To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow athletes admitted as nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to renew their period of authorized admission in 5-year increments.
Latest action · Jun 5, 2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 440.
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.
- IntroducedJan 17, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit P-1 visa nonimmigrant athletes to renew their period of authorized U.S. admission in five-year increments. (Current law permits a single five-year renewal of admission.)
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2008 to Apr 1, 2008; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Jan 17, 2008 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 1, 2008 |
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 Jan 17, 2008Markup Apr 2, 2008Reported Jun 5, 2008 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2008Markup Mar 12, 2008Reported Mar 12, 2008 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2008Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-697.
- Jun 5, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 440.
- Apr 2, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 2, 2008Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 12, 2008Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 14, 2008H.R. 5060, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow athletes admitted as nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to renew their period of authorized admission in five-year increments<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2008</p>
- May 14, 2008H.R. 5060, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow athletes admitted as nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to renew their period of authorized admission in five-year incrementsCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2008
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow athletes admitted as nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to renew their period of authorized admission in 5-year increments.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2008Reported in House
- Jan 17, 2008Introduced in House
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.
