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This page covers the major immigration bills introduced
by the 108th Congress. In this space, we will tell you about these
bills, track their progress and give you the information you need to
make your opinions heard by your Congressional representatives.
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H.CON.RES.311:
Expressing the sense of Congress that the international
community should recognize the plight of Jewish refugees from
Arab countries and that the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East should
establish a program for resettling Palestinian refugees.
Sponsor:
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 10/28/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/28/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.CON.RES.460:
Regarding the security of
Israel and the principles of peace in the Middle East.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 6/22/2004)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign
Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
H.J.RES.42:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born
in the United States to parents who are neither United States
citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the
United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/20/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.J.RES.44:
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
to provide that no person born in the United States will be a
United States citizen unless a parent is a United States
citizen, or is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in
the United States, at the time of the birth.
Sponsor: Rep
Mark Foley [FL] (introduced 3/31/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.J.RES.58:
Disapproving the rules submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury relating to section 326(a) of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of
2001. [Disapproves of final rules of the Treasury Department
on April 30 permitting financial institutions to accept
certain forms of identification from noncitizens, including
the Matricula Consular card.]
Sponsor: Rep
Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] (introduced 5/22/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.J.RES.67:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of
the United States, but who have been citizens of the United
States for at least 20 years, to be eligible to hold the
Office of President.
Sponsor: Rep
Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 9/3/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/3/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.47:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore
fairness to immigration law, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.82:
To increase the numerical limitation on the number of asylees
whose status may be adjusted to that of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.83:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to
the record of admission for permanent residence in the case of
certain aliens.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.84:
To assist aliens who were transplanted to the United States as
children in continuing their education and otherwise
integrating into American society.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.85:
To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for
adjustment of status under section 245(i) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act by extending the deadline for
classification petition and labor certification filings.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.86:
To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.87:
To modify the requirements applicable to the admission into
the United States of H-1C nonimmigrant registered nurses, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.88:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the
requirements for a child born abroad and out of wedlock to
acquire citizenship based on the citizenship of the child's
father, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.152:
To adjust the status of certain aliens with longstanding ties
to the United States to that of an alien lawfully admitted to
permanent residence, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.184:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that
veterans of the United States Armed Forces are eligible for
discretionary relief from detention, deportation, exclusion,
and removal, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.189:
To waive certain prohibitions with respect to nationals of
Cuba coming to the United States to play organized
professional baseball.
Sponsor: Rep
Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
HR.200:
To revise various provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act.
Sponsor: Rep
Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.201:
To extend the time period prior to the need for workers for
the filing of applications for temporary labor certification
in the processing of alien labor certification applications.
Sponsor: Rep
Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 1/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.277:
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps, under certain circumstances and
subject to certain conditions, to assist the Department of
Homeland Security in the performance of border protection
functions.
Sponsor: Rep
Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA] (introduced 1/8/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition
to the Select Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
HR.300:
To provide that Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access
to Services for Persons with Limited English
Proficiency," shall have no force or effect, and to
prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
King, Peter T. [NY] (introduced 1/8/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
HR.322:
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure
coverage for legal immigrant children and pregnant women under
the Medicaid Program and the State children's health insurance
program (SCHIP).
Sponsor: Rep
Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] (introduced 1/8/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HR.367:
To allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.
Sponsor: Rep
Hyde, Henry J. [IL-6] (introduced 1/27/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.440:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to adjust the
status of certain aliens with longstanding ties to the United
States to that of an alien lawfully admitted to permanent
residence, to promote family unity, to improve national
security, to modify provisions of such Act affecting removal
of aliens from the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 1/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.488:
To limit the issuance of student and diversity immigrant visas
to aliens who are nationals of Saudi Arabia, countries that
support terrorism, or countries not cooperating fully with
United States antiterrorism efforts.
Sponsor: Rep
Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 1/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.502:
To require identification that may be used in obtaining
Federal public benefits to meet restrictions ensuring that it
is secure and verifiable.
Sponsor: Rep
Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] (introduced 1/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in
addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and House
Administration, 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.
HR.539:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
the admission to the United States for permanent residence
without numerical limitation of spouses of permanent resident
aliens.
Sponsor: Rep
Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] (introduced 2/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.603:
To provide for adjustment of immigration status for certain
aliens granted temporary protected status in the United States
because of conditions in Montserrat.
Sponsor: Rep
Owens, Major R. [NY-11] (introduced 2/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.604:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
legal permanent resident status for certain undocumented or
nonimmigrant aliens.
Sponsor: Rep
Owens, Major R. [NY-11] (introduced 2/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.605:
To provide for permanent resident status for any alien orphan
physically present in the United States who is less than 12
years of age and to provide for deferred enforced departure
status for any alien physically present in the United States
who is the natural and legal parent of a child born in the
United States who is less than 18 years of age.
Sponsor: Rep
Owens, Major R. [NY-11] (introduced 2/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.609:
To accord honorary citizenship to the alien victims of the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United
States and to provide for the granting of permanent resident
status to the alien spouses and children of certain victims of
such attacks.
Sponsor: Rep
Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 2/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.655:
To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any
identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's
license, or other comparable identification document, unless
the State requires a license or comparable document issued to
a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the
alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 2/7/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
HR.687:
To prohibit the Federal Government from accepting a form of
identification issued by a foreign government, except for a
passport that is accepted for such a purpose on the date of
enactment of this Act.
Sponsor: Rep
Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 2/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security,
and Claims.
HR.690:
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for
coverage under the Medicaid Program of organ transplant
procedures as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien
children.
Sponsor: Rep
Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 2/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HR.723:
To except spouses and children of Philippine servicemen in the
United States Navy from bars to admission and relief under the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor: Rep
Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [CA-50] (introduced 2/12/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.731:
To render all enrolled members of the Tohono O'odham Nation
citizens of the United States as of the date of their
enrollment and to recognize the valid membership credential of
the Tohono O'odham Nation as the legal equivalent of a
certificate of citizenship or a State-issued birth certificate
for all Federal purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] (introduced 2/12/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.773:
To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to
authorize financial institutions to accept matricula consular
issued in the United States as a valid form of identification.
