3.0.0 3824 2023-01-11T20:24:05Z 2023-01-11T20:24:05Z House H HR 2007-10-12 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2007-11-02T14:30:28Z Referred to 2007-10-12T15:01:15Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-12T15:01:25Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-10-12T15:01:20Z 2007-11-02 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2007-10-12 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-10-12 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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 hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-10-12 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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 2007-10-12 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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 2007-10-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 N W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2007-10-12 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2007-10-12 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2007-10-18 False U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2007-10-18 False G000180 Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] WAYNE GILCHREST R MD T. 1 2007-10-18 False M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2007-10-18 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2007-10-22 False N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2007-10-22 False R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2007-11-07 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2007-11-09 False Immigration Administrative fees Afghanistan Alien labor Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Computer literacy Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Department of Defense Department of State Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee training English language Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Housing and Community Development Housing finance Immigrants International Affairs Iraq Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Law Middle East and North Africa Military operations Nongovernmental organizations Officer personnel Refugees Relocation Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social work South Asia Translating and interpreting Visas Vocational and technical education Immigration 00 2007-10-12 Introduced in House 2007-10-18T19:33:52Z Relocation Empowerment and Placement Assistance for Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007 or REPAIR Act of 2007 - Waives visa and related fees relating to special immigrant status for Afghan or Iraqi nationals who worked with the U.S. Chief of Mission or the U.S. Armed Forces as interpreters or translators.

Waives numerical limitations with respect to such special immigrants.

Expands such category to include persons who: (1) performed such services with a U.S. contractor; or (2) performed other services.

Makes additional U.S. military officers eligible to recommend such nationals for special immigrant status.

Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to make every effort to ensure that aliens applying for special immigrant status and visas, and aliens applying for refugee status and visas, may apply and interview within Iraq in Baghdad and Irbil through in-country processing mechanisms.

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to jointly establish a program to offer federal employment to relocated Iraqi special immigrants as translators, interpreters, and cultural awareness instructors.

States that such special immigrants shall be eligible for the same resettlement assistance as refugees.

Directs the Secretary to provide such special immigrants with computer literacy and vocational training, English language training, and employment and counseling services.

Expresses the sense Congress that the United States should provide an orientation into life in the United States for Iraqi special immigrants and should make all reasonable efforts to provide temporary safe haven for alien applicants who are in imminent danger in Iraq.

]]> REPAIR Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To provide assistance to Iraqi nationals who supported the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title REPAIR Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced REPAIR Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Relocation Empowerment and Placement Assistance for Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-10-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3824ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3824ih.xml 2007-11-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. 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.