Amendment109th Congress
Amendment prohibits the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Attorney General, and all courts from granting any kind of legal immigration status or benefit to an alien until the relevant databases of criminal records and terrorist watch lists have been checked.
- Amendment Number
- 655
- Description
- Amendment prohibits the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Attorney General, and all courts from granting any kind of legal immigration status or benefit to an alien until the relevant databases of criminal records and terrorist watch lists have been checked.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 109-350 to prohibit Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Attorney General, and all courts from granting any kind of legal immigration status (i.e. "benefits") to an alien until the relevant databases of criminal records and terrorist watch lists are checked.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Dec 16, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A018) Agreed to by recorded vote: 420 - 0 (Roll no. 654).
- Latest Action Time
- 19:14:36
- Submitted Date
- Dec 16, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022