3.0.0 213 2024-07-24T15:24:10Z 2024-07-24T15:24:10Z House H HR 2023-01-09 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 7 (Monday, January 9, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEUBE:H.R. 213.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Untied States Constitution[Page H113]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-01-09T22:13:40Z 2023-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001214 Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] W. Steube R FL Gregory 17 N Immigration Immigration 2023-01-25T21:15:19Z 00 2023-01-09 Introduced in House 2023-01-26T15:15:08Z Break the Chain Act

This bill makes various changes related to family-sponsored immigration, such as narrowing the definition of what constitutes an immediate relative and lowering the annual numerical cap on certain classes of family-sponsored visas.

A non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who is a parent of a U.S. citizen shall not qualify for a visa for immediate relatives, which is not subject to any direct numerical limits. Currently, the spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens are considered immediate relatives.

The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 87,934, and revises the methods for calculating the cap. Currently, the 480,000 cap may be adjusted depending on various factors but shall not be less than 226,000. A spouse or child of a sponsoring lawful permanent resident (also known as a green card holder) shall be subject to the family-sponsored visa cap.

The bill revises the rules for determining whether a non-U.S. national is a child for the purposes of family-sponsored immigration, and establishes that an individual who is married or turns 25 years old prior to a visa becoming available for issuance shall not qualify as a child.

The bill creates a nonimmigrant classification for non-U.S. national parents of adult U.S. citizens, which authorizes such parents for admission into the United States for an initial five-year period. Such parents shall not be authorized for employment or to receive any public benefits.

]]> Break the Chain Act Display Title 45 Break the Chain Act 2024-07-24T15:24:10Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Break the Chain Act 2024-05-24T13:43:08Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions that relate to family-sponsored immigrants. 2024-03-18T20:09:48Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr213ih/xml/BILLS-118hr213ih.xml 2023-01-09 Referred to the House 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.