HR 2525 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2003

Introduced Jun 19, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Bob Filner D-CA

Latest action · Jun 25, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, 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.

IntroducedJun 19, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a Department of Homeland Security official to waive certain entry documentary requirements for a nonimmigrant child (unmarried and under the age of 16) who is a citizen or national of Mexico and accompanying parent or adult chaperone in instances of: (1) medical visits; (2) student groups; or (3) special community events.

Sets forth additional requirements for such entries.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2003 to May 11, 2004; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		Apr 22, 2004
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Apr 22, 2004
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Apr 22, 2004
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		May 4, 2004
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 11, 2004

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 Jun 19, 2003
	Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Jun 25, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Jun 19, 2003Introduced in House
Jun 19, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-96	TRAVEL AND TOURISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY: IMPROVING BOTH WITHOUT SACRIFICING EITHER80 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 23, 2004
108-381	RETHINKING THE TAX CODE119 pages	Joint Economic Committee	Nov 11, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the United States as a temporary visitor.
Short Titles as Introduced: Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 19, 2003Introduced in House

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