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HR 4145 115th Congress House Immigration Crime victims Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports

Protect Victims of Crime Act

Introduced: October 26, 2017 Introduced by: Brownley, Julia Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 26, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Victims of Crime Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from 10,000 to 40,000 the number of U visas that may be issued in a fiscal year.

What's happening now November 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 17
D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 23, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 15, 2017
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Nov 1, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Nov 1, 2017
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Oct 26, 2017
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4145: Protect Victims of Crime Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4145/
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"H.R. 4145: Protect Victims of Crime Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4145/.
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H.R. 4145, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4145/.
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