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S 1566 113th Congress Senate

A bill to extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for…

Official title: A bill to extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to tempor… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas.

Introduced: September 30, 2013 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 1, 2013
Held at the desk.
Oct 1, 2013
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 30, 2013
Received in the House.
Sep 30, 2013
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7049-7050; text as passed Senate: CR S7050)
Sep 30, 2013
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7049-7050; text as passed Senate: CR S7050)
Sep 30, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 1, 2013

Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the total number of aliens eligible for special immigrant status (Iraqis who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq) during the first three months of FY2014 shall be the sum of: (1) the number of such aliens whose applications were pending on September 30, 2013, and (2) 2000. Imposes a deadline of December 15, 2013, for applications for special immigrant status.

Directs the Secretary of State to increase the fee or surcharge authorized under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 by $1 for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas. Requires amounts collected as a result of the fee increase to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3233 Identical bill To extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted speci…
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 30, 2013
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 30, 2013
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Sep 30, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1566: A bill to extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1566/
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"S. 1566: A bill to extend the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1566/.
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S. 1566, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1566/.
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