US HB2825 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide that the following fees shall be miscellaneous receipts to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury: asylum fees, nonimmigrant nurse fees, employer fees, additional employer fees, Department of State and Department of Homeland Security fraud prevention and detection fees, visa waiver program fees, temporary protected status fees, adjustment of status fees, administrative fines and penalties, the genealogy fee, the premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications, biometric entry and data system fees, and nonimmigrant foreign student fees. Authority for the visa waiver program travel promotion fee is extended through September 30, 2015. Fee disposition provisions are revised. Fee revenues in all of the accounts under section 286 of INA, as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury on the effective date provided for by this Act. All of the accounts authorized under such section (including the Immigration User Fee Account and the Land Border Inspection Account), as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be terminated on such date.

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Title

Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-07-01HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2015-06-29HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2015-06-18HouseReferred to House Homeland Security
2015-06-18HouseReferred to House Judiciary
2015-06-18HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-06-18HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1593 (Same As) 2015-06-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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