WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Foreign students

P.L. 109-227, To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families - Cost per Average Family: $11.52

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5715 would ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families....

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S. 2653, The ACTION Act of 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2653 would further United States security by restoring and enhancing the competitiveness of the United States for international students, scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors and by facilitating business travel to the United States....

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H.R. 4577, The Student Visa Security Improvement Act

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4577 would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to strengthen student visa background checks and improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United States....

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H.R. 4459, To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher education to use the employment eligibility confirmation system established under that section to verify immigration status for purposes of determining eligibility for in-State tuition

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4459 would amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher education to use the employment eligibility confirmation system established under that section to verify immigration status for purposes of determining eligibility for in-State tuition....

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S. 2252, The Youth Exchange Support Act of 2007

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2252 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students from $50 per month to $200 per month....

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H.R. 3887, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $7.94

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3887 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat forced labor....

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H.R. 3746, The College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3746 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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H.R. 3371, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3371 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States....

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H.R. 3270, The Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2007

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3270 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the United States as a temporary visitor....

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H.R. 3217, The Terror Immigration Elimination Act of 2007

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3217 would limit the issuance of student and diversity immigrant visas to aliens who are nationals of Saudi Arabia, countries that support terrorism, or countries not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts....

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H.R. 3064, The Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3064 would suspend certain nonessential visas, in order to provide temporary workload relief critical to the successful reorganization of the immigration and naturalization functions of the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure that the screening and monitoring of arriving immigrants and nonimmigrants, and the deterrence of entry and settlement by illegal or unauthorized aliens, is sufficient to maintain the integrity of the sovereign borders of the United States....

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S. 1639, A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1639 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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S. 1642, The Higher Education Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $484.97

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1642 would extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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P.L. 110-234, The Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $5599.46

Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2419 would provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012....

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H.R. 2398, The CREATE-21 Act of 2007

Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2398 would reauthorize and provide additional funding for essential agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs, and it would establish the National Institutes for Food and Agriculture as an independent agency reporting to and coordinating with the Secretary of Agriculture....

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S. 1348, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $958.75

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1348 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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H.R. 1930, The Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1930 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States....

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S. 1083, The SKIL Act of 2007

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1083 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States....

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H.R. 1671, The Public Service Academy Act of 2007

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1671 would establish the United States Public Service Academy....

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H.R. 1645, The Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1645 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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S. 960, The Public Service Academy Act of 2007

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 960 would establish the United States Public Service Academy....

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H.R. 1628, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens, and for other purposes

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1628 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens....

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H.R. 773, The Diploma Integrity Protection Act of 2007

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 773 would reduce and prevent the sale and use of fraudulent degrees in order to protect the integrity of valid higher education degrees that are used for Federal purposes....

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H.R. 609, The College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $107.43

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 609 would make changes to federal higher education programs, including the Pell Grant program and the Perkins Loan program, and numerous smaller changes to the student and parent loan programs. Provisions included in H.R. 609 include: Increasing the maximum award level for Pell grants for academic year 2006-2007 to $6,000; Changing eligibility requirements for Pell grants; Requiring the Secretary of Education to reallocate to schools default collections on Perkins loans; and Delaying the re...

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S. 2611, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $307.53

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 would amend laws governing immigration, authorize numerous initiatives to improve enforcement of those laws, and increase the limits on legal immigration....

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