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H.R. 639: Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017

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H.R. 639: Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-24 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] · 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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What does this mean?

Official title

Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017

Plain summary

Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security to provide electronic notification to any petitioner who submits a petition or payment of any fee pertaining to the importation of an H-2A visa alien (temporary agricultural worker) or an H-2B visa alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) upon receipt of such petition or payment.

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Official text

Electronic Notification Improvement Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] · 14 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Andy Harris (R-MD)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr639 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115