3.0.0 354 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z Senate S 2017-02-13 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-13T18:02:30Z 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 American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act 115 4340 HR 2017-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS Securing America's Future Act of 2018 115 4760 HR 2018-06-21 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 14:13:10 Related bill CRS RAISE Act 115 1720 S 2017-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2017-02-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-02-13 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 2017-02-13 True Immigration Family relationships Immigration status and procedures Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-03T15:33:56Z Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act or the RAISE Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant visa category.

The fiscal year limit for refugee admissions is set at 50,000.

The President shall annually enumerate the previous year's number of asylees.

The bill defines: (1) "immediate relative" as the under-21 year old child or spouse of a U.S. citizen, and (2) "family-sponsored immigrant" as the under-21 year old child or spouse of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

The worldwide fiscal year level for family-sponsored immigrants is reduced.

The bill establishes a nonimmigrant alien W-visa for the parent of an adult (at least 21 years old) U.S. citizen.

]]> RAISE Act Display Title RAISE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Diversity Visa Program, to limit the President's discretion in setting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States, to reduce the number of family-sponsored immigrants, to create a new nonimmigrant classification for the parents of adult United States citizens, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced RAISE Act Short Titles as Introduced Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act Introduced in Senate 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s354is/xml/BILLS-115s354is.xml 2017-02-13 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.