Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Sets forth detention standards for immigration detention facilities.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) convene a detention advisory committee; (2) promulgate regulations regarding detainee care and custody; (3) implement secure alternatives to detention programs under which eligible aliens are released under supervision, assistance, and monitoring that ensure their appearance at all immigration interviews, appointments, and hearings; and (4) provide protective detention alternatives for specified categories of vulnerable aliens.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2011 to Apr 17, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Mar 3, 2011 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 1, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Oct 4, 2011 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 8, 2011 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Dec 16, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Dec 16, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 1, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Feb 1, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Apr 17, 2012 |
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 3, 2011 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2011 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2011 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- Mar 10, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Mar 3, 2011Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2011Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1577.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43569 | State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2015 Budget and Appropriations Archived | Report | Jan 16, 2015 |
| R42644 | Department of Homeland Security: FY2013 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jun 21, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform immigration detention procedures, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Advisory bodies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Child safety and welfare
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Sex offenses
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2011Introduced 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.
