US Congress Senate Bill 1720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

RAISE Act Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act This bill: eliminates the diversity visa program; replaces the current employment visa system with a skills-based point system; revises the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants, including by eliminating certain family-based immigration preferences; establishes a 50,000 annual limit for refugees given permanent resident status; and creates a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old. The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized if his or her sponsor has not repaid the federal government for all means-tested public benefits received by the alien during the five-year period beginning on the date the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

RAISE Act Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act

Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]

Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB3775 (Related) 2017-09-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
SB354 (Related) 2017-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1720/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1720/BILLS-115s1720is.pdf