American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2006

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the denial of family classification petitions filed by an individual who owes child support arrearages.

1/4/2007--Introduced.
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) from approving a family-based immigration petition or fiance/fiancee nonimmigrant petition by a petitioner certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as owing child support arrearages. Authorizes the Secretary to revoke a previously-approved petition (if a visa has not been issued or a status adjustment has not been effected) if such petition would not have been approved had the provisions of this Act been in effect.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
• and 9 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • David Davis
  • Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
  • Philip English
  • Rep. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5]
  • Rep. Samuel Johnson [R, TX-3]
  • Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 4 more
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.78

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 04, 2007

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• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Jan 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
• Jan 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Admission of nonimmigrants
• Aliens
• Child support
• 7 more
• Children
• Collection of accounts
• Families
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Immigrants
• Visas

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