Lady Liberty Act of 2021

H.R. 977 · 117th Congress · Feb 11, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Lady Liberty Act of 2021”.

Sec. 2 Minimum number of refugees to be admitted

Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) is amended by inserting after “in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall be such number as the President determines,” the following: “except that in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, such number may not be less than 125,000, without regard to whether or not the President makes any determination”.

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Feb 11, 2021viewing Introduced in House Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. DeGette, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Lieu, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr. Keating) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Lady Liberty Act of 2021

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Minimum number of refugees to be admitted

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