H.R. 6397: Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-11-15 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-11-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act

Plain summary

Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to count as a spouse, wife, or husband a party to a marriage ceremony in which the parties were not in each other's physical presence, and the marriage was not consummated, if the failure to consummate was caused by physical separation because of one party's active-duty status abroad in the U.S. Armed Forces. States that the budgetary effects of this Act for purposes of Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 compliance shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

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Official text

Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · 3 cosponsors

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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6397.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6397 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111