The bill as amended on the House floor, would: (1) prohibit all three mortgage lending government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks – from obtaining primary residential mortgages being granted to any person who does not have a valid Social Security number (amendment sponsored by Rep.
To amend section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the method of calculating the wages to be paid to H-2A workers.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
A bill to make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect.
The bill would express the sense of the House that: (1) state and local governments should be supported for acting to discourage illegal immigration; and (2) Congress should promptly pass comprehensive border security and enforcement legislation as to ease the burden on those state and local governments.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.
The bill would allow information submitted by an employer to the Department of Labor (DOL) or DHS for purposes of securing the employment of an H-1B “skilled worker” nonimmigrant to be used as the basis for an investigation of an employer’s unlawful practices, noncompliance with labor condition requirements, etc., and would allow (but not require) DHS to turn over related information to DOL in order to begin an investigation of an employer; and would require petitioning employers to include the labor condition application number on their petitions submitted to DOL.
The bill would express the sense of Congress that: (1) the United Staets should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA Superhighway System; (2) the United States should not enter into a North American Union with Canada and Mexico; and (3) the President should strongly oppose these or any other proposals that threaten U.S. sovereignty.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.
The bill would grant U.S. citizenship to a noncitizen who is an active-duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces after performing at least two years of honorable and satisfactory service on active duty; would require such individuals also to meet the following criteria before being granted U.S. citizenship: (1) file an application for naturalization in accordance with DHS and DOD procedures; (2) demonstrate to his/her military chain of command proficiency in the English language, good moral character, and knowledge of U.S.