United States · Bill · S
S. 2974 (111th)
Return of Talent Act
Introduced
2 February 2010
Last action
26 March 2010 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.
Sponsors
Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Return of Talent Act - Establishes the Return of Talent Program to permit an eligible alien (and certain family members) to return to the alien's country of citizenship for up to two years in order to contribute to such country's postconflict or natural disaster reconstruction activities. (During such absence the alien and family members shall be considered to be continuously present and residing in the United States for naturalization purposes.)
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Timeline
2 February 2010
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
2 February 2010
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
25 March 2010
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
26 March 2010
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.
Source: Calendars
26 March 2010
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Source: Committee
26 March 2010
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 26 March 2010 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 2 February 2010 · Download file
Documents
6 official files
Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 26 March 2010
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 26 March 2010
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 26 March 2010
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 February 2010
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Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 February 2010
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 2 February 2010
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → CIR ASAP Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2974
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/2974
- us · 111-s-2974 · source updated 10 August 2026