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S 232 115th Congress Senate Immigration Employee hiring Financial services and investments Foreign labor Visas and passports

A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications.

Introduced: January 24, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 24, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the EB-5 visa category.

The number of fiscal year immigrant visas available for the following employment categories is increased: (1) priority workers; (2) members of the professions with advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability; (3) skilled workers, professionals, and certain unskilled workers; and (4) certain special immigrants.

The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 is amended to terminate the EB-5 regional center pilot program.

The EB-5 visa provides lawful permanent residence to foreign nationals who invest (directly or through a regional center) a specified amount of capital in a new commercial enterprise in the United States and create at least 10 jobs.

What's happening now January 24, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1502 Related bill To terminate the EB-5 program.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 2, 2017
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 24, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 232: A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-232/
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"S. 232: A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-232/.
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S. 232, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-232/.
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