Summary:
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion and who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines such action to be against the child's best interests.

States that such discretion shall not apply to an alien when the judge determines that the alien: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds, or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.

amends immigration nationality act case alien subject removal deportation exclusion parent citizen child authorize immigration judge decline order removal judge determines action child best interests states discretion shall apply alien judge determines alien excludable deportable security grounds engaged sex trafficking severe forms trafficking persons


Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to promulgate, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule entitled "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives" (published on January 3, 2013) or any successor or substantially similar rule.

prohibits federal funds promulgate finalize implement administer enforce department_of_homeland_security dhs final rule entitled provisional unlawful presence waivers inadmissibility certain immediate relatives published january successor substantially similar rule


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Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends citizenship and residency qualifications for enlistment in the armed forces to permit enlistment of additional persons who: (1) have resided continuously in a lawful status in the United States for at least two years, or (2) possess an employment authorization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under requirements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

 Requires authorized enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence to be adjusted to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under an exception to specified provisions of Immigration and Nationality Act. (Such enlistees need not establish that they entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972, or comply with other specified requirements.)

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to rescind such adjusted status if the person is separated from the armed forces under other than honorable conditions before the person served for a period or periods aggregating five years.

military enlistment opportunity act amends citizenship residency qualifications enlistment armed forces permit enlistment additional persons resided continuously lawful status united_states years possess employment authorization document issued requirements department_of_homeland_security dhs policy entitled deferred_action_for_childhood_arrivals requires authorized citizens nationals united_states lawfully admitted permanent residence adjusted status alien lawfully admitted permanent residence exception specified provisions immigration nationality act need establish entered united_states prior january comply specified requirements directs secretary homeland_security rescind adjusted status person separated armed forces honorable conditions person served period periods aggregating years


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Criminal Alien Accountability Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish minimum imprisonment terms for specified categories of aliens subject to criminal fines, imprisonment, or both, for reenrty as removed aliens. (Such provision does not apply to aliens removed for security or terrorist grounds.)

Subjects an individual who knowingly aids or conspires to allow, procure, or permit any such alien to reenter the United States to criminal penalty, the same imprisonment term as applies to the alien so aided, or both.

criminal alien accountability act amends immigration nationality act establish minimum imprisonment terms specified categories aliens subject criminal fines imprisonment removed aliens provision apply aliens removed security terrorist grounds subjects individual knowingly aids conspires allow procure permit alien reenter united_states criminal penalty imprisonment term applies alien aided


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Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include as a nonimmigrant alien an alien who is the parent of a child who: (1) is a U.S. citizen; (2) was born outside the United States and its outlying possessions; and (3) had a natural parent who served honorably in an active-duty status in the U.S. Armed Forces and died on or after September 11, 2001, from an injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by that service.

Defines "parent" to include a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis for purposes of: (1) such nonimmigrant alien; and (2) immediate relative status with respect to aliens who are not subject to direct numerical limitations.

Sets forth related conditions concerning: (1) employment, (2) period of authorized admission, and (3) number of aliens to be admitted for each such child.

fallen heroes family act amends immigration nationality act include nonimmigrant alien alien parent child citizen born outside united_states outlying possessions natural parent served honorably active duty status died september injury disease incurred aggravated service defines parent include legal guardian person standing loco parentis purposes nonimmigrant alien immediate relative status respect aliens subject direct numerical limitations sets forth related conditions concerning employment period authorized admission number aliens admitted child


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STEM Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education; and (2) have taken all doctoral courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States.

Defines "United States doctoral institution of higher education" as an institution that: (1) is defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965, (2) was classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on January 1, 2012, as a doctorate-granting university with a very high or high level of research activity or classified by the National Science Foundation as having research activity equivalent to such institutions, and (3) is accredited by an accrediting body that is itself accredited either by the Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Makes any such unused visas available to aliens who: (1) hold a master's degree in a STEM field from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education that was either part of a master's program that required at least two years of enrollment or part of a five-year combined baccalaureate-master's degree program in such field; and (2) have taken all master's degree courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States. Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) from approving an employer petition on behalf of a STEM alien unless the Secretary receives a determination by the Secretary of Labor that there are not sufficient American workers available for the job.

Requires DHS to: (1) adjudicate a petition on behalf of a STEM alien within 60 days, and (2) notify a petitioner within 30 days if the petition does not meet approval standards and needs to be resubmitted.

Requires: (1) employers of foreign STEM graduates to submit a job order for the position with the appropriate state workforce agency, and (2) such agency to post the position on its website for at least 30 days. Requires the Department of Labor to: (1) adjudicate a STEM application within 180 days, and (2) notify an applicant within 60 days if the application does not meet approval standards and needs to be resubmitted. Makes unused STEM visas in FY2015 through FY2017 available for use in future years under specified conditions.

 Eliminates the diversity immigrant program.

 States that: (1) the permanent priority date for any employment-based petition shall be the date on which the petition is filed, unless such filing was preceded by the filing of a labor certification with the Secretary of Labor, in which case that date shall constitute the priority date; and (2) an alien who is the beneficiary of an employment-based petition that was approvable when filed shall retain such petition's priority date in the consideration of any subsequently filed employment-based petition.

 Revises foreign student visa (F-visa) provisions to establish: (1) an F-1 visa for a foreign student who is pursuing a full course of STEM field study at a U.S. institution of higher education or a proprietary institution of higher education which has agreed to report the attendance termination of each nonimmigrant student to DHS, or who is participating in related temporary optional practical training following completion of such studies; (2) an F-2 visa for a foreign student who has an actual residence in a foreign country and who seeks to enter the United States temporarily and solely to pursue a course of study at an established college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or in a language training program in the United States, which has agreed to report the attendance termination of each nonimmigrant student to DHS; (3) an F-3 visa for the spouse or minor child of an F-1 or F-2 foreign student; and (4) an F-4 visa for a Canadian or Mexican foreign student who maintains an actual residence in such country and commutes to a U.S. institution for full or part-time (F-1 or F-2 related) study.

