United States · Bill · S
S. 871 (106th)
Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act of 1999
Introduced
22 April 1999
Last action
22 April 1999 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Subjects
Defence, Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act of 1999 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (transitional rules) to make certain aliens who are on active armed forces duty or honorably discharged veterans eligible for: (1) release from (criminal alien) detention; (2) cancellation of removal; and (3) judicial review of certain orders of removal.
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Timeline
22 April 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
22 April 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
22 April 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4123)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 22 April 1999 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/871
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/871
- us · 106-s-871 · source updated 10 August 2026