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119-hr-2672119th Congress
Religious Workforce Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would provide targeted backlog relief for religious workers by allowing extensions of R nonimmigrant status past the current 5‑year cap and by changing related eligibility rules to speed green card processing. It also narrows a foreign‑residence penalty that can block some returning applicants.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Longer stays and job flexibility for religious workers
This bill would let some religious workers extend R status past the five-year limit. You would need a pending religious‑worker immigrant petition and be waiting only because of visa number caps. DHS could keep your R status until your green card or immigrant visa is decided. If you left the U.S. for hitting the five-year limit, you would not need to spend one year abroad to return in R status. The bill would also expand job-change flexibility for long‑pending petitions in the listed religious worker categories.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
OH • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
MA • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
FL • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
MN • R
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
KS • R
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
MI • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
GA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]
ID • R
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]
GA • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
NY • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
WA • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
GA • R
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
ID • R
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
IN • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
WI • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]
CO • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]
UT • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
NC • D
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/29/2026
Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
TX • R
Sponsored 8/3/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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