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| 112-s-3643 | 112 | s | 3643 | A bill to amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 2012-11-28 | 2012-11-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] | PA | R | T000461 | 0 | Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to consider a period of time working abroad for the Chief of Mission or U.S. Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity as a period of U.S. residence and physical presence for naturalization purposes if at least a portion of such period was spent working directly in such capacity for the Chief of Mission or U.S. Armed Forces. | 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z | |
| 112-s-3639 | 112 | s | 3639 | ACHIEVE Act | Immigration | 2012-11-27 | 2012-11-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 2 | Assisting Children and Helping them Improve their Educational Value for Employment Act or the ACHIEVE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant W-1 visa for an alien whose status in the United States is on a conditional basis and who: was younger than 14 years old upon entering the United States; has maintained a continuous physical presence in the United States during the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the enactment of this Act; initially entered the United States on a date that was prior to the date that was five years prior to the date of the enactment of the this Act; has been a person of good moral character; is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds; has not been convicted of a felony, a crime of moral turpitude, or a misdemeanor under federal or state law punishable by imprisonment for more than 30 days; has not ordered or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; has earned a U.S. high school diploma or obtained a U.S. general education development certificate and is enlisted, or is intending to enlist in the Armed Forces, is admitted as a student to a U.S. institution of higher education, has earned a bachelor's degree or an associate's degree from an institution of higher education, or has served for at least four years in the Armed Forces; has never been under a final administrative or judicial order of exclusion, deportation, or removal, unless he or she remained in the United States under the color of law after the order was issued, or received the order before reaching age 16; and was younger than 29 years old on the date of the enactment of the this Act, or in the case of an alien who had earned a bachelor's degree or an associate's degree prior to such date of enactment from an institution of higher education, was younger than 32 years of age on such date of enactment; Establishes a nonimmigrant W… | 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z | |
| 112-hr-6493 | 112 | hr | 6493 | Global Investments in America's Cities Act | Immigration | 2012-09-21 | 2012-11-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13] | MI | D | C001085 | 0 | Global Investments in America's Cities Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set aside at least 3,000 employment creation immigrant visas each fiscal year for qualified immigrants seeking to invest in a new commercial enterprise which will create employment in an economically distressed urban area and with respect to which such alien: (1) has invested at least $250,000; (2) has completed an investment agreement with a qualified venture capital operating company for an investment of at least $250,000; or (3) has completed an investment agreement with one or more angel investors for an investment of at least $250,000. Requires petitions for such immigrant visas to be decided within 60 days. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on the EB-5 visa program. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hr-6460 | 112 | hr | 6460 | Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act | Immigration | 2012-09-20 | 2012-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] | MN | D | E000288 | 3 | Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with the heads of other relevant federal agencies to conduct a review of refugee processing with the goal of streamlining processing, consistent with maintaining security. Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish overseas refugee English language and work orientation training programs prior to the departure for the United States of refugees who have been approved for U.S. admission. Permits: (1) refugees (and their spouses and children) to be admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents, and (2) asylum seekers (and their spouses and children) to be granted lawful permanent residency. Directs the Secretary when setting the amount of reception and placement grants to: (1) adjust the grant amount to account for anticipated initial refugee resettlement needs, and (2) ensure that funding is provided to national resettlement agencies at the beginning of the fiscal year. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a White House Coordinator on Refugee Protection. Requires the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (Director) to make grants to national resettlement agencies to operate a case management system to assist individuals access eligible services, benefits, and assistance provided by the Office, federal, state, or local agencies, and private or nonprofit organizations. Requires the Office, subject to available appropriations, to provide refugees with a minimum of 12 months' assistance and social services for employment, health, and living expenses. Authorizes the Director to award grants to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and resettlement agencies for programs to assist newcomers integrate into U.S. civic life. Expands eligibility for, and participation in, the refugee matching grant program (federal-private refugee assistance). Establishes a Domestic Emergency Refugee Resettlement Fund to meet unanticipated refugee resettlem… | 2019-11-15T21:47:01Z | |
| 112-hr-6465 | 112 | hr | 6465 | Preventing Access to Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act | Immigration | 2012-09-20 | 2012-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H001048 | 4 | Preventing Access to Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act - Requires a state to return any unobligated Community Oriented Policing Services Program (COPS) funds within 30 days after issuing a driver's license to any alien granted deferred action pursuant to the Memorandum dated June 15, 2012, from the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children." Declares that state ineligible to receive any COPS funding until it has in effect laws and policies that prohibit the issuance of a license to such an alien. | 2019-11-15T21:32:35Z | |
| 112-s-3579 | 112 | s | 3579 | Voter Integrity Protection Act | Immigration | 2012-09-20 | 2012-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Voter Integrity Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a federal election (unless otherwise provided for under the federal criminal code) by an alien who is unlawfully in the United States an aggravated felony and a deportable offense. | 2022-02-03T05:53:07Z | |
| 112-s-3553 | 112 | s | 3553 | BRAINS Act | Immigration | 2012-09-19 | 2012-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 2 | Benefits to Research and American Innovation through Nationality Statutes Act of 2012 or the BRAINS Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available to qualified immigrants who: (1) possess a graduate degree at the level of master's or higher in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a qualifying U.S. research institution of higher education; (2) earned a graduate degree by taking no greater than 25% of classes by correspondence (including courses offered by telecommunications) and by taking all classes while physically present in the United States; (3) have an employment offer from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; (4) are the subject of an approved labor certification; and (5) will receive a wage for such employment that is at least the actual wage paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications for the specific employment in question. Makes unused STEM visas available for other employment-based visa categories. Requires: (1) employers of foreign STEM graduates to submit a job order for the position with the appropriate state workforce agency, (2) such agency to post the position on its website for at least 30 days, and (3) employers to demonstrate that the total amount of compensation to be paid to a foreign STEM graduate meets or exceeds the total amount of compensation paid by the employer to all other employees with similar experience and qualifications working in the same occupational classification. Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make available on its website specified information regarding foreign STEM employers, the number of aliens granted STEM status, and their occupations. Repeals such STEM and related provisions two years after enactment of this Act. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. Authorizes temporary workers (E, H, I, L O, or P visas) who have not violated their status to renew their same category … | 2019-11-15T21:55:27Z | |
| 112-hr-6429 | 112 | hr | 6429 | STEM Jobs Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-09-18 | 2012-12-04 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 68 | STEM Jobs Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education; and (2) have taken all doctoral courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States. Defines "United States doctoral institution of higher education" as an institution that: (1) is defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (2) was classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on January 1, 2012, as a doctorate-granting university with a very high or high level of research activity or classified by the National Science Foundation as having research activity equivalent to such institutions; (3) has been in existence for at least 10 years; and (4) is accredited by an accrediting body that is itself accredited either by the Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Makes any such unused visas available to aliens who: (1) hold a master's degree in a STEM field from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education that was either part of a master's program that required at least two years of enrollment or part of a five-year combined baccalaureate-master's degree program in such field; (2) have taken all master's degree courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States; and (3) hold a baccalaureate degree in a STEM field or in a field included in the Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy within the summary group of biological and biomedical sciences. Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) from approving an employer petition on behalf of a STEM alien unless the Secretary rec… | 2022-03-02T05:33:29Z | |
