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{{Infobox US Legislation
| name             = H.R. 1127 (111<sup>th</sup>): To extend certain immigration programs.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr1127
|title=H.R. 1127 (111th)
|accessdate=August 21, 2016
|author=111th Congress (2009)
|date=February 23, 2009
|work=Legislation
|publisher=GovTrack.us
|quote=To extend certain immigration programs.
}}</ref>
| image            = LegislationPassed.jpg
| full_title       = Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special immigrant program for non-minister religious workers until September 30, 2009. (Congressional Research Service,  H.R. 1127)
| introductionDate = Feb 23, 2009
| status           = Enacted — Signed by the President on Mar 20, 2009
| sponsor          = [[:Category:Zoe Lofgren|Zoe Lofgren]], Representative for California's 16th congressional district, Democrat
| prognosis        = 
}}
{{Infobox US Legislation
| name             = H.R. 2679 (111<sup>th</sup>): To extend certain immigration programs, and for other purposes.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr2679
|title=H.R. 2679 (111th)
|accessdate=August 21, 2016
|author=111th Congress (2009)
|date=June 3, 2009
|work=Legislation
|publisher=GovTrack.us
|quote=To extend certain immigration programs, and for other purposes.
}}</ref>
| image            = LegislationDied.jpg
| full_title       = 
| introductionDate = Jun 3, 2009
| status           = Died in a previous Congress
| sponsor          = [[:Category:Gabrielle Giffords|Gabrielle Giffords]], Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district, Democrat
| prognosis        = 
}}
==See also==
The following non-resident immigration reform bills, circa 2008, preceded the [[:Category:Special Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Religious Workers 2008 Rule Changes|Special Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Religious Workers 2008 Rule Changes]] that went into effect at the end of the year and significantly increased Scientology's cost for obtaining R-1 visas.
*[[:Category:Religious Worker Visa Extension Act | Religious Worker Visa Extension Act]]
*[[:Category:Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act | Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
Following the regulatory changes of 2008 that significantly complicated the process to petition for R-1 visas, Scientology aggressively lobbied the following special immigration program bills in 2009.
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr1127 H.R. 1127 (111th): To extend certain immigration programs], GovTrack. Enacted after being signed by the President Obama on March 20, 2009.
*[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr2679 H.R. 2679 (111th): To extend certain immigration programs, and for other purposes], GovTrack. Died in Congress.

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