amends immigration nationality act visas available fy2015 subsequent fiscal years qualified immigrants doctorate degree field science technology engineering mathematics stem degree doctoral institution higher education taken doctoral courses stem field including courses taken correspondence distance education physically present united_states defines united_states doctoral institution higher education institution defined higher education act classified january doctorate granting university high high level research activity classified national_science_foundation having research activity equivalent institutions accredited accrediting body accredited department_of_education council_for_higher_education_accreditation makes unused visas available aliens hold master degree stem field doctoral institution higher education master program required years enrollment year combined baccalaureate master degree program field taken master degree courses stem field including courses taken correspondence distance education physically present united_states prohibits secretary homeland_security dhs secretary approving employer petition behalf stem alien secretary receives determination secretary labor sufficient american workers available job requires dhs adjudicate petition behalf stem alien days notify petitioner days petition meet approval standards needs resubmitted requires employers foreign stem graduates submit job order position appropriate state workforce agency agency post position website days requires department_of_labor adjudicate stem application days notify applicant days application meet approval standards needs resubmitted makes unused stem visas fy2015 fy2017 available use future years specified conditions eliminates diversity immigrant program states permanent priority date employment based petition shall date petition filed filing preceded filing labor certification secretary labor case date shall constitute priority date alien beneficiary employment based petition approvable filed shall retain petition priority date consideration subsequently filed employment based petition revises foreign student visa visa provisions establish f-1 visa foreign student pursuing course stem field study institution higher education proprietary institution higher education agreed report attendance termination nonimmigrant student dhs participating related temporary optional practical training following completion studies visa foreign student actual residence foreign country seeks enter united_states temporarily solely pursue course study established college university conservatory academic high school elementary school language training program united_states agreed report attendance termination nonimmigrant student dhs visa spouse minor child f-1 foreign student f-4 visa canadian mexican foreign student maintains actual residence country commutes institution time f-1 related study


Summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding U-visa (victims of certain crimes) provisions to: (1) limit derivative visas to spouses and children of an alien victim; (2) require visa recipients to be a victim of an actual crime by eliminating eligibility based upon being the intended victim of an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any of the specified crimes; (3) limit visa duration to the lesser of three years or the period of limitations prescribed for the qualifying crime; and (4) eliminate U-visa status adjustment to permanent legal resident status.

amends immigration nationality act visa victims certain crimes provisions limit derivative visas spouses children alien victim require visa recipients victim actual crime eliminating eligibility based intended victim attempt conspiracy solicitation commit specified crimes limit visa duration lesser years period limitations prescribed qualifying crime eliminate visa status adjustment permanent legal resident status


Summary:
Nuclear Family Priority Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate parents from the definition of "immediate relatives" with respect to those aliens not subject to worldwide immigration levels or numerical limitations.

Replaces existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.

Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants.

Establishes a nonimmigrant visa category for an alien who is a parent of a U.S. citizen at least 21 years old.

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E-Verify Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program permanent and mandatory.

Revises specified Program procedures.

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Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.

Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens who enter the United States without an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization verification, and (2) a description of any improvements needed to minimize the number of aliens who enter the United States without such verification.

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Summary:
Uniting American Families Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a "permanent partner" within the scope of such Act. Defines a "permanent partner" as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 or older in which both individuals intend a lifelong commitment; (2) is financially interdependent with the other individual; (3) is not married to, or in a permanent partnership with, anyone other than the individual; (4) is unable to contract with the other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (5) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of the other individual.

Defines: (1) "permanent partnership" as the relationship existing between two permanent partners, and (2) "alien permanent partner" as the individual in a permanent partnership who is being sponsored for a visa.

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Summary:
End Immuity for Brazilian Criminals Act - Prohibits the issuance of a visa to a citizen, subject, national, or resident of Brazil until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Brazil has removed the prohibition on extradition of Brazilian nationals to other countries.

Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition on a case-by-case basis if in the U.S. national interest.

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Summary: Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2013 - Amends provisions regarding violence against immigrant women in the following areas: (1) employment of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens, (2) self-petitioning, (3) protections for children and family members from traffickers and criminals, (4) recapture of unused U-visas, (5) battered spouse and family member protections, (6) asylum, (7) removal, (8) naturalization, (9) VAWA confidentiality, (10) services for trafficking victims, (11) fiancee/fiance protections and marriage broker regulation, and (12) sexual abuse in custodial settings.

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Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.

Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.

Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas: (1) for FY2013, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; (2) for FY2014, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012; and (3) for FY2015, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2013.

Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country.

Provides that the amendments made by this Act will take place as if enacted on September 30, 2012, and shall apply beginning in FY2013.

fairness high skilled immigrants act amends immigration nationality act eliminate country numerical limitation employment based immigrants increase country numerical limitation family based immigrants total number family sponsored visas amends chinese student protection act eliminate provision requiring reduction annual chinese prc immigrant visas offset status adjustments act sets forth following transition period employment based second preference eb-2 eb-3 immigrant visas fy2013 visas allotted natives countries countries largest aggregate numbers natives obtaining visas fy2011 fy2014 visas allotted category natives countries largest aggregate numbers natives obtaining visas fy2012 fy2015 visas allotted category natives countries largest aggregate numbers natives obtaining visas fy2013 sets forth following country distribution rules transition period visas total number eb-2 eb-3 visas natives single country non transition period visas eb-2 eb-3 visas natives single country provides amendments act place enacted september shall apply beginning fy2013


Summary:
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Sets forth detention standards for immigration detention facilities.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) convene a detention advisory committee; (2) promulgate regulations regarding detainee care and custody; (3) implement secure alternatives to detention programs under which eligible aliens are released under supervision, assistance, and monitoring that ensure their appearance at all immigration interviews, appointments, and hearings; and (4) provide protective detention alternatives for specified categories of vulnerable aliens.

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Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with the heads of other relevant federal agencies to conduct a review of refugee processing with the goal of streamlining processing, consistent with maintaining security.

Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to establish overseas refugee English language and work orientation training programs prior to the departure for the United States of refugees who have been approved for U.S. admission.

Permits: (1) refugees (and their spouses and children) to be admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents, and (2) asylum seekers (and their spouses and children) to be granted lawful permanent residency.

