United States 115th Congress Status: In Committee 100 R cosponsors

HR 4760 — Securing America's Future Act of 2018

Last action — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 115th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

In plain language

This bill proposes changes to U.S. immigration and homeland security laws.

The Securing America's Future Act of 2018 seeks to amend various immigration laws, addressing issues like visa allocations, agricultural worker reform, and interior immigration enforcement. It covers a range of provisions from legal immigration processes to penalties for illegal entry.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This bill may affect agricultural workers by introducing a temporary visa program.
  • Families: Changes in immigration laws might impact families trying to secure visas or address the status of members.
  • Environment: The bill includes provisions that could indirectly affect environmental regulations through changes in workforce management.

Summary

Securing America's Future Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise immigrant visa allocation provisions, including family-related visas. A nonimmigrant classification for parents of adult U.S. citizens is created. The diversity visa program is eliminated. Annual immigration levels are revised. The limit on the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants is increased. The H-2C visa temporary agricultural worker program is revised. A trust fund is established to provide incentives for such workers to return to their country of origin. DNA testing to establish family relationships is authorized. Employment eligibility verification provisions are revised. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish an employment verification system. No federal, state, or local government entity or individual may prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity or official from complying with the immigration laws or assisting related federal law enforcement activities. The bill revises provisions regarding: (1) detention of aliens in removal proceedings; (2) illegal entry and reentry; (3) inadmissibility and deportability of criminal aliens, gang members, drunk drivers, and sex offenders; (4) repatriation; (5) asylum and asylum fraud; (6) unaccompanied alien children; (7) foreign students; and (8) visa fraud. The bill: (1) transfers authority for strengthening the southern border from the Department of Justice to DHS; (2) revises border security provisions; (3) provides for additional border security personnel; (4) authorizes new ports of entry along the northern border and southern borders; (5) authorizes National Guard border security activities; (6) provides contingent nonimmigrant status for certain aliens who entered the United States as minors; (7) authorizes appropriations for specified border barriers and infrastructure; and (8) establishes Operation Stonegarden to make border security grants to law enforcement agencies. DHS shall: (1) submit a southern border threat analysis, (2) establish the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) implement the Border Security Deployment Program, (4) review social media activities of visa applicants, and (5) establish a biometric exit data system.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  6. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  7. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  8. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  9. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  10. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  11. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  12. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  13. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

  14. Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

  15. Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

  16. Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

  17. Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

  18. Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

  19. Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  20. Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

  21. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 952 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4760 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4760 under a closed rule.

  22. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 954 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4760. Motion to recommit allowed. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4760 under a closed rule.

  23. Rule H. Res. 954 passed House.

  24. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 954. (consideration: CR H5380-5438; text: CR H5380-5423)

  25. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4760. Motion to recommit allowed. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4760 under a closed rule.

  26. DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4760.

  27. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  28. Ms. Lujan Grisham, M. moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H5433-5436)

  29. DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to replace the bill text with langauge found in H.R. 3440, the Dream Act of 2017.

  30. The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

  31. On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 191 - 234 (Roll no. 281).

  32. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On passage Failed by recorded vote: 193 - 231 (Roll no. 282).

