| US | HB8225 | Intro | Fight Notario Fraud Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-15
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| US | SB1004 | Intro | Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to increase the number of field operations officers to specified levels. If the CBP does not adequately increase personnel, the Government Accou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-09
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527. |
| US | HB5273 | Engross | Securing America's Ports Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress a plan to expeditiously scan all commercial and passenger vehicles entering the United States at a land port of entry using large-scale no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-09
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 530. |
| US | HB8089 | Engross | Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-08
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB8119 | Intro | Voter Integrity Protection Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB8078 | Intro | Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SR681 | Intro | A resolution recognizing the Chinese railroad workers who worked on the Transcontinental Railroad from 1865 to 1869 and the important contributions of those railroad workers to the growth of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB5828 | Intro | DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act This bill directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to annually report to Congress on its operations to identify and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels. CBP shall also develop and report to Congr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-07
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 378. |
| US | HB7944 | Intro | Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress an analysis of border security technology along the Southwest border. The report shall address the technol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-04
To House Homeland Security Committee |
| US | SB4370 | Intro | Stop Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4345 | Intro | Protecting America From Spies Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4307 | Intro | Protecting Benefits for Elderly Refugees and Refugees with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB7724 | Intro | No Funds for Apportionment Exclusion Act This bill prohibits using federal funds to carry out the July 21, 2020, presidential memorandum ordering the exclusion of aliens without legal immigration status from being counted for the purposes of apportio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4224 | Intro | Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress an analysis of border security technology along the Southwest border. The report shall address the technol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-22
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| US | SB4243 | Intro | Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act This bill provides protections for an alien minor whose parent is the principal beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant petition. Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not detain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4229 | Intro | Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7670 | Intro | Defend New Americans Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7650 | Intro | Coronavirus Containment Act of 2020 This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to test an individual for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) before removing or repatriating the individual from the United States. ICE shall...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7569 | Intro | Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7508 | Intro | To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. This bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for maintaining the projected FY20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| US | SB4161 | Intro | Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4119 | Intro | Kate's Law Stop Illegal Reentry Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HR1035 | Intro | Recognizing the month of June as "Immigrant Heritage Month", a celebration of the accomplishments and contributions immigrants and their children have made in making the United States a healthier, safer, more diverse, prosperous country, and acknowle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SR639 | Intro | A resolution recognizing June 2020 as "Immigrant Heritage Month", a celebration of the accomplishments and contributions immigrants and their children have made in making the United States a healthier, safer, more diverse, and prosperous country, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4110 | Intro | Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act This bill designates certain Hong Kong residents with priority status for refugee consideration and contains other related provisions. An individual and certain family members shall have such priority status if the individua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7428 | Intro | Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7415 | Intro | Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act This bill designates certain Hong Kong residents with priority status for refugee consideration and contains other related provisions. An individual and certain family members shall have such priority status if the individua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB3675 | Engross | Trusted Traveler Reconsideration and Restoration Act of 2019 This bill directs (1) the Government Accountability Office to review Department of Homeland Security (DHS) trusted traveler programs, and (2) DHS to extend the enrollment period where an in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485. |
| US | HB7326 | Intro | Protecting America From Spies Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4011 | Intro | Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7256 | Intro | National Security Innovation Pathway Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7224 | Intro | End Chinese Communist Citizenship Act This bill specifies that an immigrant who is a current or former member or affiliate of the Chinese Communist Party is inadmissible into the United States. (The current statute generally prohibits the admission o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB3892 | Intro | Hong Kong Victims of Communism Support Act This bill makes certain Hong Kong residents eligible for asylum status. To qualify, an individual must have the right of abode in Hong Kong since birth and must have maintained continuous residency in Hong K...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB7053 | Intro | Honor Our Commitment Act of 2020 This bill temporarily defers the removals of qualified Vietnamese nationals from the United States and contains other related provisions. A national of Vietnam shall qualify for deferral if that individual (1) has bee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6993 | Intro | H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB3837 | Intro | COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Act This bill requires enhanced vetting of Chinese nationals in the United States on student or exchange visitor visas and temporarily stops the issuance of such visas to Chinese nationals. The Department of Homeland Secur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB3770 | Intro | H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6905 | Intro | FIRST COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 Federal Implementation of Recruiting, Staffing, and Triage for COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 This bill contains provisions to increase the number of health care professionals during an emergency period, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6870 | Intro | Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020 This bill establishes that nonimmigrant H-2B visas (temporary nonagricultural workers) issued for landscaping or grounds keeping workers shall not count against the annual cap on such visas. The bill also eliminates ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6798 | Intro | Haitian Deportation Relief Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6788 | Intro | Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act This bill makes previously unused immigrant visas available to nurses and physicians who petition for such a visa before the date that is 90 days after the end of the declared national emergency relating to the COV...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB3645 | Intro | FIRST Act Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and security Together Act This bill imposes requirements during a communicable disease-related national emergency, such as requiring the release of certain aliens in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HR952 | Intro | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees, commemorate the contributions of Southeast Asian Americans to the United States, urge the President to halt the deportation of Southeast A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB3599 | Intro | Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act This bill makes previously unused immigrant visas available to nurses and physicians who petition for such a visa before the date that is 90 days after the end of the declared national emergency relating to the COV...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6717 | Intro | Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to extend the authorized stay period for certain alien health care workers to until at least 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period ste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6715 | Intro | PANDEMIC Act Protect American Nationals During Emergencies by Mitigating the Immigration Crisis Act This bill requires the removal from the United States of any unlawfully present alien in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody during a nat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-05-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HR941 | Intro | Recognizing the historical significance and the heroic struggles and sacrifices of the Vietnamese people who fled their war-torn country by boat and other means in search of freedom and democracy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-28
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6558 | Intro | Landing Pass Extension Act of 2020 This bill allows a qualified alien crew member of a vessel to obtain a permit to land temporarily in the United States for up to 180 days, where currently such permits generally do not allow for stays exceeding 29 d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6537 | Intro | FIRST Act Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and security Together Act This bill imposes requirements during a communicable disease-related national emergency, such as requiring the release of certain aliens in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB6507 | Intro | COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend an alien's employment authorization if the authorization was valid when a public health emergency period begins. Th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-04-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