Directs the Secretary when setting the amount of reception and placement grants to: (1) adjust the grant amount to account for anticipated initial refugee resettlement needs, and (2) ensure that funding is provided to national resettlement agencies at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a White House Coordinator on Refugee Protection.

Requires the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (Director) to make grants to national resettlement agencies to operate a case management system to assist individuals access eligible services, benefits, and assistance provided by the Office, federal, state, or local agencies, and private or nonprofit organizations.

Requires the Office, subject to available appropriations, to provide refugees with a minimum of 12 months' assistance and social services for employment, health, and living expenses.

Authorizes the Director to award grants to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and resettlement agencies for programs to assist newcomers integrate into U.S. civic life.

Expands eligibility for, and participation in, the refugee matching grant program (federal-private refugee assistance).

Establishes a Domestic Emergency Refugee Resettlement Fund to meet unanticipated refugee resettlement needs.

Makes SSI (supplemental security income) benefits available to qualified aliens, U-visa aliens (victim of criminal activity), or certain T-visa aliens (victims of trafficking in persons) who were ineligible for such benefits because of their failure to acquire citizenship within seven years.

Makes a child who has been granted special immigrant status as a victim of criminal activity (U-visa) eligible for specified refugee benefits.

strengthening refugee resettlement act directs secretary homeland_security dhs work heads relevant federal agencies conduct review refugee processing goal streamlining processing consistent maintaining security directs secretary state secretary establish overseas refugee english language work orientation training programs prior departure united_states refugees approved admission permits refugees spouses children admitted united_states lawful permanent residents asylum seekers spouses children granted lawful permanent residency directs secretary setting reception placement grants adjust grant account anticipated initial refugee resettlement needs ensure funding provided national resettlement agencies beginning fiscal year expresses sense congress president appoint white_house_coordinator refugee protection requires director office_of_refugee_resettlement director grants national resettlement agencies operate case management system assist individuals access eligible services benefits assistance provided office federal state local agencies private nonprofit organizations requires office subject available appropriations provide refugees minimum months assistance social services employment health living expenses authorizes director award grants community based organizations nonprofit organizations resettlement agencies programs assist integrate civic life expands eligibility participation refugee matching grant program federal private refugee assistance establishes domestic emergency refugee resettlement fund meet unanticipated refugee resettlement needs makes ssi supplemental security income benefits available qualified aliens visa aliens victim criminal activity certain visa aliens victims trafficking persons ineligible benefits failure acquire citizenship seven years makes child granted special immigrant status victim criminal activity visa eligible specified refugee benefits


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Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act - Authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim.

Requires that such motion be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

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Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename H-2A nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers as STRAW workers.

Includes dairy or ranch workers in such category.

Eliminates the 50% rule requiring employers to agree to accept all qualified U.S. workers until 50% of the certified employment period has been completed.

Provides that an employer shall not be required to pay a wage rate greater than the greatest of the federal, state, and local minimum wage rates.

Prohibits the Legal Services Corporation from providing legal assistance for any alien and prohibits providing financial assistance to any person or entity that provides legal assistance for any alien, unless: (1) the alien is present in the United States when the legal assistance is provided, and (2) the parties to the dispute have attempted mediation or other non-binding dispute resolution of all issues.

Sets forth STRAW worker provisions regarding housing and length of U.S. stay.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide each nonimmigrant agricultural worker with an identification card that contains: (1) an encrypted, machine-readable, electronic identification strip that is unique to such alien; (2) biometric identifiers, including fingerprints and a digital photograph; and (3) physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a trust fund to pay for: (1) program administration and enforcement, (2) identification card costs, (3) monetary incentives for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to return to their country of origin, and (4) emergency medical services furnished to such workers.

Provides for the payment of specified funds into the trust fund from employers and worker wage deductions.

short term retention agricultural workers act amends immigration nationality act rename h-2a nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers workers includes dairy ranch workers category eliminates rule requiring employers agree accept qualified workers certified employment period completed provides employer shall required pay wage rate greater greatest federal state local minimum wage rates providing legal assistance alien prohibits providing financial assistance person entity provides legal assistance alien alien present united_states legal assistance provided parties dispute attempted mediation non binding dispute resolution issues sets forth worker provisions housing length stay directs secretary homeland_security dhs provide nonimmigrant agricultural worker identification card contains encrypted machine readable electronic identification strip unique alien biometric identifiers including fingerprints digital photograph physical security features designed prevent tampering counterfeiting duplication directs secretary agriculture usda establish trust fund pay program administration enforcement identification card costs monetary incentives nonimmigrant agricultural workers return country origin emergency medical services furnished workers provides payment specified funds trust fund employers worker wage deductions


Summary:
Startup Act 3.0 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM field) and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa, if the alien is searching for STEM field employment; and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in a STEM field.

Removes a STEM alien's conditional status after five years of maintaining eligibility during the entire five-year period.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue conditional immigrant visas to up to 75,000 qualified alien entrepreneurs. Removes such conditional basis after four years of maintaining qualified entrepreneur status.

Eliminates the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based visas.

Increases the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.

Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual People's Republic of China immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a permanent full tax exclusion on gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years, (2) repeal the minimum tax preference and the 28% capital gains rate on such stock, and (3) provide a limited tax credit for certain startup small businesses.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to use certain federal agency extramural budget funds to award grants to institutions of higher education for initiatives to improve commercialization and transfer of technology.

