To provide visa availability for the Government Employee Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes.
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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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Granting Recognition to Accomplished Talented Employees For Unwavering Loyalty Act or GRATEFUL Act.
- Section id13eb390a8d474370bb5339371c67c249: 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 idEA671396FDDF4A989E9A7D294952B821: 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:
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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