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H.R. 4156 118th Congress House

Lady Liberty Act of 2023

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 2024, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2023 See on congress.gov
Immigration
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
Jun 15, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 15, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 15, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lady Liberty Act of 2023

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 FY2023 was 125,000, but in some years it had been lower. For example, the cap for FY2021 was 15,000.)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1643 New Deal for New Americans Act of 2023
  • S 883 New Deal for New Americans Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 21
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Casar, Greg
Texas · Jun 30, 2023
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jun 15, 2023
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jun 15, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Jun 15, 2023
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jun 15, 2023
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jun 15, 2023
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jun 15, 2023
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Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Jun 15, 2023
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jun 15, 2023
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 15, 2023
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 15, 2023
Lee, Barbara
· Jun 15, 2023
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 15, 2023
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 15, 2023
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 15, 2023
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jun 15, 2023
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jun 15, 2023
Pascrell, Bill
· Jun 15, 2023
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 15, 2023
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 15, 2023
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 15, 2023
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jun 15, 2023
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 15, 2023
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 15, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4156: Lady Liberty Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/
MLA
"H.R. 4156: Lady Liberty Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/.
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H.R. 4156, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/.
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[H.R. 4156: Lady Liberty Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/)
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