Central American Security Act
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.
- IntroducedMar 20, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Original | Mar 20, 2002 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Mar 20, 2002 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 20, 2002 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Mar 20, 2002 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Mar 20, 2002 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Apr 16, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | May 1, 2002 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 1, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | May 2, 2002 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 9, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 14, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | May 15, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 22, 2002 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 11, 2002 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Jun 11, 2002 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Jun 24, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jul 8, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Jul 16, 2002 | |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Jul 22, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2002 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 6, 2002 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- Mar 21, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E425)
- Mar 21, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E428-429)
- Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House
- Mar 20, 2002Referred 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act to identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Central American Security Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative remedies
- AIDS (Disease)
- Aliens
- Communicable diseases
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Cuba
- Cubans
- Department of Justice
- Deportation
- Economics and Public Finance
- El Salvador
- Families
- Fingerprints
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Guatemala
- Guatemalans
- Health
- Honduras
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Identification of criminals
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Injunctions
- Latin America
- Law
- Married people
- Nicaragua
- Nicaraguans
- Residence requirements
- Salvadorans
- Stepfamilies
- Visas
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House
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