Immigration

Immigration Court Efficiency and Children's Court Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2023

Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2023

BUILD IT Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2023

Border's Unused Idle and Lying Dormant Inventory Transfer Act or the BUILD IT Act This bill requires the federal government to transfer, upon request, materials associated with the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the governments of the states along that border (i.e., Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas). The transferred materials must be used to construct, repair, or reinforce a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. The federal government must cancel any existing contracts relating to the maintenance and security of the materials if the cancellation is necessary to transfer the materials.

State Border Defense Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2023

Evicting Violent Islamic Criminals That Entered Deviously Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2023

Evicting Violent Islamic Criminals That Entered Deviously Act or the EVICTED Act This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to subject to expedited removal any non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) who is a resident of the Palestinian Territories and unlawfully present. (An unlawfully present individual has not been admitted or paroled into the United States.) Under current law, an individual subject to expedited removal shall be ordered removed from the United States without further hearing or review unless the individual indicates an intention to apply for asylum or a fear of prosecution.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain naturalization requirements for United States nationals, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2023

Protecting Unaccompanied Children Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2023

Where Are The Terrorists Now Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2023

Ensure Uniform Border Inspection Practices Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2023

Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2023

Stop the Iranian Hostage Business Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 2023

Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2023

Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 This bill establishes positions within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to review inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States. Specifically, the bill establishes the position of image technician within the CBP Office of Field Operations. An image technician must (1) review nonintrusive inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States; (2) assess whether there are indications that such vehicles and cargo contain contraband, illicitly concealed merchandise (e.g., drugs and weapons), or persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and (3) recommend suspicious vehicles and cargo for further inspection by a CBP officer. The bill also establishes the position of supervisory image technician with additional responsibilities, including receiving and reporting intelligence to the National Targeting Center about techniques used by malign actors to transport contraband, illicitly concealed merchandise, and persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States. A CBP officer shall retain the discretion and final decision-making authority on whether to release a vehicle or cargo or refer the vehicle or cargo for further inspection. The bill establishes annual training requirements for both image technician and supervisory image technician positions, including training on privacy and civil liberties and how to analyze inspection images. Within a year of this bill's enactment, CBP must develop a workforce staffing model for these positions. The Government Accountability Office must validate the model within six months of the model's completion.

PRESERVING DUE PROCESS AND THE RULE OF LAW: EXAMINING THE STATUS OF OUR NATION'S IMMIGRATION COURTS

United States · United States Senate · 18 October 2023

Condemning foreign nationals in the United States who have endorsed and espoused the actions of foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) in Gaza who, on October 7, 2023, launched attacks against the State of Israel, and killed innocent Israeli and United States citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2023

This resolution calls on the President to deny visas to and deport foreign nationals who have endorsed or espoused the terrorist activities of designated foreign terrorist organizations, specifically including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah.

GRATEFUL Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2023

A resolution condemning foreign nationals in the United States who have endorsed and espoused the actions of foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) in Gaza who, on October 7, 2023, launched attacks against the State of Israel, and killed innocent Israeli and United States citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2023

GAZA Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2023

Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act or the GAZA Act This bill makes a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) who holds a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority ineligible for admission to the United States. The bill specifies that such individual is ineligible to receive admission, parole, a visa, or other documentation to enter the United States, or to receive any other immigration benefit. 

Name, Image, and Likeness for International Collegiate Athletes Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2023

Name, Image, and Likeness for International Collegiate Athletes Act This bill makes nonimmigrant student visas (F visas) available to college athletes who enter into endorsement contracts involving the individual’s name, image, or likeness. The visa is available to individuals enrolled in a U.S. institution of higher education who intend to contract for the commercial use of their name, image, or likeness (i.e., endorsement contracts).  The bill authorizes the visa holder to obtain employment authorization for the purpose of engaging in activities related to such contracts. (Under current law, student visa holders must obtain employment authorization to perform off-campus work. The off-campus work must either be related to the student’s field of study or in response to severe economic hardship due to unforeseen circumstances, subject to further requirements.) The Department of Homeland Security may engage the student's institution of higher education in oversight of the student's employment activity. 

Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2023

GAZA Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 October 2023

Recognizing the influx of known or suspected terrorists through America's northern border as a threat to national security.

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 2023

This resolution states that there is an influx of terrorism through the northern U.S. border, posing a threat to national security. The resolution demands that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas implement a plan to better secure the northern U.S. border.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2023

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 This bill provides FY2024 appropriations to the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the science agencies, and several related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, Economic and Statistical Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Departmental Management. The bill provides appropriations to DOJ for General Administration; the Executive Office for Immigration Review; the Office of Inspector General; the U.S. Parole Commission; Legal Activities; the U.S. Marshals Service; the National Security Division; Interagency Law Enforcement; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Federal Prison System. The bill also provides appropriations to DOJ for state and local law enforcement activities, including the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The bill provides appropriations for science agencies, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Science Foundation. The bill provides appropriations to related agencies, including the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

A bill to permanently authorize the exemption of aliens working as fish processors from the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2023

This bill establishes that the annual numerical cap on temporary nonagricultural worker (H-2B) visas does not apply to fish roe processors, fish processors, technicians, or processing supervisors. Under current law, up to 66,000 H-2B visas may be issued in a year, with additional visas available to certain classes of workers who are exempt from this cap. 

Passport Sanity Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2023

Passport Sanity Act This bill prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad with an unspecified (X) gender designation. The State Department must also ensure that applications for such documents include only male and female gender designations.

State Border Defense Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 2023

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2023

This bill expands the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to consolidate, modify, or reorganize customs revenue functions. For example, this bill authorizes CBP to add functions to existing positions that perform these revenue functions. CBP may also establish new job series and grades for personnel that perform these functions. The bill also modifies a provision that prohibits CBP from reducing the staffing level of certain revenue functions (e.g., import specialists, entry specialists, and customs auditors). Specifically, this bill relaxes this prohibition by allowing for reductions if the reduction will not result in a staffing level below the optimal level as determined in a specified resource allocation model. (Currently, CBP is required to report to Congress every two years the results of this model to determine the optimal staffing levels for carrying out CBP commercial operations.) The bill also expands this staffing level reduction restriction to also apply to national account managers and international trade analysts.

