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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2407| House 
| Updated: 5/24/2017
Bob Goodlatte

Bob Goodlatte

Republican Representative

Virginia

Homeland Security Committee, Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security, and (2) and remove references to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to make E-Verify, which allows employers to verify an employee's work eligibility, permanent. The bill maintains the application fee for an intercountry adopted child at the amount that was in effect effect prior to the effective date (i.e., 12/23/2016) of the rule increasing such fee.
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Timeline
May 11, 2017
Introduced in House
May 11, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
May 11, 2017
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
May 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
May 23, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 24, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
May 24, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • May 11, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 11, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.


  • May 11, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, 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.


  • May 22, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.


  • May 23, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • May 24, 2017
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.


  • May 24, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Immigration

Administrative remediesCitizenship and naturalizationDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureFraud offenses and financial crimesImmigration status and proceduresRefugees, asylum, displaced persons

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2407| House 
| Updated: 5/24/2017
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security, and (2) and remove references to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended to make E-Verify, which allows employers to verify an employee's work eligibility, permanent. The bill maintains the application fee for an intercountry adopted child at the amount that was in effect effect prior to the effective date (i.e., 12/23/2016) of the rule increasing such fee.
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Timeline
May 11, 2017
Introduced in House
May 11, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
May 11, 2017
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
May 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
May 23, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 24, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
May 24, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • May 11, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • May 11, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.


  • May 11, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, 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.


  • May 22, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.


  • May 23, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • May 24, 2017
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.


  • May 24, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Bob Goodlatte

Bob Goodlatte

Republican Representative

Virginia

Homeland Security Committee, Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCitizenship and naturalizationDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureFraud offenses and financial crimesImmigration status and proceduresRefugees, asylum, displaced persons