US Congress House Bill 3557 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Introduced on December 2 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-12-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2011

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]

Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]

Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]

Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-12-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3557/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3557/BILLS-112hr3557ih.pdf