The following bills were recently introduced in the Congress:

• H.J. Res. 42, sponsored by Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/20/2003), proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States. Latest Major Action: 3/20/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:hj42ih.txt.pdf

• HR 1261, sponsored by Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) [CA-25] (introduced 3/13/2003), to enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment, training, and related services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:h1261ih.txt.pdf

• HR 1606, sponsored by Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] (introduced 4/3/2003), to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose a limitation on the wage that the Secretary of Labor may require an employer to pay an alien who is an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:h1606ih.txt.pdf

• HR 1631, sponsored by Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 4/3/2003), to amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:h1631ih.txt.pdf

• HR 1684, sponsored by Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced 4/9/2003), 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 amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to cancel the removal and adjust the status of certain alien college-bound students who are long-term U.S. residents.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d108:64:./temp/~bd6zQt::|/bss/d108query.html|

• HR 1685, sponsored by Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 4/9/2003), to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service during periods of military hostilities to eliminate the prohibition on immigration benefits for surviving family members and to provide such benefits for spouses and children.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.1685:

• HR 1691, sponsored by Rep Isakson, Johnny [GA-6] (introduced 4/9/2003), to expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to members of the United States Armed Forces.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.1691:

• S. 783, sponsored by Sen Miller, Zell [GA] (introduced 4/3/2003), to expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to members of the United States Armed Forces.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:s783is.txt.pdf

• S. 789, sponsored by Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 4/3/2003), to change the requirements for naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:s789is.txt.pdf

• S. 845, sponsored by Senator Bob Graham [FL], would amend Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide states with the option to cover certain legal immigrants under the Medicaid program and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

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To see what other immigration-related legislation is pending in Congress, visit our legislative chart at www.visalaw.com/advocacy.html.