HR 4037 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Central American Security Act

Introduced Mar 20, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Tom Davis R-VA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 6, 2002 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. IntroducedMar 20, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Central American Security Act - Amends the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to: (1) extend permanent resident status adjustment provisions to qualifying Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran nationals; and (2) revise the application filing deadline.

Permits certain pending applications filed by Salvadoran or Guatemalan nationals to be converted to an application for status adjustment under the Act.

Amends the Act to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility; and (2) provide for issuance of immigrant visas to certain spouses and children.

States that applicants for relief: (1) shall not be granted a waiver from any security or criminal background investigation required by the Act; and (2) shall submit fingerprints to the appropriate Federal agencies.

Provides for the limited reopening of certain orders of deportation, exclusion, or removal by certain Cuban, or Nicaraguan nationals.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2002 to Jul 22, 2002, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTChris CannonOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMar 20, 2002
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 20, 2002
D-CAHilda L. SolisApr 16, 2002
D-MIDale E. KildeeMay 1, 2002
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenMay 1, 2002
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezMay 2, 2002
D-MABarney FrankMay 9, 2002
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezMay 14, 2002
D-NYMajor R. OwensMay 15, 2002
D-CAZoe LofgrenMay 22, 2002
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 11, 2002
R-PAPhil EnglishJun 11, 2002
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
  2. Mar 21, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E425)
  3. Mar 21, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E428-429)
  4. Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House
  5. Mar 20, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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

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