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On September 29, 2021, the House Committee on the Judiciary ordered reported five bills that would allow the people named in each bill to become lawful permanent residents: H.R. 187, For the relief of Victoria Galindo Lopez; H.R. 680, For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar; H.R. 681, For the relief of Rebecca Trimble; H.R. 739, For the relief of Median El-Moustrah; and H.R. 785, For the relief of Maria Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera De Bueso. Enacting each of those five bills could increase direct spending and reduce revenues because lawful permanent residents are eligible for certain federal benefits, such as Medicaid and premium tax credits for health insurance purchased through the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act, if they otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for those benefits. CBO estimates that those effects would not be significant because of the small number of people who would be affected by each bill.
