[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2637 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2637

  To prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from closing certain 
          international field offices, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2019

 Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, and Miss Rice of 
  New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security from closing certain 
          international field offices, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Overseas Immigration 
Services Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS DIVISION.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security may not close or consolidate any 
field office of the International Operations Division of the Refugee, 
Asylum, and International Operations Directorate of the United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services unless the Secretary obtains the 
approval of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate.
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