119th Congress
S. 344
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.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Rick Scott(R-FL)
- Introduced
- Jan 30, 2025
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (1)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 30, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. - Jan 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate