H.R. 1044 (IH) - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 - BILLS-116hr1044ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

116th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

February 7, 2019

Action

Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Buck, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Comer, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Crow, Mr. Curtis, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Estes, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico, Mr. Guest, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Katko, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kind, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Long, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Massie, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Norman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Perry, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Riggleman, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Westerman, Ms. Wild, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Young, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Aguilar, and Mrs. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Bill Number

H.R. 1044

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

Full Title

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Zoe Lofgren(CA)

Cosponsors

Ken Buck (CO); Don Bacon (NE); Andy Barr (KY); Joyce Beatty (OH); Ami Bera (CA); Gus M. Bilirakis (FL); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Susan W. Brooks (IN); Julia Brownley (CA); Ken Calvert (CA); Tony Cardenas (CA); Andre Carson (IN); David N. Cicilline (RI); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Steve Cohen (TN); James Comer (KY); Jim Cooper (TN); Jim Costa (CA); Joe Courtney (CT); TJ Cox (CA); Jason Crow (CO); John R. Curtis (UT); Sharice Davids (KS); Rodney Davis (IL); Diana DeGette (CO); Theodore E. Deutch (FL); Debbie Dingell (MI); Michael F. Doyle (PA); Tom Emmer (MN); Eliot L. Engel (NY); Anna G. Eshoo (CA); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Ron Estes (KS); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (PA); Bill Foster (IL); Bob Gibbs (OH); Vicente Gonzalez (TX); Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR); Michael Guest (MS); Brett Guthrie (KY); Josh Harder (CA); Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA); Jody B. Hice (GA); J. French Hill (AR); Will Hurd (TX); Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Bill Johnson (OH); Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); John Katko (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Ron Kind (WI); Peter T. King (NY); Adam Kinzinger (IL); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Ann M. Kuster (NH); James R. Langevin (RI); Rick Larsen (WA); Al Lawson, Jr. (FL); Billy Long (MO); Alan S. Lowenthal (CA); Tom Malinowski (NJ); Roger Marshall (KS); Thomas Massie (KY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Lucy McBath (GA); Betty McCollum (MN); A. Donald McEachin (VA); James P. McGovern (MA); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Grace Meng (NY); Gwen Moore (WI); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Ralph Norman (SC); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ); Scott Perry (PA); Chellie Pingree (ME); David E. Price (NC); Jamie Raskin (MD); Kathleen M. Rice (NY); Denver Riggleman (VA); David P. Roe (TN); John H. Rutherford (FL); John P. Sarbanes (MD); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Donna E. Shalala (FL); Albio Sires (NJ); Adam Smith (WA); Darren Soto (FL); Jackie Speier (CA); Elise M. Stefanik (NY); Chris Stewart (UT); Steve Stivers (OH); Eric Swalwell (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Dina Titus (NV); Paul Tonko (NY); Norma J. Torres (CA); Fred Upton (MI); Ann Wagner (MO); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Peter Welch (VT); Bruce Westerman (AR); Susan Wild (PA); Rob Woodall (GA); John A. Yarmuth (KY); Don Young (AK); Dan Newhouse (WA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Pete Aguilar (CA); Stephanie N. Murphy (FL)

Committees

Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)

United States Code Reference

8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153 and 1255