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United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2001
Directs the Attorney General to establish an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system to provide centralized information which shall be available to Federal agencies involved with national security.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to take specified steps to ensure that the numerical limitation computation of H-1B visa (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant aliens accurately reflects the number of such aliens employed under such status in each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2001
Money Laundering Act of 2001 - Modifies money laundering provisions of various laws, including the Federal criminal code (the code), the Internal Revenue Code, the Controlled Substances Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA), and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Grants the U.S. district courts jurisdiction over money laundering offenses of certain foreign persons. Expands the definition of "specified unlawful activity" to cover certain listed offenses, including computer fraud and abuse, fraud in the purchase of securities, certain Clean Air Act violations, alien smuggling, and wildlife protection offenses. Prohibits knowingly concealing, with intent to evade a currency reporting requirement, more than $10,000 in currency or other monetary instruments on an individual's person or in any conveyance, article of luggage, merchandise, or other container and transporting or transferring such currency or monetary instruments from a place within, to a place outside, the United States, or vice versa. Sets forth penalties for violations. Modifies civil and criminal forfeiture provisions, including to provide that if the seizure warrant is obtained after the property to be seized has been listed in an indictment, criminal information, or related bill of particulars, the requirement that the warrant be executed within ten days shall not apply. Amends: (1) the FDIA and specified monetary law to increase civil and criminal penalties for violation of record-keeping requirements; and (2) the INA to include as an excludable alien any individual who is engaged in money laundering activities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2001
Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) apply a court order for a pen register or trap and trace devices to any person or entity providing wire or electronic communication service in the United States whose assistance may facilitate execution of the order; (2) allow a trap and trace device to identify the source (but not the contents) of a wire or electronic communication; (3) permit seizure of voice mail messages under a warrant; (4) make it lawful to intercept the wire or electronic communication of a computer trespasser in certain circumstances; (5) allow subpoenas for records of electronic communications to include temporarily assigned network addresses; (6) provide for nationwide service of search warrants for electronic evidence; and (7) permit electronic communication and remote computing service providers to make emergency disclosures to a governmental entity of customer electronic communications to protect life and limb. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to: (1) authorize 90-day orders of electronic surveillance and search warrants regarding non-U.S. persons under foreign intelligence surveillance; (2) require a court order approving an electronic surveillance to direct any person to furnish necessary information, facilities, or technical assistance in circumstances where the Court finds that the actions of the surveillance target may have the effect of thwarting the identification of a specified person; (3) require an application for an electronic surveillance order or search warrant to certify that a significant purpose (currently, the sole or main purpose) of the surveillance is to obtain foreign intelligence information; and (4) authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (or designee) to apply for an court order requiring production of certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations. Makes it lawful for foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be provided to any Federal law-enforcement-, intelligence-, protective-, national-defense, or immigration personnel, or the President or Vice President. Repeals the requirement that the FBI Director (or designee) certify the existence of specific and articulable facts that a person or entity is believed to be a foreign power or its agent when requesting a wire or electronic communication service provider or consumer reporting agency to provide access to telephone toll, electronic communication, and other specified transactional records for counterintelligence purposes. Authorizes the President to: (1) block during an investigation any rights, power, or privilege with respect to, or transactions involving, any property in which any foreign country or foreign national has any interest; and (2) confiscate any property (subject to U.S. jurisdiction) of a foreign country, organization, or national against whom U.S. armed forces may be used pursuant to a statute authorizing use of force, or that has been involved in an armed attack against the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission and deportable due to terrorist activities. Defines "terrorist organization" as: (1) a designated foreign terrorist organization; or (2) a group of two or more individuals which engages in, or has a significant subgroup which engages in, specified terrorist-related activities. Provides for the mandatory detention until removal from the United States (regardless of any relief from removal) of an alien certified by the Attorney General as a suspected terrorist or threat to national security. Limits judicial review to habeas corpus proceedings in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Broadens visa information disclosure provisions. Authorizes appropriations for increased Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) personnel on the Canadian border. Provides for the sharing of certain FBI criminal history extracts with the Department of State and the INS. Provides for: (1) special immigrant status for certain alien victims of terrorist activities; and (2) humanitarian relief for certain surviving alien spouses and children of U.S. citizens killed by such activities. (Excludes terrorists or family members from such benefits.) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) extend the statute of limitations for Federal terrorism and specified other offenses without limit; (2) provide for alternative maximum penalties for terrorism crimes; (3) make the penalties for attempts and conspiracies the same as the penalties for terrorism offenses; (4) make specified terrorism crimes Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute predicates; (5) prescribe penalties for knowing possession in certain circumstances of biological agents, toxins, or delivery systems, especially by certain restricted persons; (6) prescribe penalties for support of terrorism through expert advice or assistance, and for harboring any person known to have committed or to be about to commit a terrorism offense; (7) increase to $10,000 the minimum civil damages recoverable for violations of prohibitions against unlawful governmental access to or disclosure of stored wire and electronic communications and transactional records; (8) declare additional extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over any Federal terrorism offense involving a U.S. national or directed at U.S. security or interests; and (9) establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. facilities abroad. