jiayi-li23/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-05-13 00:00:00

EB-5 Regional Center Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate per-country limits on employment-based immigrant visas.

Makes the EB-5 Regional Center program permanent.

Reserves at least 3,000 visas per fiscal year for program applicants.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to give employment-creation visa priority to program applicants.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-06-23 00:00:00

Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that counsel at the government's expense in a removal or related appeal proceeding shall be provided only for an alien who is: (1) an unaccompanied child, or (2) incompetent to represent himself or herself due to a serious mental disability.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-06-24 00:00:00

New American Success Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a National Office of New Americans which shall:

 coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to ensure the economic, linguistic, and civic integration of immigrants and their children; advise the President, Congress, and other federal officials on immigrant integration; establish national goals for immigrant integration; cooperate with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other executive agencies to analyze the budget impact of immigration policies and integration efforts; identify the anticipated effects of new federal immigration policies on existing integration efforts; and consult on a biannual basis with state and local government officials. Establishes within the Office a Task Force on New Americans.

Requires U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in consultation with the Office, to award initial entry, adjustment, and citizenship assistance grants to local government units, private organizations, community-based organizations, or not-for-profit organizations to provide legal assistance to an eligible non-citizen who is seeking: (1) to become a permanent resident or naturalized citizen, or (2) relief from removal.

Makes such grants available for 10 fiscal years beginning with FY2016.

Establishes in the Treasury the Integration Success Fund.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the waiver of the English language naturalization requirement for senior individuals.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Law
Date: 2014-06-26 00:00:00

Justice for Children Now Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Attorney General (DOJ) to appoint 70 immigration judges in addition to the those serving as of the date of enactment of this Act.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2014-06-30 00:00:00

Illegal Entry Accountability Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to suspend all U.S. foreign assistance to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, except for assistance under the international narcotic control law enforcement program.

Allows reinstatement of assistance only if Congress determines that Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have taken sufficient action to mitigate unlawful U.S.-Mexico border crossings by their respective citizens.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-10 00:00:00

Expedited Family Reunification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that any unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements, in addition to countries contiguous to the United States, between the United States and Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and any other appropriate country regarding the repatriation of children.

Applies the requirements of this Act to any UAC apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-11 00:00:00

Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to declare that any unaccompanied alien child who has not been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or does not have a credible fear of persecution on returning to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence shall be: (1) placed in removal proceedings, (2) eligible for voluntary departure at no cost to the child, and (3) provided with access to counsel. (Currently such expedited removal requirements apply only to unaccompanied children from countries that are contiguous to the United States.)

Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements with any appropriate country regarding the repatriation of children.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-11 00:00:00

Landing Pass Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend to up to 90 days the time period for which a conditional permit to land temporarily in the United States may be granted to an alien crewman.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-14 00:00:00

Report of Alien Children's Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to report monthly to Congress through March 30, 2017, on:

 the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have appeared before an immigration judge pursuant to removal proceedings; a state-by-state breakdown of the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have appeared before an immigration judge for removal proceedings, who, in the case of unaccompanied alien children, have been placed in each state pending such proceedings, who have failed to appear after receiving written notice of a required appearance at such proceedings, and who are under 18 years old and have failed to appear after receiving written notice of a required appearance at such proceedings; and a state-by-state breakdown of the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have failed to appear after receiving written notice of a required appearance at such proceedings, and who have failed to make two or more such appearances.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-15 00:00:00

Transparent Report of Alien Children's Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Attorney General to report monthly to Congress through March 30, 2017, on:

 the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have appeared before an immigration judge pursuant to removal proceedings; a state-by-state breakdown of the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have appeared before an immigration judge for removal proceedings, who, in the case of unaccompanied alien children, have been placed in each state pending such proceedings, who have failed to appear after receiving written notice of a required appearance at such proceedings, and who are under 18 years old and have failed to appear after receiving written notice of a required appearance at such proceedings; and a state-by-state breakdown of the number of aliens unlawfully present in the United States who have failed to appear after receiving written notice of a required appearance at such proceedings, and who have failed to make two or more such appearances.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Date: 2014-07-16 00:00:00

Restore Unalienable Rights Act of 2014 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (with respect to the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force under P.L. 107-40) to prohibit U.S. Armed Forces from detaining, pending disposition under the law of war, a U.S. citizen or lawful resident alien of the United States who was captured, detained, or arrested in the United States.

