3.0.0 4427 2023-01-11T13:37:59Z 2023-01-11T13:37:59Z House HR 2017-11-16 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 188 (Thursday, November 16, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. McSALLY:H.R. 4427.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: The Congress shall havePower To . . . establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization[Page H9426]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-12-13T22:33:25Z Referred to 2017-11-16T14:03:05Z SAFE for America Act 115 1178 HR 2017-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2017-12-13 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2017-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-11-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-11-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001197 Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] Martha McSally R AZ 2 N G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2017-11-16 True H001077 Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] Clay Higgins R LA 3 2017-11-16 True J000297 Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] Evan Jenkins R WV H. 3 2017-11-16 True P000606 Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9] Robert Pittenger R NC 9 2017-11-17 False M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2017-11-21 False G000576 Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] Glenn Grothman R WI 6 2017-11-30 False B001293 Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] Mike Bishop R MI 8 2017-12-18 False Immigration Administrative remedies Department of State Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-11-16 Introduced in House 2018-11-13T16:19:52Z Protecting America and American Workers Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program effective on the first day of the first fiscal year after the date on which the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security jointly determine that such immigrant visas are no longer necessary to offset certain status adjustments under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Until such time and effective on October 1, 2018, the annual number of diversity program visas is reduced from 55,000 to 5,000. Beginning in FY2019, 8,000 of such former diversity visas shall be allocated annually to each of three employment-based immigrant categories for a total of 24,000 additional visas each year.

]]> Protecting America and American Workers Act Display Title Protecting America and American Workers Act Short Titles as Introduced Protecting America and American Workers Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4427ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4427ih.xml 2017-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.