| 112-hr-6412 | 112 | hr | 6412 | Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-09-14 | 2012-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 65 | Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 50,000 visas available to qualified immigrants who: (1) possess a graduate degree at the level of master's or higher in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a qualifying U.S. research institution of higher education; (2) have an employment offer from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; (3) are the subject of an approved labor certification; and (4) will receive a wage for such employment that is at least the actual wage paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications. Makes unused STEM visas available for other employment-based visa categories. Requires: (1) employers of foreign STEM graduates to submit a job order for the position with the appropriate state workforce agency, (2) such agency to post the position on its website for at least 30 days, and (3) employers to demonstrate that the total amount of compensation to be paid to a foreign STEM graduate meets or exceeds the total amount of compensation paid by the employer to all other employees with similar experience and qualifications working in the same occupational classification. Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make available on its website specified information regarding foreign STEM employers, the number of aliens granted STEM status, and their occupations. Repeals such STEM and related provisions two years after enactment of this Act. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. States that a determination of whether an alien is a child for purposes of: (1) a petition for immigrant status or a petition for adjustment of refugee status to immigrant status shall be made using the alien's age on the date on which the petition is filed with DHS, and (2) a petition for nonimmigrant admission or an application for adjustment of status from nonimmigrant to conditional (fiance) immigrant shall be made using … | 2022-02-03T05:56:49Z | |
| 112-hr-6373 | 112 | hr | 6373 | Family Farm Relief Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-09-11 | 2012-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000564 | 3 | Family Farm Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program from the Department of Labor to USDA.) Includes dairy workers in the H-2A category with a maximum 12-month period of admissions which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period. Revises H-2A certification provisions. | 2022-01-06T17:18:07Z | |
| 112-hr-6210 | 112 | hr | 6210 | American Investment and Job Creation Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-07-26 | 2012-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 1 | American Investment and Job Creation Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Actto provide an (employment-based) immigrant visa for an alien entrepreneur who has engaged in a new commercial enterprise in the United States that has benefitted the U.S. economy and: (1) has, during the period beginning four years prior to the filing of a preference classification petition for such alien, created full-time employment for at least five U.S. workers, or in the case of an enterprise in a Distressed Area Development Zone, for at least three U.S. workers; and (2) the enterprise has received enough investment or revenue during this period to support such employment creation requirements. | 2019-11-15T21:34:33Z | |
| 112-hr-6223 | 112 | hr | 6223 | To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 2012-07-26 | 2012-12-28 | Became Public Law No: 112-227. | House | Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] | PA | R | D000604 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 5, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to consider the period of time that a person was employed by the Chief of Mission or the U.S. Armed Forces, under contract with the Chief of Mission or the U.S. Armed Forces, or was employed by a firm or corporation under contract with the Chief of Mission or the U.S. Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in an executive or managerial level security position as a period of U.S. residence and physical presence for naturalization purposes if at least a portion of such period was spent abroad working directly in such capacity for the Chief of Mission or U.S. Armed Forces. Makes such amendment effective as if included in the enactment of a specified section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006. | 2023-03-22T18:24:49Z | |
| 112-hr-6193 | 112 | hr | 6193 | Religious Workers Visa Act | Immigration | 2012-07-25 | 2012-08-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Religious Workers Visa Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend, through September 30, 2017, the special immigrant religious professionals program for certain immigrants seeking to enter the United States to work for a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States (at the request of the organization) in a professional capacity in a religious vocation or occupation. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hr-6112 | 112 | hr | 6112 | Employee Verification Act | Immigration | 2012-07-12 | 2012-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] | GA | R | W000810 | 17 | Employee Verification Act - Amends the the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require federal contractors and subcontractors to participate in the E-Verify Program. Exempts specified federal procurement contracts from E-Verify coverage. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that E-Verify is applied to: (1) all persons hired during the term of the grant, loan, loan guarantee, or cooperative agreement by the recipient of the federal benefit to perform employment duties within the United States; and (2) all employees assigned by the recipient of the federal benefit to perform work within the United States under the project or activity funded by the grant, loan, loan guarantee, or cooperative agreement. Makes E-Verify permanent. | 2020-02-10T16:58:36Z | |
| 112-hr-6070 | 112 | hr | 6070 | To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States illegally as children, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 2012-06-29 | 2012-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] | PA | R | B001269 | 9 | Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine the impact on the United States of the policy set forth in the memorandum dated June 15, 2012, from the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding exercising prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States illegally as children. Requires the study to examine the impact on: (1) national security, including how much implementing this policy will cost the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in terms of manpower and other costs; (2) fraud, including how impacted federal agencies will address an increase in fraudulent documents; (3) U.S. workers, including the effectiveness of programs under the Social Security Act (such as Medicare), the national unemployment rate and unemployment compensation, and the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and (4) the U.S. economy, including federal Pell grants, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, college admissions and scholarships, and federal work-study programs. Directs the Secretary to refrain from implementing such policy until after the Comptroller General has reported to Congress on the results of such study. | 2019-11-15T21:36:09Z | |
| 112-hres-723 | 112 | hres | 723 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the classification of Dr. Shakil Afridi as a refugee of special humanitarian concern to the United States. | Immigration | 2012-06-29 | 2012-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] | CA | R | R000409 | 0 | Calls on President Obama to classify Dr. Shakil Afridi as a refugee of special humanitarian concern to the United States and seek to resettle him in the United States. (Dr. Afridi provided very helpful intelligence with regards to locating Osama Bin Ladin in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and is now in prison in Pakistan) | 2019-11-15T21:36:09Z | |
| 112-hr-6052 | 112 | hr | 6052 | To prohibit the use of funds for the rule entitled "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives" published by the Department of Homeland Security on April 2, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 19902). | Immigration | 2012-06-28 | 2012-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 5 | Prohibits federal funds from being used to promulgate, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives" or any successor or substantially similar rule. | 2019-11-15T21:36:09Z | |
| 112-hr-6025 | 112 | hr | 6025 | Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-06-26 | 2012-11-28 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | M001150 | 17 | Mandatory Operational Control Reporting and Performance Measures Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), as part of DHS's annual performance report, to submit annual reports to Congress on: (1) the number of miles of the international land and maritime border between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico that are under operational DHS control, cumulatively and by sector; and (2) the estimated number of unlawful entries between ports of entry along the international land and maritime borders of the United States during the period covered by the report, determined using all available sources of data. | 2022-03-02T16:39:41Z | |
| 112-s-3339 | 112 | s | 3339 | Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act | Immigration | 2012-06-25 | 2012-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act - Authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim. Requires that such motion be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. | 2019-02-20T23:40:23Z | |
| 112-hr-6000 | 112 | hr | 6000 | VERIFI Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-06-21 | 2012-06-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] | MO | R | A000358 | 26 | Validating Entitlement Recipients through Indicated Federal Immigration Status Act of 2012 or the VERIFI Act of 2012 - Prohibits a person from receiving a federal public benefit unless such person is in "satisfactory immigration status" in accordance with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. | 2019-11-15T21:16:28Z | |
| 112-hr-6001 | 112 | hr | 6001 | Equal Protection for American Workers Act | Immigration | 2012-06-21 | 2012-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | B001248 | 0 | Equal Protection for American Workers Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting a work authorization to an alien who has been determined, in a valid immigration proceeding during which due process was afforded, to have been at any time unlawfully present in the United States. | 2019-11-15T21:36:09Z | |
| 112-hr-5953 | 112 | hr | 5953 | Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act | Immigration | 2012-06-18 | 2012-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | Q000024 | 41 | Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act - Disapproves and nullifies: (1) the June 17, 2011, memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion consistent with ICE's civil immigration enforcement priorities for the apprehension, detention, and removal of aliens; (2) the June 15, 2012, memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children; and (3) the draft directive developed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) containing guidance on when to pursue enforcement actions and factors CBP personnel should consider when exercising discretion. Prohibits the President, the Secretary, or any DHS personnel from promulgating, implementing, administering, or enforcing any executive order, proposed or final rule, other provision of law, guidance, or policy that is the same as, or similar in effect to, any of such documents. | 2019-11-15T21:36:08Z | |
| 112-hr-5957 | 112 | hr | 5957 | To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending the effectiveness or enforcement of the immigration laws. | Immigration | 2012-06-18 | 2012-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | S001183 | 23 | Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending the effectiveness or enforcement of the immigration laws. | 2019-11-15T21:36:08Z | |
