Search Results: keywords:"legal procedure"

  • H. R. 8060 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the notification of appropriate elected officials prior to the placement of refugees in a State.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:268

    H. R. 8060, also known as the "Contacting All Local Legislators Act" or the "CALL Act," aims to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. It requires that before placing refugees in a state, the responsible parties must notify the state's Senators, the district's House...

    Simple Explanation

    The CALL Act is a new rule that says important people in the government, like senators and representatives, need to be told before any new people called refugees move to their state. This is to make sure everyone knows what's happening, but it might slow things down a bit.

  • H. R. 10005 — To establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:451

    H. R. 10005 aims to speed up the process for reviewing certain appeals to decisions made by the Department of the Interior. If someone appeals a decision, they can request an expedited review, prompting the Board of Land Appeals to make a final decision within six months of...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 10005 is a bill that wants to make it faster for people to have their complaints about the Department of the Interior's decisions looked at. If someone asks to hurry things up, the people in charge have to decide in six months, or else the old decision stays, and then they can take their complaint to court.