HOPE Act
Summary
Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile Act or the HOPE Act This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to parole into the United States an alien veteran who (1) is seeking temporary admission to receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and (2) is outside the United States after having been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United States. Such parole may not be available for an alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction for a crime of violence, excluding a purely political offense, or a crime that endangers U.S. national security, for which the alien has served at least five years in prison.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 24, 2021
Last action Jul 12, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jul 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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