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2023

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act This bill provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through November 17, 2023, and provides emergency funding for disaster relief. It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several Federal Aviation Administration programs, the National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Drug Administration user fees for animal drug applications, and several public health programs. DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024 This division provides continuing FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of November 17, 2023, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2024 begins on October 1, 2023. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. This division also provides emergency funding to respond to natural disasters. (Sec. 101) This section provides FY2024 appropriations to federal agencies for continuing projects or activities at the levels and under the conditions included in specified FY2023 appropriations acts. The section also extends several immigration-related programs and specifies several exceptions. (Sec. 102) This section prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from funding new or accelerated production of certain projects and other activities and certain multiyear procurements prior to the enactment of the regular annual appropriations act. (Sec. 103) This section specifies that funds provided by Section 101 of this division shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided in the pertinent appropriations act. (Sec. 104) This section generally prohibits appropriations provided by Section 101 of this division from being used to initiate or resume any project or activity that was not funded during FY2023. (Sec. 105) This section specifies that appropriations provided by the CR are to be used to conduct FY2024 activities and programs during the period of the CR. (Sec. 106) This section continues the appropriations provided by this division through the earlier of November 17, 2023, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. (Sec. 107) This section requires expenditures for activities funded in this division to be charged to the full-year appropriations bill and relevant account when the applicable appropriations bill becomes law. (Sec. 108) This section waives the normal time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments of accounts funded in annual appropriations acts. (Sec. 109) This section limits disbursements for programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or would complete distribution of funding at the beginning of the fiscal year if those actions would impinge on final congressional funding prerogatives. (Sec. 110) This section requires this division to be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted by this division is taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. (Sec. 111) This section continues funding for certain appropriated entitlements and other mandatory payments with budget authority provided in an FY2023 appropriations act at the rate necessary to maintain program levels under current law. It also provides authority to obligate funds for mandatory payments that are due up to 30 days following the expiration of the CR. (Sec. 112) This section permits funding made available by this division for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned at the rate necessary to avoid furloughs. It also requires all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses to be taken prior to using this authority. (Sec. 113) This section permits funds appropriated by this division to be obligated and expended notwithstanding specified statutory provisions restricting appropriations for foreign assistance, the Department of State, international broadcasting, and intelligence activities in the absence of prior authorizations. (Sec. 114) This section extends designations of emergency requirements to funds provided by this division that previously carried those designations. (Emergency spending is generally exempt from discretionary spending limits.) This section also extends other specified designations (e.g. disaster relief funds) to funds provided by this division. (These designations generally allow adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate additional spending for specified purposes.) (Sec. 115) This section sets forth requirements for the treatment of rescissions when federal agencies implement the funding levels provided by the CR. (Sec. 116) This section allows the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm Service Agency to apportion funding for the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program account at the rate necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans. (Sec. 117) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain activities for the Rural Housing Service's Rental Assistance Program. (Sec. 118) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). (Sec. 119) This section allows USDA to apportion funding at the rate necessary to maintain the current program caseload for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. (Sec. 120) This section extends various authorities under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999, which requires buyers of live cattle, swine, and lamb and sellers of wholesale beef, pork, and lamb to report prices, volumes, and other marketing characteristics to USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service. (Sec. 121) This section allows the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to apportion funding for Salaries and Expenses at the rate necessary to administer broadband programs. (Sec. 122) This section extends the availability of specified funds that were provided to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Space Operations. (Sec. 123) This section extends the U.S. Parole Commission through the duration of the CR. (Sec. 124) This section allows DOD to obligate specified funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account for the procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine. (Sec. 125) This section extends the authority for DOD to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD. (Sec. 126) This section provides additional funding to the Office of Personnel Management for Salaries and Expenses. (Sec. 127) This section authorizes the District of Columbia to spend local funds at the rates set forth in the Fiscal Year 2024 Local Budget Act of 2023 for programs and activities that were funded in FY2023. (Sec. 128) This section allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to apportion funding for the Disaster Relief Fund at the rate necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. (Sec. 129) This section provides emergency funding to FEMA for the Disaster Relief Fund. It also requires specified funds to be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for related audits and activities. (Sec. 130) This section reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 17, 2023. (Sec. 131) This section extends the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Protection System (commonly known as EINSTEIN) and related reporting requirements. (Sec. 132) This section allows the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to apportion funds at the rate necessary to continue funding a base salary increase for federal wildland firefighters. (Sec. 133) This section extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. (Sec. 134) This section extends the authority for DOD to obligate funds for certain military construction projects. (Sec. 135) This section extends the authority