U.S. General Population Act

Bill: 109-hr-5523
Sponsor: Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2006-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Admission of nonimmigrants
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Alien labor
Aliens
Boundaries
Business records
Child abuse
Child labor
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Common carriers
Communicable diseases
Contracts
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Demography
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Diplomats
Directories
Disciplining of employees
Dismissal of employees
Divorce
Emigration
Families
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Forced labor
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Health
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Local employees
Marine terminals
Marriage
Married people
Medical tests
Mexico
Passenger ships
Physical examinations
Political participation
Political persecution
Prosecution
Prostitution
Public health
Public records
Reciprocity
Refugees
Research
Residence requirements
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Slavery
State employees
Surety and fidelity
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation workers
Visas
Vital statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: 
U.S. General Population Act - Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement or promote measures to: (1) influence population dynamics through education systems, public health systems, professional and technical training systems, and child protection systems, and encourage the participation of the collective populace in solving the problems that affect it; (2) regulate immigration and ensure immigrant assimilation and distribution into the national environment; (3) restrict U.S. emigration when national interests so require; and (4) stimulate the establishment of strong population cores of U.S. citizens and nationals in low population density border areas. 
 
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) migration; (2) immigration; (3) a national population registry; and (4) immigration-related penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred 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.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred 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.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred 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.
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Introduced in House