US Congress House Bill 5195 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on August 8 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-08-08 - Became Public Law No: 113-160.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase by 1,000 the number of Afghan special immigrant visas available in FY2014. Requires, with regard to such visas, that: the period during which an alien must have been employed must terminate by December 31, 2014, the principal alien seeking special immigrant status shall apply to the Chief of Mission by December 31, 2014, and the authority to provide such status shall terminate on December 31, 2014. Directs the Secretary of State, by January 1, 2015, to increase temporarily the fee or surcharge (by $1) for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas.

Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act of 2014

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-08	Senate	Became Public Law No: 113-160.
2014-08-08	Senate	Signed by President.
2014-08-04	Senate	Presented to President.
2014-08-01	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2014-08-01	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5329)
2014-07-31	Senate	Received in the Senate, read twice.
2014-07-30	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2014-07-30	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7071)
2014-07-30	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5195.
2014-07-30	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7070-7074)
2014-07-30	House	Mr. Holding moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2014-07-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2014-07-24	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-07-24	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-07-24	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
2014-07-24	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6749)

SB2624 (Related) 2014-07-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5195/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5195/BILLS-113hr5195ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5195/BILLS-113hr5195eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5195/BILLS-113hr5195enr.pdf