US Congress House Bill 489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 95)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

No Religious Registry Act of 2017 This bill prohibits U.S. government officers or employees from collecting information or utilizing a registry or database to classify or surveil on the basis of religious affiliation: (1) U.S. nationals, (2) aliens lawfully present in the United States, or (3) aliens who apply for a visa or seek admission to the United States or on whose behalf a petition under the immigration laws is submitted. The bill also prohibits studies related to the collection of such information or the establishment or utilization of such a registry or database. Nothing in such prohibition may be construed to prohibit the collection of information that is provided voluntarily, and from which personally identifiable information is removed, to be used strictly for statistical purposes that do not violate this bill. Federal entities are prohibited from: (1) awarding a contract to an entity to collect information or establish a registry that would violate this bill, or (2) purchasing information on religious affiliation from a nonfederal entity for such purposes.

No Religious Registry Act of 2017

Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-01-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/489/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr489/BILLS-115hr489ih.pdf