S.O.L.V.E Act of 2004
Latest action · May 4, 2004 Read twice and referred to the 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.
- IntroducedMay 4, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act (or SOLVE Act) of 2004 - Creates an earned adjustment program for undocumented aliens (and their spouses and children) who meet specified requirements. Excludes aliens granted earned adjustment from numerical visa limitations.
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to allow such aliens to correct social security records.
Creates transitional status for certain aliens who do not satisfy earned adjustment requirements.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt immediate relatives from the family-sponsored immigrant cap. Redefines "immediate relatives" to include spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents.
Recaptures certain unused visa numbers.
Reduces the minimum income level for affidavits of support.
Increases to 21 the eligibility age for derivative citizenship.
Repeals, retroactively, barriers to reentry for unlawful presence.
Redefines the H-2B nonimmigrant worker category to include aliens coming temporarily to perform short-term service or labor for nine months or less. Adds an H-1D category for aliens coming temporarily to perform service or labor other than that performed by specified nonimmigrants.
Requires employers seeking H-1D or H-2B workers to undertake recruitment efforts for U.S. workers and submit labor attestations. Provides for derivative status for spouses and children of H-1D and H-2B workers. Makes such workers eligible for employment-based immigrant visas and adjustment of status.
Authorizes stays of removal for aliens involved in workplace claims.
Addresses backpay remedies and unfair immigration-related employment practices.
Creates a Temporary Worker Programs Commission.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 4, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | May 4, 2004 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | May 4, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 4, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 4, 2004Introduced in Senate
- May 4, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4842)
- May 4, 2004Read twice and referred to the 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4842 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA | May 4, 2004 |
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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42434 | Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers: Current Policy and Related Issues Archived | Report | Dec 13, 2012 |
| RL32044 | Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs Archived | Report | Mar 16, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4262 | SOLVE Act of 2004 | Identical bill | Jun 28, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects United States and foreign workers and strengthen national security under the immigration laws of the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- S.O.L.V.E Act of 2004
- Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Advertising
- Age
- Age discrimination
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Bank records
- Brain drain
- Business records
- Child abuse
- Citizenship
- Civics education
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collective bargaining
- Commerce
- Computer matching
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction industries
- Construction workers
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Labor
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Disabled
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination against the disabled
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Divorce
- Draft registration
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational tests
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefit plans
- Employee rights
- Employers' liability
- English language
- Evidence (Law)
- Families
- Family violence
- Federal advisory bodies
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fingerprints
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Higher education
- Hours of labor
- Identification devices
- Illegal aliens
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Informers
- Injunctions
- Internet
- Job creation
- Judicial review
- Labor and Employment
- Labor contracts
- Labor disputes
- Labor statistics
- Labor supply
- Labor unions
- Law
- Layoffs
- Legal aid
- Legal fees
- Local laws
- Lockouts
- Married people
- Minimum wages
- Minorities
- Occupational health and safety
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Parents
- Personnel records
- Prosecution
- Public records
- Public service advertising
- Racial discrimination
- Recruiting of employees
- Religion
- Religious liberty
- Residence requirements
- Right of privacy
- Right to travel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Security clearances
- Sex discrimination
- Signs and signboards
- Skilled labor
- Social Welfare
- State laws
- Support of dependents
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Temporary employment
- Unemployment
- Unfair labor practices
- Visas
- Wage restitution
- Wage surveys
- Wages
- Web sites
- Welfare eligibility
- Whistle blowing
- Wife abuse
- Witnesses
- Women
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2004Introduced 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.