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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head profile="http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/08/04/dc-html/"> <link title="schema(DC)" rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/DC/elements/1.1/" /> <link rel="canonical" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113s1" /> <meta name="dc.title" content="S.1 - Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act" /> <meta name="dc.creator" content="Sen Reid, Harry" /> <meta name="dc.date" content="2013-01-22"/> <meta name="dc.identifier" content="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113s1" /> <meta name="dc.type" content="Legislation" /> <meta name="dc.description" content=" Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: <ul> <li>create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background check, learn English, and show a commitment to America;</li> <li>allow students who came to America as children to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces;</li> <li>protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and legal agricultural workforce;</li> <li>encourage those who seek to invest in the United States and create American jobs;</li> <li> permit individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors;</li> <li> fulfill and strengthen our nation's commitments regarding security along our borders and at our ports of entry;</li> <li> strengthen our nation's historic humanitarian tradition of welcoming asylum seekers and refugees and improve existing policies that support immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence;</li> <li> create an effective electronic verification system and strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring people illegally;</li> <li> implement a legal immigration system that promotes job creation by converting the current flow of illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable and legal process for admitting immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, rights, and wages of American workers; and</li> <li>adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure family unity.</li></ul>" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Immigration" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Border security and unlawful immigration" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Citizenship and naturalization" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Crime victims" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Domestic violence and child abuse" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Employee hiring" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Foreign labor" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Higher education" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Immigration status and procedures" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Military personnel and dependents" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Refugees, asylum, displaced persons" /> <meta name="dc.subject" content="Wages and earnings" /> <title>Bill Summary & Status - 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) - S.1 - All Information - THOMAS (Library of Congress)</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.<hr/><center><!font size="-1">Jump to: <a href="#summary">Summary</a>, <a href="#major actions">Major Actions</a>, <a href="#status">All Actions</a>, <a href="#titles">Titles</a>, <a href="#cosponsors">Cosponsors</a>, <a href="#committees">Committees</a>, <a href="#rel-bill-detail">Related Bill Details</a>, <a href="#amendments">Amendments</a></font></center><hr /><b><a name="summary">SUMMARY AS OF:</a></b> <br />1/22/2013--Introduced.<p> <p>Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should:</p> <ul> <li>create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background check, learn English, and show a commitment to America;</li> <li>allow students who came to America as children to earn citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces;</li> <li>protect the sustainability of the American agricultural industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and legal agricultural workforce;</li> <li>encourage those who seek to invest in the United States and create American jobs;</li> <li> permit individuals who earn an advanced degree from one of our universities to remain in the United States, rather than using that education to work for our international competitors;</li> <li> fulfill and strengthen our nation's commitments regarding security along our borders and at our ports of entry;</li> <li> strengthen our nation's historic humanitarian tradition of welcoming asylum seekers and refugees and improve existing policies that support immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence;</li> <li> create an effective electronic verification system and strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring people illegally;</li> <li> implement a legal immigration system that promotes job creation by converting the current flow of illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable and legal process for admitting immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, rights, and wages of American workers; and</li> <li>adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help ensure family unity.</li></ul> <hr /><a name='major actions'><b>MAJOR ACTIONS:</b></a> <p>***NONE***</p><hr /><a name="status"><b>ALL ACTIONS:</b> <i></i></a> <dl><dt><strong>1/22/2013:</strong><dd>Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR <a href="/cgi-bin/query/R?r113:FLD001:S00044">S44</a>) </dl> <hr /><a name="titles"><b>TITLE(S):</b>  (<i>italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill</i>)</a><ul> <p><li>SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED: <br/>Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act<I></I></I></I></I></I></I><p><li>OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED: <br/>A bill to reform America's broken immigration system. </ul> <hr /><a name="cosponsors"><b> COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL</b> [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort:</a> <a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN00001:@@@N"> by date</a>)<p><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Blumenthal++Richard))+02076))">Sen Blumenthal, Richard</a> [CT] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Boxer++Barbara))+00116))">Sen Boxer, Barbara</a> [CA] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Brown++Sherrod))+00136))">Sen Brown, Sherrod</a> [OH] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Coons++Christopher+A.))+01984))">Sen Coons, Christopher A.</a> [DE] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Durbin++Richard))+00326))">Sen Durbin, Richard</a> [IL] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Feinstein++Dianne))+01332))">Sen Feinstein, Dianne</a> [CA] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Gillibrand++Kirsten+E.))+01866))">Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E.</a> [NY] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Heinrich++Martin))+01937))">Sen Heinrich, Martin</a> [NM] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Hirono++Mazie+K.))+01844))">Sen Hirono, Mazie K.</a> [HI] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Klobuchar++Amy))+01826))">Sen Klobuchar, Amy</a> [MN] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Leahy++Patrick+J.))+01383))">Sen Leahy, Patrick J.</a> [VT] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Levin++Carl))+01384))">Sen Levin, Carl</a> [MI] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Menendez++Robert))+00791))">Sen Menendez, Robert</a> [NJ] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Schatz++Brian))+02173))">Sen Schatz, Brian</a> [HI] - 1/22/2013 <br/><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d113&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Schumer++Charles+E.))+01036))">Sen Schumer, Charles E.</a> [NY] - 1/22/2013</br><hr /><a name="committees"><b>COMMITTEE(S):</b></a><ul> <p> <table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%> <tr><td colspan=2><b>Committee/Subcommittee:</b></td> <td width=65%><b>Activity:</b></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2><a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d113:FLD005:@3(Senate+Judiciary)">Senate Judiciary</a> </td><td width="65%">Referral, In Committee</td></tr> </table> </ul> <hr /><b><a name="rel-bill-detail">RELATED BILL DETAILS:</a></b><p><ul>***NONE*** </ul> <hr /><a name="amendments"><b>AMENDMENT(S):</b></a> <p>***NONE*** </div> <div id="footer"> <h3>Stay Connected with the Library <a href="http://www.loc.gov/homepage/connect.html">All ways to connect</a> <a class="nounderline" href="http://www.loc.gov/homepage/connect.html">»</a></h3> <div id="find_us"> <h4>Find us on</h4> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongress"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/include/images/facebook.gif" alt="Facebook" width="16" height="16" /></a><a href="http://twitter.com/librarycongress"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/include/images/twitter.gif" alt="Twitter" width="16" height="16" /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/libraryofcongress"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/include/images/youtube.gif" alt="YouTube" width="16" height="16" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/include/images/flickr.gif" alt="Flickr" width="16" height="16" /></a></div> <div id="subscribe"> <h4>Subscribe & Comment</h4> <ul> <li id="rssandemail"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/rss/">RSS & E-Mail</a></li> <li id="blogs"><a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/">Blogs</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="download"> <h4>Download & Play</h4> <ul> <li id="podcasts"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/">Podcasts</a></li> <li id="webcasts"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/webcasts/">Webcasts</a></li> <li id="itunes"><a class="external" href="http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/loc.gov"><span class="underline">iTunes U</span><span class="external2" title="external link"> </span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="site_links"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/about/">About</a> | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pressroom/">Press</a> | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/about/sitemap/">Site Map</a> | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/help/contact-general.html">Contact</a> | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/access/">Accessibility</a> | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/homepage/legal.html">Legal</a> | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/global/disclaim.html">External Link Disclaimer</a> | <a href="http://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a><span class="right"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/access/web.html">Speech Enabled</a> <a href="http://www.loc.gov/access/web.html"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/include/images/speech.gif" alt="Download BrowseAloud Plugin" width="15" height="12" /></a></span></div> </div> </div><script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.loc.gov/global/s_code.js'></script></body> </html>