Legislative Update

H.R.2743

Title: For the relief of Aida Abigail Trevino de Zamarron.

Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 5/26/2005) Private bill

Latest Major Action: 5/26/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.98 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to

enforce restrictions on employment in the United States

of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social

Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database,

and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Dreier, David (introduced 1/4/2005)

Bill Status: 3/9/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.

Committee: House Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00098:/

H.R.685 - To amend title 11 of the United States Code,

and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. (introduced 2/9/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Commercial and Administrative Law.

Committee: House Commercial and Administrative Law (subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00685:/

H.R.688 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to bar the admission, and facilitate the removal, of alien

terrorists and their supporters and fundraisers, to secure

our borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other

illegal aliens, to facilitate the removal of illegal aliens

and aliens who are criminals or human rights abusers, to

reduce visa, document, and employment fraud, to temporarily

suspend processing of certain visas and immigration benefits,

to reform the legal immigration system, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Barrett, J. Gresham (introduced 2/9/2005)

Bill Status: 3/9/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection,

and Cybersecurity (subcommittee)

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00688:/

H.R.780 - To amend section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform

and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to provide for assured

funding for more Border Patrol agents.

Sponsor:Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (introduced 2/10/2005)

Bill Status: 3/9/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.

Committee: House Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection,

and Cybersecurity (subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00780:/

H.R.793 - To revise certain requirements for H-2B employers

and require submission of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants,

and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. (introduced 2/14/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00793:/

H.R.814 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship

by certain individuals born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea,

or Thailand.

Sponsor:Rep Evans, Lane (introduced 2/15/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00814:/

H.R.820 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

Sponsor:Rep King, Peter T. (introduced 2/15/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00820:/

H.R.884 - To provide for the adjustment of status of certain

foreign agricultural workers, to amend the Immigration

and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A worker program under

that Act, to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce,

to extend basic legal protections and better working conditions

to more workers, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Cannon, Chris (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00884:/

H.R.893 - To allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry

who were brought forcibly to the United States from countries

in Latin America during World War II and were interned

in the United States to be provided restitution under the

Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Becerra, Xavier (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00893:/

H.R.900 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to remove from an alien the initial burden of establishing

that he or she is entitled to nonimmigrant status under

section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, in the case of certain

aliens seeking to enter the United States for a temporary

stay occasioned by the serious illness or death of a United

States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent

residence, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Case, Ed (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00900:/

H.R.901 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to give priority in the issuance of immigrant visas to

the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans

who are or were naturalized citizens of the United States,

and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Case, Ed (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00901:/

H.R.925 - To prohibit a Federal agency from accepting

a form of individual identification issued by a foreign

government, except a passport that is accepted on the date

of enactment.

Sponsor:Rep Gallegly, Elton (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00925:/

H.R.936 - To provide for immigration relief in the case

of certain immigrants who are innocent victims of immigration

fraud.

Sponsor:Rep Honda, Michael M. (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

Committee: House Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00936:/

H.R.972 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal years

2006 and 2007 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

of 2000, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Smith, Christopher H. (introduced 2/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Bill Status: 5/19/2005: Introductory remarks on measure.

(E1026-1027)

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00972:/

H.R.997 - To declare English as the official language

of the United States, to establish a uniform English language

rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions

of the English language texts of the laws of the United

States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the

general welfare of the United States and to establish a

uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section

8, of the Constitution.

Sponsor:Rep King, Steve (introduced 3/1/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

the Constitution.

Committee: House Constitution (subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR00997:/

H.R.1076 - To authorize the President to detain an enemy

combatant who is a United States person or resident who

is a member of al Qaeda or knowingly cooperated with members

of al Qaeda, to guarantee timely access to judicial review

to challenge the basis for a detention, to permit the detainee

access to counsel, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Schiff, Adam B. (introduced 3/3/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Committee: House Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01076:/

H.R.1172 - To provide for the protection of unaccompanied

alien children, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Lofgren, Zoe (introduced 3/8/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01172:/

H.R.1196 - To improve the security clearance process along

the United States-Mexico border, to increase the number

of detention beds, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. (introduced 3/9/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Bill Status: 5/10/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

Committee: House Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual

Property (subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01196:/

H.R.1219 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.

Sponsor:Rep Goodlatte, Bob (introduced 3/10/2005)

Bill Status: 5/10/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01219:/

H.R.1233 - To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security

Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants

under the Medicaid Program and the State children's health

insurance program (SCHIP).

Sponsor:Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (introduced 3/10/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01233:/

H.R.1268 - An act making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief,

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for

other purposes.

Sponsor:Lewis, Jerry (introduced 3/11/2005)

CRS Product: RL32395 U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq:

Selected Legal Issues

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01268:/

H.R.1285 - To amend the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged

Areas Act of 1999 to remove the limitation for nonimmigrant

classification for nurses in health professional shortage

areas.

Sponsor:Rep Rush, Bobby L. (introduced 3/14/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01285:/

H.R.1320 - To secure the borders of the United States,

and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Reyes, Silvestre (introduced 3/15/2005)

Bill Status: 3/29/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection,

and Cybersecurity (subcommittee)

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01320:/

H.R.1324 - To require the Secretary of Homeland Security

to establish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sponsor:Rep Sullivan, John (introduced 3/15/2005)

Bill Status: 3/29/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Management, Integration, and Oversight.

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Management, Integration, and Oversight

(subcommittee)

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01324:/

H.R.1325 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to repeal authorities relating to H1-B visas for temporary

workers.

Sponsor:Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. (introduced 3/15/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01325:/

H.R.1374 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to permit aliens who are independent living assistants

to be accorded status as J nonimmigrants to provide in-home

living and home support services to adults with disabilities.

Sponsor:Rep Cooper, Jim (introduced 3/17/2005)

Bill Status: 4/4/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Committee: House Immigration, Border Security, and Claims

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01374:/

H.R.1415 - To improve the National Instant Criminal Background

Check System, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep McCarthy, Carolyn (introduced 3/17/2005)

Bill Status: 5/10/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Committee: House Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01415:/

H.R.1509 - To create an inspection program that uses videophone

systems at certain points of entry in Florida to satisfy

customs and immigration reporting requirements.

Sponsor:Rep Foley, Mark (introduced 4/6/2005)

Bill Status: 5/19/2005: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01509:/

H.R.1805 - To establish the position of Northern Border

Coordinator in the Department of Homeland Security.

Sponsor:Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh (introduced 4/21/2005)

Bill Status: 5/2/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Management, Integration, and Oversight.

Committee: House Management, Integration, and Oversight

(subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR01805:/

H.R.2092 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

to comprehensively reform immigration law and to better

protect immigrant victims of violence, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila (introduced 5/4/2005)

Bill Status: 5/19/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.

Committee: House Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection,

and Cybersecurity (subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR02092:/

H.R.2330 - To improve border security and immigration.

Sponsor:Rep Kolbe, Jim (introduced 5/12/2005)

Bill Status: 5/19/2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on

Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.

Committee: House Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection,

and Cybersecurity (subcommittee)

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR02330:/

H.R.2360 - Making appropriations for the Department of

Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2006, and for other purposes.

Sponsor:Rogers, Harold (introduced 5/13/2005)

CRS Product: RS21302 Assistance to Firefighters Program

CRS Product: RS20071 United States Fire Administration:

An Overview

CRS Summary: Passed House, amended. Go to the Web page

to see the new summary.

CRS Summary: Reported to House, without amendment. Go to

the Web page to see the new summary.

http://www.congress.gov/cgi-lis/bdquery/z?d109:HR02360:/

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