HR 977
117th Congress
House
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Lady Liberty Act of 2021
Introduced: February 11, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Feb 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Lady Liberty Act of 2021
This bill sets a floor of 125,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. (The cap for FY2021 is 15,000, and the cap for FY2020 was 18,000.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committees of jurisdiction
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