Amendment sought to transfer the Visa Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State to the Department of Homeland Security.

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Amendment Number
600
Description
Amendment sought to transfer the Visa Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State to the Department of Homeland Security.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 27 printed in House Report 107-615 to amend sections 402 and 403 of the bill to transfer the visa office from the Department of State to the DHS; to provide for a two-year transition period during which the Foreign Service Officers issuing visas would be detailed to the DHS while new DHS personnel are trained and deployed abroad; to preserve the k Secretary of State's authority to deny a visa based in the national interest of the U.S.; and to prohibit judicial review of consular decisions to refuse a visa.
Congress
107
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 26, 2002
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Weldon (FL) amendment (A027) Failed by recorded vote: 118 - 309 (Roll no. 365).
Latest Action Time
20:21:42
Submitted Date
Jul 26, 2002
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 600 — Informed