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HR 6397 111th Congress House Immigration Immigration status and procedures Marriage and family status Military personnel and dependents

Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act

Introduced: November 15, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 17, 2010
Received in the Senate.
Nov 15, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 15, 2010
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7408)
Nov 15, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7408)
Nov 15, 2010
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6397.
Nov 15, 2010
Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 15, 2010
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7408-7410)
Nov 15, 2010
Referred to House Budget
Nov 15, 2010
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Nov 15, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
Nov 15, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to count as a spouse, wife, or husband a party to a marriage ceremony in which the parties were not in each other's physical presence, and the marriage was not consummated, if the failure to consummate was caused by physical separation because of one party's active-duty status abroad in the U.S. Armed Forces.

States that the budgetary effects of this Act for purposes of Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 compliance shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

What's happening now December 22, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 15, 2010
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6397: Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6397/
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"H.R. 6397: Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6397/.
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H.R. 6397, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6397/.
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