HR 4142 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Golden Visa Accountability Act

Introduced Jun 24, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Adam Kinzinger R-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 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. IntroducedJun 24, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Golden Visa Accountability Act

This bill requires the Department of State to establish and maintain a database containing information about investor visa denials due to the applicant's involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuses. (Generally, the United States offers immigrant visas to qualified individuals who invest in the United States and create a certain number of full-time jobs.)

Initially, the database must include records related to such denials of U.S. investor visas. The bill also requires the State Department to eventually expand the database to include records of such denials of investor visas in other countries. The State Department shall prioritize including records from European Union countries and from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

The State Department may admit a foreign country to be part of the database if the State Department determines (1) that country will be honest and forthcoming with its records, and (2) that country's investor visa program is at risk of abuse by corrupt foreign officials.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2021 to Jul 13, 2021, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-MNDean PhillipsOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 24, 2021
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalJun 24, 2021
R-MIPeter MeijerOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-NJTom MalinowskiOriginalJun 24, 2021
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerJul 13, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. Jun 24, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 24, 2021Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5209Counter-Kleptocracy ActRelated billNov 1, 2022

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jun 24, 2021Introduced in House

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