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H.R. 3636: O-VISA Act

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H.R. 3636: O-VISA Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-09-29 · Immigration · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-09-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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

O-VISA Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act or the O-VISA Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Department of Homeland Security to give a copy of any decision regarding the nonimmigrant O-1 visa admission of an alien seeking to work in a motion picture or television production (or an accompanying O-2 visa alien involved in such production) to the labor union and management organizations that have provided advisory opinions with respect to such admission.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

O-VISA Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3636, Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act (2016-06-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3636 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114