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H.R. 6978

Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

This bill requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to review certain approved immigration benefit requests for proper approval. The review must include requests approved during the period starting on January 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this bill. 

Immigration benefit requests covered by this bill include those conferred during this period to individuals from the following countries: Angola, Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, the Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This also includes individuals traveling using documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority.

The bill requires USCIS to report on any findings by September 15, 2026.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398.

Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1](R-MN)Sponsor
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  1. CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 398.

  2. CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465.

    Judiciary Committee
  3. Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-465.

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  4. CommitteeH19000

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 11.

    Judiciary Committee
  5. CommitteeH15001

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

    Judiciary Committee
  6. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  7. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  8. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

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