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HR 5921 110th Congress House

High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant v… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories.

Introduced: May 22, 2008 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Apr 29, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 29, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants; (2) increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants; (3) establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus the previous year's unused visas; and (4) establish the fiscal year worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants at 480,000 minus the number of certain aliens not subject to direct numerical limitations plus the previous year's unused visas. (States that such annual level shall not be less than 226,000.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5882 Related bill To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employme…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 3
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 16, 2008
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jul 10, 2008
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 23, 2008
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 22, 2008
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 15, 2008
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Carter, John R.
Texas · May 13, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5921: High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5921/
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"H.R. 5921: High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5921/.
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H.R. 5921, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5921/.
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