U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 5498
Preserving Employment Visas Act
To authorize U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process employment-based immigrant visa applications after September 30, 2021, and to award such visas to eligible applicants from the pool of unused employment-based immigrant visas during fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
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- Sponsor
- Mariannette Miller-MeeksR-IA-2
- Introduced
- October 5, 2021, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Immigration (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
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Cosponsors (6)
6 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Signed on later
- Tom ColeR-OK-4October 19, 2021
- Carlos A. GimenezR-FL-26October 20, 2021
- Mark E. AmodeiR-NV-2October 21, 2021
- Glenn ThompsonR-PA-15October 21, 2021
- Michael R. TurnerR-OH-10November 15, 2021
- Maria Elvira SalazarR-FL-27March 15, 2022