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to permit: (1) Federal magistrates in any district in which terrorism-related activities may have occurred to issue search warrants for searches within or outside the district; and (2) disclosure to specified Federal personnel of Federal grand jury matters pertaining to terrorism or national security. Qualifies a Federal terrorism offense for collection of DNA for identification. Establishes criminal penalties for: (1) interference with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged in specified protective functions of a special agent of the Department of State and the Foreign Service; and (2) conduct directed against an individual under the protection of such special agents. Amends Federal criminal law to: (1) extend money laundering penalties to the laundering of the proceeds of terrorism; and (2) subject to civil forfeiture all assets, foreign or domestic, of terrorist organizations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury until January 1, 2004, to disclose to Federal law enforcement agencies, in accordance with specified requirements, tax return information that may be related to terrorism and national security investigations, including the Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury, and Federal intelligence agencies for use by officers and employees (including State or local law enforcement personnel part of a Federal team) who are personally and directly engaged in such an investigation or response. Provides for tax return information disclosures pursuant to an ex parte order by a Federal district court judge or magistrate. Amends Federal criminal law to subject to U.S. extraterritorial jurisdiction any fraud and related activity in connection with access devices (e.g., credit cards). Provides for emergency funding of specified Office of Justice programs, rewards by the Attorney General and the Department of State, Immigration and Naturalization Service overtime. Urges a $25 million State Department reward for Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the September 11 attacks. Amends the Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992 to set criminal penalties for violation of security regulations for reclamation dams, facilities, and resources. Authorizes certain officer and employees within a Reclamation project or on Reclamation lands to carry firearms, make arrests, issue warrants, and conduct investigations. Authorizes the FBI Director to expedite the employment of translators to support counterterrorism investigations and operations without regard to applicable Federal personnel requirements and limitations, but subject to necessary security requirements. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to appoint a Deputy Inspector General for Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and the FBI to review allegations of abuse of civil rights, civil liberties, and racial and ethnic profiling by government employees and officials.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2001
Declares Ilko Vasilev Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina Ilkova Ivanova, and Julia Ilkova Ivanova to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2001
Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Extension Act - Amends the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000, as amended, to extend naturalization application and fee deadline provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2001
Criminal Alien Visa Denial Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. Directs the FBI to provide periodic extract updates. Provides for confidentiality.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. Directs the FBI to provide periodic extract updates. Provides for confidentiality and fines for the misuse of such information.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2001
Keeping America Safe Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the scope of excludable aliens who are members or representatives of terrorist organizations. (Current law is limited to organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Secretary of State.) Makes aliens deportable for terrorist activity upon the same grounds as excludability for such activity.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2001
Terrorism Elimination Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the U.S. Treasury the Counter-Terrorism Trust Fund. Provides that amounts in the Counter-Terrorism Trust Fund shall be available, as provided in appropriation Acts, for purposes of making expenditures for counter-terrorism efforts by the United States. Authorizes the issuance of bonds to be known as Freedom Bonds, in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the United States on September 11, 2001. Requires proceeds from the issuance of Freedom Bonds to be used to raise funds to assist in recovery operations following such terrorist acts and for efforts to combat terrorism. Permits a taxpayer to designate that a specified portion (but not less than $1) of any tax overpayment and any cash contribution which the taxpayer includes with such return be deposited into the Counter-Terrorism Trust Fund. Requires, in addition to other fees authorized to be charged for the consideration or processing of an application for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Attorney General to impose an additional 15 percent surcharge. Requires amounts collected pursuant to such surcharge to be held in a separate account and transferred to the Counter-Terrorism Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2001
Wage Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the conditions of approval of an H-2A (visa) temporary agricultural worker petition the requirement that an employer may not be required to pay workers more than the greater of: (1) the prevailing wage for seasonal agricultural workers in the occupation in the area of intended employment; or (2) the greater of Federal or State minimum wage.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2001
Directs the Attorney General to provide for the granting of posthumous citizenship, as of September 12, 2001, to certain nonculpable aliens or noncitizen nationals otherwise eligible for naturalization who died as a result of the hijackings of four airliners, the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, or as a result of injuries sustained while assisting in the emergency response to the events of September 11, 2001.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the September 13, 2001, expiration of (thus granting permanent authority for) the provision of nonimmigrant "S" visas to aliens who possess, and will supply (or have supplied) to law enforcement agencies, critical information respecting criminal or terrorist organizations.
