US Congress House Bill 178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit, as of October 1, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from approving a petition for classification of an alien as a special immigrant religious worker/minister if DHS has determined that the alien's country of nationality: is identified as a Country of Particular Concern or a country where religious freedom is of significant interest in the 2013 International Religious Freedom Report, or does not extend reciprocal immigration treatment to U.S. nationals who are seeking resident status in order to work in a religious vocation or occupation.

Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2017

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/178/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr178/BILLS-115hr178ih.pdf