The following bills were recently introduced in Congress:

H.R.3452: To improve homeland security.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.3459: To improve the health of minority individuals.
Sponsor: Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Education and the Workforce; House Resources; House Judiciary; House Ways and Means; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Resources, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.3461: To bar Federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a State-issued driver's license, or other comparable identification document, unless the State has in effect a policy requiring presentation of acceptable forms of identification prior to issuance of the license or document, and the State requires the license or document, if issued to a nonimmigrant alien, to expire upon the expiration of the alien's authorized period of stay in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: House Government Reform; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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.RES.432: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should take action to meet its obligations, and to ensure that all other member states of the United Nations meet their obligations, to women as agreed to in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women, peace, and security, and the United States should fully assume the implementation of international law relating to human rights that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 11/4/2003)
Latest Major Action: 11/4/2003 Referred to House committee.

Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

S.1830: A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to Senate committee.

Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

S.1833: A bill to improve the health of minority individuals.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 11/6/2003)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2003 Referred to Senate committee.

Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

For a review of all the immigration bills introduced this year, visit our legislative chart at www.visalaw.com/advocacy.html.