United States · United States Senate · 12 September 2001
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2001
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act - Small Business Liability Protection Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to provide (with exceptions) that persons shall be liable for response costs at a National Priorities List (NPL) facility as non-owners or operators only if the total of material containing a hazardous substance that the business arranged for disposal, transport, or treatment of, or accepted for transport, was greater than specified amounts. Exempts a person from liability for response costs (with exceptions) at a NPL facility for municipal solid waste (MSW) as a non-owner or operator if the person is an owner, operator, or lessee of residential property from which all of the person's MSW was generated, or a certain small business or small charitable tax-exempt organization that generated all its MSW, with respect to the facility concerned. Makes nongovernmental entities that commence a contribution action liable to the defendant for all reasonable legal costs if the defendant is not liable based on the above-described exemptions. Revises conditions for de minimis settlements. Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 - Provides grants for inventorying, characterizing, assessing, remediating, and conducting planning related to brownfield sites. Defines a "brownfield site," with exceptions, as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant. Includes certain petroleum- or controlled substance-contaminated sites and mine-scarred land. Exempts from liability under CERCLA certain owners of real property contiguous to property on which there has been a hazardous substance release or threatened release that is not owned by such persons. Absolves from liability for response actions bona fide prospective purchasers to the extent liability at a facility for a release or threat thereof is based solely on ownership or operation of a facility. Gives a lien to the United States for unrecovered response costs in any case for which the owner is not liable by reason of this section and the facility's fair market value has increased above that which existed before the action was taken. Deems a person, with respect to defenses to liability of an owner of after-acquired property, to have undertaken appropriate inquiry into the property's previous ownership and uses if the person demonstrates that inquiries were undertaken in accordance with specified requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to award grants to States or Indian tribes for response programs comprised of elements including survey and inventory of brownfield sites, public participation opportunities, oversight and enforcement authorities, and certification mechanisms. Restricts authority to take enforcement actions under CERCLA in cases of hazardous substance releases addressed by a State response plan. Authorizes the President to bring enforcement actions in certain instances where there is migration of contamination across State lines or onto Federal property, or there is an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment and additional response actions are likely to be necessary. Makes restrictions on the President's authority to take such actions applicable only at sites in States that maintain and publicize a record of sites at which response actions have been completed in the previous year and are planned to be addressed under the State response program in the upcoming year. Applies enforcement action requirements only to response actions conducted after February 15, 2001. Provides conditions for deferral by the President of final listing of an eligible NPL response site.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2001
Declares that Congress: (1) affirms its commitment to preserving U.S. sovereignty and self-government and the integrity of its border; (2) disapproves of open-border policies and other policies that would undermine such sovereignty; and (3) urges the President to pursue a policy of protecting such sovereignty through enforcement of U.S. law with respect to both legal and illegal immigration.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 2001
Declares Tania Unzueta eligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment to permanent resident status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2001
Amends the Illegal Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline requiring aliens to present a border crossing identification card that contains a biometric identifier.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001
Declares Lindita Idrizi Heath eligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment to permanent resident status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001
North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to institute a North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Program; and (2) develop cooperative agreements to support State agency involvement in such whale recovery programs. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) identify and institute demonstration projects to reduce mortality of such whales caused by ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear; and (2) develop a program by January 2003 to prevent such ship strikes through use of a vessel early warning system and a coordinated vessel management system; and (3) ensure Federal agency cooperation to meet the needs of the updated North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Plan. Requires the Secretary to: (1) create a technology program to detect and track such whales in critical habitat and along their migration routes during FY 2002 and 2003; and (2) incorporate specified data into a geographic information system for analysis of interactions between whales and ships. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to identify any gaps in legislative authority preventing implementation of regulations affecting vessels in U.S. waters necessary to promote recovery of such whales. Authorizes such Secretary to propose regulations for adoption at the International Maritime Organization to further implement recommendations contained within the Recovery Plan. Directs the Secretary to: (1) design a right whale research grant program; (2) continue discussions with Canada to coordinate whale programs; and (3) begin discussions with relevant organizations and nations for creating or amending agreements on management measures to reduce fishery interactions and for facilitating collection of information relevant to development of the priority action or recovery plan. Requires a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report on actions and expenditures under the Recovery Plan, incidents of collisions and entanglements, preventive actions, recovery activity litigation, and demonstration project costs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2001 - Amends the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000 to direct the Attorney General to grant refugee status in the United States to any alien (and parent, spouse, or child thereof) who: (1) is a national of Iraq or a nation of the Greater Middle East Region; and (2) personally delivers into the custody of the United States Government a living American Persian Gulf War POW/MIA. Includes Iraq, Kuwait, and any other country of the Greater Middle East Region among the countries to which the International Broadcasting Bureau is required to broadcast information that promotes such refugee program.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
