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HR 6909 115th Congress House

Lady Liberty Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
Immigration Immigration status and proceduresRefugees, asylum, displaced persons
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Sep 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 26, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lady Liberty Act of 2018

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the President to set the number of post-FY2018 refugee admissions at not less than 110,000 persons per fiscal year.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 46
All 46 Democratic 43
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 23, 2018
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Takano, Mark
California · Oct 2, 2018
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 2, 2018
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 26, 2018
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 26, 2018
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 26, 2018
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 26, 2018
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Correa, J. Luis
California · Sep 26, 2018
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 26, 2018
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 26, 2018
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Sep 26, 2018
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Green, Al
Texas · Sep 26, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Sep 26, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 26, 2018
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 26, 2018
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 26, 2018
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Sep 26, 2018
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Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 26, 2018
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Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 26, 2018
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 26, 2018
McEachin, A.
· Sep 26, 2018
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 26, 2018
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 26, 2018
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 26, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 26, 2018
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 26, 2018
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 26, 2018
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 26, 2018
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 26, 2018
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 26, 2018
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 26, 2018
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 26, 2018
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 26, 2018
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 26, 2018
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Sep 26, 2018
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Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 26, 2018
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 26, 2018
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Sep 26, 2018
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 26, 2018
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 26, 2018
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 26, 2018
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Sep 26, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6909: Lady Liberty Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6909/
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"H.R. 6909: Lady Liberty Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6909/.
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H.R. 6909, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6909/.
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