3.0.0 1720 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T21:25:26Z Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017 115 3775 HR 2017-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS RAISE Act 115 354 S 2017-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2017-08-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-08-02 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-11-01 False Immigration Administrative remedies Athletes Business investment and capital Citizenship and naturalization Congressional oversight Debt collection Department of Homeland Security Family relationships Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Olympic games Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Research and development U.S. and foreign investments Visas and passports Wages and earnings Immigration 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2019-01-08T21:02:02Z Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act or the RAISE Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to:

  • eliminate the diversity visa program;
  • replace the current employment visa system with a skills-based point system;
  • revise the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants, including by eliminating certain family-based immigration preferences;
  • establish a 50,000 annual limit for refugees given permanent resident status; and
  • create a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old.

The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized if his or her sponsor has not repaid the federal government for all means-tested public benefits received by the alien during the five-year period beginning on the date the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

]]> RAISE Act Display Title RAISE Act Short Titles as Introduced RAISE Act Short Titles as Introduced Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a skills-based immigration points system, to focus family-sponsored immigration on spouses and minor children, to eliminate the Diversity Visa Program, to set a limit on the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1720is/xml/BILLS-115s1720is.xml 2017-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.