To authorize the Attorney General to appoint 100 additional immigration judges, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Aug 12, 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.
- IntroducedJul 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to appoint 100 additional immigration judges.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jul 19, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Aug 12, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 12, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jul 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 19, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1040, H1041 | Debbie Lesko R-AZ, Greg Gianforte R-MT | Feb 11, 2020 |
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. 165, no. 122, July 19, 2019, page H7157.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Attorney General to appoint 100 additional immigration judges, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2019Introduced 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.
