3.0.0 3163 2023-01-11T13:24:09Z 2023-01-11T13:24:09Z House H HR 2013-09-20 113 [Pages H7252-H7253]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:H.R. 3542.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have power to enact thislegislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several states, and with the Indian tribes.[[Page H7253]]ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions as follows:H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards.H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston.H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda.H.R. 274: Mr. Keating.H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon.H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr.Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee,and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers.H.R. 713: Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr.Honda.H.R. 715: Mr. McNerney and Mr. Perlmutter.H.R. 809: Mr. Fincher.H.R. 919: Mr. Ryan of Ohio.H.R. 997: Mr. Latham and Mrs. Miller of Michigan.H.R. 1020: Ms. Foxx.H.R. 1024: Mr. Barrow of Georgia.H.R. 1124: Mrs. Beatty.H.R. 1179: Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 1199: Mr. Garcia.H.R. 1209: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pittenger,Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. King of New York, andMs. Fudge.H.R. 1248: Mr. Bachus.H.R. 1310: Mr. Lamborn.H.R. 1339: Mr. Lipinski and Mrs. Capito.H.R. 1428: Mr. Price of North Carolina.H.R. 1429: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 1449: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr.Southerland.H.R. 1461: Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nugent.H.R. 1518: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, andMr. Bilirakis.H.R. 1563: Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz,and Mr. Graves of Missouri.H.R. 1601: Mr. Cartwright.H.R. 1616: Mr. Gibson.H.R. 1666: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr.Lipinski, and Ms. Eshoo.H.R. 1717: Mr. David Scott of Georgia and Ms. Kuster.H.R. 1726: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1761: Mr. Roe of Tennessee.H.R. 1779: Mr. Peterson.H.R. 1830: Ms. Esty.H.R. 1851: Ms. Kuster and Mr. Horsford.H.R. 1852: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, Mr.Labrador, and Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 1869: Mr. Wittman.H.R. 1878: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1920: Mr. Rigell.H.R. 1985: Mr. Goodlatte.H.R. 1992: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mr. Sires.H.R. 2027: Mr. Cassidy.H.R. 2028: Mr. Tierney.H.R. 2144: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina.H.R. 2305: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2385: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2446: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2553: Ms. Moore, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Titus, and Mr.George Miller of California.H.R. 2560: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 2607: Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Israel,and Mr. Pocan.H.R. 2619: Mr. Lowenthal.H.R. 2663: Mr. Ross.H.R. 2697: Mr. Bishop of New York, Ms. Kuster, and Mr.Johnson of Georgia.H.R. 2703: Mr. Doyle.H.R. 2725: Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Stutzman, and Ms. WassermanSchultz.H.R. 2785: Mr. Renacci.H.R. 2791: Mr. Gibson and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan.H.R. 2818: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 2945: Mr. Roskam.H.R. 3040: Mr. Gene Green of Texas.H.R. 3105: Mr. Goodlatte and Mr. Cotton.H.R. 3111: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3121: Mr. Renacci.H.R. 3125: Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. DannyK. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rodney Davisof Illinois, and Mr. Loebsack.H.R. 3135: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 3143: Mr. Israel.H.R. 3163: Mr. Moran.H.R. 3169: Mr. Burgess.H.R. 3189: Mr. Poe of Texas.H.R. 3206: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 3211: Mr. Fitzpatrick.H.R. 3240: Mr. Foster.H.R. 3297: Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 3299: Mr. Ribble, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr.Boustany, and Mr. Roskam.H.R. 3303: Mr. Bilirakis.H.R. 3308: Mr. Pittenger.H.R. 3309: Mr. Johnson of Ohio and Mr. Larsen ofWashington.H.R. 3322: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 3327: Mrs. Bustos.H.R. 3333: Mr. Pet[...]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2013-10-15T13:57:21Z Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:15Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2013-10-07T16:33:28Z Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:20Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2013-10-04T15:26:46Z hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2013-10-04T15:26:38Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2013-10-04T15:26:29Z Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:35Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2013-09-20T13:02:00Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:50Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:40Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:30Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-09-20T13:01:25Z 2013-10-15 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2013-10-07 hshm11 Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. Committee 2013-10-04 hsii24 Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Committee 2013-10-04 hsii22 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. Committee 2013-10-04 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Committee 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 2013-09-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 2013-09-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 N V000132 Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] Filemon Vela D TX 34 2013-09-20 True G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2013-09-20 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. 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[D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2013-11-19 False Immigration Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Adult education and literacy Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Area studies and international education Asia Border security and unlawful immigration Business investment and capital Canada Caribbean area Child safety and welfare Citizenship and naturalization Civil actions and liability Commemorative events and holidays Computers and information technology Conflicts and wars Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Disaster relief and insurance Drug trafficking and controlled substances Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Financial services and investments Firearms and explosives Foreign labor Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Haiti Human trafficking Immigration status and procedures Income tax credits Income tax deductions Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Intergovernmental relations International organizations and cooperation Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Judicial review and appeals Labor standards Language arts Latin America Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Licensing and registrations Marketing and advertising Marriage and family status Mexico Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Military civil functions Military personnel and dependents Natural disasters Philippines Reconstruction and stabilization Refugees, asylum, displaced persons State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula Temporary and part-time employment Terrorism U.S. and foreign investments User charges and fees Violent crime Visas and passports Wages and earnings Immigration 00 2013-09-20 Introduced in House 2013-10-22T18:46:08Z Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2013, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP Act of 2013, or CIR ASAP Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to: (1) develop and submit to Congress a National Strategy for Border Security; (2) increase the number of Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists, and border security support personnel, and enhance related equipment, assets, and technology; (3) develop a comprehensive land and maritime border surveillance plan, including aerial and integrated surveillance demonstration programs; (4) issue a rule for electronic device searches and related agent training; (5) improve coordination efforts to combat human smuggling; (6) establish a Border Communities Liaison Office in every Border Patrol sector at the southern and northern borders; (7) carry out a ports of entry technology demonstration program; and (8) establish a Southern Border Security Task Force.

