S 1720
115th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Administrative remedies
Athletes
Business investment and capital
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Department of Homeland Security
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Olympic games
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Research and development
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings
RAISE Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act or the RAISE Act
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; and
- create a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old.
The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized if his or her sponsor has not repaid the federal government for all 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1