Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008
Latest action · Aug 1, 2008 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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue final regulations to eliminate or reduce fraud in the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program by December 31, 2008.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) extend the special immigrant program for non-minister religious workers until January 1, 2010; and (2) extend the program until January 1, 2016, (to be effective March 1, 2009) if the Secretary issues such final regulations by December 31, 2008.
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress on such regulations' effectiveness by September 30, 2010. Requires that such report shall include an analysis of a random sample of non-minister special immigrant religious workers, before their second anniversary of being admitted, to determine whether they are still employed by the religious organization that petitioned for them, and if not, the reasons for their departure from such employment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2008Markup Apr 2, 2008Reported Apr 14, 2008 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2008Markup Mar 12, 2008Reported Mar 12, 2008 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Apr 16, 2008Received in the Senate.
- Apr 15, 2008Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 15, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2284-2289)
- Apr 15, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5570.
- Apr 15, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H2284-2285)
- Apr 15, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 15, 2008The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 14, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-589.
- Apr 14, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 364.
- Apr 2, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 2, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 12, 2008Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 12, 2008Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 1 .
- Mar 11, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Mar 10, 2008Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2008Referred to the House 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2284–H2289Text printed H2284 | John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Lamar Smith R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve King R-IA, Thomas G. Tancredo R-CO, Zoe Lofgren D-CA | Apr 15, 2008 |
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
- Apr 14, 2008H.R. 5570, Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2008</p>
- Apr 14, 2008H.R. 5570, Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2008
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3606 | Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act | Related bill | Oct 10, 2008 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the sunset in the special immigrant nonminister religious worker visa program.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2008Referred in Senate
- Apr 15, 2008Engrossed in House
- Apr 14, 2008Reported in House
- Mar 10, 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.
