3.0.0 772 2022-11-01T14:47:39Z 2022-11-01T14:47:39Z House HR 2019-01-24 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KING of Iowa:H.R. 772.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 Clause 4[Page H1213]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-05T17:19:17Z Referred to 2019-01-24T14:02:25Z Legal Immigration for the U.S. Act 116 8838 HR 2020-12-02 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor, 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. Related bill CRS Refurbishing the Pillars of American Exceptionalism Act of 2020 116 9064 HR 2020-12-31 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, Appropriations, Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Veterans' Affairs, 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. Related bill CRS 2019-03-05 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Committee 2019-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] Steve King R IA 4 N Immigration Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign labor Human rights Immigration status and procedures Religion Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-01-24 Introduced in House 2019-09-16T15:01:10Z Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019

This bill places restrictions on the issuance of special immigrant visas for religious workers. No petition for such a visa may be approved if the alien's country of nationality (1) is identified in the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest or particular concern, or (2) does not provide similar immigration treatment to U.S. nationals.

]]> Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019 Display Title Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To require the country of origin of certain special immigrant religious workers to extend reciprocal immigration treatment to nationals of the United States. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr772ih/xml/BILLS-116hr772ih.xml 2019-03-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. 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.