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HOUSE 178115th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Rules.

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that before any bill or joint resolution repealing or amending the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 in the House it should be made available on a public website of the House.

Last Action
3/8/2017

Actions

  • 2017-01-13Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  • 2017-01-03Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2017-01-03Introduced in House
  • 2017-01-03Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-01-03 (00)

Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2017

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit, as of October 1, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving a petition for classification of an alien as a special immigrant religious worker/minister if DHS has determined that the alien's country of nationality:

  • is identified as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest in the 2013 International Religious Freedom Report, or
  • does not extend reciprocal immigration treatment to U.S. nationals who are seeking resident status in order to work in a religious vocation or occupation.

Cosponsors (5)

  • Randy Weber (R-TX)
  • Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
  • Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
  • Tim Walberg (R-MI)
  • Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)

Subjects

  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Foreign labor
  • Human rights
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Religion
  • Visas and passports
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