  33. On passage Failed by recorded vote: 193 - 231 (Roll no. 282).

  34. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 4760 do?
Securing America's Future Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise immigrant visa allocation provisions, including family-related visas. A nonimmigrant classification for parents of adult U.S. citizens is created. The diversity visa program is eliminated. Annual immigration levels are revised. The limit on the worldwide level of employment-based immigrants is increased. The H-2C visa temporary agricultural worker program is revised. A trust fund is established to provide incentives for such workers to return to their country of origin. DNA testing to establish family relationships is authorized. Employment eligibility verification provisions are revised. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish an employment verification system. No federal, state, or local government entity or individual may prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity or official from complying with the immigration laws or assisting related federal law enforcement activities. The bill revises provisions regarding: (1) detention of aliens in removal proceedings; (2) illegal entry and reentry; (3) inadmissibility and deportability of criminal aliens, gang members, drunk drivers, and sex offenders; (4) repatriation; (5) asylum and asylum fraud; (6) unaccompanied alien children; (7) foreign students; and (8) visa fraud. The bill: (1) transfers authority for strengthening the southern border from the Department of Justice to DHS; (2) revises border security provisions; (3) provides for additional border security personnel; (4) authorizes new ports of entry along the northern border and southern borders; (5) authorizes National Guard border security activities; (6) provides contingent nonimmigrant status for certain aliens who entered the United States as minors; (7) authorizes appropriations for specified border barriers and infrastructure; and (8) establishes Operation Stonegarden to make border security grants to law enforcement agencies. DHS shall: (1) submit a southern border threat analysis, (2) establish the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) implement the Border Security Deployment Program, (4) review social media activities of visa applicants, and (5) establish a biometric exit data system.
Who sponsors HR 4760?
HR 4760 is sponsored by Goodlatte, Bob (Republican), McCaul, Michael T. (Republican), Labrador, Raul R. (Republican), McSally, Martha (Republican), Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. (Republican), Carter, John R. (Republican), Flores, Bill (Republican), McKinley, David B. (Republican), Norman, Ralph (Republican), Smith, Lamar (Republican), Roe, David P. (Republican), Weber, Randy K. Sr. (Republican), Sessions, Pete (Republican), Rouzer, David (Republican), Marino, Tom (Republican), Rutherford, John H. (Republican), Buck, Ken (Republican), Calvert, Ken (Republican), Stivers, Steve (Republican), Tenney, Claudia (Republican), Aderholt, Robert B. (Republican), Harris, Andy (Republican), Smucker, Lloyd (Republican), Walker, Mark (Republican), Barr, Andy (Republican), Hudson, Richard (Republican), Rice, Tom (Republican), Brat, Dave (Republican), Bucshon, Larry (Republican), Hice, Jody B. (Republican), Meadows, Mark (Republican), Mooney, Alexander X. (Republican), Yoho, Ted S. (Republican), Pearce, Stevan (Republican), Bishop, Mike (Republican), Cramer, Kevin (Republican), Loudermilk, Barry (Republican), Olson, Pete (Republican), Pittenger, Robert (Republican), Wenstrup, Brad R. (Republican), Gibbs, Bob (Republican), Higgins, Clay (Republican), Duncan, Jeff (Republican), Marchant, Kenny (Republican), Arrington, Jodey C. (Republican), Chabot, Steve (Republican), Posey, Bill (Republican), DesJarlais, Scott (Republican), Roby, Martha (Republican), Rokita, Todd (Republican), Collins, Doug (Republican), Fortenberry, Jeff (Republican), Palazzo, Steven M. (Republican), Duncan, John J., Jr. (Republican), Poe, Ted (Republican), Johnson, Bill (Republican), Williams, Roger (Republican), Culberson, John Abney (Republican), Blackburn, Marsha (Republican), Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" (Republican), Hartzler, Vicky (Republican), Barletta, Lou (Republican), Estes, Ron (Republican), Banks, Jim (Republican), Bacon, Don (Republican), Rooney, Francis (Republican), Rothfus, Keith J. (Republican), Handel, Karen C. (Republican), Kelly, Mike (Republican), Thompson, Glenn (Republican), Walberg, Tim (Republican), Ferguson, A. Drew (Republican), Long, Billy (Republican), Hensarling, Jeb (Republican), Westerman, Bruce (Republican), Barton, Joe (Republican), Bishop, Rob (Republican), Schweikert, David (Republican), McClintock, Tom (Republican), Black, Diane (Republican), Abraham, Ralph Lee (Republican), Rogers, Harold (Republican), Messer, Luke (Republican), Palmer, Gary J. (Republican), Granger, Kay (Republican), Wagner, Ann (Republican), Bilirakis, Gus M. (Republican), Wilson, Joe (Republican), Sanford, Mark (Republican), Hunter, Duncan D. (Republican), Lamborn, Doug (Republican), Gowdy, Trey (Republican), Luetkemeyer, Blaine (Republican), Scalise, Steve (Republican), Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" (Republican), Zeldin, Lee M. (Republican), Poliquin, Bruce (Republican), Lesko, Debbie (Republican), Johnson, Sam (Republican), and Comer, James (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 4760?
This bill died with 115th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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