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority from authorizing the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the United States.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00

UAC State Notification Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, with respect to an unaccompanied alien child in federal custody by reason of the child's immigration status, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify the governor of a state within 48 hours before the child's placement in the care of a proposed custodian located in that state.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00

Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements between the United States and other countries for the repatriation of children. Requires that such agreements protect children from severe forms of trafficking in persons and provide for their safe removal and repatriation. (Current law provides separate procedures for unaccompanied alien children from countries that are or are not contiguous to the United States.)

Subjects all children who do not make a claim of asylum or fear of persecution to initial screening and expedited removal. (Maintains the exception for Cuban children arriving by air.)

Prohibits the government from bearing any expense of counsel for any person in a removal or related appeal proceedings.

Adds an additional requirement in order to establish a credible fear of persecution claim in an asylum interview.

Limits humanitarian and public interest parole authority.

Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from using parole authority for an alien who is ineligible for refugee status.

Authorizes the DHS Secretary to designate groups as criminal street gangs. Requires detention for anyone found inadmissible or deportable for criminal street gang membership. Bars individuals found inadmissible or deportable for such membership from asylum, temporary protected status, or special immigrant juvenile status.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to revise the definition of "unaccompanied alien child."

Prohibits an unaccompanied alien child (UAC) from applying for asylum if such child: (1) may be removed to a safe third country, or (2) has not applied for asylum within one year after arrival in the United States.

Provides for additional immigration judges and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys.

National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from restricting specified U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities on federal land within 100 miles of an international land border to: (1) execute search and rescue operations, and (2) prevent unlawful U.S. entries through the international land borders of the United States.

Directs the Secretary of State to suspend all foreign assistance to certain countries that refuse to: (1) negotiate a child repatriation agreement, or (2) accept from the United States repatriated unaccompanied alien children who are nationals or residents of the sending country.

Permits the use of foreign assistance for repatriation and reintegration purposes.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00

Our Communities, Our Choices Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require consultation with state and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts to provide non-federal housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00

Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act - Directs the President to reduce foreign assistance allocations for Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador: (1) by the number of unaccompanied alien children who are nationals or citizens of any of those countries placed in federal custody in the preceding fiscal year because of their immigration status, and (2) multiplied by $15,000.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00

Protection of Children Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to eliminate the special repatriation requirements for unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who are nationals or residents of a country contiguous to the United States. (Applies the same removal requirements to all UACs who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence.)

Requires an immigration officer who finds an inadmissible UAC at a land border or port of entry to return the child to his or her country of nationality or of last habitual residence. (Such authority is now only discretionary.)

Authorizes the Secretary of State to negotiate agreements between the United States and other countries for the repatriation of children. (Under current law the Secretary is required to negotiate agreements between the United States and countries contiguous to the United States for the repatriation of children.)

Requires any unaccompanied child who is not a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, and does not have a fear of returning to his or her country of nationality or last habitual residence, but who is:

 (1) in removal proceedings to have a hearing before an immigration judge within 14 days, (2) in federal custody to be transferred to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody within 30 days, and (3) in HHS or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody to have access to legal counsel at no cost to the government. Requires:

 (1) HHS, before placing a child with an individual, to provide DHS with the individual's name, Social Security number, date of birth, residence location, and immigration status, if known; and (2) DHS to investigate the immigration status of the individual with whom the child is placed, and initiate removal proceedings if that individual is unlawfully present in the United States. Applies such requirements to any unauthorized child apprehended on or after June 15, 2012.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to: (1) special immigrant juvenile status, and (2) jurisdiction of asylum applications.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-22 00:00:00

Prohibits any federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources to: (1) consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum on August 15, 2012; or (2) authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful status in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-24 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 30, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase by 1,000 the number of Afghan special immigrant visas available in FY2014.

