US Congress House Bill 3707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the United States to: (1) take all necessary and appropriate steps to ensure the safety of the residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq; (2) provide all necessary and appropriate assistance to the United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Refugees to process refugee applications by the residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to secure their safe resettlement outside of Iraq; and (3) admit the residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya as refugees in the United States and not delay or bar such resettlement because any such resident is or has been a member of, or supports or has supported, organizations or groups that were subject to the Secretary of State's decision of September 21, 2012. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress on U.S. efforts to guard the safety of Camp Liberty/Hurriya residents and secure their orderly resettlement.

To ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the United States.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2013-12-11	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-12-11	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2013-12-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3707/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3707/BILLS-113hr3707ih.pdf