S. 1685 · 108th Congress
Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003
Law · 108-156 · Dec 3, 2003Key: what the circles and colors mean
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- Senate Introduced Sep 30, 2003
- Senate Passed Nov 12, 2003
- House Passed Nov 19, 2003
- President To the President Nov 21, 2003
- President Signed Dec 3, 2003
- Law Dec 3, 2003
Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend for five additional years: (1) the "basic" employment verification system pilot program; (2) the citizen attestation pilot program; and (3) the machine-readable-document pilot program.
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 3, 2003
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 12, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend for five additional years: (1) the "basic" employment verification system pilot program; (2) the citizen attestation pilot program; and (3) the machine-readable-document pilot program.
(Sec. 3) Extends the scope of the "basic" pilot program to all States by December 1, 2004 (currently five to seven States). Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report on such program extension by June 1, 2004.
(Sec. 4) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to give immigration priority to petitions filed under the pilot immigration for regional centers to promote economic growth. Extends such program for an additional five years.
(Sec. 5) Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to conduct a study of the immigrant investor program, including information on the number of such immigrants and their country of origin, settlement locality, and employment created by them.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003
Latest action (Dec 3, 2003): Became Public Law No: 108-156.
Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 30, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Sep 30, 2003
- Senate Passed Nov 12, 2003
- House Passed Nov 19, 2003
- President To the President Nov 21, 2003
- President Signed Dec 3, 2003
- Law Dec 3, 2003
No recorded floor vote found.