Preserving Overseas Immigration Services Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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 9, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Overseas Immigration Services Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from closing or consolidating any field office of the International Operations Division of the Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services unless it obtains the approval of specified congressional committees.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2019 to Mar 2, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | May 22, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 24, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jan 8, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
- May 9, 2019Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
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