| 112-hr-5874 | 112 | hr | 5874 | American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-31 | 2012-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] | CO | D | P000598 | 0 | American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to: (1) make the alien investor visa (EB-5) regional center program permanent, (2) establish a $2,500 regional center designation fee, and (3) increase visa set-asides for such program. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding EB-5 provisions to: (1) establish a $2,500 premium processing fee, (2) establish in the Treasury the Immigrant Entrepreneur Regional Account Center, (3) permit concurrent filing for EB-5 petitions and status adjustment applications, (4) expand the definition of "targeted employment area" for purposes of visa set-asides, and (5) expand EB-5 eligibility to include investors who have completed investment agreements with a qualified venture capital operating company or with an "angel investor" (U.S. citizen- or permanent resident-owned entity or an entity that has made specified commercial enterprise investments). | 2019-11-15T21:36:08Z | |
| 112-hr-5875 | 112 | hr | 5875 | Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-31 | 2012-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | C000380 | 0 | Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a visa waiver program for the United States Virgin Islands for a national of a country that is a member or an associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) listed in regulations under this Act and who is applying for admission as a nonimmigrant business or pleasure visitor solely for entry into and stay in the United States Virgin Islands for not more than 30 days, if the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that such waiver does not represent a threat to the welfare or security of the United States or its territories and commonwealths. Directs the Secretary to suspend the admission of nationals of a country if such admissions have resulted in an unacceptable number of visitors remaining unlawfully in the United States Virgin Islands, unlawfully obtaining entry to other parts of the United States, or seeking withholding of removal or asylum, or that visitors from such country pose a risk to law enforcement or security interests of the United States Virgin Islands or of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the program at any time, on a country-by-country basis, for other good cause. Provides for the addition of program countries. | 2022-02-03T06:02:55Z | |
| 112-hr-5869 | 112 | hr | 5869 | STARS Act | Immigration | 2012-05-30 | 2012-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25] | FL | R | R000590 | 0 | Studying Towards Adjusted Residency Status Act or the STARS Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (3) has been admitted to an accredited four-year institution of higher education in the United States; (4) is a person of good moral character; (5) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (6) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 19; (7) was younger than 19 years old on the date of the submission of the application, except that the alien may submit an application under this section before attaining the age of 21 in the case of an alien who, before attaining the age of 19 years, was granted voluntary departure; (8) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (9) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; and (10) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds. Authorizes the Secretary to waive specified grounds of inadmissibility or deportability for humanitarian, family unity, or public interest purposes. Provides for a $525 application surcharge (in addition to other applicable application fees). Requires prior to cancellation of removal or granting of conditional nonimmigrant status: (1) an alien to submit biometric and biographic data, and (2) completion of security and law enforcement background checks. Requires an alien applying for relief to: (1… | 2019-11-15T21:12:45Z | |
| 112-s-3245 | 112 | s | 3245 | A bill to extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. | Immigration | 2012-05-24 | 2012-09-28 | Became Public Law No: 112-176. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 12 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on August 2, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to extend the EB-5 Regional Center program through September 30, 2015. (Eliminates pilot program references to such program.) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the E-Verify program through September 30, 2015. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker program through September 30, 2015. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to extend the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver program through September 30, 2015. States that nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize a national identification card. | 2023-03-22T18:24:53Z | |
| 112-hr-5850 | 112 | hr | 5850 | Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-18 | 2012-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] | CA | D | S000344 | 34 | Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2012 - Includes Israel in the visa waiver program upon the Secretary of Homeland Security's (DHS) determination that Israel: (1) has entered into an agreement with the United States to report, or make available through Interpol or other means, information about passport theft or loss; (2) has entered into an information sharing agreement with the United States regarding whether Israeli citizens and nationals traveling to the United States represent a U.S. security threat; (3) cooperates with the U.S. government on counterterrorism initiatives, information sharing, and preventing terrorist travel; (4) issues all new and reissued passports with biometric identifiers; and (5) has made every reasonable effort, without jeopardizing Israeli security, to ensure that reciprocal privileges are extended to all U.S. citizens. | 2019-11-15T21:36:08Z | |
| 112-s-3199 | 112 | s | 3199 | JOLT Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-17 | 2012-05-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 23 | Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2012 or the JOLT Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish a pilot fee-based premium processing service to expedite visa interview appointments. Authorizes the Secretary to collect and set fee amounts. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit into the United States a qualifying Canadian citizen over 50 years old and spouse for a period not to exceed 240 days if the person maintains a Canadian residence and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of such stay. Directs the Secretary to make publicly available each month data for the previous two years regarding visa appointment availability for each visa processing post to allow applicants to identify periods of low demand. Revises the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to include in the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network individuals who meet security requirements and are employed and sponsored by an international organization which maintains a strong working relationship with the United States. Prohibits enrollment in the Network of a person who is a citizen of a state sponsor of terror as defined in the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010. Directs the Secretary to require U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to: (1) conduct nonimmigrant visa application interviews expeditiously, consistent with national security requirements and in recognition of resource allocation considerations; (2) set a goal of interviewing 80% of all nonimmigrant visa applicants within three weeks of application receipt; and (3) explore expandi… | 2019-02-20T23:33:34Z | |
| 112-s-3192 | 112 | s | 3192 | SMART Jobs Act | Immigration | 2012-05-16 | 2012-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 4 | Sustaining our Most Advanced Researchers and Technology Jobs Act of 2012 or the SMART Jobs Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an F-4 nonimmigrant visa for an alien who has been accepted and plans to attend an accredited graduate program for a degree in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) at an institution of higher education in the United States. Requires an F-4 alien to demonstrate an intent to: (1) return to his or her country of residence upon completion or termination of such qualifying graduate program, or (2) obtain U.S. employment in a STEM field and become a permanent U.S. resident upon completion of the graduate program which was the basis for such nonimmigrant status. States that an F-4 visa shall be valid: (1) during the intended period of graduate study, (2) for an additional one year period if the alien is pursuing an offer of STEM field employment, and (3) for an additional six month period while the alien's application for permanent resident status adjustment is pending. States that an alien shall qualify for permanent resident status adjustment if he or she: (1) has F-4 status and has earned an advanced STEM field degree at an institution of higher education, and (2) is employed full-time in the United States in a STEM field position. | 2019-02-20T23:33:24Z | |
| 112-hr-5741 | 112 | hr | 5741 | JOLT Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-15 | 2012-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | H001055 | 31 | Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2012 or the JOLT Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish a pilot fee-based premium processing service to expedite visa interview appointments. Authorizes the Secretary to collect and set fee amounts. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit into the United States a qualifying Canadian citizen over 50 years old and spouse for a period not to exceed 240 days if the person maintains a Canadian residence and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of such stay. Directs the Secretary to make publicly available each month data for the previous two years regarding visa appointment availability for each visa processing post to allow applicants to identify periods of low demand. Revises the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate any country as a program country, (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate, and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to include in the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network individuals who meet security requirements and are employed and sponsored by an international organization which maintains a strong working relationship with the United States. Prohibits enrollment in the Network of a person who is a citizen of a state sponsor of terror as defined in the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010. Directs the Secretary to require U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to: (1) conduct nonimmigrant visa application interviews expeditiously, consistent with national security requirements and in recognition of resource allocation considerations; (2) set a goal of interviewing 80% of all nonimmigrant visa applicants, worldwide, within three weeks of application receipt; and (3) … | 2021-04-19T19:36:25Z | |