21st Century Homesteading Act - Establishes a program under which the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct up to six demonstration projects involving the employment of H-1B visa (specialty occupation) aliens in rural areas, and the use of related employer-paid visa fees with the development of high-tech employment opportunities in such areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make project grants to qualifying rural economic development planning districts in States on the Canadian border having certain levels of outmigration, unemployment, and Native American populations. Allocates specified H-1B annual admissions for such projects. Establishes the Twenty-first Century Homesteading Account in the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Refugee Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to refugee provisions to limit summary inspection procedures to emergency migration situations in which numbers of arriving aliens substantially exceed inspection capacities. Grants the Attorney General sole authority to make such determination, which shall last 90 days unless extended after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. Revises provisions respecting inspection of aliens seeking U.S. admission, including requiring: (1) an alien to be informed of certain rights prior to removal or withdrawal of his or her admission application, and (2) review of a removal order by an immigration judge, with the right of the alien to personally appear and be represented (at his or her expense). Exempts from expedited removal procedures certain Western Hemisphere nationals or unaccompanied children. Revises the procedure used to determine whether an applicant for asylum has a credible fear of persecution. Eliminates certain: (1) limitations on judicial review of exclusion orders or asylum claims; (2) time limits on asylum applications; (3) numerical limitations on asylee adjustments; and (4) numerical limitations on population control-related refugee admissions. Makes certain mandatory asylee detention provisions discretionary. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) develop alternatives to detention of asylum seekers, including supervised shelters and noninstitutional settings for minors; (2) enter into contracts with nongovernmental agencies for alternative detention programs; and (3) establish a National Legal Orientation Support and Training Center. Requires asylum seekers not eligible for parole or alternative detention to be detained only in Immigration and Naturalization Service or approved facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
H-2A Reform and Agricultural Worker Adjustment Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General, upon completion of specified agricultural work and residency requirements, to adjust the status of a qualifying alien agricultural worker (and spouse and minor children) to that of a: (1) lawfully admitted temporary nonimmigrant; and (2) permanent resident nonimmigrant. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth registry application requirements for H-2A employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal, and is not the result of a labor dispute, (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits, and compliance with labor laws. Sets forth employment requirements with respect to: (1) wages; (2) housing; and (3) transportation reimbursement. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program. Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of temporary H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Protection Act to provide coverage to H-2A agricultural workers, including the right to organize. Establishes in the Treasury the Agricultural Worker Account which, through the use of fees collected from H-2A employers, shall provide assistance for labor management committees, administrative expenses, and demonstration programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish demonstration programs to improve agricultural labor management practices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove from an alien the initial burden of establishing that he or she is entitled to nonimmigrant status in the case of an alien seeking to enter the United States for a temporary stay occasioned by a family obligation, such as the illness or death of a close relative.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Immigrant Fairness Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise specified restrictions respecting: (1) cancellation of removal; (2) deportability and admissibility; (3) judicial review; (4) right to counsel; (5) detention; (6) applicants for admission; (7) removal of aliens who are not permanent residents and who have no relief from removal; (8) reopening of certain proceedings and parole of certain aliens; and (9) aliens who have made false citizenship claims or who have unlawfully voted.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect nonimmigrant H-1C visa alien nurses to: (1) increase the number of annual entrants; and (2) increase the number of entrants available for employment in larger States. Exempts from certain H-1B visa (specialty occupation) numerical limitations nonimmigrant aliens employed as physicians, or registered or licensed practical nurses in a locally-owned hospital situated in a health professional shortage area.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
International Students Reporting Act- Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the information collection program respecting foreign students and other exchange program participants.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
