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HR 6015 111th Congress House Government Operations and Politics American Samoa Caribbean area Economic performance and conditions Foreign labor Guam Marshall Islands Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Oceania Palau Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Virgin Islands Visas and passports

To require the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to publish certain economic data regarding territories and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Sep 16, 2010
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 6, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
Jul 30, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
Jul 30, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Jul 30, 2010
Referred to House Natural Resources
Jul 30, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1531-1532)
Jul 30, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to publish an annual report on the gross domestic product of the following U.S. territories and freely associated states: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

Revises provisions concerning the Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Visa Waiver Program to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide for an alternative procedure for the inclusion in the Program of tourists from countries providing a significant economic benefit.

What's happening now September 20, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2