US HB772 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Places restrictions on the issuance of special immigrant visas for religious workers. No petition for such a visa may be approved if the alien's country of nationality (1) is identified in the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest or particular concern, or (2) does not provide similar immigration treatment to U.S. nationals.
Title
Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019
Sponsors
Rep. Steve King [R-IA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. |
2019-01-24 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
2019-01-24 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB8838 (Related) 2020-12-02 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor, 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.
Subjects
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign labor
Human rights
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Religion
Visas and passports
Foreign labor
Human rights
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Religion
Visas and passports
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/772/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr772/BILLS-116hr772ih.pdf |