3.0.0 1545 2023-01-15T08:48:06Z 2023-01-15T08:48:06Z Senate S S 2003-07-31 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2003-11-25T16:59:08Z Markup by 2003-10-23T19:35:30Z Markup by 2003-10-16T20:40:41Z Referred to 2003-08-01T02:20:48Z S. Rept. 108-224 2004-02-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate By Senator Hatch from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 108-224. Additional views filed. Floor 2004-02-09 By Senator Hatch from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 108-224. Additional views filed. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2003-11-25 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415. Calendars 2003-11-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2003-11-25 Committee on the Judiciary. 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[R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2004-06-03 False 2004-01-02T06:00:00Z S. 1545, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien MInors Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15175 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 25, 2003</p> 2004-01-02T06:00:00Z S. 1545, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien MInors Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15175 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 25, 2003 Immigration Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Alien labor Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional investigations Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Deportation Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Foreign students Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Immigrant education Immigrants Labor and Employment Law Military discharges Military personnel National service Naturalization Residence requirements Secondary education Social Welfare Student employment Student loan funds Volunteer workers Immigration 00 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2003-09-02T20:18:00Z Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 or the DREAM Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; and (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal.

Sets forth the conditions for conditional permanent resident status, including: (1) termination of status for violation of this Act; and (2) removal of conditional status to permanent status.

Authorizes an alien who has satisfied the appropriate requirement prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for permanent status without first becoming a conditional resident.

Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) exclusive jurisdiction; (2) penalties for false application statements; (3) confidentiality; (4) fee prohibitions; and (5) a General Accounting Office report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.

]]> 01 2003-11-25 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2004-02-20T14:10:03Z Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 or the DREAM Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States prior to his or her sixteenth birthday, and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding enactment of this Act; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified criminal, security, smuggling, or illegal entrant or immigration violator grounds, with certain age-related exceptions; (4) at the time of application, has been admitted to an institution of higher education, or has earned a U.S. high school or equivalent diploma; and (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal.

Authorizes waiver of certain grounds of deportability or ineligibility for humanitarian, family or public interest reasons. Prohibits removal of an alien whose conditional status application is pending. Sets forth continuous presence provisions.

(Sec. 5) Establishes, and sets forth the conditions for, a six-year conditional permanent resident status, including: (1) termination of status; and (2) removal of status to permanent status.

Requires an alien to file a petition for removal of conditional status which shall attest that such alien has: (1) maintained good moral character; (2) not abandoned his or her U.S. residence; (3) acquired a degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, or has completed at least two years in a U.S. bachelor's or higher degree program, and /or has served in the U.S. armed forces for at least two years and, if discharged, has received an honorable discharge. (Requires the petition to also show all U.S. secondary schools attended.)

(Sec. 6) States that: (1) if, upon the date of enactment of this Act, an alien has satisfied specified requirements under this Act the Secretary may adjust such alien's status to conditional permanent resident; and (2) an alien may petition for permanent resident status at the end of the conditional residence period if such alien has complied with specified requirements during the entire period of conditional residence.

(Sec. 7) Grants the Secretary exclusive jurisdiction to determine eligibility for relief under this Act, except where an alien has been placed into deportation, exclusion, or removal proceedings in which case the Attorney General shall have exclusive jurisdiction until such proceedings' termination.

Directs the Attorney General to stay the removal proceedings of any alien who: (1) meets the requirements for relief under this Act, except for high school graduation; and (2) is at least 12 years old and enrolled full-time in primary or secondary school. Permits such an alien to work consistent with appropriate labor laws.

(Sec. 8) Establishes fines and/or up to five years' imprisonment for (willful) false application statements.

(Sec. 9) Provides for confidentiality of information, with exceptions for specified law enforcement or coroner's office purposes. Establishes a fine of up to $10,000 for knowing violations of such confidentiality.

(Sec. 10) Provides for expedited application processing (without additional fees).

(Sec. 11) Requires an institution of higher education that enrolls an alien who is a beneficiary under this Act to register such alien in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).

(Sec. 12) States that an alien who adjusts to lawful permanent resident status under this Act shall be eligible only for the following assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965: (1) specified student loans; (2) Federal work-study programs; and (3) other services under such title.

(Sec. 13) Requires a General Accounting Office report seven years after enactment of this Act respecting the number of aliens: (1) who were eligible for cancellation of removal and adjustment of status; (2) who applied for adjustment of status; (3) who were granted adjustment of status; and (4) whose conditional status was removed.

]]> DREAM Act Display Title DREAM Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced DREAM Act Short Titles as Introduced Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 Short Titles as Reported to Senate DREAM Act S Senate Short Titles as Reported to Senate Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2003 S Senate Reported to Senate 2003-11-25T05:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2003-07-31T04:00:00Z 2004-02-09 By Senator Hatch from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 108-224. Additional views filed. 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.