Authorizes appropriations for border security improvements at U.S. ports of entry.

Authorizes border relief grants for tribal, state, or local law enforcement and related agencies in proximity to the border or in a designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

Provides reimbursement for state and county prosecutors in border states for prosecuting federally initiated and referred drug cases.

Suspends the Operation Streamline program pending an evaluation of its viability.

Expands resources for Project Gunrunner and for Operation Armas Cruzadas along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Establishes the United States-Mexico Border Enforcement Commission.

Prohibits the U.S. Armed Forces, including the National Guard, from assisting in non-emergency federal, state, local, and civilian law enforcement of immigration laws.

Directs the Secretaries of DHS, the Interior, Agriculture (USDA), Defense (DOD), and Commerce to develop: (1) a land border protection strategy, and (2) a borderlands environmental monitoring plan.

Provides for: (1) enhanced border cooperation with Mexico, and (2) expansion of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs.

Sets forth detention conditions.

Directs the Secretary to appoint an Immigration Detention Commission.

Prescribes requirements for: (1) immigration enforcement protections, (2) protections against unlawful detentions, (3) protections for vulnerable populations, (4) apprehension procedures for families and family detention, (5) welfare services for children separated from detained or removed parents, (6) unaccompanied alien children, and (7) female detainees.

Provides a stay of removal and work authorization for detained alien workers who are witnesses or necessary for workplace prosecution claims.

Eliminates, with specified exceptions, DHS authority to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies to perform immigration law enforcement functions.

Establishes in DHS an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ombudsman.

Eliminates the one-year asylum filing requirement.

Provides for federal court review of DHS orders of removal currently exempt from such review.

Establishes an alien employment verification system which requires employers to comply with: (1) document verification requirements, and (2) a phased-in electronic employment verification system.

Sets forth backlog reduction requirements respecting family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant levels.

Revises the definition of "immediate relative" to: (1) include the spouse and child of a lawful permanent resident, and (2) permit a qualifying widow/widower and the child or parent of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident to maintain such status while filing for permanent resident status.

Increases: (1) per-country limits for family-sponsored and employment-based immigrants, and (2) specified family-unity exceptions to unlawful presence-based inadmissibility.

Prohibits the removal from the United States of an individual who: (1) fled his or her homeland while under the age of 12; and (2) was later admitted to the United States as a refugee, parolee, or asylee.

Exempts the sons and daughters of certain naturalized Filipino World War II veterans from worldwide or numerical immigrant visa limits.

Makes a minor child of an alien fiancee/fiance or of an alien spouse of a U.S. citizen eligible for derivative K-visa status under specified circumstances.

Redefines "child" to include a stepchild under 21 years old.

Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) require determinations with respect to children to be made using the age and status of an individual on October 21, 1998, and (2) permit an application based upon child status to be filed by a parent or guardian if the child is present in the United States on such filing date. Permits new status adjustment applications to be filed for a limited time period.

Reduces the required support level for immigrant sponsorship.

