HR 1471
115th Congress
House
International Affairs
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Immigration status and procedures
To suspend assistance to countries denying or delaying accepting aliens ordered removed from the United States, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 9, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill directs: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to annually submit to Congress a list of each country that it determines denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after DHS asks whether the government will accept the alien ordered removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) the President to suspend assistance to each country on such list.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1