S. 344 Introduced Immigration

A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Introduced January 30, 2025 Cosponsors 1 (1 R) Latest action January 30, 2025

Summary

This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct recurrent and periodic screening and vetting of all evacuees from Afghanistan who were paroled into the United States under certain operations. The screening and vetting must include consulting all law enforcement and international terrorist screening databases.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Jan 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. Jan 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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