| 112-s-3185 | 112 | s | 3185 | STAR Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-15 | 2012-05-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] | TX | R | C001056 | 0 | Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century Act of 2012 or the STAR Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allocate 55,000 annual immigrant visas for eligible STEM field (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) advanced degree graduates of qualifying U.S. research institutions who have job offers in related fields. Exempts from regular labor certification requirements an alien who holds a master's degree in a STEM field from a U.S. research institution if the alien will be employed by an employer who engages in a competitive recruitment and selection process and determines that the alien is more qualified than any U.S. worker who applied for the job. Deems as a shortage occupation a job described in an employment-based immigrant preference petition filed on behalf of an alien who holds a doctorate degree from a U.S. research institution in a STEM field. Permits the petitioner to apply for a certification directly with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Includes among employment-based immigrant preferences aliens who graduate from a U.S. research institution with a doctorate or master's degree in a STEM field and intend to work in a related field. Excludes an alien student who intends to pursue an advanced STEM field degree in a U.S. research institution from the foreign student visa requirement that an alien student has a foreign residence which he or she has no intention of abandoning. | 2022-02-03T05:53:25Z | |
| 112-hr-5331 | 112 | hr | 5331 | Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-05-07 | 2012-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 18 | Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2012 - Amends provisions regarding violence against immigrant women in the following areas: (1) employment of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens, (2) self-petitioning, (3) protections for children and family members from traffickers and criminals, (4) recapture of unused U-visas, (5) battered spouse and family member protections, (6) asylum, (7) removal, (8) naturalization, (9) VAWA confidentiality, (10) services for trafficking victims, (11) fiancee/fiance protections and marriage broker regulation, and (12) sexual abuse in custodial settings. | 2023-01-11T13:23:02Z | |
| 112-hr-5156 | 112 | hr | 5156 | Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-04-27 | 2012-05-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 5 | Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer automatic citizenship on aliens residing in the United States in lawful permanent resident status: (1) pursuant to a classification petition approved under a provision that gives preferential treatment to persons born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand after 1950 and before October 22, 1982, and fathered by a U.S. citizen; or (2) who were born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, and fathered by a U.S. citizen. | 2019-11-15T21:36:09Z | |
| 112-s-2266 | 112 | s | 2266 | Scott Gardner Act | Immigration | 2012-03-29 | 2012-03-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 0 | Scott Gardner Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to share immigration information with the Attorney General (DOJ). Requires a joint report from such officials to Congress on improving the performance of federal immigration databases to ensure the prompt entry of immigration information. Requires: (1) the director of each state and local law enforcement agency receiving federal incarceration funds under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to collect and report to the Secretary all immigration and DWI (driving while intoxicated) information collected in the course of normal duties, (2) such information to appear in the wanted person file of the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) database, and (3) state or local detention of an arrested flagged alien pending federal transfer. Amends INA to: (1) require the Secretary to reimburse the costs of training state and local law enforcement employees on federal immigration laws; and (2) authorize the apprehension and detention of an alien for DWI or a similar violation, as long as the alien is deportable on any other grounds or is an illegal alien. Requires each state motor vehicle administrator to share with the Secretary all information concerning aliens with records of DWI convictions or refusals to take sobriety tests. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a formula for the allocation of federal detention facilities for aliens. | 2019-11-15T21:55:25Z | |
| 112-hres-599 | 112 | hres | 599 | Honoring Byung Wook Yoon, Ph.D for his outstanding service on behalf of the Korean American community. | Immigration | 2012-03-27 | 2012-03-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (text of measure as introduced: CR E493) | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 0 | Honors Byung Wook Yoon for his work raising awareness and recognition of the contributions Korean Americans have made to U.S. society. | 2019-11-15T21:08:56Z | |
| 112-s-2233 | 112 | s | 2233 | JOLT Act | Immigration | 2012-03-26 | 2012-03-27 | Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security . Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 12 | Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act or the JOLT Act - Authorizes the Secretary of State to modify or enter into agreements with certain countries on a nonreciprocal basis to allow for longer visa validity periods. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to transfer authority to establish and collect the premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications from the Attorney General (DOJ) to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) offer for a fee premium visitor visa processing (absent security concerns, within three business days of visa request); (2) decrease nonimmigrant visa application and issuance fees in selected countries when there is a low demand from such countries for visitor visas; and (3) conduct interviews and review applications within 15 days after an applicant's appointment request, and within one year after enactment of this Act, within 10 days after such request. States that the premium fee shall be sufficient to cover costs for: (1) processing such visas in China, India, and Brazil; and (2) creating mobile units to process applications and conduct interviews in large cities that do not have a U.S. embassy or consulate. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to admit into the United States a qualifying Canadian citizen over 50 years old and spouse and children, for a period of at least 240 days, if the person owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of such stay. Revises the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to include in the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network individuals who meet security requirements and are employed and sponsored by an international organi… | 2019-11-15T21:56:36Z | |
| 112-hr-4159 | 112 | hr | 4159 | American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-03-07 | 2012-03-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 0 | American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers. Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days. Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the Director of the state workforce agency has determined that: (1) employer recruitment requirements have been met, and (2) U.S. nationals are not qualified or available to fill such employment opportunities. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-s-2167 | 112 | s | 2167 | American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-03-07 | 2012-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 1 | American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers. Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days. Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the Director of the state workforce agency has determined that: (1) employer recruitment requirements have been met, and (2) U.S. nationals are not qualified or available to fill such employment opportunities. | 2019-11-15T21:55:25Z | |
| 112-hr-4021 | 112 | hr | 4021 | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan United States nationals to become United States citizens. | Immigration | 2012-02-14 | 2012-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large] | AS | D | F000010 | 4 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive specified requirements for naturalization for American Samoan U.S. nationals to become U.S. citizens. | 2021-04-19T19:27:31Z | |
| 112-hr-3992 | 112 | hr | 3992 | To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel. | Immigration | 2012-02-09 | 2012-06-08 | Became Public Law No: 112-130. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B000410 | 11 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Makes Israeli nationals eligible to enter the United States as E-2 visa nonimmigrant investors as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act if Israel provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to U.S. nationals. | 2023-03-22T18:24:47Z | |
| 112-hr-3983 | 112 | hr | 3983 | Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act | Immigration | 2012-02-08 | 2012-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] | NY | D | O000169 | 5 | Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit a lawful alien who enters the United States on a nonimmigrant student visa (including Mexican and Canadian commuter students) to attend a U.S. public secondary school for longer than one year if such alien reimburses the local educational agency for the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at such school for the period of the alien's attendance. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hr-3881 | 112 | hr | 3881 | Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act | Immigration | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 10 | Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act- Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize immigration judges to order a competency evaluation, terminate a proceeding, or appoint counsel when necessary for aliens with mental disabilities. | 2021-09-28T14:24:41Z | |
| 112-hr-3842 | 112 | hr | 3842 | To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. | Immigration | 2012-01-31 | 2012-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] | TN | R | B001273 | 54 | Prohibits federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hr-3855 | 112 | hr | 3855 | Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act | Immigration | 2012-01-31 | 2012-02-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] | IL | D | Q000023 | 43 | Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. | 2021-04-19T19:25:50Z | |
| 112-s-2046 | 112 | s | 2046 | Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act | Immigration | 2012-01-31 | 2012-01-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 12 | Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. | 2019-11-15T21:55:25Z | |
| 112-hr-3823 | 112 | hr | 3823 | ARMS Act | Immigration | 2012-01-24 | 2012-02-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25] | FL | R | R000590 | 1 | Adjusted Residency for Military Service Act or the ARMS Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive specified grounds of inadmissibility or deportability for humanitarian, family unity, or public interest purposes. Provides for a $525 application surcharge (in addition to other applicable application fees). Requires an alien to apply for cancellation of removal and conditional nonimmigrant status within one year after the later of: (1) earning a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States, or (2) the effective date of related interim regulations. Requires prior to cancellation of removal or granting of conditional nonimmigrant status: (1) an alien to submit biometric and biographic data, and (2) completion of security and law enforcement background checks. Requires an alien applying for relief to: (1) register under the Military Selective Service A… | 2019-11-15T21:46:51Z | |
