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HR 878 111th Congress House

Nuclear Family Priority Act

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and to reduce the number of such immigrants.

Introduced: May 14, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Feb 4, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 4, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 16, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Family Priority Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.

Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 5
Graves, Tom
· Jun 24, 2010
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 14, 2010
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · May 12, 2010
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Apr 20, 2010
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Feb 2, 2010
Griffith, Parker
· Feb 2, 2010
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Feb 4, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· Feb 4, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 878: Nuclear Family Priority Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-878/
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"H.R. 878: Nuclear Family Priority Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-878/.
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H.R. 878, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-878/.
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