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H.R. 2760: Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act

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H.R. 2760: Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-26 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act

Plain summary

Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: identify aliens, when they apply for an immigration benefit or are placed in an immigration enforcement proceeding, who are serving, or have served, as a member of a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces on active duty or as a member of a reserve component in an active status; and annotate all DHS immigration and naturalization records relating to an identified alien to reflect such identification and afford an opportunity to track the outcomes for such aliens.

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Official text

Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] · 13 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] reported raising $836,097 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2760 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115