 Requires the head of any federal or independent regulatory agency, before issuing a notice of rule making in connection with the issuance of a proposed major rule, to complete a review that, among other things, analyzes the problem that the rule intends to address, and identifies and analyzes the rule's expected impact on state, local, and tribal governments, as well as on the ability of new businesses to form and expand. Requires a cost-benefit analysis before rule issuance.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to regularly compile: (1) information from each of the states and the District of Columbia on laws that affect the formation and growth of new businesses, and (2) quantitative and qualitative information on U.S. businesses that are not more than one year old.

startup act amends immigration nationality act authorize secretary homeland_security dhs adjust conditional permanent resident status aliens earned master doctorate degree science technology engineering mathematics field stem field permit alien remain united_states year expiration alien student visa alien searching stem field employment indefinitely alien remains actively engaged stem field removes stem alien conditional status years maintaining eligibility entire year period authorizes secretary issue conditional immigrant visas qualified alien entrepreneurs removes conditional basis years maintaining qualified entrepreneur status eliminates country numerical limitation employment based visas increases country numerical limitation family based immigrants total number family sponsored visas amends chinese student protection act eliminate provision requiring reduction annual immigrant visas offset status adjustments act amends internal revenue code provide permanent tax exclusion gain sale exchange qualified small business stock held years repeal minimum tax preference capital gains rate stock provide limited tax credit certain startup small businesses directs secretary commerce use certain federal agency extramural budget funds award grants institutions higher education initiatives improve commercialization transfer technology requires head federal independent regulatory agency issuing notice rule making connection issuance proposed major rule complete review things analyzes problem rule intends address identifies analyzes rule expected impact state local tribal governments ability new businesses form expand requires cost benefit analysis rule issuance directs secretary commerce regularly compile information states district_of_columbia laws affect formation growth new businesses quantitative qualitative information businesses year old


Summary:
Reuniting Families Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas, and (2) the number of unused visas from FY1992-FY2011.

Establishes the fiscal year worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants at 480,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas, and (2) the number of unused visas from FY1992-FY2011.

Revises the definition of "immediate relative" to: (1) mean a child, spouse, or parent of a U.S. citizen or the child or spouse of a lawful permanent resident (and for each family member of a citizen or resident, such individual's accompanying spouse or child), except that in the case of parents such citizens shall be at least 21 years old; (2) permit a widow or widower of a U.S. citizen or resident to seek permanent resident status if married at least two years at the time of the citizen's or resident's death or, if married less than two years, by showing through a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not solely to obtain an immigration benefit; and (3) include an alien who was the child or parent of a U.S. citizen or resident at the time of the citizen's or resident's death if the alien files a petition within two years after such date or prior to reaching 21 years old.

Increases immigration visas for: (1) unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, and (2) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens.

Provides an 80,640 visa allocation for the unmarried sons and daughters of permanent resident aliens.

Increases annual per country (10% of annual total) and dependent area (5% of annual total) limits for employment-based and family-sponsored immigrant visas.

Expands specified family-unity exceptions to unlawful presence-based inadmissibility.

Provides specified relief for orphans and spouses regarding: (1) petitions for immediate relative status, (2) parole eligibility, (3) permanent resident status adjustment, and (4) processing of immigrant visas.

Makes an alien inadmissible for willful misrepresentation of citizenship. (Under current law inadmissibility is based on false representation of citizenship.)

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act - Exempts children of naturalized Filipino World War II veterans from worldwide or numerical immigrant limitations.

Makes a minor child of an alien fiancee/fiance or of an alien spouse of a U.S. citizen eligible for derivative K-visa status provided that the child's age is determined using such child's age at the date that the petition to classify such child's parent as a K-visa alien is filed with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Authorizes the Secretary or the Attorney General to adjust the status of a finacee/fiance or alien spouse and any minor children (K-visa) to conditional permanent resident status if such alien marries the petitioner within three months after U.S. admission.

Redefines "child" for purposes of titles I and II of the Act to include a stepchild under 21 years old. (Current law includes a stepchild who has not reached 18 years old at the time the marriage creating the status of stepchild occurred.)

 Amends INA to include a "permanent partner" within the scope of such Act.

Revises provisions regarding: (1) priority date retention; (2) false claims and misrepresentations; and (3) waiver eligibility for widows, widowers, and orphans.

Defines "permanent partner" as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 or older in which both individuals intend a lifelong commitment; (2) is financially interdependent with the other individual; (3) is not married to, or in a permanent partnership with, anyone other than the individual; (4) is unable to contract with the other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (5) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of the other individual.

Defines "permanent partnership" as the relationship existing between two permanent partners.

Defines "alien permanent partner" as the individual in a permanent partnership who is being sponsored for a visa.

reuniting families act amends immigration nationality act ina establish fiscal year worldwide level employment based immigrants plus previous year unused visas number unused visas fy1992 fy2011 establishes fiscal year worldwide level family sponsored immigrants plus previous year unused visas number unused visas fy1992 fy2011 revises definition immediate relative mean child spouse parent citizen child spouse lawful permanent resident family member citizen resident individual accompanying spouse child case parents citizens shall years old permit widow widower citizen resident seek permanent resident status married years time citizen resident death married years showing preponderance evidence marriage entered good faith solely obtain immigration benefit include alien child parent citizen resident time citizen resident death alien files petition years date prior reaching years old increases immigration visas unmarried sons daughters citizens brothers sisters citizens provides visa allocation unmarried sons daughters permanent resident aliens increases annual country annual total dependent area annual total limits employment based family sponsored immigrant visas expands specified family unity exceptions unlawful presence based inadmissibility provides specified relief orphans spouses petitions immediate relative status parole eligibility permanent resident status adjustment processing immigrant visas makes alien inadmissible willful misrepresentation citizenship current law inadmissibility based false representation citizenship filipino veterans family reunification act exempts children naturalized filipino world war veterans worldwide numerical immigrant limitations makes minor child alien fiancee fiance alien spouse citizen eligible derivative visa status provided child age determined child age date petition classify child parent visa alien filed secretary homeland_security dhs authorizes secretary attorney general adjust status finacee fiance alien spouse minor children visa conditional permanent resident status alien marries petitioner months admission redefines child purposes titles act include stepchild years old current law includes stepchild reached years old time marriage creating status stepchild occurred amends ina include permanent partner scope act revises provisions priority date retention false claims misrepresentations waiver eligibility widows widowers orphans defines permanent partner individual older committed intimate relationship individual older individuals intend lifelong commitment financially interdependent individual married permanent partnership individual unable contract individual marriage cognizable act second degree blood relation individual defines permanent partnership relationship existing permanent partners defines alien permanent partner individual permanent partnership sponsored visa


Summary:
Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2013 or SAVE Act of 2013 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) increases in Border Patrol and investigative personnel, (2) recruitment of former military personnel, (3) use of Department of Defense (DOD) equipment, (4) infrastructure improvements, (5) aerial and other surveillance, (5) a national strategy to secure the borders, (6) accountable financing under the Secure Border Initiative, (7) emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents, and (8) expansion of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism along the northern and southern borders.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to check against terrorist watchlists those persons suspected of alien smuggling and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. borders.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and specified maritime law sections to revise alien smuggling provisions.

