3.0.0 1298 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z Senate S S 2025-04-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1298 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-04-03T21:38:24Z Religious Workforce Protection Act 119 2672 HR 2025-04-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2025-04-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2025-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2025-04-03 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2025-04-03 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2025-05-15 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2025-05-21 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2025-06-12 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2025-06-17 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2025-12-17 False Immigration Immigration 2025-05-05T12:25:09Z 00 2025-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-14T00:08:30Z Religious Workforce Protection Act

This bill allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the nonimmigrant visa status of certain religious workers.

Under current law, if specified conditions are met, nonimmigrant religious workers may receive a visa for a period not to exceed five years. The bill allows DHS to grant an extension until the individual’s application for adjustment of status to permanent resident or an immigrant visa has been processed and a decision has been made. To be eligible for the extension, the individual must be (1) the beneficiary of a certain type of immigrant petition, and (2) eligible for such immigrant status absent the application of certain numerical limitations.

Such individuals who have pending adjustment of status applications are also granted certain job flexibilities, such as the ability to change employers. Individuals who have previously departed the U.S. due to the expiration of their visa are exempt from the one-year foreign residence requirement to renew their visa.

]]> Religious Workforce Protection Act Display Title 45 Religious Workforce Protection Act 2025-12-18T12:03:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Religious Workforce Protection Act 2025-04-17T03:08:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to authorize the continuation of lawful nonimmigrant status for certain religious workers affected by the backlog for religious worker immigrant visas. 2025-04-17T03:03:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1298is/xml/BILLS-119s1298is.xml 2025-04-03 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.