ).
 ``

    (2) Spouse.--The spouse of an alien described in 
 paragraph

    (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the 
 principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of 
 paragraph

    (1) , other than subparagraph
            (D) .
 ``

    (3) Immigrant intent.--In determining eligibility for 
 admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in 
 the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by 
 the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada.
 ``

    (4) Period of admission.--During any single 365-day 
 period, an alien may be admitted as a visitor for pleasure 
 described in 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (B) pursuant to this subsection 
 for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of 
 admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such 
 period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of 
 determining the termination date of such period.''.

SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.

 Subparagraph
        (B) of 

section 7701

    (b)

    (1) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by inserting ``, or, notwithstanding subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) , is a Canadian citizen described in 

section 214

    (s) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184

    (s) )'' after ``(within 
the meaning of subparagraph
        (A) )''.
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