[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1952. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to allow the premium tax credit with respect to unsubsidized COBRA 
continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS.

       (a) Worldwide Level.--Section 201(d)(1)(A) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d)(1)(A)) is 
     amended by striking ``140,000'' and inserting ``270,000''.
       (b) Preference Allocations for Employment-based 
     Immigrants.--Section 203(b) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``28.6 percent'' and inserting ``29.63 
     percent'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``28.6 percent'' and 
     inserting ``29.63 percent'';
       (3) in paragraph (3)(A), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``28.6 percent'' and inserting ``29.63 
     percent'';
       (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``7.1 percent'' and 
     inserting ``3.7 percent''; and
       (5) in paragraph (5)(A), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``7.1 percent'' and inserting ``7.41 
     percent''.
       (c) Treatment of Family Members.--Section 203(d) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following: ``Visas issued to a 
     spouse or child of an immigrant described in subsection (b) 
     shall not be counted against the worldwide level of such 
     visas set forth in section 201(d)(1) or the per country level 
     set forth in section 202(a)(2).''.
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