Lady Liberty Act of 2023
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 15, 2023
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
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.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related & companion bills
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
23
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Casar, Greg
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
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Beyer, Donald S.
Blumenauer, Earl
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
D
Espaillat, Adriano
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Evans, Dwight
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Garcia, Sylvia R.
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Green, Al
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
McCollum, Betty
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McGovern, James P.
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Moore, Gwen
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Omar, Ilhan
D
Panetta, Jimmy
Pascrell, Bill
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Raskin, Jamie
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Smith, Adam
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Tlaib, Rashida
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4156: Lady Liberty Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/
"H.R. 4156: Lady Liberty Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/.
H.R. 4156, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4156/.
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