3.0.0 1725 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T22:07:06Z Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act 115 2760 HR 2017-07-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2017-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2017-08-02 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-04-18 False Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Immigration 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-06T17:44:38Z Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act or the I-VETS Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), upon an alien's application for an immigration benefit or the placement of such alien in an immigration enforcement proceeding, to:

  • determine if the alien is serving, or has served, as a member of a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces on active duty or as a member of a reserve component in an active status; and
  • annotate every DHS immigration and naturalization record relating to such an alien to reflect such membership and to afford an opportunity to track the outcomes for each alien.
]]> I-VETS Act Display Title I-VETS Act Short Titles as Introduced I-VETS Act Short Titles as Introduced Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify each alien who has served, or is serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States when any alien applies for an immigration benefit or is placed in an immigration enforcement proceeding, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1725is/xml/BILLS-115s1725is.xml 2017-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.