| 112-hr-3808 | 112 | hr | 3808 | Scott Gardner Act | Immigration | 2012-01-23 | 2012-03-07 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M001134 | 13 | Scott Gardner Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General (DOJ) to take into custody an alien who is unlawfully in the United States and is arrested by a state or local law enforcement officer for driving while intoxicated or a similar violation. Directs the officer, upon reasonable grounds to believe the individual is an alien, to: (1) verify the individual's immigration status, and (2) take into custody for federal transfer an individual who is unlawfully in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to reimburse states and localities for related transportation costs when such transportation is not done in the course of normal duties. | 2022-03-02T05:13:14Z | |
| 112-hr-3761 | 112 | hr | 3761 | Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act | Immigration | 2011-12-20 | 2012-02-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] | CA | D | T000460 | 16 | Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act - States that any person who serves or has served under honorable conditions as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to extend the period for filing a naturalization application to one year after completion of eligible military service. Exempts from worldwide immigrant visa numerical limitations an alien who is eligible for a family-sponsored immigrant visa and is either the spouse or child of a permanent resident alien who is serving in the Armed Forces. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter, or minor sibling of a person who is serving or has served in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. Permits posthumous benefits under specified circumstances. Permits the military enlistment of an alien who takes the oath set forth in this Act during any period of contingency operations. States that with respect to a removal proceeding under INA: (1) a notice to appear shall not be issued against an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces without the Secretary's prior approval; (2) the Secretary, in determining whether to issue a notice, shall consider the alien's eligibility for naturalization, military service record, grounds of deportability, and any hardship to the Armed Forces, the alien, and his or her family if the alien were to be placed in removal proceedings; and (3) an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces shall not be removed from the United States under specified grounds. | 2021-09-28T14:22:12Z | |
| 112-hr-3718 | 112 | hr | 3718 | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-12-16 | 2012-01-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | K000375 | 0 | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker) from annual numerical limitations. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hr-3686 | 112 | hr | 3686 | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-12-15 | 2012-01-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | K000375 | 0 | Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural workers) from annual numerical limitations. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hr-3692 | 112 | hr | 3692 | Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-12-15 | 2011-12-15 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | S001150 | 2 | Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2011 or INVEST in America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide conditional permanent resident status for an alien entrepreneur (and spouse and children) who: (1) is in the process of completing, or has completed, a graduate level degree in science, technology, engineering, math or a related academic discipline from an accredited U.S. institute of higher education; (2) establishes a new commercial enterprise related to such study that meets specified employment and wage requirements; and (3) is admissible as an immigrant. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate such alien's status for fraud or failure to meet status requirements during the 60-month period after obtaining such status. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education to submit a recruitment, retainment, and investment strategic plan to Congress to attract skilled and talented foreign nationals to immigrate to the United States to create jobs and grow the economy. | 2019-02-20T21:57:34Z | |
| 112-s-2005 | 112 | s | 2005 | IRE Act | Immigration | 2011-12-15 | 2011-12-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] | MA | R | B001268 | 3 | Irish Immigration Recognition and Encouragement Act of 2011 or IRE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include nationals of Ireland coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupation services in the nonimmigrant E-3 visa category. | 2023-01-11T13:23:00Z | |
| 112-s-1983 | 112 | s | 1983 | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-12-13 | 2011-12-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 5 | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas: (1) for FY2012, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2010; (2) for FY2013, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; and (3) for FY2014, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012. Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country. Includes nationals of Ireland coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupation services in the nonimmigrant E-3 visa category. Transfers specified approval authority regarding the temporary admission of certain aliens not otherwise admissible from the Attorney General (DOJ) to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Expands the grounds for such approval. | 2019-11-15T21:59:56Z | |
| 112-s-1986 | 112 | s | 1986 | STEM Visa Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-12-13 | 2011-12-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 0 | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Visa Act of 2011 or STEM Visa Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a priority worker immigrant visa for an alien who has a qualifying: (1) master's or higher degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. institution of higher education; and (2) employment offer from a U.S. employer. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. Allows extensions of stay based upon a lengthy labor certification or priority adjudication for: (1) foreign students, (2) speciality occupation aliens, and (3) intracompany transfers. Provides for the recapture of unused employment-based and family-based immigrant visas. Exempts spouses and minor children from counting against numerical limits. Revises per country (and dependent) area limits to: (1) eliminate employment-based limits, and (2) increase family-based limits. Establishes in the Treasury the STEM Education and Training Account. Requires that 60% of Account funds be used for a STEM scholarship program for low-income U.S. students enrolled in degree programs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Authorizes certain undocumented higher education students who first entered the United States when they were 15 years old or younger to adjust to nonimmigrant student status. Revises labor certification provisions, including: (1) requiring the Department of Labor to adjudicate an application within 120 days, (2) creating an Established U.S. Recruiter designation for recruiters who regularly recruit U.S. workers, and (3) authorizing a premium application processing fee. Revises the prevailing wage level computation formula. Revises H-1B visa (specialty occupation) provisions regarding: (1) wages, (2) U.S. worker displacement and protections, (3) recruitment requirements, (4) portability, (5) creation of a P-visa for fashion models in lieu of H-1B visa inclusion, (6) elimination of extensions for certain short-ter… | 2019-11-15T21:59:51Z | |
| 112-s-1979 | 112 | s | 1979 | Conrad State 30 Improvement Act | Immigration | 2011-12-12 | 2011-12-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 9 | Conrad State 30 Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent. Includes in the priority worker preference allocation for employment-based immigrants alien physicians who have completed service requirements of a state waiver or exemption, plus an additional two years at the waiver-identified location or in a health care shortage area (including alien physicians who completed such service prior to enactment of this Act). Exempts H-1B nonimmigrant aliens seeking to enter the United States to pursue graduate medical education or training from specified entry limitations (including permitting extension of the six-year authorized period of admission under specified circumstances). Increases the number of alien physicians that a state may be allocated from 30 to 35 per fiscal year under specified circumstances. Permits an alien physician, after fulfilling a three-year service period with a health care employer, to apply for employment with a new health care employer in a health care shortage area. | 2019-02-20T23:23:57Z | |
| 112-hr-3590 | 112 | hr | 3590 | Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act | Immigration | 2011-12-07 | 2012-01-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 18 | Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act - Authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim. Requires that such motion be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. | 2022-02-03T06:03:07Z | |
| 112-s-1949 | 112 | s | 1949 | Families First Immigration Enforcement Act | Immigration | 2011-12-07 | 2011-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Families First Immigration Enforcement Act - Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a workplace enforcement operation that is calculated to apprehend or does apprehend at least 50 aliens, to do the following: (1) give state agencies sufficient notice to arrange for representatives who speak the detainees' language and to provide for any special needs; (2) afford access to state social service agencies to screen and interview detainees to determine if medical risks or risks to relatives exist; (3) consider, upon recommendation, the release of detainees on age, medical, or family related humanitarian grounds; and (4) provide a toll-free number for families of detainees to report their relationship to DHS or state social services. Requires that such aliens have access to legal orientation presentations through the Executive Office for Immigration Review's legal orientation program. States that detainees should be held within the jurisdiction of the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office to the extent that space allows. Requires a detainee's release within 72 hours of apprehension if such alien is not subject to mandatory detention, does not pose a flight risk, or is subject to humanitarian release. States that such alien shall be released: (1) on his or her own recognizance, (2) by posting a minimum bond, (3) on parole under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or (4) through the intensive supervision appearance or similar program. | 2023-01-11T13:22:58Z | |
