United States · Bill · S
S. 1949 (108th)
Return of Talent Act
Introduced
24 November 2003
Last action
24 November 2003 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15844)
Sponsors
Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Return of Talent Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the Return of Talent Program to permit an eligible permanent resident alien and family members to temporarily return (two years with extension) to the alien's country of citizenship in order to make a material contribution to that country if the country is engaged in post-conflict reconstruction activities. States that such time abroad shall be considered as U.S. physical and continuous residency for naturalization purposes.
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Timeline
24 November 2003
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15844)
Source: IntroReferral
24 November 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15843-15844)
Source: IntroReferral
24 November 2003
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 November 2003 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1949
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1949
- us · 108-s-1949 · source updated 10 August 2026