US Congress House Bill 858 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 94-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants to nonprofit legal services providers with immigration law expertise to provide immigration-related legal services and advice to an alien who: (1) is present in the United States as a lawful permanent resident; (2) has received a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, has been admitted as a refugee (or the alien's spouse or parent has been so admitted), or has been determined to be qualified for such admission; and (3) has been ordered removed, is in removal proceedings, or is at risk of being denied U.S. entry or admission. The Department of Homeland Security shall provide such aliens: (1) with provider contact information; and (2) if in detention, with an opportunity to arrange representation by such a provider. The Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall carry out a study on the outcomes for individuals in removal proceedings with legal representation compared to the outcomes for such individuals without legal representation.

DREAMers, Immigrants, and Refugees (DIRe) Legal Aid Act

Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-02-03	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E140)
2017-02-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/858/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr858/BILLS-115hr858ih.pdf