US Congress House Bill 4427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on November 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting America and American Workers Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program effective on the first day of the first fiscal year after the date on which the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security jointly determine that such immigrant visas are no longer necessary to offset certain status adjustments under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Until such time and effective on October 1, 2018, the annual number of diversity program visas is reduced from 55,000 to 5,000. Beginning in FY2019, 8,000 of such former diversity visas shall be allocated annually to each of three employment-based immigrant categories for a total of 24,000 additional visas each year.

Protecting America and American Workers Act

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]
Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-11-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-11-16	House	Introduced in House

HB1178 (Related) 2017-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4427/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4427/BILLS-115hr4427ih.pdf