This Week in Immigration

This Week on the Hill


Week Beginning March 5, 2018
(Last Updated: March 5, 2018 at 10:00 am EST)
ThisWeekInImmigration.Com's "This Week on the Hill" page lists the immigration-, human trafficking-, and refugee-related hearings, markups, and floor actions that either have been officially scheduled or that are anticipated to occur during the current week.
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • U.S. Senate
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This Week's Hearings
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Hearings
This Week's Markups
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Markups
This Week's Floor Actions
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Floor Activities
This Week's Hearings
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Hearings
This Week's Markups
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
  • Markup of Homeland Security Authorization Act:  The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a business meeting for this week during which it will continue its markup of a number of measures.  Among the measures scheduled to be marked up is H.R. 2825 the "Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017", which the U.S. House of Representatives passed on July 20, 2017. The business meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Room SD-342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Summary of Immigration Provisions.  As passed by the House, H.R. 2825 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Headquarters, which, among other things, would be charged with establishing an overall strategy to successfully further the mission of DHS, and ensuring that DHS successfully meets operational and management performance objectives.

The measure also would set forth the responsibilities of Chief Privacy Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief Information Officer of DHS; establish the positions of Chief Procurement Officer and Chief Security Officer; and include acquisition management with the responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Management.
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The measure would establish an Acquisition Review Board to strengthen accountability and uniformity within the DHS acquisition review process, review major acquisition programs, and review the use of best practices.​
Outlook.   At the time of this writing, there appears to be no opposition to the measure.
This Week's Floor Actions
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Floor Activities
Hearings and Briefings
Thursday, February 15, 2018
  • Hearing on Human Rights:  The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission has scheduled a hearing for this week titled, "Defending Prisoners of Conscience,"  The hearing is scheduled for 2:00 pm EST on Thursday, February 15, 2018, in Room 2255 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Anticipated Witnesses.  Scheduled to testify at the hearing are Andrew Fandino, Senior Program Officer, Amnesty International; Kristina Arriaga, Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
  • Melina Milazzo, DC Director, Freedom Now; Margaux Ewen, North American Director, Reporters Without Borders; and Annie Boyajian, Advocacy Manager, Freedom House.
This Week's Activities
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Events