CRISIS Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide certain nationals of Russia with special immigrant status, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Energy, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H1C90D64B715343C4A8A2D3BF89FF2028: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Countering Russian Innovation and Safeguarding Individual Scientists Act of 2025 or the CRISIS Act of 2025.
- Section H78ACC79E4AA3459CA2A462DBAE693AA3: 2. Special immigrant status for certain Russian nationals Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any other...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide certain nationals of Russia with special immigrant status, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Energy, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide certain nationals of Russia with special immigrant status, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Bill Foster
D-IL | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Foster (for himself and Mr. Obernolte) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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