S.424 - Uniting American Families Act of 2009

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships. as introduced.
  • Short: Uniting American Families Act of 2009 as introduced.

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03/08/11
H.R.1005: Medicare Ambulance Acces...

Bill Introduced: HR1005 To amend title XVIII of the Social ... To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to ambu...

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02/28/11
S.422: Passenger Vehicle Loss Disc...

small business loans: Legislative Proposals to Facilitate the ... ... and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress...

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01/03/11
Wernicke Kommentar Art. 20 GG | St...

Vf. Rh.-Pf., 1950, S. 424 ff., Erl. 4 zu Art. 121). Mit der Erklärung allein, daß hierunter sowohl gesetztes Recht (Gesetzes – und VO.-Re...

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01/01/11
BiNational Same Sex Couples: Exact...

Immigration Raids Lawsuit Upheld · DREAM Come True · Uniting American Families Act · The Repealing of Don't Ask, Don't Tell/Uniting Ame.....

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12/29/10
BiNational Same Sex Couples: We Wi...

S.424 Stats. Twitter. Artificial Insemination on a Budget e-book. Because my same sex partner and I wanted children, and really could not...

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12/29/10
VP Biden Says Consensus On Same Se...

The version of the bill introduced in the House last February (H.R.1024) currently has 116 cosponsors, while the Senate version (S. 424) ...

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12/23/10
BiNational Same Sex Couples: Chris...

S.424 Stats. Twitter. Artificial Insemination on a Budget e-book. Because my same sex partner and I wanted children, and really could not...

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12/20/10
Voice of the Resistance

S. 424. Introduced by Senators Bright, S. Martin, Alexander, Campbell, Fair, Knotts, Cromer, Mulvaney, Verdin, L. Martin, Shoopman, Rose,...

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12/17/10
Legislative proposals to facilitat...

Legislative proposals to facilitate the Small Business Loan Incentative [sic] Act of 1993: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities ...

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12/15/10
BiNational Same Sex Couples: Uniti...

The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA, H.R. 1024, S. 424) is a U.S. bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate disc...

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