HR 4886
109th Congress
House
Immigration
Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Colombia
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Latin America
Refugees
Residence requirements
Right to travel
Colombian Temporary Protected Status Act of 2006
Introduced: March 7, 2006
Introduced by:
McGovern, James P.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 7, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Columbian Temporary Protected Status Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress in favor of extending temporary protected status to Columbian nationals in the United States.
Designates Columbia under the Immigration and Nationality Act as a country undergoing an ongoing armed conflict in order to make qualifying Columbians living in the United States eligible aliens for temporary protected status. States that such initial designation shall be for a two-year period.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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