Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Foreign students

Bill Enacted: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-21T20:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 21, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-234.

Bill Vetoed: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-20T20:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 20, 2008: Vetoed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-19T20:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 19, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007

2008-05-14T20:00:00Z

To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

May 14, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Enacted: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-06T20:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 06, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-227.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-06T20:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 06, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-05-05T20:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

May 05, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-04-30T20:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

April 30, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008

2008-04-07T20:00:00Z

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

Bill Introduced: S.2653 ACTION Act of 2008

2008-02-13T19:00:00Z

A bill to further United States security by restoring and enhancing the competitiveness of the United States for international students, scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors and by facilitating business travel to the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4577 Student Visa Security Improvement Act

2007-12-12T19:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to strengthen student visa background checks and improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4459 To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher education to use the employment eligibility confirmation system established under that section to verify immigration status for purposes of determining eligibility for in-State tuition.

2007-12-11T19:00:00Z

To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher education to use the employment eligibility confirmation system established under that section to verify immigration status for purposes of determining eligibility for in-State tuition.

Bill Introduced: S.2252 Youth Exchange Support Act of 2007

2007-10-28T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students from $50 per month to $200 per month, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3887 Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007

2007-10-17T20:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat forced labor, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3746 College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007

2007-10-03T20:00:00Z

To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3371 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

2007-08-02T20:00:00Z

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3270 Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2007

2007-07-31T20:00:00Z

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the United States as a temporary visitor.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3217 Terror Immigration Elimination Act of 2007

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

To limit the issuance of student and diversity immigrant visas to aliens who are nationals of Saudi Arabia, countries that support terrorism, or countries not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3064 Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007

2007-07-16T20:00:00Z

To suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide temporary workload relief critical to the successful reorganization of the immigration and naturalization functions of the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure that the screening and monitoring of arriving immigrants and nonimmigrants, and the deterrence of entry and settlement by illegal or unauthorized aliens, is sufficient to maintain the integrity of the sovereign borders of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1642 Higher Education Amendments of 2007

2007-06-17T20:00:00Z

A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.