To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Education.
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 Stateless Protection Act of 2024.
- Section idf81d2b6b996340a59890ab4b941f4909: 2. Findings; sense of Congress Congress makes the following findings: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which the United States is a...
- Section id2866745f12684582851c76cd72dc60eb: 3. Protection of stateless persons in the United States Chapter 5 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255 et seq.) is amended by...
- Section idb61f3d9e8847412890a23d089b9737c4: 245B. Protection of stateless persons in the United States In this section: With respect to a foreign state, the term competent authority— means the authority...
- Section idb99effe7dcdf4196af441e31701f7031: 4. Programs to prevent statelessness Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall jointly...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To protect stateless persons in the United States, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Government Operations, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, To protect stateless persons in the United States, 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. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law. The term frivolous application means an application that— contains a fabricated material element
an individual who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law. The term frivolous application means an application that— contains a fabricated material element
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