for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to hire certain Personal Service Contractors. (Sec. 136) This section extends the term of a member of the board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (Sec. 137) This section makes additional funding available to the Federal Aviation Administration for the personnel and related expenses funded by the Facilities and Equipment account. DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS TITLE I--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS (Sec. 2101) This section extends through November 17, 2023, certain provisions of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) that provide grants and other financial assistance for the FSM. The section also extends the authority for certain federal programs and services in the FSM and the Republic of the Marshall Islands until new federal programs and services agreements take effect. (Sec. 2102) This section extends the deadlines for the Department of the Interior to issue proposed and final regulations pursuant to negotiated rulemaking for the Tribal Self-Governance Program. (The PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act revised Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and funding agreements with tribes. The act also authorized a negotiated rulemaking committee to negotiate and promulgate regulations for its implementation.) TITLE II--FAA EXTENSION This title temporarily extends specific Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs and activities. Subtitle A--Federal Aviation Programs (Sec. 2201) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This program provides grants for planning, development, and noise compatibility projects at or associated with certain public-use airports. (Sec. 2202) This section extends through December 31, 2023, certain expiring Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA authorities and programs. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide insurance and reinsurance for the federal government for risks from operating an aircraft and providing related goods or services. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site Program, which provides verification of the safety of public and civil UAS, operations, and related navigation procedures before their integration into the national airspace system. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority of DOT to provide exemptions from some requirements for UAS by using a risk-based approach to determine if certain UAS may operate safely in the national airspace system. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's airport safety and airspace hazard mitigation and enforcement program to test and evaluate technologies or systems that detect and mitigate potential aviation safety risks posed by UAS. This section extends through December 31, 2023, competitive access disclosure requirements for AIP grant applications for large and medium hub airports. Specifically, an airport must provide assurances to DOT that it will report if it has been unable to accommodate one or more requests by an air carrier for access to gates or other facilities at that airport in order to provide service or expanded service. This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for AIP grants for airports located in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. This section extends authorization through December 31, 2023, for the FAA AIP supplementary discretionary funds for grants for airport or terminal development projects. This section extends through December 31, 2023, AIP grant authorization for compatible land use planning and projects by state and local governments. Airport-compatible land uses are those that can coexist with a nearby airport without constraining the safe and efficient operation of the airport, or exposing people living or working nearby to significant environmental impacts. This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the AIP non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot grant program. These systems use on-airport sensors to track vehicles or aircraft that are equipped with transponders on portions of the airfield surface that are not under the control of air traffic control. This section extends through December 31, 2023, authorization for the FAA weather reporting programs. This section extends through January 1, 2024, a learning period (i.e., moratorium) that applies to certain DOT commercial spaceflight safety regulations governing the design or operation of a launch vehicle to protect the health and safety of crew, government astronauts, and space flight participants. This section extends through December 31, 2023, authority for DOT to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Interior for the purpose of funding airport development at Midway Island Airport. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the termination date for a final order establishing mileage and adjustment eligibility under the Essential Air Service Program using the most commonly used route between the place and the nearest medium hub airport or large hub airport. (DOT established the program to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 would continue to receive scheduled passenger service.) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the moratorium on discontinuing the FAA Contract Weather Observer Program at any airport. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA remote tower pilot program. A remote tower is a remotely operated air navigation facility, including all necessary system components, that provides the functions and capabilities of an air traffic control tower whereby air traffic services are provided to operators at an airport from a location that may not be on or near the airport. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for DOT to provide AIP grants for airport access roads in certain remote locations and for storage facilities for certain snow removal and safety equipment. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA's UAS remote detection and identification pilot program. Under the program, the FAA uses available remote detection or identification technologies for safety oversight, including enforcement actions against operators of UAS that are not in compliance with federal aviation laws and regulations. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, which advises DOT in carrying out activities relating to airline customer service improvements. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the requirement that the Aviation Consumer Advocate at DOT submit an annual report to Congress summarizing aviation consumer complaints and recommendations. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA Air Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee to address the needs of passengers with disabilities. