3.0.0 688 2020-02-10T16:49:03Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z House H HR 2005-02-09 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2005-04-04T18:17:30Z Referred to 2005-02-09T15:04:50Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-09T14:32:04Z Referred to 2005-02-09T15:05:00Z 2005-04-04 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Committee 2005-03-09 hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity. Committee 2005-02-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2005-02-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001239 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] J. Barrett R SC Gresham 3 N G000280 Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] VIRGIL GOODE R VA H. 5 2005-02-10 False P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2005-03-08 False T000458 Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] THOMAS TANCREDO R CO G. 6 2005-04-05 False A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2005-05-05 False B001246 Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1] Jeb Bradley R NH 1 2005-05-19 False B001247 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] Ginny Brown-Waite R FL 5 2005-06-17 False M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2005-07-14 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2005-10-26 False G000550 Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] Phil Gingrey R GA 11 2005-11-09 False Immigration Abortion Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Border patrols Boundaries Canada Child abuse Child sexual abuse Citizenship Civics education Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Computer matching Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Criminal aliens Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Data banks Department of Homeland Security Deportation Detention of persons Dismissal of employees Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Drunk driving Economics and Public Finance Education Educational exchanges Electronic government information English language Evidence (Law) Exchange of persons programs Expatriation Families Family violence Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Firearms Foreign leaders Foreign students Forfeiture Forgery Fraud Fugitives from justice Genocide Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Homicide Human rights Identification devices Illegal aliens Immigrant education Immigrants Incest Information technology Informers Injunctions International Affairs International cooperation Judicial review Kidnapping Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Mandatory sentences Marriage Married people Military civic action Minorities Murder Naturalization Nazism Oaths Passports Performance measurement Personnel records Political persecution Prosecution Prostitution Public records Racial discrimination Rape Recruiting and enlistment Recruiting of employees Refugees Religion Religious liberty Residence requirements Right of asylum Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Sex offenders Skilled labor Slavery Smuggling Social security numbers State-sponsored terrorism Sterilization (Birth control) Student records Surety and fidelity Telephone Terrorism Torture Transportation and Public Works Visas War crimes Warrants (Law) Women Immigration 00 2005-02-09 Introduced in House 2005-12-13T20:09:02Z Securing America's Future through Enforcement Reform Act of 2005 (SAFER Act) - Increases the number of personnel assigned to combat alien smuggling. Requires enhanced penalties for certain smuggling-related offenses.

Authorizes the use of military personnel for border enforcement.

Increases the number of full-time inspectors within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require Visa Waiver Program (VWP) participants to have machine-readable passports by October 1, 2005.

Requires consular officers to conduct in-person interviews of visa applicants.

Recodifies and amends grounds of inadmissibility and removability.

Applies attestation requirements concerning nondisplacement of U.S. workers to all employers of H-1B (specialty occupation) nonimmigrants.

Requires implementation of an integrated entry-exit system at all land border ports of entry by October 26, 2005.

Directs institutions of higher education to provide information on courses taken by foreign students.

Requires lawful permanent residents to register with the Secretary annually and other aliens to register every three months.

Authorizes visa term compliance bonds for nonimmigrants.

Addresses the removal of alien terrorists, criminals, and serious human rights violators.

Requires aliens to use secure travel and identification documents.

Makes the employment eligibility verification system applicable to all employers.

Requires the expedited removal of undocumented aliens who have not been continuously physically present in the United States for five years (except criminal aliens and asylum seekers).

Establishes criminal and civil penalties for aliens who are knowingly unlawfully present.

Makes government agencies that prohibit employees from sharing immigration status information with DHS ineligible for Federal law enforcement grants.

Authorizes the Secretary to grant asylum to alien refugees. Places the burden of proof on asylum applicants. Requires corroborating evidence where reasonable.

Eliminates review of determinations regarding the withholding of removal under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Limits review of asylum decisions and orders of removal against criminal aliens.

Temporarily suspends the VWP, adjustment of status applications, and renewals of temporary protected status. Discontinues nonimmigrant visas for aliens from countries that deny or delay repatriation.

Prohibits the issuance of most visas to aliens from countries determined to be state sponsors of terrorism.

Limits visa preference allocations for family-sponsored immigrants. Removes unskilled workers from the allocation for employment-based immigrants. Eliminates diversity visas.

Requires congressional approval of refugee quotas that exceed the combined total of refugees accepted by other countries.

Increases sponsorship levels for immigration applications.

Repeals certain adjustment of status provisions of INA.

Requires congressional approval for temporary protected status for undocumented aliens.

]]> SAFER Act Short Titles as Introduced SAFER Act Short Titles as Introduced Securing America's Future through Enforcement Reform Act of 2005 Display Title SAFER Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the admission, and facilitate the removal, of alien terrorists and their supporters and fundraisers, to secure our borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, to facilitate the removal of illegal aliens and aliens who are criminals or human rights abusers, to reduce visa, document, and employment fraud, to temporarily suspend processing of certain visas and immigration benefits, to reform the legal immigration system, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr688ih/xml/BILLS-109hr688ih.xml 2005-04-04 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.