Sponsor: Rep
Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
and Consumer Credit.
HR.775:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the
diversity immigrant program.
Sponsor: Rep
Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.819:
To amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to extend and modify
the reimbursement of State and local funds expended for
emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
Sponsor: Rep
Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Related Bills: S.412
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Chairman.
HR.832:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a
mechanism for United States citizens and lawful permanent
residents to sponsor their permanent partners for residence in
the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security,
and Claims.
HR.836:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore the
avenues for relief from removal that existed for aliens
lawfully admitted for permanent residence prior to the
enactment of the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Sponsor: Rep
Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.853:
To establish the position of Northern Border Coordinator in
the Department of Homeland Security.
Sponsor: Rep
Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security,
and Claims.
HR.858:
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties
for aggravated identity theft, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Tanner, John S. [TN-8] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
Security.
HR.908:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify that
imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal
subsequent to a conviction for a felony shall be under
circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living
conditions, if the alien is convicted of another felony after
the reentry.
Sponsor: Rep
Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 2/25/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.931:
To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as
the official language of the Government of the United States,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 2/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
HR.933:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 2004 through 2010 to carry out
the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Rep
Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 2/26/2003)
Related Bills: S.460
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.946:
To effect a moratorium on immigration.
Sponsor: Rep
Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] (introduced 2/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.997:
To declare English as the official language of the United
States, to establish a uniform English language rule for
naturalization, and to avoid mis-constructions of the English
language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to
Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the
United States and to establish a uniform rule of
naturalization under article I, section 8, of the
Constitution.
Sponsor: Rep
King, Steve [IA-5] (introduced 2/27/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/24/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
HR.1071:
To establish the Southwest Regional Border Authority.
Sponsor: Rep
Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 3/4/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International
Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Chairman.
HR.1088:
To enhance the capacity of organizations working in the United
States-Mexico border region to develop affordable housing and
infrastructure and to foster economic opportunity in the
colonias.
Sponsor: Rep
Bonilla, Henry [TX-23] (introduced 3/5/2003)
Related Bills: S.532
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community
Opportunity.
HR.1095:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reauthorize
the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Rep
King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 3/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1096:
To authorize appropriations for border and transportation
security personnel and technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 3/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
HR.1121:
To limit the period of validity of driver's licenses and State
identification cards issued to nonimmigrant aliens to the
period of validity of nonimmigrant visas.
Sponsor: Rep
Cantor, Eric [VA-7] (introduced 3/6/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1238:
To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a program,
known as the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, to
provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county
and municipal governments for costs associated with certain
criminal activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Larsen, Rick [WA-2] (introduced 3/12/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1261:
To enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by
strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more
effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more
comprehensive array of employment, training, and related
services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth,
and improving performance accountability, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) [CA-25] (introduced 3/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2003 House committee/subcommittee
actions.
Status:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 -
21.
HR.1275:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the
requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service
in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Frost, Martin [TX-24] (introduced 3/13/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/13/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1300:
To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief
Act to identify and register certain Central Americans
residing in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Davis, Tom [VA-11] (introduced 3/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1333:
To clarify the citizenship eligibility for certain members of
the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 3/18/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/18/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1353:
To authorize the Port Passenger Accelerated Service System (PortPASS)
as a permanent program for land border inspection under the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor: Rep
Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] (introduced 3/19/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1416:
To make technical corrections to the Homeland Security Act of
2002.
Sponsor: Rep
Christopher Cox [CA] (introduced 3/25/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2003 House committee/subcommittee
actions.
Status:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
HR.1440:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that
aliens who commit acts of torture, extrajudicial killings, or
other specified atrocities abroad are inadmissible and
removable and to establish within the Criminal Division of the
Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations
having responsibilities under that Act with respect to all
alien participants in war crimes, genocide, and the commission
of acts of torture and extrajudicial killings abroad.
Sponsor: Rep
Foley, Mark [FL-16] (introduced 3/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1452:
To provide that the language of the text of United States
passports is written in English and Spanish.
Sponsor: Pete
Sessions [TX] (introduced 3/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/26/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
HR.1464:
To enhance the security and efficiency of the immigration,
refugee and asylum, and naturalization functions of the United
States Government.
Sponsor: Joe
Baca [CA] (introduced 3/27/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1515:
To provide for reimbursement for unreimbursed costs of
emergency medical care for aliens paroled into the United
States for medical reasons.
Sponsor: Jeff
Flake [AZ] (introduced 3/31/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR.1519:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reauthorize
the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Rep.
Peter King [NY] (introduced 3/31/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1567:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny
citizenship at birth to children born in the United States of
parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.
Sponsor: Rep
Deal, Nathan [GA-10] (introduced 4/2/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1606:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose a
limitation on the wage that the Secretary of Labor may require
an employer to pay an alien who is an H-2A nonimmigrant
agricultural worker.
Sponsor: Rep
Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] (introduced 4/3/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1631:
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from
creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for
services by aliens illegally performed in the United States
and self-employment income derived from a trade or business
illegally conducted in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 4/3/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR.1684:
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine state
residency for higher education purposes and to amend the
Immigration and Nationality Act to cancel the removal and
adjust the status of certain alien college-bound students who
are long-term U.S. residents.
Sponsor: Rep
Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced 4/9/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/9/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
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.
HR.1685:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to
posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty
service during periods of military hostilities to eliminate
the prohibition on immigration benefits for surviving family
members and to provide such benefits for spouses and children.
