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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2173" measure-id="id116hr2173" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-04-09" update-date="2019-11-07">
<title>To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reserve EB-5 visas each fiscal year for investors in new commercial enterprises in areas with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by the President.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr2173v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-11-07">
<action-date>2019-04-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill reserves a certain number of EB-5 visas (immigrant investors) for immigrants who invest in a new commercial enterprise that will create employment in an area where the President has declared a major disaster. For a period of three fiscal years starting from the fiscal year in which a disaster has been declared, 100 such visas must be reserved for each fiscal year.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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