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Federal · 119th Congress
HJRES215Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media".
Disapproves and nullifies a DHS/ICE rule that would have imposed fixed time periods of admission and stricter extension procedures for nonimmigrant students, exchange visitors, and media representatives, so the prior more flexible duration-of-status policy remains in effect and less immigration-enf.
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to ``Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media'' (91 Fed. Reg. 44976 (July 17, 2026)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2026-09-14: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to repeal a specific ICE rule that would have changed nonimmigrant admission from duration-of-status to fixed periods with extension procedures; this directly affects immigration enforcement procedures for these visa categories by preventing the more restrictive rule from taking effect.