3.0.0 742 2022-11-01T17:32:21Z 2022-11-01T17:32:21Z Senate S 2019-03-12 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-12T15:00:24Z Protecting Children Through Eliminating Visa Loopholes Act 116 1738 HR 2019-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI N E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2019-03-12 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2019-03-12 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2019-04-10 False Immigration Child safety and welfare Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against children Human trafficking Immigrant health and welfare Immigration status and procedures Marriage and family status Sex offenses Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-09T18:07:29Z Protecting Children Through Eliminating Visa Loopholes Act

This bill requires an alien who seeks to qualify for a nonimmigrant visa as the fiance or spouse of a U.S. citizen to be at least 18 years old, and the sponsoring U.S. citizen must also be at least 18 years old. The bill also establishes that the terms "spouse," "wife," and "husband" shall not apply to any individual less than 18 years old for the purposes of the immigration and nationality laws.

]]> Protecting Children Through Eliminating Visa Loopholes Act Display Title Protecting Children Through Eliminating Visa Loopholes Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Children Through Eliminating Visa Loopholes Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect children through eliminating visa loopholes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s742is/xml/BILLS-116s742is.xml 2019-03-12 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.