HR 825
105th Congress
House
Immigration
Administrative procedure
Aliens
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Department of Justice
Deportation
Female circumcision
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human rights
International Affairs
Law
Right of asylum
Sex discrimination against women
Women
To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations relating to gender-related persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in determining an alien's eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
Introduced: February 25, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Feb 25, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 25, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations relating to gender-based persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in determining an alien's eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Committees of jurisdiction
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