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Immigration and CultureH.R. 6978Not Yet VotedComments

Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

Official title: To direct the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to conduct a review of certain approved immigration benefit requests, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to review certain approved immigration benefit requests for proper approval. The review must include requests approved during the period starting on January 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this bill.

Immigration benefit requests covered by this bill include those conferred during this period to individuals from the following countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, the Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This also includes individuals traveling using documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority.

The bill requires USCIS to report on any findings by September 15, 2026.

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Timeline

  1. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465.
  2. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  3. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  4. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  5. Introduced
  6. Committee

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