Golden Visa Accountability Act
Summary
Golden Visa Accountability Act This bill requires the Department of State to establish and maintain a database containing information about investor visa denials due to the applicant's involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuses. (Generally, the United States offers immigrant visas to qualified individuals who invest in the United States and create a certain number of full-time jobs.) Initially, the database must include records related to such denials of U.S. investor visas. The bill also requires the State Department to eventually expand the database to include records of such denials of investor visas in other countries. The State Department shall prioritize including records from European Union countries and from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The State Department may admit a foreign country to be part of the database if the State Department determines (1) that country will be honest and forthcoming with its records, and (2) that country's investor visa program is at risk of abuse by corrupt foreign officials.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 24, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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3
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Committee
2
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Jun 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adam Kinzinger
RRepublican
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Dean Phillips
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Porter
DDemocratic
Co
Marcy Kaptur
DDemocratic
Co
Maria Elvira Salazar
RRepublican
Co
Peter Meijer
RRepublican
Co
Sheila Jackson Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Steve Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Tom Malinowski
DDemocratic
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