3.0.0 1887 2025-12-05T08:49:33Z 2025-12-05T08:49:33Z Senate S S 2023-06-08 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1887 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-08T16:54:34Z 118 2226 S 2023-07-27 Senate ordered measure printed as passed. Related bill CRS 118 5982 HR 2023-10-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2023-06-08 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2023-07-27 False R000618 Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] Pete Ricketts R NE 2023-07-27 False Immigration Immigration 2023-07-06T21:45:16Z

00 2023-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-10T21:41:54Z <p><strong>Granting Recognition to Accomplished Talented Employees For Unwavering Loyalty Act or the GRATEFUL Act</strong></p> <p>This bill makes additional visas available under a program that provides special immigrant visas to eligible foreign nationals who were employed by the U.S. government abroad. The bill also modifies a provision that reduces the number of diversity immigrant visas available each fiscal year.</p> <p>Generally, under this program, a foreign national (and their spouse and children) may receive a special immigrant visa if (1) the foreign national has been employed by the U.S. government abroad for at least 15 years, and (2) the Department of State has found that it is in the national interest to award the visa. There are a limited number of such visas available each fiscal year. </p> <p>Specifically, this bill makes additional special immigrant visas available if no visas are immediately available. Up to 3,500 additional visas shall be made available for FY2024, and up to 3,000 shall be made available in each subsequent fiscal year. </p> <p>The bill also modifies a provision related to the annual cap on diversity immigrant visas (i.e., visas awarded to nationals of countries with low rates of immigration to the United States). Current law reduces the number of such visas available each fiscal year based in part on the number of visas awarded under another program. Under this bill, the reduction in the number of diversity immigrant visas shall also take into consideration the number of special immigrant visas awarded under this bill. </p>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:21:43Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:39:01Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:39:01Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 2023-07-06T03:58:50Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1887is/xml/BILLS-118s1887is.xml 2023-06-08 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.