| 112-hr-3557 | 112 | hr | 3557 | Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-12-02 | 2011-12-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5] | IA | R | K000362 | 3 | Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving a petition for classification of an alien as a special immigrant religious worker/minister if the Secretary has determined that the alien's country of nationality: (1) is identified as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest in the 2010 International Religious Freedom Report, or (2) does not extend reciprocal immigration treatment to U.S. nationals who are seeking resident status in order to work in a religious vocation or occupation. | 2019-11-15T21:35:20Z | |
| 112-hr-3517 | 112 | hr | 3517 | Passport Recovery Assistance Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-11-29 | 2011-11-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] | NY | D | O000169 | 0 | Passport Recovery Assistance Act of 2011 - Amends the Passport Act of 1920 to waive the passport fee for an individual whose unexpired passport was lost, damaged, or destroyed as a result of a major disaster or emergency. | 2019-02-20T21:51:44Z | |
| 112-hr-3443 | 112 | hr | 3443 | BARN Act | Immigration | 2011-11-16 | 2011-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1] | GA | R | K000220 | 7 | Better Agriculture Resources Now Act or the BARN Act - Revises the H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program, including provisions regarding: (1) agricultural labor and services, (2) application requirements, (3) wages, (4) period of authorized nonimmigrant status, (5) housing, (6) legal assistance, and (7) violations. | 2019-11-15T21:36:27Z | |
| 112-s-1856 | 112 | s | 1856 | A bill to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. | Immigration | 2011-11-10 | 2011-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] | SC | R | D000595 | 4 | Prohibits federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia. | 2022-02-03T05:53:24Z | |
| 112-s-1857 | 112 | s | 1857 | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act | Immigration | 2011-11-10 | 2011-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 0 | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. | 2019-02-20T23:20:52Z | |
| 112-hr-3341 | 112 | hr | 3341 | VISIT USA Act | Immigration | 2011-11-03 | 2011-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | H001042 | 10 | Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act or the VISIT USA Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide qualifying nationals of China (PRC) with a five-year multiple entry/exit visitor visa. Requires such persons to be screened through the automated electronic travel authorization system. Transfers authority to establish and collect the premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications from the Attorney General (DOJ) to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) offer for a fee premium visitor visa processing; (2) develop, subject to security concerns, a pilot program for processing visitor visas using secure remote videoconferencing technology to conduct visa interviews; and (3) decrease nonimmigrant visa application and issuance fees in selected countries when there is a low demand from such countries for visitor visas. Establishes a W (nonimmigrant)-visa for: (1) a Canadian citizen who is older than 50 years of age and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of his or her stay; and (2) such alien's accompanying spouse and children. Makes such visa renewable every three years with a maximum stay of 240 consecutive days in each authorized period. Revises the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. Establishes an X (nonimmigrant)-visa for: (1) an alien who invests (and maintains) at least $500,000 in U.S. residential real estate, of which at least $250,000 must be for a U.S. primary residence where such person will reside for more than 180 days per year; and (2) such alien's accompanying spouse and children. Makes such visa renewable every three years. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of Homel… | 2022-01-20T23:05:31Z | |
| 112-s-1808 | 112 | s | 1808 | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 2011-11-03 | 2011-11-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] | DE | D | C001088 | 3 | Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time for an alien spouse or petitioning spouse to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status. | 2019-02-20T23:17:02Z | |
| 112-hr-3312 | 112 | hr | 3312 | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-11-02 | 2011-11-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | TX | R | B000755 | 1 | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the Secretary of State, during the seven-year period ending on September 30, 2018, to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to eligible persons, including business leaders and U.S. government officials actively engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business, who are in good standing in an international trusted traveler program of DHS. Authorizes the DHS Secretary to collect a fee for the issuance of such cards that is sufficient to offset the costs associated with carrying out this Act. Establishes in the Treasury an APEC Business Travel Card Account into which such fees shall be deposited. | 2022-03-02T16:39:41Z | |
| 112-hr-3297 | 112 | hr | 3297 | H.E.L.P. Act | Immigration | 2011-11-01 | 2011-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | C001067 | 24 | Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2011 or the H.E.L.P. Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to V-visa nonimmigrants (spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents who come to the United States to wait for completion of the immigrant visa process) to include certain Haitian nationals whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before January 12, 2010. Authorizes the Secretary of State to use secondary evidence to verify eligibility for such status or for immediate relative status. Sunsets the provisions of this Act two years after its enactment. | 2021-09-28T14:13:29Z | |
| 112-hr-3256 | 112 | hr | 3256 | Deport Convicted Foreign Criminals Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-10-25 | 2011-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] | TX | R | P000592 | 11 | Deport Convicted Foreign Criminals Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report quarterly to Congress regarding each country that has refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of such country. Requires a report to include the aliens' detention and criminal status. Prohibits the Secretary of State, upon the passage of specified periods of time, from issuing certain nonimmigrant (including certain diplomatic) visas and immigrant visas to a citizen, subject, national, or resident of a listed country. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify the chief law enforcement officer of the state and of the local jurisdiction in which an alien who has been detained by the United States is released. Defines "alien" as an individual who has been detained by the United States and has received a final order of removal but has not been removed. | 2023-01-11T13:22:03Z | |
| 112-s-1746 | 112 | s | 1746 | Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act | Immigration | 2011-10-20 | 2011-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 5 | Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act or the VISIT USA Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide qualifying nationals of China (PRC) with a five-year multiple entry/exit visitor visa. Requires such persons to be screened through the automated electronic travel authorization system. Transfers authority to establish and collect the premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications from the Attorney General (DOJ) to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) offer for a fee premium visitor visa processing; (2) develop, subject to security concerns, a pilot program for processing visitor visas using secure remote videoconferencing technology to conduct visa interviews; and (3) decrease nonimmigrant visa application and issuance fees in selected countries when there is a low demand from such countries for visitor visas. Establishes a W (nonimmigrant)-visa for: (1) a Canadian citizen who is older than 50 years of age and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of his or her stay; and (2) such alien's accompanying spouse and children. Makes such visa renewable every three years with a maximum stay of 240 consecutive days in each authorized period. Revises the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions. Establishes an X (nonimmigrant)-visa for: (1) an alien who invests (and maintains) at least $500,000 in U.S. residential real estate, of which at least $250,000 must be for a U.S. primary residence where such person will reside for more than 180 days per year; and (2) such alien's accompanying spouse and children. Makes such visa renewable every three years. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of Home… | 2022-01-12T14:48:11Z | |
| 112-s-1730 | 112 | s | 1730 | Southern New Mexico Economic Development Act | Immigration | 2011-10-18 | 2011-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6667) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Southern New Mexico Economic Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to permit a Mexican national who enters the United States with a valid border crossing card and who is admitted to the United States at the Columbus, Santa Teresa, or Antelope Wells port of entry in New Mexico, to remain in New Mexico, within 75 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, for up to 30 days. | 2023-01-11T13:21:58Z | |
| 112-hr-3232 | 112 | hr | 3232 | H-2A Improvement Act | Immigration | 2011-10-14 | 2011-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] | NY | D | O000169 | 4 | H-2A Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker. Exempts an employer filing a petition to employ such a worker from the requirement to show that the position is of a seasonal or temporary nature. Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions. | 2023-01-11T13:22:04Z | |
| 112-hr-3160 | 112 | hr | 3160 | Improving Methods to Promote Regular Occurrences of the Verification of Employability Status Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-10-12 | 2011-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] | GA | R | B001262 | 0 | Improving Methods to Promote Regular Occurrences of the Verification of Employability Status Act of 2011 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the pilot program status of the E-verify (employment authorization) program, thus making the program permanent. Revises confirmation provisions. Adds provisions respecting fraudulent documentation and sanctions. Provides that information posters required to be displayed shall be written only in English. | 2023-01-11T13:22:08Z | |
| 112-hr-3166 | 112 | hr | 3166 | Enemy Expatriation Act | Immigration | 2011-10-12 | 2011-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] | PA | R | D000604 | 3 | Enemy Expatriation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include engaging in or purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals would lose their nationality. Defines "hostilities" as any conflict subject to the laws of war. | 2023-01-11T13:22:08Z | |
| 112-s-1697 | 112 | s | 1697 | Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act | Immigration | 2011-10-12 | 2011-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 1 | Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or the DASH Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker. Provides: (1) for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions, and (2) that no period of U.S. absence may be required for approval of such extensions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for such workers. | 2023-01-11T13:21:59Z | |
