116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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 2018, and for other purposes.
June 20, 2019
Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Correa, Mr. Cummings, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Hill of California, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Luján, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Soto, Mr. Takano, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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 2018, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Lady Liberty Act of 2019”.
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 2020, such number may not be less than 110,000”.