United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act
Latest action · May 24, 2017 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security, and (2) and remove references to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to make E-Verify, which allows employers to verify an employee's work eligibility, permanent.
The bill maintains the application fee for an intercountry adopted child at the amount that was in effect effect prior to the effective date (i.e., 12/23/2016) of the rule increasing such fee.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 11, 2017Markup May 24, 2017 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 11, 2017 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred May 11, 2017 |
| Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2017 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 11, 2017 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 24, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
- May 23, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 22, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- May 11, 2017Introduced in House
- May 11, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
- May 11, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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. 82, May 11, 2017, page H4190.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-892 | NOMINATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION174 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Aug 23, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 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.