H-2A Reform and Agricultural Worker Adjustment Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General, upon completion of specified agricultural work and residency requirements, to adjust the status of a qualifying alien agricultural worker (and spouse and minor children) to that of a: (1) lawfully admitted temporary nonimmigrant; and (2) permanent resident nonimmigrant. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth registry application requirements for H-2A employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal, and is not the result of a labor dispute, (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits, and compliance with labor laws. Sets forth employment requirements with respect to: (1) wages; (2) housing; and (3) transportation reimbursement. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program. Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of temporary H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Protection Act to provide coverage to H-2A agricultural workers, including the right to organize. Establishes in the Treasury the Agricultural Worker Account which, through the use of fees collected from H-2A employers, shall provide assistance for labor management committees, administrative expenses, and demonstration programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish demonstration programs to improve agricultural labor management practices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Father's Equity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting acquisition of citizenship for a child born abroad and out of wedlock to a U.S.-citizen father to eliminate requirements that: (1) the father agree in writing to provide financial support until the child reaches 18 years old; and (2) before the child reaches 18 years old paternity is acknowledged by the father and established by court adjudication. States that nothing in the provision respecting acquisition of citizenship for a child born abroad and out of wedlock shall be construed to preclude establishment of citizenship after the parent or parents' death.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act or DREAM Act - - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, certain (inadmissible or deportable) alien higher education students under the age of 21 with qualifying years of U.S. residency.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2001 - Provides that during a specified immigration moratorium period: (1) employment-based immigrant visas shall be reduced, and family-sponsored and diversity immigrant visas shall be eliminated; (2) immigrant status shall be granted only to children and spouses of U.S. citizens or priority workers; (3) refugee admissions and asylee adjustments shall be limited to 25,000 per year; and (4) an alien shall be required to renounce citizenship or nationality of any other country in order to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney General to create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens who entered the United States at least 15 years before the (permanent resident) application date.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise admission requirements for nonimmigrant alien nurses, including increasing the type of qualifying employer-facilities; and (2) increase the number of annual two-year foreign residency requirement waivers for aliens receiving graduate medical education or training in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Extension Act - Amends the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend naturalization application and fee deadline provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2001
Children's Adjustment, Relief, and Education Act or the CARE Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain (inadmissible or deportable) alien secondary or higher education students under the age of 21 with qualifying years of U.S. residency. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make such alien higher education students eligible for education assistance during the pendency of their application for cancellation of removal.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2001
Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise admission requirements for nonimmigrant alien nurses, including increasing the type of qualifying employer-facilities; (2) revise related immigrant status provisions; and (3) increase the number of annual two-year foreign residency requirement waivers for aliens receiving graduate medical education or training in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, local governments, and institutions of higher education for recruitment and training of domestic registered nurses and other health care providers.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2001
Constitutional Amendment - States that no person born in the United States shall be a U.S. citizen unless a parent is a U.S. citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act - Amends Federal law to prohibit the affixation of the "Made in the USA" label to a product (including textile fiber product) from the Northern Mariana Islands unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater than the wage set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (2) the product was manufactured in compliance with all Federal laws relating to labor rights and working conditions; and (3) the factory or other business producing the product does not employ individuals under conditions of indentured servitude. Applies to the Northern Mariana Islands: (1) the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) the Immigration and Nationality Act. Prohibits any product of the Northern Mariana Islands from entering the customs territory of the United States duty-free or not subject to quota as a product of an insular possession unless specified requirements relating to fair labor practices and country of origin are met. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the inspection by the Customs Service of any vessel from a foreign port or from a place in any U.S. territory or possession arriving at a port or place in the Northern Mariana Islands. Requires a study of the extent of human and labor rights violations in the Northern Mariana Islands.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Declares Brenda Jean Nellis to be eligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Declares Renato Rosetti to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fee.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Posthumous Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend until two years after the later of the date of enactment of this Act or the date of the person's death the deadline for the Attorney General to approve a request to grant posthumous citizenship to individuals who die while on active-duty military service.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2001
