To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immigrant status for certain aliens who have served honorably (or are enlisted to serve) in the Armed Forces of the United States for at least 12 years.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

29 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 22 Democrats

5 of 29 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.

Glenn Anderson (D-CA), Chester Atkins (D-MA), Jim Bates (D-CA), Helen Bentley (R-MD), James Bilbray (D-NV), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), Augustus Hawkins (D-CA), William Hughes (D-NJ), Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), Richard Lehman (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), William Lipinski (D-IL), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Leon Panetta (D-CA), Mike Parker (R-MS), Robert Roe (D-NJ), Norman Sisisky (D-VA), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Pete Stark (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Owen Pickett.

• H.R. 1021 (101st) For the relief of Charlotte S. Neal.
• H.R. 1165 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provision terminating the exclusion for benefits under educational assistance…
• H.J.Res. 317 (101st) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the desecration of the American Flag.
• H.Res. 210 (101st) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretaryof the Interior conduct a study to determine whether or not there…
• H.R. 1178 (101st) For the relief of Earl B. Chappell, Jr.
• H.R. 5773 (101st) To require the President to submit a National Energy Policy Plan, together with implementing legislation, to the Congress by March 31…

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-2 district