DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act

Bill: 117-hr-6637
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2022-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Agricultural trade
Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Citizenship and naturalization
Civics education
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
El Salvador
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal preemption
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Forests, forestry, trees
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Guatemala
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Honduras
Horticulture and plants
Housing industry and standards
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor standards
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Marine and inland water transportation
Mexico
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Military personnel and dependents
Motor vehicles
Multilateral development programs
National Guard and reserves
News media and reporting
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Photography and imaging
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Radio spectrum allocation
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Right of privacy
Roads and highways
Rule of law and government transparency
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Service animals
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Smuggling and trafficking
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Temporary and part-time employment
Terrorism
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime
Visas and passports
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: 

Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act or as the DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act

 
This bill addresses immigration-related issues, such as requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border and providing removal deferral for eligible non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law).
 
For example, the bill
 
 
requires DHS to resume all barrier construction activities along the southern border that were underway or being planned prior to January 20, 2021;
 
authorizes DHS to request National Guard support to secure the southern border;
 
requires the hiring of additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel; 
 
provides funding for border infrastructure and equipment;
 
provides statutory authority for the 
Flores
 settlement, which established policies pertaining to the treatment of minors without lawful immigration status by DHS;
 
requires employers to verify the immigration status of individuals using an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system;
 
provides a path to permanent resident status to eligible individuals without lawful immigration status who entered the United States as minors (commonly referred to as Dreamers);
 
establishes the Dignity Program, which defers the removal of eligible individuals without lawful immigration status who meet various requirements, including paying into a fund to provide training to U.S. workers; 
 
establishes the Redemption Program, which provides a path to permanent resident status to individuals who complete the Dignity Program and meet various requirements, including making additional payments into the U.S. worker fund; and
 
requires the Department of State to implement a strategy to address the key factors contributing to individuals from Central America traveling to the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2022-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Reform, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House