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for an FAA pilot program to provide air traffic control services on a preferential basis to aircraft equipped with certain Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) avionics. This section extends through December 31, 2023, the pilot program that allows AIP funds to be used for activities related to the redevelopment of airport properties. (Sec. 2203) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, FAA salaries, operations, and maintenance. Further, this section extends through December 31, 2023, DOT's authority to reduce the FAA's expenses for non-safety-related activities if DOT determines that the funding levels are insufficient to meet the FAA's authorized salary, operations and maintenance expenses. (Sec. 2204) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to acquire, establish, and improve air navigation facilities and equipment. (Sec. 2205) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority to conduct civil aviation research, engineering, and development. (Sec. 2206) This section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the FAA Essential Air Service Program. Further, this section reauthorizes through December 31, 2023, the Small Community Air Service Development Program, a DOT grant program designed to help small communities address air service and airfare issues. Subtitle B--Aviation Revenue Provisions (Sec. 2211) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the FAA's authority for expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF). The AATF is the primary funding source for all major FAA accounts that fund federal aviation programs, with the remainder coming from general fund appropriations. (Sec. 2212) This section extends through December 31, 2023, the authority for the FAA to collect various taxes and fees to fund the AATF, including taxes on aviation fuel and airline tickets. Subtitle C--Expiring Counter-UAS 12 Authorities (Sec. 2221) This section extends through November 18, 2023, the authority of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate a credible threat to certain facilities or assets from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). These include certain facilities that are located in the United States and identified as high-risk and a potential target for unlawful UAS activity. TITLE III--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Subtitle A--Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments This subtitle reauthorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect fees for brand-name and generic animal drug applications through FY2028. Animal drugs are drugs that are intended for animals other than humans (e.g., pets and livestock). Animal drugs must be approved by the FDA before they may be offered on the commercial market. The FDA is authorized to collect fees for animal drug applications in order to support its regulatory activities; this authority currently expires at the end of FY2023. Chapter 1--Fees Relating to Animal Drugs Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 (Sec. 2302) This section updates statutory references to mutual agreements between the United States and the European Union regarding animal drug manufacturing to include specific mutual recognition agreements between the United States and the European Union and between the United States and the United Kingdom. (Sec. 2303) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for brand-name animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations. (Sec. 2304) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization. (Sec. 2305) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for brand-name animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023. (Sec. 2306) This section provides that the fee changes apply to brand-name animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023. (Sec. 2307) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029. Chapter 2--Fees Relating to Generic Animal Drugs Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023 (Sec. 2312) This section reauthorizes the FDA to collect fees for generic animal drug applications through FY2028 and makes related updates to fee calculations. It also provides for a specific fee for requests to establish generic investigational new animal drug files and requires other application fees to be adjusted accordingly. (Sec. 2313) This section updates FDA reporting requirements to reflect the reauthorization. (Sec. 2314) This section provides that current law continues to apply with respect to fees for generic animal drug applications that were accepted by the FDA before October 1, 2023. (Sec. 2315) This section provides that the fee changes apply to generic animal drug applications that are received on or after October 1, 2023. (Sec. 2316) This section provides that the fee authorizations expire on October 1, 2028, and that related reporting requirements expire on January 31, 2029. Subtitle B--Public Health Extenders (Sec. 2321) This section extends through November 17, 2023, funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Community Health Center Fund, and the National Health Services Corps. (The program supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The fund supports (1) grants for outpatient health care facilities that serve medically underserved populations; and (2) the National Health Service Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.) (Sec. 2322) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. (The Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes supports research on the prevention and cure of Type I diabetes, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians supports diabetes treatment and prevention for tribal populations.) Subtitle C--Necessary Authorities to Respond to Threats (Sec. 2331) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to directly appoint candidates to positions within the National Disaster Medical System if HHS determines the number of personnel in the system is insufficient to address a public health emergency or potential public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023. The National Disaster Medical System is a partnership between HHS, the Department of Defense, and other federal departments that responds to public health and other emergencies, including by deploying medical response teams. (Sec. 2332) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the authority that allows states and tribes to request the temporary reassignment of state and local health department personnel who are funded through certain federal programs to immediately address a public health emergency. Currently, the authorization expires on September 30, 2023. (Sec. 2333) This section extends through November 17, 2023, the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, the National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters, and the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters. Currently, these committees terminate on September 30, 2023. Subtitle D--Medicaid (Sec. 2341) This section delays reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) allotments until November 18, 2023. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.) (Sec. 2342) This section reduces the amount of funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund for activities relating to mechanized claims systems beginning in FY2028. Subtitle E--Human Services (Sec. 2351) This section funds through November 17, 2023, programs that support child welfare services and activities. Specifically, it funds the (1) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Service Program, which provides grants to states and Indian tribes to support preventive interventions and other activities to keep families together; and (2) the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, which supports efforts to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanent living arrangements for children (e.g., parental reunification or adoption). (Sec. 2352) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program. This program supports projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activities. (Sec. 2353) This section extends funding through November 17, 2023, for the Personal Responsibility Education Program. This program provides grants to states to educate young people about abstinence and contraception for prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The program also supports pregnant and parenting youth. TITLE IV-- BUDGETARY EFFECTS (Sec. 2401) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO Act), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.