| 112-s-1698 | 112 | s | 1698 | Enemy Expatriation Act | Immigration | 2011-10-12 | 2011-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] | CT | ID | L000304 | 1 | Enemy Expatriation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include engaging in or purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals would lose their nationality. Defines "hostilities" as any conflict subject to the laws of war. | 2023-01-11T13:21:59Z | |
| 112-hr-3146 | 112 | hr | 3146 | American Innovation and Education Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-10-11 | 2011-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] | ID | R | L000573 | 6 | American Innovation and Education Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a priority worker immigrant visa for an alien who has a qualifying: (1) master's or higher degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. institution of higher education; and (2) employment offer from a U.S. employer. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. Revises per country (and dependent) area limits to: (1) eliminate employment-based limits, and (2) increase family-based limits. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. Establishes in the Treasury the STEM Education and Training Account. Sets aside specified Account funds for: (1) a STEM scholarship program for low-income U.S. students enrolled in degree programs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) a grant program to improve K-12 education, including through private-public partnerships; and (3) programs for STEM capacity building at minority-serving institutions of higher education. Revises labor certification provisions, including: (1) requiring the Department of Labor to adjudicate an application within 120 days, and (2) creating an Established U.S. Recruiter designation for recruiters who regularly recruit U.S. workers. Establishes in the Treasury the Labor Certification Application Fee Account. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple petitions for employment-based immigrants or for certain nonimmigrant workers. Makes the discretionary fee for employment-based petitions and applications mandatory. | 2023-01-11T13:22:09Z | |
| 112-hr-3119 | 112 | hr | 3119 | Protecting American Families and Businesses Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-10-06 | 2011-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 1 | Protecting American Families and Businesses Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. Allows extensions of stay based upon a lengthy labor certification or priority adjudication for: (1) foreign students, (2) speciality occupation aliens, and (3) intracompany transfers. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. Provides for the recapture of unused employment-based and family-based immigrant visas. | 2023-01-11T13:22:10Z | |
| 112-hr-3120 | 112 | hr | 3120 | Student Visa Reform Act | Immigration | 2011-10-06 | 2012-08-02 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 12, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Student Visa Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that a person coming to study at a college, university, or language training program in the United States under a nonimmigrant student F-visa must attend an institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to require academic institutions (exempts seminaries or other religious institutions) to be similarly accredited for F-visa purposes if: (1) the institution is not already required to be accredited, (2) an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education is able to provide such accreditation, and (3) 25 or more F-visa foreign students are or will be pursuing a course of study at the institution. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive the accreditation requirement for an established college, university, or language training program that is otherwise in compliance with F-visa provisions and is making a good faith effort to satisfy the accreditation requirement. Prohibits a person convicted of certain felony offenses, including human trafficking or visa fraud relating to an academic institution's participation in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), from having subsequent ownership or substantial authority at an academic institution participating in SEVP. Provides a three-year exemption for students coming to study at a college or university that has been certified by the Secretary of Homeland Security but not yet accredited or denied accreditation by an accrediting agency. | 2023-01-11T13:22:10Z | |
| 112-hres-428 | 112 | hres | 428 | Recognizing the importance of acknowledging the contributions of Dominican-Americans to the United States. | Immigration | 2011-10-06 | 2011-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 8 | Recognizes the importance of acknowledging the contributions of Dominican-Americans to the United States. Supports the establishment of a national month of recognition for Dominican-Americans. | 2023-01-11T13:22:02Z | |
| 112-sres-287 | 112 | sres | 287 | A resolution designating October 2011 as "Filipino American History Month". | Immigration | 2011-10-05 | 2011-10-05 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6275-6276; text as passed Senate: CR S6275-6276; text of measure as introduced: CR S6226) | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Designates October 2011 as Filipino American History Month. Recognizes the celebration of Filipino American History Month as a study of the advancement of Filipino Americans and a time of remembrance of the many contributions Filipino Americans have made to the United States. Urges the people of the United States to observe Filipino American History Month with appropriate programs and activities. | 2019-02-20T22:48:46Z | |
| 112-s-1653 | 112 | s | 1653 | International Tourism Facilitation Act | Immigration | 2011-10-04 | 2011-10-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 6 | International Tourism Facilitation Act - Amends the Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 to authorize the Secretary of State to charge consular services fees which may be deposited in the appropriate Department of State account to the extent that the amount of such fees collected during a fiscal year is greater than the amount of consular service fees deposited in the Treasury during FY2011. Amends the Department of State Authorities Act of 2006 to repeal the Secretary's authority to amend consular service surcharges in support of enhanced border security that are in addition to passport and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary to waive nonimmigrant visa interviews for up to three additional years (four years total) for individuals who previously held a U.S. visa. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding nonimmigrant visa projections and plans to service such projections through 2020 in the high-growth markets of Brazil, China, and India. | 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z | |
| 112-hr-3039 | 112 | hr | 3039 | Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-23 | 2012-05-17 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | H001055 | 40 | Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) set a visa processing standard of 12 or fewer calendar days at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions in China, Brazil, and India; and (2) use machine readable nonimmigrant visa fees to hire a sufficient number of Foreign Service officers and limited non-career appointment consular officers to maintain such standard. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a two-year pilot program for the processing of nonimmigrant visas using secure remote video-conferencing technology for visa interviews, and (2) work with other federal agencies that use such secure communications to help ensure security of the video-conferencing transmission and encryption. Directs the Secretary to provide Congress with an annual forecast of demand through 2020 for nonimmigrant visas in the high-growth markets of Brazil, China, and India. Authorizes the Secretary to modify or enter into agreements with certain countries on a non-reciprocal basis to allow for longer visa validity periods if doing so causes no adverse effects to the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:22:21Z | |
| 112-hr-3012 | 112 | hr | 3012 | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-22 | 2012-01-23 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. | House | Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C001076 | 11 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 18, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas. Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas: (1) for FY2012, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2010; (2) for FY2013, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; and (3) for FY2014, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012. Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country. Provides that the amendments made by this Act will take place as if enacted on September 30, 2011, and shall apply beginning in FY2012. | 2023-01-11T13:22:22Z | |
| 112-hr-3017 | 112 | hr | 3017 | Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-22 | 2011-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B000410 | 8 | Agricultural Labor Market Reform Act of 2011- Confers "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2010, has performed specified lengths of, or earned a specified amount from, agricultural employment in the United States; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of specified felonies or misdemeanors. Sets forth grounds for termination of blue card status, including: (1) deportability, and (2) commission or conviction of certain crimes. Provides for adjustment of blue card status to permanent resident status based upon completed periods of agricultural employment. Exempts an alien from certain Social Security-related violations if committed prior to receiving blue card status. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require farm labor contractors to participate in the E-verify Program. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to prohibit farm labor contractors from hiring an alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or who has not been otherwise authorized by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work. Establishes a trust fund for agricultural labor market reform. | 2023-01-11T13:22:21Z | |
| 112-hr-3024 | 112 | hr | 3024 | Access to Agricultural Labor Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-22 | 2011-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | H001051 | 2 | Access to Agricultural Labor Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder or dairy worker. Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions. | 2023-01-11T13:22:21Z | |
| 112-hr-2981 | 112 | hr | 2981 | Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act | Immigration | 2011-09-21 | 2011-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 15 | Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the one-year deadline for application for U.S. asylum. | 2023-01-11T13:22:23Z | |
| 112-hr-2972 | 112 | hr | 2972 | Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act | Immigration | 2011-09-20 | 2011-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] | WA | D | L000560 | 10 | Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to make the EB-5 visa (alien investor) regional center program permanent. | 2023-01-11T13:22:23Z | |
| 112-hr-2952 | 112 | hr | 2952 | Immigration Backlog Reduction Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-15 | 2011-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H001048 | 26 | Immigration Backlog Reduction Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth provisions regarding the expedited removal of: (1) inadmissible arriving aliens, and (2) criminal aliens. | 2023-01-11T13:22:23Z | |
