3.0.0 4885 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z House H HR 2004-07-21 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2004-08-04T14:20:39Z Referred to 2004-07-21T14:01:15Z 2004-08-04 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Committee 2004-07-21 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-07-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2004-07-21 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2004-07-21 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2004-07-21 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2004-07-21 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2004-07-21 True M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 2004-07-21 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2004-07-21 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2004-07-21 True O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2004-07-21 True C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2004-07-21 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2004-07-21 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2004-07-21 True W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 2004-07-21 True K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2004-07-21 True L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2004-07-21 True F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2004-07-21 True M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2004-07-21 True C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2004-07-21 True M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2004-07-21 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2004-07-21 True J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2004-07-21 True D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 2004-07-21 True O000107 Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] SOLOMON ORTIZ D TX P. 27 2004-07-21 True H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2004-07-21 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2004-07-21 True R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 2004-07-21 True B000287 Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] XAVIER BECERRA D CA 31 2004-07-21 True S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2004-07-21 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2004-07-21 True Immigration Administrative fees Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Adoption Africa (Sub-Saharan) Alien labor Aliens Arrest Bail Caribbean area Citizenship Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Community centers Computer software Computers Confidential communications Congress Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Delegation of powers Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Department of Labor Deportation Detention of persons Disabled Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Drug abuse Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Elementary and secondary education Employee rights English language Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Families Family violence Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fingerprints Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Haiti Haiti compilation Haitians Health Help-wanted advertising Higher education Hours of labor Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants Infrastructure Injunctions Labor and Employment Latin America Law Law enforcement officers Legislation Liberia Limitation of actions Literacy programs Local employees Local laws Marijuana Marriage Married people Mass rapid transit Minimum wages Minorities Minority employment Minors Naturalization Newspapers Occupational health and safety Occupational retraining Parents Police Public records Reading Recreation centers Recruiting of employees Refugees Residence requirements Right of asylum Right of privacy School buildings Science, Technology, Communications Senate rules and procedure Sex discrimination Social Welfare Sports and Recreation State employees State laws Students Sunset legislation Transportation and Public Works Travel Visas Welfare eligibility Whistle blowing Widowers Widows Witnesses Women Immigration 00 2004-07-21 Introduced in House 2004-08-30T23:44:32Z Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make permanently available the exception to the adjustment of status bar for beneficiaries of family petitions or labor certification applications.

Adds grounds for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility.

Authorizes K nonimmigrant status for specified family members of lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and additional family members of U.S. citizens who are awaiting immigrant visas.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to disregard as aggravated felonies (with immigration consequences) certain criminal convictions.

Provides that a person who is a child on the last day of the 90-day period after a pending application for INA benefits is filed shall be considered to be a child for all purposes related to such application.

Clarifies that the term "child" includes children for whom adoption proceedings were initiated prior to specified ages.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain bars to admission.

Establishes a program for earned access to legalization.

Authorizes the adjustment of status of certain undocumented children.

Amends the registry provision.

Expands the list of unfair immigration-related employment practices.

Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant workers to file affidavits describing efforts to recruit U.S. citizens or LPRs.

Doubles the numerical cap on worldwide diversity immigrant visas.

Provides for adjustment of status of certain Haitian nationals. Eliminates mandatory detention in asylum seekers' expedited removal proceedings. Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to remove document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility and to address child-related determinations.

Provides for adjustment of status of certain Liberian nationals.

Modifies requirements applicable to asylum and refugee proceedings.

Authorizes adjustment of status for certain recipients of temporary protected status.

Repeals a provision in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that bars Federal, State, and local governments from preventing the communication of immigration status information to the Department of Homeland Security.

Repeals a provision of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 concerning verification of eligibility for Federal public benefits.

Eliminates statutory authority permitting State personnel to carry out immigration officer functions.

]]> Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Act Display Title Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, provide protection against unfair immigration-related employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, provide adjustment of status for Haitians and Liberian nationals, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Immigration Fairness Act Introduced in House 2004-07-21T04:00:00Z 2004-08-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.