Sponsor: Rep
Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 4/9/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/9/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1691:
To expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to members
of the United States Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep
Isakson, Johnny [GA-6] (introduced 4/9/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/9/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1714:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to
naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of the
United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Hastings, Doc [WA-4] (introduced 4/10/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/10/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1799:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the
requirement of 2 years of marriage for a spouse to
self-petition to be an immediate relative in the case of
spouses of citizens killed in service in the Armed Forces and
to prohibit any fees relating to posthumous citizenship for
aliens killed while on active duty service during periods of
military hostilities.
Sponsor: Rep
Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1801:
To accord honorary citizenship to the alien victims of the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United
States and to provide for the granting of citizenship to the
alien spouses and children of certain victims of such attacks.
Sponsor: Rep
Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1806:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the
requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service
in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Putnam, Adam H. [FL-12] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1814:
To change the requirements for naturalization through service
in the Armed Forces of the United States, to extend
naturalization benefits to members of the Ready Reserve of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces, to extend posthumous
benefits to surviving spouses, children, and parents, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1830:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
permanent resident status for certain long-term resident
workers and college-bound students, to modify the worldwide
level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote
family unification, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 4/12/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/12/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1850:
To provide for automatic naturalization for noncitizen members
of the Armed Forces ordered to serve in a combat zone, and to
extend immigration benefits to surviving spouses, children,
and parents of persons granted posthumous citizenship through
death while on active-duty service in the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep
Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 4/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1930:
To adjust the immigration status of certain Liberian nationals
who were provided refuge in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 5/1/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/1/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1953:
To revise the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality
Act relating to naturalization through service in the Armed
Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Hastings, Doc [WA-4] (introduced 5/6/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.1954:
To revise the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality
Act relating to naturalization through service in the Armed
Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 5/6/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/7/2003 House committee/subcommittee
actions.
Status:
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
HR.1958:
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of
Korean immigration into the United States.
Sponsor: Rep
Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] (introduced 5/6/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HR.1983:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the
immigration to the United States of certain aliens born in the
Philippines or Japan who were fathered by United States
citizens.
Sponsor: Rep
Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] (introduced 5/6/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2137:
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to the
release of alien children in custody.
Sponsor: Rep
Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] (introduced 5/15/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2152:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an
additional 5 years the special immigrant religious worker
program.
Sponsor: Rep
Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 5/19/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/15/2003 Became Public Law No: 108-99.
HR.2154:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent an
employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany
transferee with another employer.
Sponsor: Rep
Mica, John L. [FL-7] (introduced 5/19/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2220:
To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
with respect to NAFTA corridor planning and development and
coordinated border infrastructure and safety.
Sponsor: Rep
Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 5/22/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
HR.2235:
To suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide
temporary workload relief critical to the successful
reorganization of the immigration and naturalization functions
of the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure that the
screening and monitoring of arriving immigrants and
nonimmigrants, and the deterrence of entry and settlement by
illegal or unauthorized aliens, is sufficient to maintain the
integrity of the sovereign borders of the United States, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Graves, Sam [MO-6] (introduced 5/22/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2258:
To provide for programs and activities to improve the health
of Hispanic individuals, and for other purposes. [The
legislation would provide states the option of covering legal
immigrant children and pregnant women under the Medicaid and
SCHIP programs.]
Sponsor: Rep
Rodriguez, Ciro [TX-28] (introduced 5/22/2003)
Related Bills: S.1159
Latest Major Action: 6/2/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HR.2330:
To sanction
the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma's
democratic forces and support and recognize the National
League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the
Burmese people, and for other purposes. [Would authorize the
President to deny visas and entry to the former and present
leadership of the (Burmese) State Peace and Development
Council or the Union Solidarity Development Association.]
Sponsor: Rep
Lantos, Tom [CA-12] (introduced 6/4/2003)
Related Bills: S.1215
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2003 House preparation for floor.
Status: House
Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further
consideration ending not later than July 7, 2003.
HR.2359:
To
extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility
verification [from the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996], and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Calvert, Ken [CA-44] (introduced 6/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
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.
HR.2364:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act in regard to
Caribbean-born immigrants.
Sponsor: Rep
Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 6/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2435:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens
charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
Sponsor: Rep
Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] (introduced 6/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2525:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain
Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver
of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter
the United States as a temporary visitor.
Sponsor: Rep
Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 6/19/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to House subcommittee.
Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security,
and Claims.
HR.2555:
Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Rogers, Harold [KY-5] (introduced 6/23/2003)
Related Bills: H.RES.293
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
HR.2585:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain
long-term permanent resident aliens to seek cancellation of
removal under such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 6/24/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2590:
To amend the Immigration and Naturalization Act to permit the
admission to the United States of nonimmigrant students and
visitors who are the spouses and children of United States
permanent resident aliens, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Pallone, Frank
(introduced 6/24/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2003 Referred to the House Committee
on the Judiciary.
HR.2594:
To establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the
United States-Mexico border area.
Sponsor: Rep
Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 6/24/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce.
HR.2600:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to simplify the
requirements for United States nationals to become citizens.
Sponsor:
Faleomavaega, Eni
(introduced 6/25/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to the House Committee
on the Judiciary
HR.2630:
To prevent commercial alien smuggling, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced
6/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2671:
To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local enforcement
of the immigration laws of the United States.
Sponsor:
Rep Norwood, Charlie [GA-9] (introduced
7/9/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2688:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal
authorities relating to H1-B visas for temporary workers.
Sponsor:
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] (introduced
7/9/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2702:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to
the admission of L-1 intra-company transferree nonimmigrants.
Sponsor:
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced
7/10/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2792:
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and
daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.
Sponsor:
Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] (introduced 7/18/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/18/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2799:
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] (introduced
7/21/2003)
Related Bills:
H.RES.326
Latest Major Action:
7/24/2003 Senate preparation for floor.
Status:
Received in the Senate.
