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HR 692 112th 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, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 10, 2011 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
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Feb 14, 2011
Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action February 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

 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.

Establishes a nonimmigrant visa category for an alien who is a parent of a U.S. citizen at least 21 years old.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Republican 7
Labrador, Raul
· Apr 25, 2012
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 19, 2012
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Mar 16, 2012
STEARNS, CLIFF
· Feb 13, 2012
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Nov 16, 2011
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Oct 25, 2011
ROYCE, ED
· Sep 8, 2011
Black, Diane
· Jul 20, 2011
Chaffetz, Jason
· Jul 6, 2011
Barletta, Lou
· May 23, 2011
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · May 23, 2011
BILBRAY, BRIAN
· Apr 14, 2011
Flores, Bill
· Apr 8, 2011
Ross, Dennis
· Mar 30, 2011
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 10, 2011
MILLER, GARY
· Mar 3, 2011
BARTLETT, ROSCOE
· Mar 2, 2011
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Mar 2, 2011
Graves, Tom
· Mar 2, 2011
JOHNSON, SAM
· Mar 2, 2011
King, Steve
· Mar 1, 2011
Marchant, Kenny
· Mar 1, 2011
MYRICK, SUE
· Feb 28, 2011
Garrett, Scott
· Feb 17, 2011
Sullivan, John
· Feb 17, 2011
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 17, 2011
Coffman, Mike
· Feb 16, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 692: Nuclear Family Priority Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-692/
MLA
"H.R. 692: Nuclear Family Priority Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-692/.
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H.R. 692, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-692/.
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