WELCOMED Act of 2021
Summary
Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021 or the WELCOMED Act of 2021 This bill makes certain individuals from Afghanistan eligible for any benefit that is available to a refugee, such as resettlement assistance. Specifically, this bill shall apply to a national of Afghanistan (or an individual with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who is temporarily paroled into the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit during the four-year period beginning on July 1, 2021.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 21, 2021
Last action Sep 21, 2021
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Sep 21, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Sep 21, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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