HR.2800:
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 7/21/2003)
Related Bills:
H.RES.327, S.1426
Latest Major Action:
7/24/2003 Senate preparation for floor.
Status:
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 227.
HR.2807:
To establish grant programs to improve the health of border
area residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the border
area, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 7/21/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/21/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
HR.2841:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the
waiver authority relating to the implementation of machine
readable passports and to expand the definition of terrorist
activities for purposes of deportation.
Sponsor:
Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] (introduced
7/23/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/23/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2843:
To adjust the immigration status of certain Colombian and
Peruvian nationals who are in the United States.
Sponsor:
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] (introduced
7/24/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/24/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2848:
To provide for Federal custody and Federal payment of costs of
emergency ambulance and medical services for aliens illegally
attempting to enter the United States.
Sponsor:
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 7/24/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/24/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
HR.2849:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to
the H-1B and L-1 visa programs to prevent unintended United
States job losses, to increase the monitoring and enforcement
authority of the Secretary of Labor over such programs, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5] (introduced
7/24/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/24/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2853:
To designate Colombia under section 244 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Colombia
eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
Sponsor:
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] (introduced
7/24/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/24/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.2899:
To establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 7/25/2003)
Latest Major Action:
7/25/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
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.
HR.3002:
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the tax
exempt status of designated foreign terrorist groups, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Beauprez, Bob [CO-7] (introduced 9/4/2003)
Latest Major Action:
9/4/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR.3013:
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a
public hearing before establishing or relocating any Quick
Response Team that works with State and local law enforcement
officers to take illegal and criminal aliens into custody and
remove them from the United States.
Sponsor:
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] (introduced 9/4/2003)
Latest Major Action:
9/4/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3052:
To amend title 23, United States Code, to discourage States
from issuing an identification card or driver's license to an
alien not legally authorized to be in the United States.
Sponsor:
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] (introduced 9/9/2003)
Latest Major Action:
9/9/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
HR.3075:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the
admission of aliens from countries determined to be state
sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] (introduced 9/11/2003)
Latest Major Action:
9/11/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3106:
To strengthen the law enabling the United States to
expeditiously remove terrorist criminals, to add flexibility
with respect to the places to which aliens may be removed, to
give sufficient authority to the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Attorney General to remove aliens who pose a
danger to national security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced
9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3110:
To specify locations where certain citizens and nationals of
Mexico may be removed from the United States into Mexico.
Sponsor:
Rep Bonilla, Henry [TX-23] (introduced
9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3115:
To prevent a State or unit of local government from using
Federal funds to assist prosecutors unless the State or unit
provides information to the Department of Homeland Security on
individuals convicted of crimes for use by the Department in
identifying immigration violations by such individuals, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Fossella, Vito [NY-13] (introduced
9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3123:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain
elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the
English language and the history, principles, and form of
government of the United States as a requirement for
naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to
take the history and government examination in a language of
their choice.
Sponsor:
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced
9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3136:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the
annual income level at which a person petitioning for a
family-sponsored immigrant's admission must agree to provide
support in a case where a United States employer has agreed to
employ the immigrant for a period of not less than one year
after admission or where the sponsored alien is under the age
of 18.
Sponsor:
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] (introduced
9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3142:
To provide for the adjustment of status of certain foreign
agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that Act, to
provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to extend
basic legal protections and better working conditions to more
workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced
9/23/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3191:
To prescribe the oath of renunciation and allegiance for
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor:
Rep Ryun, Jim [KS-2] (introduced 9/25/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3218:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that
willful failure to depart from the United States by an alien
against whom a final order of removal is outstanding is a
continuing criminal offense, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 10/1/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
10/1/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3226:
To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances
surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans,
European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War
II.
Sponsor:
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] (introduced 10/1/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
10/1/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3235:
To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold highway
funds from States that issue drivers' licenses to illegal
aliens.
Sponsor:
Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] (introduced 10/2/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/2/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure.
HR.3237:
To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 10/2/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/2/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3238:
To amend the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998.
Sponsor:
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] (introduced 10/2/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
10/2/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3271:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
permanent resident status for certain long-term resident
workers and college-bound students, to modify the worldwide
level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote
family unification, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Gephardt, Richard A. [MO-3] (introduced 10/8/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3273:
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to
provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.
Sponsor:
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 10/8/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR.3284:
To improve the health of residents of, and the environment in,
the United States-Mexico border area.
Sponsor:
Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 10/8/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce,
Agriculture, Financial Services, Transportation and
Infrastructure, International Relations, and Armed Services,
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.
HR.3289:
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and
for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Young, C. W. Bill [FL-10] (introduced 10/14/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/17/2003 Resolving differences / Conference -- Senate
actions.
Status:
Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference,
appoints conferees Stevens; Cochran; Specter; Domenici; Bond;
McConnell; Burns; Shelby; Gregg; Bennett; Campbell; Craig;
Hutchison; DeWine; Brownback; Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Leahy;
Harkin; Mikulski; Reid; Kohl; Murray; Dorgan; Feinstein;
Durbin; Johnson; Landrieu.
HR.3293:
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to
provide States with the option to expand or add coverage of
pregnant women under the Medicaid and State children's health
insurance programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] (introduced 10/15/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/15/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR.3306:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove from an
alien the initial burden of establishing that he or she is
entitled to nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(B) of
such Act, in the case of certain aliens seeking to enter the
United States for a temporary stay occasioned by the serious
illness or death of a United States citizen or an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Case, Ed [HI-2] (introduced 10/16/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
10/16/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3309:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore
certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated
felony and other provisions as they were before the enactment
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996.
Sponsor:
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 10/16/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
10/16/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3345:
To enhance the public safety by rendering aliens ineligible to
receive visas and ineligible for admission to the United
States if their entry poses a danger to national security, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 10/20/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/20/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3360:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
the automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain Amerasians.
