To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on December 3, 2019 but was never passed by the Senate.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“House Passes Three Cicilline Bills to Boost Rhode Island Economy”
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Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI1]
(Sponsor)
on Jul 21, 2020
“Costa Issues Statement on House Passage of the AMIGOS Act, Calls on Senate to Act”
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Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA16]
(Co-sponsor)
on Dec 3, 2019
“Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 565, the Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act of 2019”
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Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY10]
on Oct 23, 2019
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What stakeholders are saying
History
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Mar 6, 2018
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5173 (115th). |
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Jan 15, 2019
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Introduced
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Oct 23, 2019
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Ordered Reported
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Dec 3, 2019
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. The vote was by voice vote so no record of individual votes was made. |
H.R. 565 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 565. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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