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related agencies. Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) radiation exposure compensation; (5) interagency law enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (7) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (8) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (9) the Federal prison system; (10) Office of Justice programs; and (11) community oriented policing services. Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and (2) the International Trade Commission. Makes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) export administration; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (6) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (7) the Patent and Trademark Office; (8) technology administration; (9) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (10) departmental management. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations to the Judiciary for: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; (7) judiciary retirement funds; and (8) the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; and (3) the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Makes appropriations for the: (1) Maritime Administration; (2) Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) Commission on Civil Rights; (4) Commission on Ocean Policy; (5) Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) Federal Communications Commission; (9) Federal Maritime Commission; (10) the Federal Trade Commission; (11) Legal Services Corporation; (12) Marine Mammal Commission; (13) National Veterans Business Development Corporation; (14) Securities and Exchange Commission; (15) Small Business Administration; (16) State Justice Institute; and (17) United States-Canada Alaska Rail Commission. Establishes within the Department of Justice the position of Deputy Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Prohibits the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to a citizen of the People's Republic of China who: (1) participates in or supports the harvesting, transplantation, or trafficking of organs of executed Chinese prisoners; or (2) seeks such visa for the purpose of training in organ or bodily tissue transplantation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2001
Expresses the deep regret of Congress for the U.S. refusal to provide political asylum to the Jewish refugees aboard the S.S. St. Louis in May and June of 1939.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 2001
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related agencies for FY 2002. Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) radiation exposure compensation; (5) interagency law enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (7) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (8) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (9) the Federal Prison System; and (10) Office of Justice Programs. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to: (1) pay for an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape; or (2) to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, an abortion. Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the International Trade Commission. Makes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) export administration and national security activities; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Administration; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (8) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (9) the Under Secretary for Technology of the Office of Technology Policy; (10) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (11) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (12) departmental management, including the Office of Inspector General. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; (7) judicial retirement funds; and (8) the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of State for the administration of foreign affairs and for international organizations and conferences; and (2) the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Makes appropriations for the: (1) Maritime Administration; (2) Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) Commission on Civil Rights; (4) Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) Federal Communications Commission; (9) Federal Maritime Commission; (10) Federal Trade Commission; (11) Legal Services Corporation; (12) Marine Mammal Commission; (13) National Veterans Business Development Corporation; (14) Pacific Charter Commission; (15) Securities and Exchange Commission; (16) Small Business Administration; and (17) State Justice Institute. Sets forth: (1) limitations and prohibitions on the use of funds appropriated by this Act; and (2) Buy American provisions. Rescinds specified unobligated balances of prior year appropriations for the emergency oil and gas guaranteed loan program account and the emergency steel guaranteed loan program account of the Department of Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001
Family Sponsor Immigration Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the acceptance of a signed affidavit of support (to establish that an alien is not excludable as a public charge) from another eligible family sponsor of the alien upon the death of the original sponsor-petitioner (after acceptance of the petition but before signing the affidavit of support) if the Attorney General determines for humanitarian reasons that the original sponsor's classification petition should not be revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal subsequent to a felony conviction shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living conditions if the alien is convicted of another felony after reentry.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001
Wage Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among the conditions of approval of an H-2A (visa) temporary agricultural worker petition the requirement that an employer may not be required to pay workers more than the greater of: (1) the prevailing wage for seasonal agricultural workers in the occupation in the area of intended employment; or (2) the greater of Federal or State minimum wage.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001
Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General, upon completion of specified agricultural work and residency requirements, to adjust the status of a qualifying alien agricultural worker to that of a: (1) lawfully admitted temporary nonimmigrant; and (2) permanent resident nonimmigrant. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth registry application requirements for H-2A employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal, and is not the result of a labor dispute, (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits, and compliance with labor laws. Sets forth employment requirements with respect to: (1) wages; (2) housing; (3) transportation reimbursement; and (4) obligation to employ U.S. workers. Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of temporary H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders. States that nothing in this Act shall preclude the Secretary and the Attorney General from continuing to apply special procedures to the employment, admissions, and extension of aliens in the range production of livestock. Directs the Secretary to establish registry user and alien employment user fee schedules and related collection processes.