Legal Immigration for the U.S. Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2020 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 2, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Legal Immigration for the U.S. Act
This bill makes various changes to immigration law, including by (1) limiting the number of refugees and aliens granted asylum who may receive legal permanent residence to 50,000 each fiscal year, (2) denying a tax deduction for wages and benefits paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien, (3) eliminating the EB-5 investor visa, and (4) requiring certain nonimmigrant aliens to post a bond prior to receiving a U.S. entry visa.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2020 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2020 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2020 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Dec 2, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2020Introduced in House
- Dec 2, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 203, December 2, 2020, page H6046.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 140 | Birthright Citizenship Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
| S 678 | English Language Unity Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 6, 2019 |
| HR 772 | Religious Worker Visa Reciprocity Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 5, 2019 |
| HR 773 | To terminate the EB-5 program. | Related bill | Mar 5, 2019 |
| HR 904 | New IDEA Act | Related bill | Mar 25, 2019 |
| HR 2260 | E-bonding for Immigration Integrity Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 15, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To overhaul the legal immigration system, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Legal Immigration for the U.S. Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Business investment and capital
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Due process and equal protection
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Espionage and treason
- Evidence and witnesses
- Family relationships
- Financial services and investments
- Foreign labor
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Income tax deductions
- Marriage and family status
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Military personnel and dependents
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Terrorism
- Travel and tourism
- Visas and passports
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