Sponsor:
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] (introduced
10/21/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/21/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3361:
To provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] (introduced 10/21/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/21/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3452:
To improve homeland security.
Sponsor: Rep
Sessions, Pete [TX-32] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3459:
To improve the health of minority individuals.
Sponsor: Rep
Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and the
Workforce; House Resources; House Judiciary; House Ways and
Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce,
Resources, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
HR.3461:
To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any
identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's
license, or other comparable identification document, unless
the State has in effect a policy requiring presentation of
acceptable forms of identification prior to issuance of the
license or document, and the State requires the license or
document, if issued to a nonimmigrant alien, to expire upon
the expiration of the alien's authorized period of stay in the
United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: House Government Reform; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
HR.3488:
To allow certain Mexican nationals to be admitted as
nonimmigrant visitors for a period of 6 months.
Sponsor: Rep
Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 11/14/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/14/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3510:
To designate Angola under section 244 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act in order to make nationals of Angola eligible
for temporary protected status under such section.
Sponsor: Rep
Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] (introduced 11/18/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/18/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3651:
To account for all aliens unlawfully present in the United
States by providing incentives for such aliens to register
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to provide immunity
from criminal prosecution for the employer of such an alien if
the employer pays all taxes and penalties owed by reason of
such employment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 12/8/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3700:
Private Bill for the relief of Benjamin Cabrera and Londy
Patricia Cabrera.
Sponsor: Rep
Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] (introduced 12/8/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/8/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3701:
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the
provisions governing nonimmigrant status for spouses and
children of permanent resident aliens awaiting the
availability of an immigrant visa, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] (introduced 1/20/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3722:
To amend section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to impose
conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health
services furnished to undocumented aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 1/21/2004)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR.3727:
A Private Bill for the relief of Maria Del Refugio Plascencia
and Alfredo Plascencia-Lopez.
Sponsor:
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] (introduced 1/21/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.3735:
A Private Bill for the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Laouratou
Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo,
Mamadou Pathe Diallo, Fatoumata Traore Diallo, Sankarela
Diallo, and Marliatou Bah.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/27/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.3867:
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate
Haiti under section 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act so that nationals of Haiti present in the United States
may be granted temporary protected status.
Sponsor: Rep Deutsch, Peter [FL-20] (introduced 3/1/2004)
Latest Major Action: 3/1/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4141:
To authorize appropriations for the Homeland Security
Department's Directorate of Science and Technology, establish
a program for the use of advanced technology to meet homeland
security needs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kolbe, Jim [AZ-8] (introduced 4/2/2004)
Committees:
House Science; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the
Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
H.R.4156
: To improve access to physicians in medically underserved
areas.
Sponsor: Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] (introduced 4/2/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4166
: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with
respect to nonimmigrants described in subparagraphs (H)(i)(b)
and (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced 4/2/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/2/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4174
: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to
require an individual to provide proof that the individual is
a citizen of the United States as a condition of registering
to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 4/20/2004)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HR.4192
: To expand access to preventive health care services and
education programs that help reduce unintended pregnancy,
reduce infection with sexually transmitted disease, and reduce
the number of abortions.
Sponsor: Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] (introduced
4/21/2004)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and the
Workforce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
HR.4245
: To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a
Federal charter to the Irish American Cultural Institute.
Sponsor: Rep Walsh, James T. [NY-25] (introduced 4/28/2004)
Committees:
House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4262
: To provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify
families, establish a temporary worker program that protects
United States and foreign workers and strengthen national
security under the immigration laws of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 5/4/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4274
: Private Bill; For the relief of Rona Ramon, Asaf Ramon,
Tal Ramon, Yiftach Ramon, and Noah Ramon.
Sponsor: Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] (introduced 5/4/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4306
: To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality
Act to improve the process for verifying an individual's
eligibility for employment.
Sponsor: Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced 5/6/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/6/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4350
: To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act
to provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents of enrolled
children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] (introduced 5/12/2004)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR.4360
: To provide for continuing Federal reimbursement of
emergency health services furnished to illegal aliens through
foreign aid funds.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Jo Ann [VA-1] (introduced 5/13/2004)
Committees: House International Relations; House Energy and
Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/13/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in
addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
HR.4373
: To preserve the preeminence of the United States
in scientific research by improving the Visas Mantis security
check program through a reduction of processing times and
improvement in efficiency under such program.
Sponsor: Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] (introduced 5/17/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
5/17/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4406
: To reform the judicial review process of orders of
removal for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced
5/19/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4408
: -- Private Bill; For the relief of Jen-Hui Tsai.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced
5/19/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4415
: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to
eliminate the "specialized knowledge" basis for
obtaining nonimmigrant status as an intracompany transferee,
to impose an annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas
for such transferees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hyde, Henry J. [IL-6] (introduced 5/20/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: 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.
HR.4417
: To modify certain deadlines pertaining to
machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced
5/20/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4418
: To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2005 and
2006 for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the
Department of Homeland Security, for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, for the United States
International Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Crane, Philip M. [IL-8] (introduced 5/20/2004)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
HR.4440
: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render
proof of possession by an alien of a consular identification
card issued by a foreign mission prima facie evidence that the
alien is deportable, to render inadmissible for 10 years any
alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and
presents such a card to satisfy a Federal
identification-related requirement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 5/20/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR.4469
: To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the
Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration
Station in the State of California.
Sponsor: Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] (introduced 5/20/2004)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/20/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.4526
: To ensure the coordination and integration of Indian
tribes in the National Homeland Security strategy and to
establish an Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security
within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 6/8/2004)
Committees: House Resources
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.4530
: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to
require any individual who desires to register or re-register
to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the
appropriate State election official with proof that the
individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud
in Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hyde, Henry J. [IL-6] (introduced 6/9/2004)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
H.R.4532
: To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow
nationals of the United States to attend military service
academies and receive Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
scholarships on the condition that the individual naturalize
before graduation.
