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Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

Introduced: January 17, 2018 Introduced by: Frankel, Lois Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 11, 2018
Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) expand nonimmigrant employer annual data reporting requirements to include all nonimmigrant worker categories and compensated cultural exchange, training, and business classifications; and (2) require that such information be made public. (Employment means employment in the United States and includes cultural exchanges, training, or business activities for which the nonimmigrant receives any form of compensation.)

Expanded reporting requirements shall include information regarding: (1) age and gender of admitted nonimmigrants, (2) categories and numbers of visas issued and numbers of persons admitted under each visa, (4) blanket petitions, (5) nonimmigrant worker employers, and (6) citizens of nations with Compacts of Free Association with the United States who are authorized to reside permanently in the United States as nonimmigrants.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State, and the Department of Labor may revise forms or databases used to regulate nonimmigrant visas or grant nonimmigrant status.

The State Department and Labor shall share report-related information with DHS.

What's happening now January 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 9 Republican 3
Lee, Barbara
· Nov 14, 2018
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Jul 17, 2018
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 10, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 8, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 26, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 26, 2018
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jan 19, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jan 19, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Jan 17, 2018
Deutch, Theodore
· Jan 11, 2018
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jan 11, 2018
Poe, Ted
· Jan 11, 2018
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Jan 11, 2018
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Jan 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4777: Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4777/
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"H.R. 4777: Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4777/.
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