US Congress Senate Bill 1566 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on September 30 2013 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-10-01 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [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.

A bill 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.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-01	House	Held at the desk.
2013-10-01	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2013-09-30	House	Received in the House.
2013-09-30	Senate	Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7049-7050; text as passed Senate: CR S7050)

HB3233 (Related) 2013-10-04 - Became Public Law No: 113-42.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1566/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1566/BILLS-113s1566es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1566/BILLS-113s1566cps.pdf