US Congress House Bill 891 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Imposes limits on various types of family-sponsored immigration visas. The alien parents of U.S. citizens shall not qualify for visas for "immediate relatives," which are 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 creates a nonimmigrant visa for such parents of citizens. Such aliens shall not be eligible for employment or any public benefits. The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 88,000, and revises the methods for calculating the cap. Preference allocations (visa categories subject to various annual caps) for various family-sponsored visas shall be eliminated, including those for the siblings and married children of citizens. The bill provides for a preference allocation for the unmarried children under 21 and spouses of permanent alien residents, subject to the 88,000 annual cap.

Nuclear Family Priority Act

Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Michael Cloud [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]
Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. Jody Arrington [R-TX]	Rep. Chip Roy [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-01-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-01-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/891/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr891/BILLS-116hr891ih.pdf