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US Congress 115th Congress
Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018 [HB-1872]
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[International ]
[Trade ]
Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018 (Sec. 4) This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress annually regarding the level of access Chinese authorities granted U.S. diplomats, journalists, and tourists to Tibetan areas in China. Such assessment shall include: a comparison with the level of access granted to other areas of China, a comparison between the levels of access granted to Tibetan and non-Tibetan areas in relevant provinces, a comparison of the level of access in the reporting year and the previous year, and a description
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Became Public Law No: 115-330. on 12/19/2018
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Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2017 [HB-1851]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Tourism ]
[National Security ]
Modernizing Travel to the Marianas Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a fully automated electronic travel authorization system to collect biographical and other information in order to determine, before travel, the eligibility of, and any law enforcement or security risk of permitting, an alien to travel to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. DHS shall establish and collect a fee for the use of such system. Such system
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border And Maritime Security. on 04/13/2017
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Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act [S.775]
[Immigration ]
[Religion ]
Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit a consular officer from issuing a nonimmigrant R-visa (for a religious worker and accompanying or joining spouse or child), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting such status, to an alien until DHS has approved a petition filed on the alien's behalf. An eligible petitioner may file a blanket petition, in lieu of individual petitions, on behalf of aliens meeting specified requirements for blanket petition inclusion. DHS may
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Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin Hatch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/30/2017
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Counteracting Russian Hostilities Act of 2017 [HB-1751]
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[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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Counteracting Russian Hostilities Act of 2017 This bill directs the President to impose U.S. entry and property blocking sanctions against: (1) a person that engages in significant activities for the government of the Russian Federation that undermine U.S. or allied cyber security, or (2) a foreign person responsible for serious human rights abuses in any territory occupied or controlled by Russia. The President shall impose specified financial and property sanctions against a person that: (1) engages in a significant transaction on behalf of Russian
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 03/29/2017