Religious Workforce Protection Act
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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:
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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
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Kaine (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Risch) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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