Lady Liberty Act of 2023

H.R. 4156 · 118th Congress · Jun 15, 2023 · 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 2024, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Lady Liberty Act of 2023”.

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 2024, such number may not be less than 125,000, without regard to whether or not the President makes any determination”.

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Jun 15, 2023viewing Introduced in House Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Panetta, Mr. McGovern, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Evans, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Omar, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Raskin, and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Lady Liberty Act of 2023

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Minimum number of refugees to be admitted

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