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HR 1535 118th Congress House

Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023

Official title: To preserve expiring employment-based visas, and make them available for issuance during fiscal year 2024.

Introduced: June 20, 2023 See on congress.gov
Immigration Foreign laborImmigration status and proceduresVisas and passports
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 10, 2023
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 Latest action March 10, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023

This bill increases the number of employment-based immigration visas available.

The total number of additional visas made available under this bill shall be based on a formula relating to certain types of visas issued from FY1992-FY2021. These visas shall be available in FY2024 and in subsequent fiscal years until they are used.

Furthermore, the yearly cap on the number of employment-based immigration visas that are made available to a single country shall not apply to the visas made available under this bill. (Generally, individuals from a single country may only receive up to 7% of such visas made available in a fiscal year.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 5 Republican 4
Nickel, Wiley
· Nov 1, 2024
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 27, 2024
Cartwright, Matt
· Jun 27, 2024
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jun 27, 2024
Manning, Kathy
· Jun 27, 2024
 R
Ciscomani, Juan
Arizona · Sep 12, 2023
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Sep 12, 2023
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Aug 15, 2023
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Aug 15, 2023
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Jul 10, 2023
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jun 20, 2023
 D
Thanedar, Shri
Michigan · Jun 20, 2023
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Mar 10, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1535: Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1535/
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"H.R. 1535: Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1535/.
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H.R. 1535, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1535/.
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