ICELAND Act
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.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act or the ICELAND Act
This bill establishes that a national of Iceland shall be eligible for an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States) if Iceland provides a similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 19, 2019 to Feb 14, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Dec 19, 2019 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Dec 19, 2019 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Dec 19, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Feb 14, 2020 |
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 Dec 19, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jan 28, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Dec 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 206, December 19, 2019, page H12291.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6430 | ICELAND Act | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To include Iceland in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Iceland, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ICELAND Act
- Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 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.
