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HR 1149 115th 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: February 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Family Priority Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate parents from the definition of "immediate relatives" with respect to those aliens not subject to worldwide immigration levels or numerical limitations.

Existing family-sponsored immigrant categories are replaced with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.

This bill: (1) reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants; and (2) establishes a nonimmigrant visa category for an alien who is a parent of a U.S. citizen at least 21 years old.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4760 Related bill Securing America's Future Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 2
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Jun 22, 2017
Graves, Tom
· Mar 22, 2017
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 13, 2017
Hensarling, Jeb
· Mar 13, 2017
Brat, Dave
· Feb 16, 2017
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Feb 16, 2017
SMITH, LAMAR
· Feb 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1149: Nuclear Family Priority Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1149/
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"H.R. 1149: Nuclear Family Priority Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1149/.
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H.R. 1149, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1149/.
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