Immigration - Legislation
- Bill Introduced: S.729 DREAM Act of 2009
A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
(March 24, 2009) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs.
To extend certain immigration programs.
March 20, 2009: Signed by President.
(March 18, 2009) - Bill Introduced: S.577 Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of 2009
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for individuals who engage in schemes to defraud aliens and for other purposes.
(March 10, 2009) - Bill Introduced: S.564 Wartime Treatment Study Act
A bill to establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.
(March 8, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1425 Wartime Treatment Study Act
To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.
(March 8, 2009) - Bill Introduced: S.J.Res.12 A joint resolution proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary ...
A joint resolution proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.
(February 28, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.26 Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United ...
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.
(February 28, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1238 To prohibit the presence in the United States of any alien formerly ...
To prohibit the presence in the United States of any alien formerly detained at the Department of Defense detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(February 24, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1199 Scott Gardner Act
To improve sharing of immigration information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, to improve State and local enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
(February 23, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1162 E-2 Nonimmigrant Investor Adjustment Act of 2009
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain E-2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status.
(February 22, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1136 Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2009
To extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.
(February 21, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1096 Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal ...
To create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all workers in the United States are legally able to work, and for other purposes.
(February 11, 2009) - Bill Introduced: S.424 Uniting American Families Act of 2009
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
(February 10, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1024 Uniting American Families Act of 2009
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
(February 10, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.1033 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to ...
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to temporary admission of nonimmigrant aliens to the United States for the purpose of receiving medical treatment, and for other purposes.
(February 10, 2009) - Bill Introduced: H.R.994 Loophole Elimination and Verification Enforcement Act
To remove the incentives and loopholes that encourage illegal aliens to come to the United States to live and work, provide additional resources to local law enforcement and Federal border and immigration officers, and for other purposes.
(February 9, 2009) - Bill Signed by President: S.3606 Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act
A bill to extend the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program and for other purposes.
October 10, 2008: Signed by President.
(October 8, 2008) - Bill Enacted: S.2840 Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act
A bill to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications.
October 09, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-382.
(October 7, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.5571 To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign ...
To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes.
October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-362.
(October 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3658 A bill to require the accreditation of English language training ...
A bill to require the accreditation of English language training programs, and for other purposes.
(September 28, 2008) - Bill Enacted: H.R.2608 SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act
An act to amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud.
September 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-328.
(September 28, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.7093 To require the accreditation of English language training programs, ...
To require the accreditation of English language training programs, and for other purposes.
(September 23, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3541 Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Assistance, ...
A bill to address the impending humanitarian crisis and potential security breakdown as a result of the mass influx of Iraqi refugees into neighboring countries, and the growing internally displaced population in Iraq, by increasing directed accountable assistance to these populations and their host countries, facilitating the resettlement of Iraqis at risk, and for other purposes.
(September 21, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.6456 To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the ...
To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
September 19, 2008: Signed by President.
(September 17, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3453 A bill to authorize the adjustment of status for immediate family ...
A bill to authorize the adjustment of status for immediate family members of aliens who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
(September 6, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6617 Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008
To strengthen communities through English literacy, civics, education, and immigrant integration programs.
(July 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3334 Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008
A bill to strengthen communities through English literacy, civic education, and immigrant integration programs.
(July 22, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.6496 Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian ...
To address the impending humanitarian crisis and potential security breakdown as a result of the mass influx of Iraqi refugees into neighboring countries, and the growing internally displaced population in Iraq, by increasing directed accountable assistance to these populations and their host countries, facilitating the resettlement of Iraqis at risk, and for other purposes.
(July 13, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3257 Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008
A bill to extend immigration programs to promote legal immigration and for other purposes.
(July 9, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3230 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and ...
An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
(July 6, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: S.2516 Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act
A bill to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United States citizenship, and for other purposes.
June 26, 2008: Signed by President.
(June 24, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3181 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
(June 21, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.3084 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize ...
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and for other purposes.
(June 3, 2008) - Bill Enacted: S.2829 A bill to make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National ...
A bill to make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes.
June 03, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-242.
(June 1, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008
To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.
May 07, 2008: Signed by President.
(May 5, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2936 Responsible Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program ...
A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, to limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, and for other purposes.
(April 27, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.515 A resolution commemorating the life and work of Dith Pran.
A resolution commemorating the life and work of Dith Pran.
(April 13, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Res.511 A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural ...
A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
(April 8, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.J.Res.31 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of ...
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship.
(April 7, 2008) - Bill Introduced: H.R.5750 Senior Citizenship Act of 2008
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the English language and the history, principles, and form of government of the United States as a requirement for naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice.
(April 7, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
(March 5, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2721 Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prescribe the binding oath or affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States, to encourage and support the efforts of prospective citizens of the United States to become citizens, and for other purposes.
(March 3, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2711 Worksite Enforcement Act of 2008
A bill to improve the enforcement of laws prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens and for other purposes.
(March 3, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2713 A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention ...
A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
(March 3, 2008) - Bill Introduced: S.2678 Children of Military Families Natural Born Citizen Act
A bill to clarify the law and ensure that children born to United States citizens while serving overseas in the military are eligible to become President.
(February 26, 2008) - Bill Signed by President: H.R.4986 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
January 28, 2008: Signed by President.
(January 26, 2008)