PASSPORTS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of State: establish certain standards for adjudication of U.S. passport applications (see H.R. 6707), H7870 [5SE]

Disasters: waive fees for replacement of critical documents for certain disaster victims and designate child care as a critical service to provide funding to child care facilities following a disaster (see S. 3055), S3760 [12JN]

Immigration: authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (see S. 2344), S520 [25JA] (see H.R. 6794), H8724 [13SE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 6618), H7723 [26JY]

Letters

Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act: Dean C. Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council, S523 [25JA]

——— John Neuffer, Semiconductor Industry Association, S523 [25JA]

Press releases

CFGI and SHRM Applaud Immigration Innovation Act: Council for Global Immigration, S523 [25JA]

SIIA Says I-Squared Act Is Critical for U.S. Economy and Global Competitiveness: Software and Information Industry Association, S523 [25JA]

Remarks in Senate

Immigration: authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, S221 [17JA]

——— authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (S. 2344), S521–S524 [25JA]