| 112-hr-2957 | 112 | hr | 2957 | Senior Citizenship Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-15 | 2011-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 12 | Senior Citizenship Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exempt certain persons over the age of 75 from the U.S. history, government, and English language naturalization examination requirements; and (2) permit certain persons over the age of 65 to take such history and government examination in a language other than English. | 2023-01-11T13:22:23Z | |
| 112-s-1545 | 112 | s | 1545 | A bill to designate Taiwan as a visa waiver program country under section 217(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. | Immigration | 2011-09-13 | 2011-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Deems Taiwan to be a designated visa waiver program country under the Immigration and Nationality Act. | 2023-01-11T13:22:18Z | |
| 112-hr-2885 | 112 | hr | 2885 | Legal Workforce Act | Immigration | 2011-09-12 | 2011-09-21 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 78 | Legal Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) Requires an employer to attest, during the verification period and under penalty of perjury, that the employer has verified that an individual is not an unauthorized alien by: (1) obtaining and recording the individual's social security account number, and (2) examining specified documents that establish such individual's identity and employment authorization. Requires an individual to attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the United States. Subjects an individual who knowingly uses the social security number or other identification of another person to fine and/or imprisonment. Establishes a phased-in EEVS participation deadline (six months to two years) for different categories of employers, including agricultural employers. (Exempts from verification requirements seasonal agricultural workers who return to work for a previous employer.) Requires reverification of the following workers who have not been verified under E-verify: (1) federal, state, or local government employees; (2) certain employees who require a federal security clearance; and (3) certain employees assigned to work in the United States under a federal or state contract. Authorizes an employer to voluntarily reverify employees. (Requires any such reverification to be applied to all individuals so employed). Includes employment recruitment and referral within the scope of EEVS. Requires EEVS use by union halls and nonprofit employment agencies. Requires EEVS to provide employers with: (1) temporary verification or nonverification within 3 working days of an inquiry; and (2) in the case of nonverification, a final verification or nonverification within 10 working days. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1)… | 2023-01-11T13:22:25Z | |
| 112-hr-2895 | 112 | hr | 2895 | Legal Agricultural Workforce Act | Immigration | 2011-09-12 | 2011-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] | CA | R | L000517 | 0 | Legal Agricultural Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a W-visa nonimmigrant classification for temporary agricultural workers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish: (1) a nonimmigrant temporary agricultural worker program (W-visa) which shall include annual numerical limitations and monthly limitations based on enrollment requests, historical agricultural employment needs, and the reports of U.S. workers applying for agricultural employment; and (2) a trust fund to administer and enforce the program and provide a monetary incentive for such workers to return to their countries upon visa expiration. Sets forth program provisions, including: (1) enrollment requirements, (2) a visa preference allocation system, (3) a biometric identification card requirement, (4) U.S. worker protections, and (5) visa increases due to extraordinary and unusual employment circumstances. Makes such agricultural workers ineligible for need-based federal financial assistance. | 2023-01-11T13:22:25Z | |
| 112-hr-2899 | 112 | hr | 2899 | Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-09-12 | 2012-06-20 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] | CA | R | R000409 | 7 | Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the number of I-visas (foreign media) issued to state-controlled media workers from China to the number of visas issued by China to U.S. nationals who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and who seek to enter China solely to engage in such vocation. Requires revocation of a sufficient number of I-visas issued to Chinese state media workers in order to reach parity with the number of visas issued by China for BBG employees seeking entry to China. | 2023-01-11T13:22:25Z | |
| 112-hr-2878 | 112 | hr | 2878 | Compassionate Visa for Medical Treatment Act | Immigration | 2011-09-09 | 2011-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 2 | Compassionate Visa for Medical Treatment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among nonimmigrant classifications: (1) an alien seeking to enter the United States temporarily and solely to receive medical treatment (including participation in a research study) for a disease or condition that if untreated threatens to undermine the alien's survival or day-to-day functioning with an increased likelihood of progression to a more severe disease or condition; or (2) such alien's accompanying or following son, daughter, spouse, or parent. Sets forth related conditions of admission. | 2023-01-11T13:22:25Z | |
| 112-hr-2847 | 112 | hr | 2847 | American Specialty Agriculture Act | Immigration | 2011-09-07 | 2011-09-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 3 | American Specialty Agriculture Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2C nonimmigrant visa for an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he or she has no intention of abandoning and who is coming temporarily (10-month maximum per contract period) to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services, including the pressing of apples for cider on a farm. Requires an employer or employer association to file an H-2C petition with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) which shall include specified employment-related attestations. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) penalties; (2) working conditions, wages, and transportation reimbursement; (3) admissions and extensions of stay; (4) abandonment of employment and worker replacement; (5) legal assistance; and (6) arbitration and mediation. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct investigations and random audits of employer work sites. Requires an employer to guarantee to offer the worker employment for the hourly equivalent of at least 50% of the work hours during the total anticipated period of employment. Limits the number of annual fiscal year H-2C admissions. Prohibits the admission of spouses and children of H-2C workers. Extends coverage under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to H-2C workers. Makes the provisions of this Act effective two years after its enactment. Terminates authority to petition for H-2A temporary agricultural workers two years after enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:22:26Z | |
| 112-hr-2831 | 112 | hr | 2831 | To amend Public Law 89-732 to modify the requirement for a Cuban national to qualify for and maintain status as a permanent resident. | Immigration | 2011-08-30 | 2012-05-31 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25] | FL | R | R000590 | 1 | Amends the Cuban Adjustment Act to make an alien who returns to Cuba after admission or parole into the United States ineligible for such status adjustment. Rescinds such adjusted status in the case of an alien who returns to Cuba before being granted U.S. citizenship, and subjects the alien to all the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to the same extent as if the status adjustment had not been made. | 2023-01-11T13:22:31Z | |
| 112-hr-2805 | 112 | hr | 2805 | Doctors for Underserved Areas in America Act | Immigration | 2011-08-05 | 2011-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 1 | Doctors for Underserved Areas in America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent. | 2023-01-11T13:22:31Z | |
| 112-s-1487 | 112 | s | 1487 | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-08-02 | 2011-11-12 | Became Public Law No: 112-54. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 3, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with the Secretary of State, during the seven-year period ending on September 30, 2018, to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to eligible persons, including business leaders and U.S. government officials actively engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business, who are in good standing in an international trusted traveler program of DHS. Authorizes the DHS Secretary to collect a fee for the issuance of such cards that is sufficient to offset the costs associated with carrying out this Act. Establishes in the Treasury an APEC Business Travel Card Account into which such fees shall be deposited. | 2023-09-06T22:27:58Z | |
| 112-hr-2771 | 112 | hr | 2771 | To amend Public Law 89-732 to increase to 5 years the period during which a Cuban national must be physically present in the United States in order to qualify for adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident, and for other purposes. | Immigration | 2011-08-01 | 2011-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25] | FL | R | R000590 | 0 | Increases to five years the period during which a Cuban national must be physically present in the United States in order to adjust to permanent resident status. Makes an alien who returns to Cuba after admission or parole into the United States ineligible for such status adjustment. Rescinds such adjusted status in the case of an alien who returns to Cuba before being granted U.S. citizenship and subjects the alien to all the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to the same extent as if the status adjustment had not been made. | 2023-01-11T13:22:32Z | |
| 112-hr-2670 | 112 | hr | 2670 | Jobs for Americans Act of 2011 | Immigration | 2011-07-27 | 2011-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] | AL | R | B001274 | 7 | Jobs for Americans Act of 2011 - Authorizes states and their political subdivisions to enact and enforce laws that help identify illegal aliens, deter illegal aliens from entering the United States, apprehend illegal aliens, or encourage or cause illegal aliens to leave the United States. Prohibits states and their political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing laws that are inconsistent with federal statutes that define the lawful status of persons who are in the United States. Prohibits any law from preempting any state or local law imposing civil or criminal sanctions upon persons who knowingly aid or abet, in any way, the presence of an illegal alien within the borders of the United States. Exempts from civil and criminal liability any person or entity for taking an action or failing to take an action that was undertaken in good faith to comply with the law. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the unlawful employment of aliens to prohibit any law from preempting any state or local law imposing civil or criminal sanctions upon persons who knowingly employ, recruit, or refer for a fee an unauthorized alien. | 2023-01-11T13:22:42Z |
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