HR 9141 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

Introduced Oct 7, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Maria Elvira Salazar R-FL

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. IntroducedOct 7, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the average waiting time to get a visitor visa interview at each diplomatic or consular post.  For each post where the average waiting time is longer than 300 days, the State Department must temporarily reassign personnel at that post to shorten the waiting time.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2022 to Dec 8, 2022, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-HIEd CaseOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalOct 7, 2022
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-PASusan WildOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-NVSusie LeeOriginalOct 7, 2022
D-NJTom MalinowskiOriginalOct 7, 2022
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. Oct 7, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Oct 7, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 7, 2022Introduced in House

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