[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4285

   To eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and 
  neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2023

 Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
  Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Cherfilus-
McCormick, Mr. Raskin, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Clarke 
   of New York, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Wasserman 
  Schultz, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
 Bowman, Ms. Omar, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Chu, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
  Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. 
 Williams of Georgia, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. 
    Trone) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and 
  neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA CAPS.

    (a) Aliens Not Subject to Direct Numerical Limitations.--Section 
201(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B)'' and 
inserting ``subparagraph (A), (B), or (J)''.
    (b) Preference Allocation for Employment-Based Immigrants.--Section 
203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) 
is amended by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B)'' and inserting 
``subparagraph (A), (B), or (J)''.
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