To establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants and to improve reporting requirements for universities under the foreign student monitoring program.
Latest action · Nov 27, 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.
- IntroducedNov 1, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires universities, under the foreign student monitoring program, to report information respecting a student's failure to enroll or to satisfy half-time status or other academic or program conditions. Provides for the inclusion of such information in the National Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2001 to Nov 14, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | Nathan Deal | Nov 7, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Nov 7, 2001 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Nov 7, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Nov 14, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 27, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- Nov 1, 2001Introduced in House
- Nov 1, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Aliens
- Colleges
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information systems
- EBB Terrorism
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Exchange of persons programs
- Foreign students
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Student records
- Visas
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