Requires, with regard to such visas, that:

 the period during which an alien must have been employed must terminate by December 31, 2014, the principal alien seeking special immigrant status shall apply to the Chief of Mission by December 31, 2014, and the authority to provide such status shall terminate on December 31, 2014. Directs the Secretary of State, by January 1, 2015, to increase temporarily the fee or surcharge (by $1) for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-28 00:00:00

Notario Victim Relief Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen a removal proceeding if the basis of the motion is fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion by, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization on the part of, a representative.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-29 00:00:00

Investors Need Clear Laws with Uniform Direction for E-2 Status Holders Act or the INCLUDE Act - Allows aliens having E-2 (treaty investor) nonimmigrant status by reason of a change of nonimmigrant classification made in the United States to re-enter the United States after a trip abroad without requesting or obtaining a new visa.

States that there shall be no limit on the number of such re-entries during the period in which the alien lawfully holds such status.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-29 00:00:00

UAC State Authority Act of 2014 - Amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), before awarding grants or contracts to provide housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children, to: (1) consult with state elected officials and agencies; (2) hold a public hearing; and (3) provide for a period during which the governor of the state in which the facility would be located may submit to the Secretary an objection to the contract, which, if timely submitted, shall preclude the Secretary from awarding the grant or contract.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-30 00:00:00

Central American and USA Initiatives Act or the CAUSA Initiatives Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with Canada, Mexico, and the countries of Central America to establish a program to:

 assess the needs of Central American countries to maintain the security of their international borders; determine the support needed by such countries from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to meet such needs; and assess the current structure for handling displaced minors and other vulnerable individuals in Central American countries and make recommendations to improve such structure. Directs the Secretary to work with:

 the Caribbean countries to establish a program to address maritime border security; and Mexico to establish a program to help secure Mexico's southern border from undocumented aliens, drugs, weapons, and other contraband. Directs the Secretary, through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to:

 ensure that adequate facilities and sustaining needs (food, water, medical care, and sanitary facilities) are provided to an individual apprehended and detained by the Border Patrol as soon as practicable, ensure that an individual unlawfully present in the United States who is apprehended by a Border Patrol agent is promptly provided with information concerning such individual's rights, and maintain a database on individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are apprehended and detained by Border Patrol agents.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-30 00:00:00

Prohibits a federal agency or instrumentality from using federal funding or resources after July 30, 2014, to:

 consider or adjudicate any new or previously denied application of any alien requesting consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals, as authorized by Executive memorandum dated June 15, 2012, or by any other succeeding Executive memorandum or policy authorizing a similar program; newly authorize deferred action for any class of aliens not lawfully present in the United States; or authorize any alien to work in the United States who was not lawfully admitted into the United States and who is not in lawful U.S. status on the date of enactment of this Act.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: International affairs
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00

Security and Opportunity for Vulnerable Migrant Children Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy to address the economic, social, and security factors driving large numbers of unaccompanied alien children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to the United States.

 Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) coordinate with the heads of federal agencies and the governments of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to promote public policies which prioritize growth, poverty reduction, and sustainable alternatives to emigration; and (2) incorporate such programming with assistance to communities and economic sectors in such countries.

Amends the the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to remove pilot program status from (and so make permanent) the program to repatriate unaccompanied alien children.

Directs the Secretary to designate an Ambassador-at-Large for unaccompanied alien children.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00

StartUp Visa Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Taxation
Date: 2014-08-01 00:00:00

Fairness for Farmers Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude nonimmigrant agricultural seasonal workers from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage.
Topic: Immigration — Immigration
Subject: Immigration
Date: 2014-09-08 00:00:00

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Protecting the Homeland Act - Terminates the nonimmigrant status of any Libyan national, or of any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity, who is engaging in aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training.

Makes the following benefits unavailable to any Libyan national or any foreign national acting on behalf of a Libyan entity where the purpose is to engage in, or seek to obtain, aviation maintenance, flight operations, or nuclear-related studies or training:

 application for school transfer, application for extension of stay, employment authorization or practical training, request for reinstatement of student status, or application for change of nonimmigrant status.