HR 3775
115th Congress
House
Immigration
Administrative remedies
Business investment and capital
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017
Introduced: September 14, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Sep 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 14, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to:
- eliminate the diversity visa program;
- replace the current employment visa system with a skills-based point system;
- revise the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants, including by eliminating certain family-based immigration preferences;
- establish a 50,000 annual limit for refugees given permanent resident status;
- create a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old; and
- establish a new visa for immigrants seeking to enter the United States to engage in a new commercial enterprise.
The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized if his or her sponsor has not repaid the federal government for any means-tested public benefits received by the alien during the five-year period beginning on the date the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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