HR 5068
98th Congress
House
Immigration
Aliens
A bill to make additional immigrant visas available for immigrants from certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 8, 1984
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
Mar 13, 1984
Executive Comment Requested from Justice, State.
Mar 8, 1984
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Mar 8, 1984
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 7,500 additional immigrant visas available to a country whose past year's visa total was less than three-fourths of such country's average annual visas during the ten- fiscal year period beginning July 1, 1955.
Allocates 70 percent (40 percent family, 30 percent occupational) to preference aliens, and 30 percent to nonpreference aliens. Bases entry on chronological order of filing or qualifying.
Terminates such additional entry program after four fiscal years.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1