U.S. Employee, Family Unity, and Legalization Act
Latest action · Feb 16, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Revises specified restrictions respecting: (1) cancellation of removal; (2) deportability and admissibility; and (3) issuance of immigrant visas to certain spouses and children of lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens.
Establishes a national task force on immigrant exploitation and trafficking, to be chaired by the Secretary of Labor and made up of Federal and State law enforcement officers.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2001 to Sep 5, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 6, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 13, 2001 | |
| D-NC | Eva M. Clayton | Mar 13, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Mar 13, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 15, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Mar 15, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 28, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- Feb 7, 2001Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Alien labor
- Alien smuggling
- Aliens
- Automobile theft
- Bribery
- Burglary
- Confidential communications
- Contempt of court
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Department of Justice
- Deportation
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Forgery
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Government Operations and Politics
- Illegal aliens
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Imprisonment
- Labor and Employment
- Larceny
- Law
- Married people
- Obstruction of justice
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Organized crime
- Pardons
- Passports
- Perjury
- Probation
- Prosecution
- Public records
- Residence requirements
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- Transportation and Public Works
- Violence
- Visas
- Wages
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.