HR 2972 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act

Introduced Sep 20, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Rick Larsen D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 23, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 20, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment Act - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to make the EB-5 visa (alien investor) regional center program permanent.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2011 to Mar 27, 2012, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalSep 20, 2011
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOct 5, 2011
D-VTPeter WelchOct 26, 2011
D-COJared PolisNov 1, 2011
D-NYWilliam L. OwensNov 4, 2011
D-WIGwen MooreNov 15, 2011
D-WAAdam SmithDec 16, 2011
D-NYKathleen C. HochulDec 16, 2011
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterDec 16, 2011
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanMar 27, 2012

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
  2. Sep 20, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Sep 20, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 642Creating American Jobs Through Foreign Capital Investment ActIdentical billDec 7, 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 20, 2011Introduced in House

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