Safeguarding Families of Soldiers Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 110th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D SchakowskySponsor

10 cosponsors · 10 D

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Safeguarding Families of Soldiers Act - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of: (1) a parent or spouse of an Armed Forces member deployed in Iraq in connection with Operation Freedom or in Afghanistan in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom; or (2) a son or daughter under the age of 21 years old of such Armed Forces member.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 27, 2007

Authorizes waiver of specified grounds of inadmissibility for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when otherwise in the public interest.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Safeguarding Families of Soldiers Act

Latest action (Oct 12, 2007): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 27, 2007

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.