HR 2965 · 107th Congress 2001โ€“2003, ended

Criminal Alien Visa Denial Act of 2001

Latest action · Sep 28, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 25, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Criminal Alien Visa Denial Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. Directs the FBI to provide periodic extract updates. Provides for confidentiality.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 25, 2001 to Nov 29, 2001; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OHTony P. HallOriginalSep 25, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOct 2, 2001
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOct 2, 2001
R-PAJames C. GreenwoodOct 2, 2001
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonOct 2, 2001
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOct 2, 2001
R-CTRob SimmonsOct 2, 2001
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOct 2, 2001
D-ILWilliam O. LipinskiOct 2, 2001
R-FLMark FoleyOct 3, 2001
R-GANathan DealOct 3, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOct 4, 2001
R-CAElton GalleglyOct 4, 2001
R-DEMichael N. CastleOct 4, 2001
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOct 4, 2001
D-ORDarlene HooleyOct 9, 2001
R-ILHenry J. HydeOct 9, 2001
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOct 9, 2001
D-MSRonnie ShowsOct 9, 2001
D-NVShelley BerkleyOct 9, 2001
R-KSTodd TiahrtOct 9, 2001
R-NHCharles F. BassOct 10, 2001
R-WIMark GreenOct 10, 2001
D-CAMike ThompsonOct 10, 2001
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOct 11, 2001
D-TNBart GordonOct 16, 2001
R-COJoel HefleyOct 16, 2001
D-TNBob ClementOct 30, 2001
R-VAFrank R. WolfNov 8, 2001
D-PAMichael F. DoyleNov 8, 2001
R-NEDoug BereuterNov 29, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 25, 2001
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Sep 28, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
  2. Sep 25, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Sep 25, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1723Christopher Shays R-CTSep 25, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exchange of information by electronic means between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other Federal agencies.
Short Titles as Introduced
Criminal Alien Visa Denial Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2001Introduced in House

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