A bill to permanently authorize the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program.

Bill: 114-s-1339
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-05-14
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Religion

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program permanent. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1339 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2015 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Cardin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To permanently authorize the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program.

1. Special immigrant nonminister religious worker program Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (I), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; (2) by striking before September 30, 2015, each place such phrase appears; and (3) in subclause (II), by striking , or and inserting ; or .