Sets forth provisions respecting border security on certain federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-verify program permanent.

Sets forth conditions for the mandatory use of the E-verify system.

Requires: (1) employer/employee notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and related information sharing with DHS; and (2) establishment of electronic birth and death registration systems.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) penalize specified employers for failure to correct information returns; and (2) prohibit employers from deducting from gross income wages paid to unauthorized aliens, with an exception for an employer participating in the basic employment eligibility confirmation program.

Increases criminal alien program (CAP) personnel.

Authorizes border relief grants for local law enforcement agencies within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border.

Establishes within DHS a rewards program to assist in the elimination of commercial operations to produce or sell fraudulent immigration-related documents and to assist in the investigation, prosecution, or disruption of commercial alien smuggling operations.

Provides for: (1) increased alien detention facilities, (2) additional immigration court judgeships, and (3) a media campaign to inform the public of changes made by this Act including a multilingual media campaign explaining noncompliance penalties.

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Summary:
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act - States that any person who serves or has served under honorable conditions as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to extend the period for filing a naturalization application to one year after completion of eligible military service.

Exempts from worldwide immigrant visa numerical limitations an alien who is eligible for a family-sponsored immigrant visa and is either the spouse or child of a permanent resident alien who is serving in the Armed Forces.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter, or minor sibling of a person who is serving or has served in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. Permits posthumous benefits under specified circumstances.

 States that with respect to a removal proceeding under INA: (1) a notice to appear shall not be issued against an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces without the Secretary's prior approval; (2) the Secretary, in determining whether to issue a notice, shall consider the alien's eligibility for naturalization, military service record, grounds of deportability, and any hardship to the Armed Forces, the alien, and his or her family if the alien were to be placed in removal proceedings; and (3) an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces shall not be removed from the United States under specified grounds.

support families act states person serves served honorable conditions member support contingency operations shall eligible naturalization person served period presidentially designated military hostilities amends immigration nationality act ina extend period filing naturalization application year completion eligible military service exempts worldwide immigrant visa numerical limitations alien eligible family sponsored immigrant visa spouse child permanent resident alien serving armed_forces authorizes secretary homeland_security dhs adjust permanent resident status alien parent spouse child son daughter minor sibling person serving served armed_forces honorable conditions permits posthumous benefits specified circumstances states respect removal proceeding ina notice appear shall issued alien serves served honorable conditions armed_forces secretary prior approval secretary determining issue notice shall consider alien eligibility naturalization military service record grounds deportability hardship armed_forces alien family alien placed removal proceedings alien serves served honorable conditions armed_forces shall removed united_states specified grounds


Summary:
Venezuelan Liberty Act - Provides for the adjustment to permanent resident status of a national of Venezuela who has maintained a required physical presence in the United States during the period beginning on February 2, 1999, and ending on March 4, 2013, and who, during such period, applied for asylum and was placed in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings.

Requires individuals to apply for adjustment before April 1, 2014.

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Summary: Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.

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Summary:
Revises requirements with respect to the training of aliens and other individuals designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the operation of certain aircraft.

Authorizes a flight instructor, pilot school, or aviation training center to provide training to an individual in the operation of an aircraft with a takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds only if that individual has been checked against databases available to the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) that he or she is: (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) a U.S. national, (3) a permanent resident, or (4) an alien temporarily admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant for the purpose of obtaining such training.

Directs the Secretary to require Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of flight schools.

revises requirements respect training aliens individuals designated secretary homeland_security dhs operation certain aircraft authorizes flight instructor pilot school aviation training center provide training individual operation aircraft takeoff weight pounds individual checked databases available assistant secretary homeland_security transportation_security_administration tsa citizen national permanent resident alien temporarily admitted united_states nonimmigrant purpose obtaining training directs secretary require federal_aviation_administration faa certification flight schools


Summary:
Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2013 - Adjusts to permanent resident status a qualifying Liberian national who: (1) has been continuously present in the United States between January 1, 2013, through the date of status adjustment application; or (2) is the spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of such an alien.

Requires adjustment applications to be filed not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.

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Summary: Strengthening America's Public Schools Through Promoting Foreign Investment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit a lawful alien who enters the United States on a nonimmigrant student visa (including Mexican and Canadian commuter students) to attend a U.S. public secondary school for longer than one year if such alien reimburses the local educational agency for the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at such school for the period of the alien's attendance.

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Summary: Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2013 or the STAPLE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from: (1) direct numerical limitations aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution of higher education and who have an offer of employment from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; and (2) H-1B visa (specialty occupation) numerical limitations aliens who have a U.S. STEM Ph.D. and with respect to whom the petitioning employer requires such an education.

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Summary:
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupation services in the nonimmigrant E-3 visa category.

Authorizes up to 10,500 of such visas to be issued each fiscal year.

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Summary:
New IDEA Act or the New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages and benefits paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien. Extends to six years the period for assessing and collecting underpayments of tax due to deductions claimed for wages paid to unauthorized aliens.

Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretaries of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Treasury to jointly establish a program to share information that may lead to the identification of unauthorized aliens. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide taxpayer identity information to the Commissioner of Social Security and the DHS Secretary on employers who paid nondeductible wages to unauthorized aliens and on the aliens to whom such wages were paid.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) make permanent the E-Verify Program for verifying the employment eligibility of alien workers, (2) apply such program to current employees in addition to new hires, (3) establish a rebuttable presumption that employers who participate in the E-Verify Program and obtain confirmation of identity and employment eligibility have not violated hiring requirements under such Act, and (4) allow employers participating in the E-Verify Program to make a conditional offer of employment pending final verification of the identity and employment eligibility of the job applicant.

new idea act deny tax deduction wages benefits paid behalf unauthorized alien extends years period assessing collecting underpayments tax deductions claimed wages paid unauthorized aliens directs commissioner social_security secretaries_of_homeland_security dhs treasury jointly establish program share information lead identification unauthorized aliens requires secretary treasury provide taxpayer identity information commissioner_of_social_security dhs secretary employers paid nondeductible wages unauthorized aliens aliens wages paid amends illegal immigration reform immigrant responsibility act permanent e-verify_program verifying employment eligibility alien workers apply program current employees addition new hires establish rebuttable presumption employers participate e-verify_program obtain confirmation identity employment eligibility violated hiring requirements act allow employers participating conditional offer employment pending final verification identity employment eligibility job applicant


Summary:
Refugee Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim; and (2) permit, and set forth the requirements for, reopening a claim that was denied because of failure to file within one year.

