Cuban Adjustment Act

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Cuban Adjustment Act

Long title	An Act to adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents of the United States, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CAA
Nicknames	Cuban Refugees Adjustment Status Act
Enacted by	the 89th United States Congress
Effective	November 2, 1966
Citations
Public law	89-732
Statutes at Large	80 Stat. 1161
Codification
Titles amended	8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality
U.S.C. sections amended	8 U.S.C. ch. 12, subch. II § 1255
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 15183 by Jacob H. Gilbert (D–NY) on September 1, 1966 Committee consideration by House Judiciary Passed the House on September 19, 1966 (300-25) Passed the Senate on October 6, 1966 (passed voice vote, in lieu of S. 3712) Reported by the joint conference committee on October 13, 1966; agreed to by the Senate on October 20, 1966 (agreed voice vote) and by the House on October 21, 1966 (agreed voice vote) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 2, 1966

The Cuban Adjustment Act (Spanish: Ley de Ajuste Cubano), Public Law 89-732, is a United States federal law enacted on November 2, 1966. Passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, the law applies to any native or citizen of Cuba who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States after January 1, 1959 and has been physically present for at least one year, and is admissible to the United States as a permanent resident.