HR 261

Title: To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline for classification petition and labor certification filings.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.105

Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 1/4/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.193
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
Sponsor: Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] (introduced 1/4/2005)      
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.251
Title: To assist aliens who were transplanted to the United States as children in continuing their education and otherwise integrating into American society.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)     
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.260
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for a child born abroad and out of wedlock to acquire citizenship based on the citizenship of the child's father, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)      
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.291
Title: For the relief of Sharif Kesbeh, Asmaa Sharif Kesbeh, Baol Kesbeh, Noor Sharif Kesbeh, Alaa Kesbeh, Sondos Kesbeh, Hadeel Kesbeh, and Mohanned Kesbeh.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)      

Private bill
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.245
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.100
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify provisions relating to judicial review of orders of removal.
Sponsor: Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] (introduced 1/4/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.60
Title: To designate Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Somalia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Maldives, Tanzania, Seychelles, Bangladesh, and Kenya under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of such foreign states eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/4/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.253
Title: To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.98
Title: 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 [CA-26] (introduced 1/4/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security (Select), and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.209
Title: To waive certain prohibitions with respect to nationals of Cuba coming to the United States to play organized professional baseball.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/4/2005)      
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.255
Title: To prevent commercial alien smuggling, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.139
Title: To provide for the recapture of unused employment-based immigrant visa numbers in order to facilitate improved health care for all persons in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] (introduced 1/4/2005)      
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.247
Title: To increase the numerical limitation on the number of asylees whose status may be adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.19
Title: To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
Sponsor: Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] (introduced 1/4/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.248
Title: To modify the requirements applicable to the admission into the United States of H-1C nonimmigrant registered nurses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.143
Title: To provide job creation and assistance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] (introduced 1/4/2005)
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2005 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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