Revises the definition of terrorist activity for purposes of alien inadmissibility. Excludes activity committed under duress from such definition.

Revises: (1) the definition of refugee, and (2) the criteria for granting asylum.

Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint counsel to represent an alien in a removal proceeding.

Prohibits an alien from being removed during the 30-day petition for review period unless the alien indicates in writing that he or she wishes to be removed before the expiration of such period.

Makes discretionary certain currently required detention provisions regarding arriving aliens who request asylum.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) establish a secure alternatives to detention program, (2) establish specified conditions of detention, (3) file notice of immigration charges with the court and the individual within 48 hours of detention, and (4) establish procedures to ensure the accuracy of statements taken by DHS employees exercising expedited removal authority.

Authorizes the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to conduct a study to determine whether certain immigration officers are properly handling asylum and removal/detention authority with regard to aliens apprehended after entering the United States.

Authorizes waiver of the continuous one-year presence requirement for permanent resident status adjustment for a qualifying refugee/asylee who: (1) is or was employed by the U.S. government or a U.S. government contractor for not more than one year overseas and worked on behalf of the U.S. government for such time, and (2) returns immediately to the United States upon such employment's conclusion.

Exempts aliens under the age of 18 from certain restrictions on applying for asylum.

Sets forth protections for: (1) refugees; (2) aliens interdicted at sea; and (2) stateless persons in the United States, including mechanisms for regularizing status.

Authorizes the President to designate refugee groups.

Permits applicants for refugee admission to simultaneously pursue other forms of admission.

Authorizes the spouse or child of a refugee or asylee to bring his or her accompanying or following child into the United States as a refugee or asylee.

States that if the President does not issue a refugee allocation determination before the beginning of a fiscal year the number of refugees that may be admitted in each quarter shall be 25% of the number of refugees admissible during the previous fiscal year.

Directs the Secretary of State to notify Congress regarding the amount of funds that will be provided in Reception and Placement Grants in the coming fiscal year.

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, with respect to naturalization of an Afghan or Iraqi translator who is a lawful permanent resident, to count a period of absence from the United States working as a translator for the United States or a U.S. contractor in Afghanistan or Iraq towards the accumulation of the required U.S. physical presence.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs.

Revises the refugee grant and contract assistance allocation formula.

Directs the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Refugee and Asylee Resettlement (HHS) to: (1) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (2) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the eligibility for supplemental security income (SSI) assistance to certain aliens (including asylees and refugees) and trafficking victims.

refugee protection act amends immigration nationality act eliminate year time limit filing asylum claim permit set forth requirements reopening claim denied failure file year revises definition terrorist activity purposes alien inadmissibility excludes activity committed duress definition revises definition refugee criteria granting asylum authorizes attorney general appoint counsel represent alien removal proceeding prohibits alien removed day petition review period alien indicates writing wishes removed expiration period makes discretionary certain currently required detention provisions arriving aliens request asylum directs secretary homeland_security dhs establish secure alternatives detention program establish specified conditions detention file notice immigration charges court individual hours detention establish procedures ensure accuracy statements taken dhs employees exercising expedited removal authority authorizes united_states_commission international religious freedom conduct study determine certain immigration officers properly handling asylum removal detention authority regard aliens apprehended entering united_states authorizes waiver continuous year presence requirement permanent resident status adjustment qualifying refugee asylee employed government government contractor year overseas worked behalf government time returns immediately united_states employment conclusion exempts aliens age certain restrictions applying asylum sets forth protections refugees aliens interdicted sea stateless persons united_states including mechanisms regularizing status authorizes president designate refugee groups permits applicants refugee admission simultaneously pursue forms admission authorizes spouse child refugee asylee bring accompanying following child united_states refugee asylee states president issue refugee allocation determination beginning fiscal year number refugees admitted quarter shall number refugees admissible previous fiscal year directs secretary state notify congress funds provided reception coming fiscal year amends national defense authorization act fiscal year respect naturalization afghan iraqi translator lawful permanent resident count period absence united_states working translator united_states contractor afghanistan iraq accumulation required physical presence directs comptroller general conduct study office_of_refugee_resettlement domestic refugee resettlement programs revises refugee grant contract assistance allocation formula directs assistant secretary health_and_human_services_for_refugee asylee resettlement hhs report congress states experiencing departures arrivals secondary migration expand office data analysis collection sharing activities include data mental physical medical cases housing needs refugee employment amends personal responsibility work opportunity reconciliation act extend eligibility supplemental security income ssi assistance certain aliens including asylees refugees trafficking victims


Summary:
H-2A Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy worker.

Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with an additional three-year extension.

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Summary:
Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-based Visa Appeals within the Department of State.

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to deny a family-based immigration petition by a U.S. petitioner for an alien spouse or child if: (1) the petitioner is on the national sex offender registry for a conviction that resulted in more than one year's imprisonment, (2) the petitioner has failed to rebut such information within 90 days, and (3) granting the petition would put a spouse or child beneficiary in danger of sexual abuse.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Task Force to Rescue Immigrant Victims of American Sex Offenders.

Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the status of aliens who would otherwise be inadmissible (due to unlawful presence, document fraud, or other specified grounds of inadmissibility) if such aliens have been in the United States for at least five years and meet other requirements.

Authorizes the emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents to a requesting border state.

