Golden Visa Accountability Act
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Golden Visa Accountability Act This bill requires the Department of State to establish and maintain a database containing information about investor visa denials due to the applicant's involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuses. (Generally, the United States offers immigrant visas to qualified individuals who invest in the United States and create a certain number of full-time jobs.) Initially, the database must include records related to such denials of U.S. investor visas. The bill also requires the State Department to eventually expand the database to include records of such denials of investor visas in other countries. The State Department shall prioritize including records from European Union countries and from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The State Department may admit a foreign country to be part of the database if the State Department determines (1) that country will be honest and forthcoming with its records, and (2) that country's investor visa program is at risk of abuse by corrupt foreign officials.
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2021 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Golden Visa Accountability Act (H.R. 4142): Creates a US-led visa denials database to prevent investor visas being abused by foreign corrupt officials for the purpose of moving around the world freely and covertly and enjoying ill-gotten gains
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2021 · third_quarter · Immigration
Golden Visa Accountability Act (H.R. 4142): Creates a US-led visa denials database to prevent investor visas being abused by foreign corrupt officials for the purpose of moving around the world freely and covertly and enjoying ill-gotten gains
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2021 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
Issues related to combating global corruption, incorporation transparency, and defending our national security H.R. 402, S. 158, Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act (CROOK Act) H.R. 4142, Golden Visa Accountability Act S. 2010/H.R. 3781, Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS)
| Democratic |
| CA |
| Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | OH |
| Maria Elvira Salazar | Republican | FL |
| Peter Meijer | Republican | MI |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | TX |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Tom Malinowski | Democratic | NJ |