Establishes the Prevent Unauthorized Migration Visa (PUM Visa) program which shall provide for: (1) 100,000 PUM conditional permanent resident visas annually, for three years, to persons from countries (transitional visa admission states) which represent at least 5% of the total unauthorized migration population to the United States for the past five years; and (2) a process to adjust to permanent resident status.

Exempts specified categories of U.S.-educated aliens from employment-based immigration limits.

Permits a nonimmigrant alien whose employer has petitioned for an employment-based green card for the alien to file an application for adjustment of status, regardless of whether an immigrant visa is immediately available. (Requires visa availability before such application may be approved.)

Return of Talent Act - Establishes the Return of Talent Program to permit an eligible alien (and certain family members) to return to the alien's country of citizenship for up to two years in order to contribute to such country's postconflict or natural disaster reconstruction activities. (During such absence the alien and family members shall be considered to be continuously present and residing in the United States for naturalization purposes.)

Establishes a conditional nonimmigrant status for qualifying aliens and their dependents who are illegally present or out of status in the United States and who register and meet the requirements for such status. Authorizes: (1) adjustment from conditional to permanent resident status at the earlier of six years after enactment of this Act or 30 days after specified immigrant visas become available (with exceptions to this time frame for certain students, military personnel, and employed individuals), and (2) naturalization three years after permanent resident status adjustment.

Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2013 or AgJOBS Act of 2013 - Confers "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2013, has performed specified lengths of, or earned a specified amount from, agricultural employment in the United States; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of specified felonies or misdemeanors.

Limits the number of blue cards that may be issued during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Provides for adjustment of blue card status to permanent resident status based upon completed periods of agricultural employment.

Revises H-2A visa (agricultural labor or temporary or seasonal services) provisions. Replaces the existing labor certification requirement with a labor attestation requirement containing: (1) a description of the nature and location of the job, (2) the job's expected beginning and ending dates, (3) the number of jobs, and (4) specified labor assurances respecting job opportunities covered by collective bargaining agreements and non-covered job opportunities.

Establishes: (1) the Commission on Immigration and Labor Markets, and (2) the Security and Prosperity Account in the Treasury.

Requires each State Workforce Agency (SWA) to establish an Internet-based American Worker Recruit and Match program.

Requires employers and foreign labor contractors to provide workers recruited abroad with specified employment-related information.

Amends H-1B visa (specialty occupation) employer application requirements to: (1) revise wage determination requirements; (2) require Internet posting and description of employment positions; (3) lengthen U.S. worker displacement protection; (4) apply certain requirements to all H-1B employers rather than only to H-1B dependent employers; (5) prohibit employer advertising that makes a position available only to, or gives priority to, H-1B nonimmigrants; and (6) limit the number of H-1B and L-1 visa (intracompany transfer) employees that an employer of 50 or more workers in the United States may hire.

Authorizes the Department of Labor (DOL) to: (1) investigate applications for fraud, and (2) conduct H-1B compliance audits.

Prohibits an employer from hiring an L-1 nonimmigrant for more than one year who will: (1) serve in a capacity involving specialized knowledge, and (2) be stationed primarily at the worksite of another employer.

Specifies L-1: (1) employer petition requirements for employment at a new office, (2) wage rates and working conditions, and (3) employer penalties.

Authorizes: (1) DOL to enforce federal labor laws with respect to employers of H-2B nonagricultural temporary workers, and (2) a private right of action against such employers.

Specifies employer actions to recruit U.S. workers before filing for H-2B admissions.

Sets forth H-2B and U.S. worker protections.

Amends EB-5 visa (alien investor) requirements to: (1) increase EB-5 eligibility, (2) make the regional center program permanent, (3) establish $2,500 regional center designation and premium processing fees, (4) permit concurrent filing for EB-5 petitions and status adjustment applications, (5) establish in the Treasury the Immigrant Entrepreneur Regional Center Account, and (6) increase employment creation-related visas.

Revises requirements regarding: (1) immigration service fees, (2) the naturalization age-based English language proficiency exemption, and (3) citizenship application background checks.

Establishes the New Americans Initiative grants program to assist lawful permanent resident aliens to become citizens.

Authorizes grants for: (1) public education and community training regarding the provisions of this Act; (2) community-based organizations to assist naturalization applicants (initial entry, adjustment, and citizenship assistance grants); and (3) states to form New American Councils.

Provides for the naturalization of certain graduates of U.S. high schools who are under 25 years of age on the date of application for naturalization.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish: (1) a tax credit and a deduction for certification expenses for teachers of English language learners, and (2) a tax credit for employer-provided adult English literacy and basic education programs.

Makes funds available for oath of allegiance ceremonies.

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