Kerrie Orozco Act
Latest action · May 1, 2017 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.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kerrie Orozco Act
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that the following persons may be naturalized upon compliance with all naturalization requirements, except that no prior residence or specified physical presence within the United States shall be required:
- a person who is the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen who died as a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by employment as a first responder; and
- in the case of such a surviving spouse, the person was living in marital union with the citizen spouse at the time of the citizen spouse's death.
The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for the granting of posthumous citizenship at the time of death to a person who, while an alien or a noncitizen national of the United States, died as a result of injury or disease incurred or aggravated while serving as a first responder.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2017 to Jan 30, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | David Young | Original | Apr 6, 2017 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Original | Apr 6, 2017 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | May 19, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | May 19, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 7, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 14, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jun 15, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 16, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 8, 2017 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Aug 11, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Dec 13, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jan 30, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2017 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 1, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Apr 6, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 6, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
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. 163, no. 60, April 6, 2017, page H2789.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6580 | Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act | Related bill | Sep 26, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for expedited naturalization processes for the alien spouses of first responders who die as a result of their employment, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Kerrie Orozco Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2017Introduced 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.