No IDs for Illegals Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2023

SAFER Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2023

Homeland Heroes Pay Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2023

Homeland Heroes Pay Act This bill provides continuing appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and agents during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) in FY2024. If a lapse in appropriations occurs in FY2024, the bill provides continuing appropriations for the salaries and expenses of (1) CBP officers and agents who are performing mission critical functions at U.S. southwest, northern, and maritime border ports of entry, and between such ports of entry; and (2) ICE officers and agents who conduct immigration enforcement and investigations of criminal operations and organizations. The bill provides the continuing appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2024. 

Keep Our Border Agents Paid Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2023

PASSPORT Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2023

Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2023

Schools Not Shelters Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2023

Schools Not Shelters Act This bill denies federal funds to schools providing emergency shelter or housing to certain non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law), subject to exceptions. Under the bill, primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education are ineligible for federal funds if they provide emergency shelter or housing exclusively to non-U.S. nationals under the order of state, local, or federal government. The bill excepts short-term (72 hours or less) emergency shelter made necessary by qualifying disasters.  Federal funds denied by the bill include grants, loans, loan guarantees, and property, but not certain reimbursements for services rendered.

Nordic Trader and Investor Parity Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2023

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON DESTROYING AMERICA'S BEST IDEA: EXAMINING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S USE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LANDS FOR MIGRANT CAMPS

United States · United States House of Representatives · 27 September 2023

No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2023

No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act This bill makes a state or political subdivision of a state ineligible for any federal funds the jurisdiction intends to use to benefit non-U.S. nationals (i.e., aliens under federal law) who are unlawfully present if the jurisdiction withholds information about citizenship or immigration status or does not cooperate with immigration detainers. Specifically, such funds are denied to any jurisdiction that has a law, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity from maintaining, sending, or receiving information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual; exchanging information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with a federal, state, or local government entity;  complying with a valid immigration detainer from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); or  notifying DHS about an individual's release from custody. The funding restriction does not apply to a law, policy, or practice that only applies to an individual who comes forward as a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense. The bill applies beginning in the fiscal year following its enactment.

FAST Passports Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2023

The Federal Assistance for Streamlining Travel Passports Act or the FAST Passports Act This bill requires the Department of State to provide Congress with a strategy to improve the processing of passport applications. The strategy must aim to improve communication within the State Department, particularly among passport offices regarding passport applications. It must also seek to ensure that the State Department provides updates and responses to inquiries from congressional offices and the public within a reasonably short period of time.

Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2023

Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees who are required to work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) in FY2024. Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to CBP for the salaries and expenses of agents of the U.S. Border Patrol and officers of the Office of Field Operations who are excepted from furlough (i.e., required to work) during a lapse in discretionary appropriations in FY2024. 

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the constitutional right of State Governors to repel the dangerous ongoing invasion across the United States southern border.

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2023

This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that citizens in all 50 states have been endangered by President Biden's border policies. The resolution finds that violent activity and significant numbers of border crossings constitute invasion under the U.S. Constitution and expresses that state governors possess the authority to repel such invasion.

No Asylum for CCP Spies Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2023

First Responders Passport Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2023

No Asylum for CCP Spies Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2023

No Asylum for CCP Spies Act This bill makes a non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) who has been affiliated with the Communist or a totalitarian party ineligible for asylum. The bill provides exceptions for an applicant who establishes that such affiliation was involuntary or limited or, alternatively, has significant information relating to national security, Under the bill, a non-U.S. national who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any totalitarian party (including a subdivision or affiliate thereof) is ineligible for asylum. (Under current law, such affiliation makes a non-U.S. national ineligible for a visa or lawful permanent resident status, with certain exceptions.) Such an individual may become eligible for asylum if the individual (1) publicly renounces his or her membership before applying; (2) denounces such party during the adjudication process; (3) has been determined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Department of Justice (DOJ) not to be a danger to U.S. security; and (4) establishes that such party affiliation was involuntary, automatic, to obtain employment or living essentials, or only while the individual was younger than 16 years of age.  Alternatively, DHS or DOJ may waive these requirements if a non-U.S. national seeking asylum (1) has significant information relating to national security, (2) renounces the party affiliation or membership and denounces the totalitarian party, and (3) is determined not to be a danger to the United States.

Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2023

MORE Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2023

Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act or the MORE Act This bill decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also makes other changes, including the following: replaces statutory references to marijuana and marihuana with cannabis , requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees, establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs, imposes an excise tax on cannabis products produced in or imported into the United States and an occupational tax on cannabis production facilities and export warehouses, makes Small Business Administration loans and services available to entities that are cannabis-related legitimate businesses or service providers, prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions, prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of an event (e.g., conduct or conviction) relating to possession or use of cannabis that is no longer prohibited under the bill, establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization.

Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2023

Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol officer or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol. The bill establishes criminal penalties for an offense, including a mandatory minimum prison term for an offense resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additionally, the bill establishes immigration-related penalties—a permanent bar on applying for legal status in the United States—for an offense by an individual who is unlawfully present in the United States.

Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in U.S. Customs and Border Protection Custody Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2023

Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in U.S. Customs and Border Protection Custody Act This bill imposes requirements and standards related to the care of non-U.S. nationals ( aliens  under federal law) in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. CBP must conduct an initial health screening of each individual in custody to identify those with acute conditions and high-risk vulnerabilities and to provide appropriate healthcare. CBP must conduct the screening within 12 hours of each individual's arrival at a CBP facility, and within 6 hours for certain priority individuals such as children and individuals with disabilities. The bill imposes various requirements related to providing such screenings, such as providing interpreters, chaperones, and mental health treatment when necessary. CBP must ensure detainees have access to drinking water, toilets, sanitation facilities, hygiene products, food, and shelter. The bill imposes certain standards relating to such requirements, such as the minimum amount of drinking water for each detainee and the acceptable temperature range of the shelters. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must enter into memoranda of understanding with various government agencies to address instances when surge capacity is necessary. The DHS Office of the Inspector General must conduct unannounced inspections of ports of entry, border patrol stations, and detention facilities and report the results to Congress. The Government Accountability Office must assess CBP's management of such facilities, whether CBP and DHS processes are in compliance with this bill's requirements, and the behavior of CBP personnel in carrying out this bill. DHS shall publicly release on its website, on a quarterly basis, aggregate data on complaints of sexual abuse at CBP facilities.

Reuniting Families Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2023

Secure the Border Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2023

Secure the Border Act of 2023  This bill addresses issues regarding immigration and border security, including by imposing limits to asylum eligibility. For example, the bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume activities to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border; provides statutory authorization for Operation Stonegarden, which provides grants to law enforcement agencies for certain border security operations; prohibits DHS from processing the entry of non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) arriving between ports of entry; limits asylum eligibility to non-U.S. nationals who arrive in the United States at a port of entry; authorizes the removal of a non-U.S. national to a country other than that individual's country of nationality or last lawful habitual residence, whereas currently this type of removal may only be to a country that has an agreement with the United States for such removal; expands the types of crimes that may make an individual ineligible for asylum, such as a conviction for driving while intoxicated causing another person's serious bodily injury or death; authorizes DHS to suspend the introduction of certain non-U.S. nationals at an international border if DHS determines that the suspension is necessary to achieve operational control of that border; prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors; authorizes immigration officers to permit an unaccompanied alien child to withdraw their application for admission into the United States even if the child is unable to make an independent decision to withdraw the application; imposes additional penalties for overstaying a visa; and requires DHS to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system and requires all employers to use the system.

Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2023

Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 This bill addresses issues relating to non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) with advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field, including exempting certain such individuals from direct limitations on the number of immigrant visas granted per year. To be exempt from the annual numerical limitations on immigrant visas, the individual must (1) have earned a master's level or higher degree in certain STEM fields while in the United States attending an accredited higher education institution, (2) be employed (or have an offer) to perform work directly related to the degree and earn higher than the median wage for that occupation, and (3) meet certain labor certification requirements. The bill also allows an individual seeking a nonimmigrant F-1 (student) visa for an advanced STEM degree to obtain the nonimmigrant visa even if the individual seeks lawful permanent resident status. (Generally, an individual may be denied a nonimmigrant visa if the individual actually intends to seek immigrant status, unless dual intent is allowed for that visa.) Under this bill, to be approved for an F-1 visa for an advanced STEM degree, the applicant must apply for the visa before beginning the advanced degree program. The bill also requires an individual who is inside the United States and applying for an F-1 visa for an advanced STEM degree to undergo the same vetting (e.g., verifying academic credentials and undergoing background checks) as an individual applying from outside the United States.