US Congress House Bill 7508 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-4)
Status: Introduced on July 9 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-09 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for maintaining the projected FY2020 and FY2021 levels of operations for immigration adjudication and naturalization services, including maintaining current staffing levels and current contracts at full performance. The bill designates the appropriations as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill also requires USCIS to add a 10% surcharge to premium processing fees for employment-based petitions and applications until the additional fees collected equal the amount of supplemental appropriations provided by this bill.

To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]
Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
2020-07-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
2020-07-09	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7508/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7508/BILLS-116hr7508ih.pdf