Bill > S386

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A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. This bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China. The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability) and EB-3 (skilled and other workers) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country.

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Mike Lee (R)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Michael Bennet (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  Mike Braun (R),  Maria Cantwell (D),  Tom Carper (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  John Cornyn (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Joni Ernst (R),  Cory Gardner (R),  Kamala Harris (D),  John Hoeven (R),  Doug Jones (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  James Lankford (R),  Martha McSally (R),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Rob Portman (R),  Jim Risch (R),  Mitt Romney (R),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Tina Smith (D),  Mark Warner (D),  Roger Wicker (R),  Ron Wyden (D),  Todd Young (R), 

S.Amdt.906 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 07/09/2019)

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