In the nature of a substitute.

To require the enforcement of existing border security and immigration laws and Congressional approval before amnesty can be granted.

Amendment SA 1311 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 54. Record Vote Number: 202. · Sponsored by Tom Coburn · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service , the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status.

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7271) · Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To increase the number of green cards for parents of United States citizens, to extend the duration of the new parent visitor visa, and to make penalties imposed on individuals who overstay such visas applicable only to such individuals.

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7271, S7280-7282) · Sponsored by Christopher J. Dodd · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To modify the allocation of visas with respect to the backlog of family-based visa petitions.

Amendment SA 1460 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 194. · Sponsored by Jon Kyl · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To prohibit obtaining Social Security benefits based on earnings obtained during any period without work authorization

Amendment SA 1415 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Kay Bailey Hutchison · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To preserve and enhance the role of the English language.

Amendment SA 1384 proposed by Senator Salazar to Amendment SA 1150. · Sponsored by Ken Salazar · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To improve the criteria and weights of the merit-based evaluation system.

Amendment SA 1374 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 55. Record Vote Number: 196. · Sponsored by John Ensign · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To require that the U.S. VISIT system- the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date- be finished as part of the enforcement trigger.

Amendment SA 1339 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 49. Record Vote Number: 199. · Sponsored by David Vitter · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To increase the immigration-related penalties associated with various criminal activities.

Amendment SA 1333 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 186. (text as modified: CR S7101-7103) · Sponsored by Edward M. Kennedy · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To clarify the application of the earned income tax credit.

Amendment SA 1331 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 191. · Sponsored by Harry Reid · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.

Amendment SA 1316 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 201. · Sponsored by Byron L. Dorgan · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To improve security by providing for the establishment of B-1 visitor visa decisionmaking guidelines and a tracking system.

Amendment SA 1272 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Charles E. Schumer · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa.

Amendment SA 1267 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 57. Record Vote Number: 189. · Sponsored by Jeff Bingaman · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information.

Amendment SA 1250 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 39. Record Vote Number: 190. · Sponsored by John Cornyn · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status.

Amendment SA 1234 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 41. Record Vote Number: 192. · Sponsored by Jeff Sessions · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To provide a date on which the authority of the section relating to the increasing of American competitiveness through a merit-based evaluation system for immigrants shall be terminated.

Amendment SA 1202 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 55. Record Vote Number: 200. · Sponsored by Barack Obama · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.

Amendment SA 1197 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 55. Record Vote Number: 188. · Sponsored by Jim DeMint · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.

Amendment SA 1194 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Robert Menendez · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures and to improve conditions of detention.

Amendment SA 1191 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7141-7143) · Sponsored by Joseph I. Lieberman · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals.

Amendment SA 1184 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 51. Record Vote Number: 187. · Sponsored by John Cornyn · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives.

Amendment SA 1183 ruled out of order by the chair. · Sponsored by Hillary Rodham Clinton · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To authorize the Secretary to establish new units of Customs Patrol Officers.

Amendment SA 1182 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Craig Thomas · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.

Amendment SA 1151 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 33. Record Vote Number: 198. · Sponsored by James M. Inhofe · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To ensure that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.

Amendment SA 1231 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 71 - 22. Record Vote Number: 183. · Sponsored by Richard J. Durbin · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the merit-based evaluation system for visas.

Amendment SA 1189 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31 - 62. Record Vote Number: 182. · Sponsored by Wayne Allard · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.

Amendment SA 1176 pursuant to the order of June 5, 2007, having achieved the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay. 67 - 26. Record Vote Number: 185. · Sponsored by Russell D. Feingold · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person to present photo identification.

Proposed amendment SA 1170, pursuant to the order of the Senate of June 5, 2007, having failed to achieve the required 60 votes in the affirmative was withdrawn in Senate. · Sponsored by Mitch McConnell · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To increase the authorization of appropriations for the Border Relief Grant Program.

Amendment SA 1238 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by John Cornyn · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To authorize the Attorney General to carry out a program, known as the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, to provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities, and for other purposes.

Amendment SA 1167 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Maria Cantwell · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review.

Amendment SA 1166 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S6993) · Sponsored by Chuck Grassley · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To establish an award to recognize companies for extraordinary efforts in English literacy and civics.

Amendment SA 1163 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Lamar Alexander · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To establish the American Competitiveness Scholarship Program.

Amendment SA 1223 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 35. Record Vote Number: 179. (text as modified: CR S6618) · Sponsored by Bernard Sanders · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To require undocumented immigrants receiving legal status to pay owed back taxes.

Amendment SA 1190 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S6592-6593, S6593-6594) · Sponsored by John McCain · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.

Amendment SA 1186, previously agreed to, was modified by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S6601) · Sponsored by Daniel K. Akaka · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-year period.

Amendment SA 1181 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 49. Record Vote Number: 178. · Sponsored by Byron L. Dorgan · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To provide local officials and the Secretary of Homeland Security greater involvement in decisions regarding the location of border fencing.

Amendment SA 1168, previously agreed to, was modified by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6592) · Sponsored by Kay Bailey Hutchison · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement officials related to an individual's immigration status.

Amendment SA 1158 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 49. Record Vote Number: 177. · Sponsored by Norm Coleman · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).

Amendment SA 1157 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 29 - 66. Record Vote Number: 180. · Sponsored by David Vitter · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To provide for minimum sentences for aliens who renter the United States after removal.

Amendment SA 1173 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. · Sponsored by Lindsey Graham · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To ensure control of our Nation's borders and strengthen enforcement of our immigration laws.

Amendment SA 1172 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Judd Gregg · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To reduce to 200,000 the number of certain non-immigrants permitted to be admitted during a fiscal year.

Amendment SA 1169 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 24. Record Vote Number: 175. · Sponsored by Jeff Bingaman · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To clarify rules applicable to aliens employed as dairy workers.

Amendment SA 1165 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified Senate: CR S6530) · Sponsored by Patrick J. Leahy · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.

Amendment SA 1146 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. · Sponsored by Dianne Feinstein · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.

Amendment SA 1153 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31 - 64. Record Vote Number: 174. · Sponsored by Byron L. Dorgan · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

Sponsored by Hillary Rodham Clinton · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

Sponsored by Jeff Bingaman · Amends S.Amdt. 1150

Sponsored by Carl Levin · Amends S.Amdt. 1150