Iraqi Scientists Immigration Act of 2002
Latest action · Nov 22, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2002
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Limits such entrants to 500 aliens.
Requires such an alien, in order to be admitted and remain in the United States, to: (1) report to the Attorney General concerning his or her whereabouts and activities; (2) not be convicted of any criminal offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more after the date of admission or grant of status; (3) have waived rights to contest, other than on the basis of an application for withholding of removal or for protection under the Convention Against Torture, any action for removal instituted before the alien obtains lawful permanent resident status; and (4) cooperate fully with all information requests, including information concerning any Iraqi program to produce or deliver weapons of mass destruction.
Authorizes the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of Central Intelligence, to adjust the status of such an alien (and family members) to permanent resident status.
Authorizes the Attorney General to waive the inadmissability of such an alien for reasons of public interest or national security.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 to revise the definition of "weapon of mass destruction" to replace "disease organism" with "biological agent, toxin, or vector."
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Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Oct 8, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Oct 8, 2002Discharged Nov 20, 2002 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 22, 2002 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 22, 2002Received in the House.
- Nov 22, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Nov 20, 2002Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 20, 2002Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11772-11773)
- Nov 20, 2002Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 8, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Oct 8, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10121-10122)
- Oct 8, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10122-10123)
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11772, S11773Text printed S11773Amendments S11742, S11773 | Arlen Specter D-PA (amendment), Harry Reid D-NV, Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (amendment) | Nov 20, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10121Text printed S10122 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (text) | Oct 8, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-799 | A PROGRESS REPORT ON 10 + 10 OVER 1095 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Oct 9, 2002 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4979 | To provide a complete substitute. | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Amendment SA 4979 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the issuance of immigrant visas to, and the admission to the United States for permanent residence of, certain scientists, engineers, and technicians who have worked in Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Iraqi Scientists Liberation Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Iraqi Scientists Immigration Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control verification
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Deportation
- Energy
- Engineers
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Human rights
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- International control of nuclear power
- International law
- Iraq
- Middle East and North Africa
- Negotiations
- Nuclear engineering
- Political persecution
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientists
- Scientists in government
- United Nations
- Visas
- Weapons of mass destruction
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2002Referred in House
- Nov 20, 2002Engrossed in Senate
- Oct 8, 2002Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
