SECURE Act
Latest action · Mar 26, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act or the SECURE Act
This bill allows qualified nationals of a country that has or had a temporary protected status designation to obtain permanent resident status.
Such an alien qualifies for permanent residence if the alien
- had temporary protected status, qualified for such status on certain dates, or was present in the United States due to having been granted deferred enforced departure status that extended past a certain date;
- has been continuously present in the United States for three years before applying for adjustment or before being removed after a certain date;
- is not inadmissible or deportable for certain reasons; and
- passes applicable background checks.
The continuous presence requirement may be waived in certain instances.
A spouse, domestic partner, child, or unmarried child of a qualifying alien may also obtain permanent resident status under the bill upon meeting certain requirements.
An alien with a pending application shall receive work authorization and be eligible for travel authorization.
An alien may not be removed if the alien (1) has a pending application, or (2) is prima facie eligible for permanent resident status under this bill and intends to apply.
Information from applications may not be used or shared for immigration enforcement, with limited exceptions such as for identifying fraudulent claims.
The Department of Homeland Security must report to Congress when terminating a country's temporary protected status designation with an explanation justifying the termination.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 26, 2019 to Nov 9, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Mar 26, 2019 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Mar 28, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Apr 2, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 6, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | May 7, 2019 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | May 16, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Dec 2, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Nov 9, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 26, 2019Read twice and referred to the 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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB10554 | Are Temporary Protected Status Recipients Eligible to Adjust Status? | Insight | Sep 1, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 306 | SECURE Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 8, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SECURE Act
- Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Foreign labor
- Government information and archives
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Right of privacy
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