Sponsor: Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [AS] (introduced
6/9/2004)
Committees:
House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.4550
: To secure the visa waiver program under section 217 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Turner, Jim [TX-2] (introduced 6/14/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4561
: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify
the treatment of adopted children.
Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] (introduced 6/14/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4565
: -- Private Bill; For the relief of Obain Attouoman.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] (introduced 6/14/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4566
: -- Private Bill; For the relief of Konstantinos Ritos.
Sponsor: Rep Ramstad, Jim [MN-3] (introduced 6/14/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/14/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4567
: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] (introduced 6/15/2004)
Committees: House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2004 House floor actions.
Status:
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises
leaving H.R. 4567 as unfinished business.
H.R.4568
: Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2005, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Taylor, Charles H. [NC-11] (introduced 6/15/2004)
Committees: House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2004 Passed/agreed to in House.
Status: On
passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 334 - 86 (Roll no. 264).
H.R.4573
: To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide
for enhanced language education and training for members of
the intelligence community, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bereuter, Doug [NE-1] (introduced 6/15/2004)
Committees: House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent
Select).
H.R.4613
: Making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-41] (introduced 6/18/2004)
Committees: House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2004 Resolving differences /
Conference -- Senate actions.
Status: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a
conference, appoints conferees Stevens; Cochran; Specter;
Domenici; Bond; McConnell; Shelby; Gregg; Hutchison; Burns;
Inouye; Hollings; Byrd; Leahy; Harkin; Dorgan; Durbin; Reid;
Feinstein.
H.R.4619
: To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products
of Ukraine.
Sponsor: Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] (introduced 6/18/2004)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to
the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.4728:
To affirm that the United States may not engage in torture or
cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 6/25/2004)
Latest Major
Action: 6/25/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition
to the Committees on the Judiciary, and International
Relations, 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.
H.R.4778: Private
Bill for the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop.
Sponsor: Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] (introduced 7/7/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/7/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4789: Private
Bill for the relief of Veronica Mitina Haskins.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 7/8/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/8/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4811:
Private Bill for the relief of Saikou A. Diallo.
Sponsor: Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] (introduced 7/9/2004)
Committees:
House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/9/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.4834:
To waive visa-processing fees for nonimmigrant visitors who
are nationals of countries providing combat troops in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Lipinski, William O. [IL-3] (introduced
7/14/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/14/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.RES.432:
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the
United States should take action to meet its obligations, and to
ensure that all other member states of the United Nations meet
their obligations, to women as agreed to in United Nations
Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women, peace, and
security, and the United States should fully assume the
implementation of international law relating to human rights that
protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 11/4/2003)
Latest Major Action: 11/4/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.RES.440:
Providing that the executive branch should remove certain
entry restrictions for Mexican nationals, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep
Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] (introduced 11/14/2003)
Committees:
House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/14/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.RES.525:
Urging the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
State to designate Poland as a program country under the visa
waiver program established under section 217 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act if Poland satisfies the
requirements in subsection (c)(2) of such section.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5] (introduced 2/11/2004)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.RES.542:
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the
Secretary of Homeland Security should designate Haiti under
section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to
make nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected
status under such section.
Sponsor: Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] (introduced 2/26/2004)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.RES.601
: Recognizing the importance of designating the Republic
of Poland as a program country for purposes of the visa waiver
program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act and urging the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Secretary of State to assist Poland in qualifying for such
program.
Sponsor: Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] (introduced 4/21/2004)
Committees:
House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.RES.636
: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
encouraging the active engagement of the United States in
world affairs and urging the Secretary of State to coordinate
with implementing partners to create an online database of
international exchange programs and related opportunities.
Sponsor: Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] (introduced 5/11/2004)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/11/2004 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.
RES.655: Condemning the crackdown on democracy protestors
in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of
China on the 15th anniversary of that tragic massacre.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-48] (introduced 6/1/2004)
Latest Major Action: 6/3/2004 Passed/agreed to in House.
Status: On
motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed
to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 400 - 1 (Roll no.
228).
H.RES.685
: Revising the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2005 as it applies in the House of
Representatives.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 6/22/2004)
Committees: House Rules; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2004 Failed of passage/not agreed to
in House.
Status: On agreeing to the resolution Failed by recorded vote:
184 - 230 (Roll no. 301).
S.153:
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish
penalties for aggravated identity theft, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/14/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
S.205:
A bill to authorize the issuance of immigrant visas to, and the
admission to the United States for permanent residence of,
certain scientists, engineers, and technicians who have worked
in Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs.
Sponsor: Sen
Biden Jr., Joseph R. [DE] (introduced 1/23/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2003 Senate preparation for floor.
Status: Placed
on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar
No. 9.
S.236:
A bill to require background checks of alien flight school
applicants without regard to the maximum certificated weight of
the aircraft for which they seek training, and to require a
report on the effectiveness of the requirement.
Sponsor: Sen
Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 1/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
S.412:
A bill to amend the Balanced Budge Act of 1997 to extend and
modify the reimbursement of State and local funds expended for
emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
Sponsor: Sen
Kyl, Jon [AZ] (introduced 2/13/2003)
Related Bills: H.R.819
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.460:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 2004 through 2010 to carry out
the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Sen
Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 2/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.539:
A bill to authorize appropriations for border and transportation
security personnel and technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 3/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.609:
A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law
107-296) to provide for the protection of voluntarily furnished
confidential information, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 3/12/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.656:
A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain
nationals of Liberia to that of lawful permanent residence.
Sponsor: Sen
Reed, John F. [RI] (introduced 3/19/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/19/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.684:
A bill to create an office within the Department of Justice to
undertake certain specific steps to ensure that all American
citizens harmed by terrorism overseas receive equal treatment by
the United States Government regardless of the terrorists'
country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all
terrorists involved in such attacks are pursued, prosecuted, and
punished with equal vigor, regardless of the terrorists' country
of origin or residence.
