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HR 977 117th Congress House

Lady Liberty Act of 2021

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 2022, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 11, 2021 See on congress.gov
Immigration Immigration status and proceduresRefugees, asylum, displaced persons
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Latest action April 23, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 53
All 53 Democratic 44
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Jacobs, Sara
California · Mar 1, 2022
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 11, 2021
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Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 4, 2021
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 11, 2021
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 11, 2021
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 11, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Feb 11, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 11, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 11, 2021
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 11, 2021
Levin, Andy
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Feb 11, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 11, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 11, 2021
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 11, 2021
Pascrell, Bill
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 11, 2021
Rice, Kathleen
· Feb 11, 2021
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Feb 11, 2021
RUSH, BOBBY
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 11, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Feb 11, 2021
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 11, 2021
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 11, 2021
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 977: Lady Liberty Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-977/
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