S1298-119

In Committee

Religious Workforce Protection Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 3, 2025

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

The bill expands a grant provision: 2. Extension of nonimmigrant status for religious workers caught in long backlogs for lawful permanent residence Section 214(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2)), expands a grant provision: 3. Limited job flexibility for certain religious workers with long-delayed applications for lawful permanent residence Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(j)), and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4. It relies on grants, compliance mandates, exemptions, and delegation of rulemaking. The main policy areas are Labor and Environment.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a grant provision: 2. Extension of nonimmigrant status for religious workers caught in long backlogs for lawful permanent residence Section 214(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2))...
  • Expands a grant provision: 3. Limited job flexibility for certain religious workers with long-delayed applications for lawful permanent residence Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(j))...
  • Requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a grant provision: 2. Extension of nonimmigrant status for religious workers caught in long backlogs for lawful permanent residence Section 214(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2)), expands a grant provision: 3. Limited job flexibility for certain religious workers with long-delayed applications for lawful permanent residence Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(j)), and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Environment

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a grant provision: 2. Extension of nonimmigrant status for religious workers caught in long backlogs for lawful permanent residence Section 214(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(2)), expands a grant provision: 3. Limited job flexibility for certain religious workers with long-delayed applications for lawful permanent residence Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(j)), and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4.

Policy Domains

Labor Environment

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 3, 2025

Mr. Kaine (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Risch) introduced …

Apr 3, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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
Labor Environment
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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