Sets forth provisions for Border Patrol acquisition and use of specified equipment.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for additional detention space for illegal aliens; (2) increase Border Patrol agents, airport and land border immigration inspectors, immigration enforcement officers, and fraud and document fraud investigators; (3) enhance Border Patrol training and operational facilities; (4) establish immigration, customs, and agriculture inspector occupations within the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection; (5) reestablish the Border Patrol anti-smuggling unit; (6) establish criminal investigator occupations within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (7) increase Border Patrol agent and investigator pay; (8) require foreign language training for appropriate DHS employees; and (9) establish the Fraudulent Documents Task Force.

Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm, and (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.

Authorizes S (witness or informant) nonimmigrant status for aliens in possession of critical reliable information concerning commercial alien smuggling or trafficking in immigration documents.

Establishes a reward program to assist in eliminating immigration-related commercial document fraud operations.

Sets forth unfair immigration-related employment practices.

Requires petitioners for nonimmigrant labor to describe their efforts to recruit lawful permanent residents or U.S. citizens.

 Makes permanent an INA provision allowing adjustment of status of certain aliens for whom family-sponsored or employment-based applications or petitions were filed by a specified date.

 Lessens immigration consequences for minor criminal offenses. Eliminates retroactive changes in grounds of inadmissibility and removal.

Amends criminal offense removal-related provisions.

 Increases the worldwide level of diversity immigrants.

 Authorizes adjustment of status for certain nationals or citizens of Haiti.

 Eliminates mandatory detention in expedited removal proceedings.

 Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) waive document fraud as a ground of inadmissibility, and (2) address determinations with respect to children.

 Eliminates the one-year filing requirement for asylum applicants. Includes gender persecution within the particular social group category of persecution.

Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain temporary protected status persons.

 Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate a provision prohibiting restrictions on the communication of immigration status information by a government entity.

Replaces the existing fashion model H-1B visa classification with an O-visa classification.

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Summary: Senior Citizenship Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exempt certain persons over the age of 75 from the U.S. history, government, and English language naturalization examination requirements; and (2) permit certain persons over the age of 65 to take such history and government examination in a language other than English.

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Summary:
Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Transfers administration of the H-2A program from the Department of Labor to USDA.)

Includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum 12-month period of admissions which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period.

Revises H-2A certification provisions.

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Summary:
Stop Handouts to Unauthorized Taxpayers Act of 2013 or SHUT Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals unless they include their social security number on their tax return or otherwise demonstrate that they are authorized to be employed in the United States.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury or any delegate of the Secretary employed by the Department of the Treasury from issuing an individual taxpayer identification number unless supporting documentary evidence is submitted.

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Summary:
Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2013 or INVEST in America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide conditional permanent resident status for an alien entrepreneur (and spouse and children) who: (1) is in the process of completing, or has completed, a graduate level degree in science, technology, engineering, math or a related academic discipline from an accredited U.S. institute of higher education; (2) establishes a new commercial enterprise related to such study that meets specified employment and wage requirements; and (3) is admissible as an immigrant.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate such alien's status for fraud or failure to meet status requirements during the 60-month period after obtaining such status.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education to submit a recruitment, retainment, and investment strategic plan to Congress to attract skilled and talented foreign nationals to immigrate to the United States to create jobs and grow the economy.

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Summary:
Legal Workforce Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require an employer to attest, during the specified verification period for recruiting or hiring, and under penalty of perjury, that the employer has verified that an individual is not an unauthorized alien by:

 obtaining and recording the individual's Social Security account number or a Department of Homeland Services (DHS)-established identification or authorization number, and examining specified documents that establish such individual's identity and employment authorization. Authorizes DHS to prohibit or restrict the use of documents it finds unreliable.

Requires an individual to attest, under penalty of perjury, that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the United States.

Requires an employer to:

 retain a copy of the verification form for a specified period of time and make it available for inspection by DHS, the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, or the Department of Labor; record notices of confirmation or nonconfirmation of a person's identity or work eligibility; and notify an individual for whom a tentative nonconfirmation of identity or work eligibility has been received. Makes a nonconfirmation final if the person does not contest the nonconfirmation within a specified time period.

Authorizes an employer who has received a final nonconfirmation for an individual to terminate or decline to recruit that individual. Requires an employer who does not terminate such employment or recruitment to notify DHS. Makes failure to notify or to continue employment a violation of the prohibition on unlawful employment of aliens.

Establishes a phased-in employment eligibility verification system (EEVS) participation deadline (6-24 months) for employers based upon the number of employees. Requires agricultural employer participation within 24 months.

Authorizes an employer to condition a job offer based upon E-Verify confirmation.

 Requires employers to verify the work eligibility of aliens (phased-in over 6-24 months) with temporary work authorization within three business days after the date on which their work authorization expires.

Requires reverification within six months of the following workers who have not been verified under E-Verify: (1) federal, state, or local government employees; (2) certain employees who require a federal security clearance; and (3) certain employees assigned to work in the United States under a federal contract.

Authorizes an employer voluntarily to reverify employees. (Requires any such reverification to be applied to all individuals so employed).

Requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to notify annually all employees who submit a Social Security number to which more than one employer reports income if there is a pattern of unusual multiple use.

Prohibits the information provided under the employment eligibility confirmation process from being used other than for enforcement of this Act and other federal criminal provisions.

Prescribes factors for good faith compliance.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of DHS (Secretary) to establish EEVS patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.)

Requires EEVS to:

 be telephone- and electronic media-accessible; provide employers with temporary verification or nonverification within 3 working days of an inquiry, and in the case of nonverification, a final verification or nonverification within 10 working days; provide maximum identity theft protection; and limit the subjects of verification to individuals hired, referred, or recruited, employees and prospective employees, and individuals seeking to confirm voluntarily their own employment eligibility. Requires SSA and DHS to update EEVS database information.

Limits individual remedies for a wrongful termination claim to an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Prohibits class actions.

States that that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize a national identification card.

(Sec. 4) Includes employment recruitment and referral within the scope of EEVS. Requires EEVS use by union halls and nonprofit employment agencies.

(Sec. 5) Prescribes protections for employers who use EEVS in good faith.

(Sec. 6) Preempts any state or local law relating to the hiring, continued employment, or status verification for employment eligibility purposes of unauthorized aliens.

