DREAM Act of 2010
Latest action · Nov 18, 2010 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.
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.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.
Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma.
Sets forth conditions for maintaining such status and having its conditional basis removed.
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to adjust the status of an alien who has met such conditions prior to enactment of this Act to conditional permanent resident status; and (2) such alien to petition the Secretary for permanent resident status at the end of the conditional residence period.
Provides for: (1) exclusive jurisdiction; (2) penalties for false application statements; (3) confidentiality; (4) higher education assistance; and (5) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 17, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Nov 17, 2010 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Nov 17, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2010Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.
- Nov 17, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Nov 17, 2010Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7976-7978)
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 S7993Text printed S7976–S7978 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text), Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI | Nov 17, 2010 |
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 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
About this bill 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33863 | Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and “DREAM Act” Legislation Archived | Report | Jan 20, 2015 |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 729 | DREAM Act of 2009 | Related bill | Mar 26, 2009 |
| HR 1751 | American Dream Act | Related bill | May 14, 2009 |
| S 3827 | DREAM Act of 2010 | Related bill | Sep 23, 2010 |
| S 3962 | DREAM Act of 2010 | Related bill | Nov 18, 2010 |
| S 3992 | DREAM Act of 2010 | Related bill | Dec 9, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- DREAM Act of 2010
- Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Department of Homeland Security
- Education programs funding
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Military personnel and dependents
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2010Placed on Calendar 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.
