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.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
8 Cosponsors (6 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
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)
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Jun 23, 2021
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Reintroduced Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2571. |
H.R. 565 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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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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