Authorizes states to enforce this Act, following federal implementing regulations and criminal penalty structures.

(Sec. 7) Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal its prohibitions and requirements regarding employment of unauthorized aliens, which are replaced by the prohibitions and requirements of this Act.

(Sec. 8) Increases civil and criminal penalties for employers who violate illegal hiring and employment laws.

Authorizes DHS to bar a business that is a repeat violator of, or is convicted of a crime under, this section from receiving federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements.

 Directs the Secretary to create an office to investigate state and local governmental agency complaints about businesses that hire or employ illegal immigrants.

(Sec. 9) Subjects employers to federal criminal penalties for fraudulent use of identity or work authorization documents.

(Sec. 10) Requires DHS to reimburse the SSA for EEVS operating costs.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to establish programs that block a Social Security account number:

 that has been subject to unusual multiple EEVS use or that is suspected or determined to have been compromised by identity fraud or other misuse, unless the individual using the number establishes that he or she is the legitimate holder; or by a parent or legal guardian to prevent theft of a child's identity. (Sec. 12) Requires an employer who utilizes the E-Verify photo matching tool to match the photograph to both the photograph on the identity or employment eligibility document provided by an employee and to the face of the employee submitting the document.

(Sec. 13) Directs the Secretary establish at least two identity authentication employment eligibility verification pilot programs to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of enrolled new employees.

(Sec. 14) Sets forth SSA auditing requirements.

legal workforce act sec amends immigration nationality act require employer attest specified verification period recruiting hiring penalty perjury employer verified individual unauthorized alien obtaining recording individual social_security account number identification authorization number examining specified documents establish individual identity employment authorization authorizes dhs prohibit restrict use documents finds unreliable requires individual attest penalty perjury citizen national lawful permanent resident alien authorized work united_states requires employer retain copy verification form specified period time available inspection dhs department_of_labor record notices confirmation person identity work eligibility notify individual tentative identity work eligibility received makes final person contest specified time period authorizes employer received final individual terminate decline recruit individual requires employer terminate employment recruitment notify dhs makes failure notify continue employment violation prohibition unlawful employment aliens establishes phased employment eligibility verification system eevs participation deadline months employers based number employees requires agricultural employer participation months authorizes employer condition job offer based verify confirmation requires employers verify work eligibility aliens phased months temporary work authorization business days date work authorization expires requires reverification months following workers verified verify federal state local government employees certain employees require federal security clearance certain employees assigned work united_states federal contract authorizes employer voluntarily reverify employees requires reverification applied individuals employed requires social_security_administration ssa notify annually employees submit social_security number employer reports income pattern unusual multiple use prohibits information provided employment eligibility confirmation process enforcement act federal criminal provisions prescribes factors good faith compliance sec directs secretary dhs secretary establish eevs patterned verify system eliminates current paper based i-9 system requires eevs electronic media accessible provide employers temporary verification nonverification working days inquiry case nonverification final verification nonverification working days provide maximum identity theft protection limit subjects verification individuals hired referred recruited employees prospective employees individuals seeking confirm voluntarily employment eligibility requires ssa dhs update eevs database information limits individual remedies wrongful termination claim action federal tort claims act prohibits class actions states act shall construed authorize national identification card sec includes employment recruitment referral scope eevs requires eevs use union halls nonprofit employment agencies sec prescribes protections employers use eevs good faith sec preempts state local law relating hiring continued employment status verification employment eligibility purposes unauthorized aliens authorizes states enforce act following federal implementing regulations criminal penalty structures sec amends illegal immigration reform immigrant responsibility act repeal prohibitions requirements employment unauthorized aliens replaced prohibitions requirements act sec increases civil criminal penalties employers violate illegal hiring employment laws authorizes dhs bar business repeat violator convicted crime section receiving federal contracts grants cooperative agreements directs secretary create office investigate state local governmental agency complaints businesses hire employ illegal immigrants sec subjects employers federal criminal penalties fraudulent use identity work authorization documents sec requires dhs reimburse ssa eevs operating costs sec directs secretary establish programs block social_security account number subject unusual multiple eevs use suspected determined compromised identity fraud misuse individual number establishes legitimate holder parent legal guardian prevent theft child identity sec requires employer utilizes verify photo matching tool match photograph photograph identity employment eligibility document provided employee face employee submitting document sec directs secretary establish identity authentication employment eligibility verification pilot programs provide employers identity authentication employment verification enrolled new employees sec sets forth ssa auditing requirements


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Mustafa Akarsu Local Guard Force Support Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for the surviving spouse or child of a U.S. government employee killed abroad in the line of duty, provided that: (1) the employee had performed faithful service for at least 15 years; and (2) the principal officer of a Foreign Service establishment (or, in the case of the American Institute of Taiwan, the Director) recommends, and the Secretary of State approves, the granting of such status.

States that this Act shall be effective beginning on January 31, 2013, and shall have retroactive effect.

provide special immigrant status surviving spouse child government employee killed abroad line duty provided employee performed faithful service years principal officer foreign_service establishment case director recommends secretary state approves granting status states act shall effective beginning january shall retroactive effect


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Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish as head of the Office an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Refugee and Asylee Resettlement. (Currently, the head of such Office is a Director.)

Revises the refugee grant and contract assistance allocation formula.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (2) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment.

Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide refugee resettlement guidance to appropriate national, state, and local entities.

modernization act directs comptroller general gao conduct study effectiveness office_of_refugee_resettlement domestic refugee resettlement programs amends immigration nationality act establish head office assistant secretary health_and_human_services_for_refugee asylee resettlement currently head office director revises refugee grant contract assistance allocation formula directs assistant secretary report congress states experiencing departures arrivals secondary migration expand office data analysis collection sharing activities include data mental physical medical cases housing needs refugee employment directs secretary state secretary health_and_human_services hhs provide refugee resettlement guidance appropriate national state local entities


Summary: Partner with Korea Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.

partner create e-4 treaty trader visa category nationals republic_of_korea south_korea fiscal year coming united_states solely perform specialty occupation services respect secretary labor certified secretary homeland_security dhs secretary state intending employer filed attestation concerning worker protections secretary labor