H.R. 4644: PROMISE Act
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H.R. 4644: PROMISE Act
108th Congress · introduced 2004-06-22 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-06-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PROMISE Act
Plain summary
Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement Act - PROMISE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make an alien excludable from U.S. admission for nonpayment of child support (permits admission upon satisfaction of payments or in compliance with a payment schedule); (2) authorize an immigration officer to serve an alien with legal process in child support cases; and (3) include nonpayment of child support among the considerations for failure of an alien to establish good moral character. Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the disclosure of an alien's child support-related information to the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of State.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · 2 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (3)
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Obligation
- A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4644.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4644 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108