US Congress House Bill 3942 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Save Christians from Genocide Act This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and Libya are targets of genocide. The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure that such applications receive first priority among refugee and (family- or employment-based) immigrant applications for an alien who: is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya, or in the case of an alien having no nationality, whose country of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya; is a Christian or Yazidi; and is seeking refugee or immigrant admission to the United States.

Save Christians from Genocide Act

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2015-11-05	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2015-11-05	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-11-05	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-11-05	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7745)
2015-11-05	House	Introduced in House

HB4017 (Related) 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3942/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3942/BILLS-114hr3942ih.pdf