Sponsor: Sen
Smith, Gordon [OR] (introduced 3/21/2003)
Latest Major Action: 3/21/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.710:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
that aliens who commit acts of torture, extrajudicial killings,
or other specified atrocities abroad are inadmissible and
removable and to establish within the Criminal Division of the
Department of Justice an Office of Special Investigations having
responsibilities under that Act with respect to all alien
participants in war crimes, genocide, and the commission of acts
of torture and extrajudicial killings abroad.
Sponsor: Sen.
Patrick Leahy [VT] (introduced 3/26/2003) Latest Major Action:
3/26/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.783:
A bill to expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to
members of the United States Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Sen
Miller, Zell [GA] (introduced 4/3/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.789:
A bill to change the requirements for naturalization through
service in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen
Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 4/3/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.845:
Would amend Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to
provide states with the option to cover certain legal immigrants
under the Medicaid program and State Children's Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP).
Sponsor: Sen
Graham, Bob [FL] (introduced 4/9/2003)
S.889:
A bill to accord honorary citizenship to the alien victims of
the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United
States and to provide for the granting of citizenship to the
alien spouses and children of certain victims of such attacks.
Sponsor: Sen
Corzine, Jon [NJ] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major
Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.897:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change
the requirements for naturalization through service in the Armed
Forces of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.922:
A bill to change the requirements for naturalization through
service in the Armed Forces of the United States, to extend
naturalization benefits to members of the Selected Reserve of
the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, to
extend posthumous benefits to surviving spouses, children, and
parents, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Reid, Harry M. [NV] (introduced 4/11/2003)
Latest Major
Action: 4/11/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.940:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to
naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of the United
States.
Sponsor: Sen
Graham, Lindsey O. [SC] (introduced 4/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/29/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.950:
A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
Sponsor: Sen
Enzi, Michael B. [WY] (introduced 4/30/2003)
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.986:
A bill to designate Colombia under section 244 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act in order to make nationals of
Colombia eligible for temporary protected status under such
section.
Sponsor: Sen
Reid, Harry M. [NV] (introduced 5/5/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/5/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1099:
A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century with respect to national corridor planning and
development and coordinated border infrastructure and safety.
Sponsor: Sen
Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 5/21/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works.
S.1129:
A bill to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien
children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 5/22/2003)
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1159:
A bill to provide for programs and activities to improve the
health of Hispanic individuals, and for other purposes. [The
legislation would provide states the option of covering legal
immigrant children and pregnant women under the Medicaid and
SCHIP programs.]
Sponsor: Sen
Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 5/23/2003)
Related Bills: H.R.2258
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1163:
A bill to condition of receipt certain State revolving funds on
the restriction of development or construction of new colonia
and colonia structures along the border between the United
States and Mexico.
Sponsor: Sen
Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 6/2/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/2/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works.
S.1182:
A bill to sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to
strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize
the National League of Democracy as the legitimate
representative of the Burmese people, and for other purposes.
[Would authorize the President to deny visas and entry to the
former and present leadership of the (Burmese) State Peace and
Development Council or the Union Solidarity Development
Association.]
Sponsor: Sen
McConnell, Mitch [KY] (introduced 6/4/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2003 Senate committee/subcommittee
actions.
Status:
Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs. Hearings held.
S.1215:
A bill to sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to
strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize
the National League of Democracy as the legitimate
representative of the Burmese people, and for other purposes.
[Would authorize the President to deny visas and entry to the
former and present leadership of the (Burmese) State Peace and
Development Council or the Union Solidarity Development
Association.]
Sponsor: Sen
McConnell, Mitch [KY] (introduced 6/9/2003)
Related Bills: H.R.2330
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2003 Passed/agreed to in Senate.
Status: Passed
Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 1. Record Vote
Number: 220.
S.1336:
A bill to allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or
asylum.
Sponsor: Sen
Brownback, Sam (introduced 6/25/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 referred to the Senate Committee
on Judiciary.
S.1353:
A bill to establish new special immigrant categories.
Sponsor:
Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 6/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1362:
A bill to authorize the Port Passenger Accelerated Service
System (Port PASS) as a permanent program for land border
inspection under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 6/26/2003)
Latest Major Action: 6/26/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1387:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize
the establishment of guest worker programs, to provide for the
adjustment of status of certain aliens unlawfully present in the
United States to the status of a non-immigrant guest worker, and
for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Cornyn, John [TX] (introduced 7/10/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1443:
A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to
reauthorize the temporary assistance to needy families program,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] (introduced
7/22/2003)
Latest
Major Action: 7/22/2003 Referred to Senate
committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1447:
A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of
border area residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the
border area, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 7/23/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/23/2003
Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
S.1452:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect
to the H0-1B and L-1 visa programs to prevent unintended United
States job losses, to increase the monitoring and enforcement
authority of the Secretary of Labor over such programs, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced
7/24/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2003
Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1461:
A bill to establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 7/25/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/25/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1481:
A bill to prohibit the application of the trade authorities
procedures with respect to implementing bills that contain
provisions regarding the entry of aliens.
Sponsor:
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced
7/29/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/29/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1510:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a
mechanism for United States citizens and lawful permanent
residents to sponsor their permanent partners for residence in
the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 7/31/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/31/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1545:
A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State
residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain
alien students who are long-term United States residents.
Sponsor:
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 7/31/2003)
Latest Major Action: 7/31/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1580:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend
the special immigrant religious worker program.
Sponsor:
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 9/3/2003)
Latest Major Action:
9/3/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1609:
A bill to make aliens ineligible to receive visas and exclude
aliens from admission into the United States for nonpayment of
child support.
