Timely Repatriation Act
Latest action · Mar 17, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Timely Repatriation Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to publish a report every six months listing: (1) countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country (the report must include the total number of such aliens) and countries that have an excessive repatriation failure rate, and (2) each country that was included in both the report preceding the current report and the current report (DHS may exclude a country if the total number of nonrepatriations outstanding is less than 10 for the preceding three-year period).
The Department of State, with respect to a listed country: (1) may not issue visas to attendants, servants, and personal employees of such country's officials and employees who receive nonimmigrant status; and (2) shall reduce the number of visas available for such country's diplomats and officials/employees by 10% for each six months that a country is listed.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Jan 28, 2015 |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Jan 30, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jan 30, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Feb 3, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Feb 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Feb 12, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Feb 25, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Sep 16, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Sep 16, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 29, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Oct 2, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 28, 2016 |
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 Jan 28, 2015 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2015 | |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jan 28, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2015Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 14, January 28, 2015, page H662.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 241 | Timely Repatriation Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 31, 2017 |
| HR 1148 | Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act | Related bill | Mar 18, 2015 |
| S 1640 | Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act | Related bill | Jun 22, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for sanctions on countries that have refused or unreasonably delayed repatriation of an alien who is a national of that country, or that have an excessive repatriation failure rate, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Timely Repatriation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2015Introduced 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.
