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HR 891 116th 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: January 30, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Family Priority Act

This bill imposes limits on various types of family-sponsored immigration visas.

The alien parents of U.S. citizens shall not qualify for visas for "immediate relatives," which are not subject to any direct numerical limits. Currently, the spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens are considered immediate relatives.

The bill also creates a nonimmigrant visa for such parents of citizens. Such aliens shall not be eligible for employment or any public benefits.

The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 88,000, and revises the methods for calculating the cap.

Preference allocations (visa categories subject to various annual caps) for various family-sponsored visas shall be eliminated, including those for the siblings and married children of citizens. The bill provides for a preference allocation for the unmarried children under 21 and spouses of permanent alien residents, subject to the 88,000 annual cap.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 13
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Roy, Chip
Texas · Dec 19, 2019
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Arrington, Jodey C.
Texas · Oct 15, 2019
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Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Sep 16, 2019
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Cline, Ben
Virginia · Sep 12, 2019
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 10, 2019
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Cloud, Michael
Texas · Feb 27, 2019
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Feb 25, 2019
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Feb 6, 2019
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Graves, Sam
Missouri · Feb 6, 2019
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Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Feb 6, 2019
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Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Jan 30, 2019
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 30, 2019
Meadows, Mark
· Jan 30, 2019
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Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jan 30, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 891: Nuclear Family Priority Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-891/
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"H.R. 891: Nuclear Family Priority Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-891/.
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H.R. 891, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-891/.
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