United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 178 (115th)
Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2017
Introduced
3 January 2017
Last action
13 January 2017 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Sponsors
Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4], Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14], Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1], Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1], Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5], Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit, as of October 1, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving a petition for classification of an alien as a special immigrant religious worker/minister if DHS has determined that the alien's country of nationality: is identified as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest in the 2013 International Religious Freedom Report, or does not extend reciprocal immigration treatment to U.S. nationals who are seeking resident status in order to work in a religious vocation or occupation.
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Timeline
3 January 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
3 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 January 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 3 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · R · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019
- related to ← Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/178
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/178
- us · 115-hr-178 · source updated 11 August 2025