HR 5461 · 116th Congress 2019โ€“2021, ended

To provide that the Secretary of Homeland Security may not admit to the United States as a nonimmigrant under certain categories aliens who are nationals of noncompliant countries, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Jan 28, 2020 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.

  1. IntroducedDec 17, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from admitting into the United States an alien as a nonimmigrant under certain visa categories, if the alien is a national of a country that is noncompliant as to repatriating its nationals who have been ordered removed from the United States.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Dec 17, 2019
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Jan 28, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 28, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. Dec 17, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Dec 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 Clause 4

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 204, December 17, 2019, page H10610.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide that the Secretary of Homeland Security may not admit to the United States as a nonimmigrant under certain categories aliens who are nationals of noncompliant countries, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2019Introduced in House

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