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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 | 