Sponsor:
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 9/11/2003)
Latest Major Action:
9/11/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1628:
A bill to prescribe the oath of renunciation and allegiance for
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor:
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] (introduced 9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1635:
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure
the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees.
Sponsor:
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] (introduced 9/17/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1642:
A bill to extend the duration of the immigrant investor regional
center pilot program for 5 additional years, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced
9/23/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1645:
A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of certain
foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under that
Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, to
extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to
more workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] (introduced 9/23/2003)
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2003
Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1691:
A bill to establish commissions to review the facts and
circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European
Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during
World War II.
Sponsor:
Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 10/1/2003)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action:
10/1/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1706:
A bill to improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] (introduced 10/2/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/2/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1734:
A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to
provide States with the option to expand or add coverage of
pregnant women under the medicaid and State children's health
insurance programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen Lincoln, Blanche [AR] (introduced 10/15/2003)
Latest Major Action:
10/15/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1777:
A private bill for the relief of Marcela Silva do Nascimento.
Sponsor: Sen
Landrieu, Mary [LA] (introduced 10/23/2003)
Latest Major Action: 10/23/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1830:
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and
2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for
other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.1833:
A bill to improve the health of minority individuals.
Sponsor: Sen
Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
S.1843:
A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to
provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents of enrolled
children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen
Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 11/10/2003)
Latest Major Action: 11/10/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1869:
A private bill for the relief of Robert Kuan Liang and Chun-Mei
Hsu-Liang.
Sponsor: Sen
Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 11/17/2003)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1985:
A Private Bill for the relief of Benjamin Cabrera-Gomez and
Londy Patricia.
Sponsor: Sen
Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 12/9/2003)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: (12/9/2003) Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2010:
A bill to strengthen national security and United States
borders, reunify families, provide willing workers, and
establish earned adjustment under the immigration laws of the
United States.
Sponsor:
Senator Hagel, Chuck [NE] (introduced 1/21/2004)
Latest Major
Action: 1/21/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2012:
A Private Bill for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 1/21/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2036:
A private bill for the relief of Jose Buendia Balderas, Alicia
Aranda De Buendia, and Ana Laura Buendia Aranda.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/28/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2044:
A bill for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.
Sponsor: Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] (introduced 2/2/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2069:
A bill to expand the S visa classification to include aliens who
are in possession of critical reliable information with respect
to weapons of mass destruction, to establish a Weapons of Mass
Destruction Informant Center, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 2/12/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2071:
A bill to expand the definition of immediate relative for
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 2/12/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2074:
A private bill for the relief of Klas Dieter Hinze, Heidi Hinze,
Annamarie Hinze, and Robert Arndt.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] (introduced 2/12/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2089:
A bill to allow aliens who are eligible for diversity visas to
be eligible beyond the fiscal year in which they applied.
Sponsor: Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] (introduced 2/12/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2128:
A bill to define the term "natural born Citizen" as
used in the Constitution of the United States to establish
eligibility for the Office of President.
Sponsor: Sen Nickles, Don [OK] (introduced 2/25/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2185:
A bill to simplify the process for admitting temporary alien
agricultural workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, to increase access to such
workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] (introduced 3/9/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2187:
A bill to amend the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of
1998.
Sponsor: Sen Graham, Bob [FL] (introduced 3/10/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2252:
A bill to increase the number aliens who may receive certain
non-immigrant status during fiscal year 2004 and to require
submissions of information by the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/29/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2258:
A bill to revise certain requirements for H-2B employers for
fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 3/30/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/30/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2295
: A bill to authorize appropriations for the Homeland
Security Department's Directorate of Science and Technology,
establish a program for the use of advanced technology to meet
homeland security needs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 4/7/2004)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 4/7/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
S.2302
: A bill to improve access to physicians in medically
underserved areas.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 4/7/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/7/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2320
: A bill for the relief of Renato Rosetti.
Sponsor: Sen. Nickles, Don [OK] (introduced 4/20/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2324
: A bill to extend the deadline on the use of technology
standards for the passports of visa waiver participants.
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [GA] (introduced 4/20/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/20/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2330
: A bill for the relief of Hyang Dong Joo.
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [VA] (introduced 4/21/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2331
: A bill for the relief of Fereshteh Sani.
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [VA] (introduced 4/21/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2332
: A bill for the relief of James Symington.
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [VA] (introduced 4/21/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2381
: A bill to provide for
earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a
temporary worker program that protects United States and foreign
workers and strengthen national security under the immigration
laws of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 5/4/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2391
: Private Bill; A bill
for the relief of Pongsakorn Kaewkornmuang.
Sponsor: Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC] (introduced 5/6/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/6/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2396
: A bill to make improvements in the operations and
administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 5/10/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2443
: A bill to reform the judicial review process of orders of
removal for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 5/19/2004)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 5/19/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2519
: A bill to authorize assistance for education and health
care for women and children in Iraq during the reconstruction of
Iraq and thereafter, to authorize assistance for the enhancement
of political participation, economic empowerment, civil society,
and personal security for women in Iraq, to state the sense of
Congress on the preservation and protection of the human rights
of women and children in Iraq, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 6/15/2004)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/15/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.2537
: An original bill making appropriations for the Department
of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2005, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] (introduced 6/17/2004)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2004 Placed on Senate Legislative
Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583.
S.2548
: -- Private Bill; A
bill for the relief of Shigeru Yamada.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 6/18/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.2549
: -- Private Bill; A
bill for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez and Maria Del
Refugio Plascencia.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 6/18/2004)
Committees:
Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.CON.RES.124:
A concurrent resolution declaring genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 7/13/2004)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/13/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.RES.313:
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate encouraging the
active engagement of Americans in world affairs and urging the
Secretary of State to coordinate with implementing partners in
creating an online database of international exchange programs
and related opportunities.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 3/9/2004)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status:
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.RES.384
: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on
the development of self-government in Kosovo.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 6/18/2004)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2004 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
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