HR5982-118

In Committee

To provide visa availability for the Government Employee Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 18, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide visa availability for the Government Employee Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.

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 HD35F9245083348BAA425BE5A01B08280: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Granting Recognition to Accomplished Talented Employees For Unwavering Loyalty Act or the GRATEFUL Act.
  • Section HF44534B4FEBA47B0BC4DEDC9765EE24B: 2. Findings; sense of Congress Congress makes the following findings: In 1952, with the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et...
  • Section H061DB3CE8046434CA8161F9FE11393E2: 3. Visa availability for Government Employee Immigrant Visa program Beginning in fiscal year 2024, subject to subsection (b), visas shall be made available to...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide visa availability for the Government Employee Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Foreign Policy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide visa availability for the Government Employee Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Foreign Policy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: , ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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federal implementing agencies: , ,
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: , ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Oct 18, 2023

Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following …

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?

Domains
Immigration Foreign Policy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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