US Congress House Bill 3233 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on October 4 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-10-04 - Became Public Law No: 113-42.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the total number of aliens eligible for special immigrant status (Iraqis who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq) during the first three months of FY2014 shall be the sum of: (1) the number of such aliens whose applications were pending on September 30, 2013, and (2) 2000. Imposes a deadline of December 15, 2013, for applications for special immigrant status. Directs the Secretary of State to increase the fee or surcharge authorized under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 by $1 for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas. Requires amounts collected as a result of the fee increase to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

To extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-04	Senate	Became Public Law No: 113-42.
2013-10-04	Senate	Signed by President.
2013-10-03	Senate	Presented to President.
2013-10-03	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2013-10-03	Senate	Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7149)
2013-10-02	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2013-10-02	House	On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H6156)
2013-10-02	House	Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6156)
2013-10-02	House	Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
2013-10-02	House	Committee on Judiciary discharged.
2013-10-02	House	Mr. Goodlatte asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
2013-10-02	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2013-10-02	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-10-02	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.

SB1566 (Related) 2013-10-01 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3233/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3233/BILLS-113hr3233enr.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3233/BILLS-113hr3233eh.pdf