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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 373

To effect a moratorium on immigration by aliens other than refugees, priority

workers, and the spouses and children of United States citizens.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. CALLAHAN) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To effect a moratorium on immigration by aliens other than

refugees, priority workers, and the spouses and children

of United States citizens.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Morato5 rium Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION MORATORIUM DEFINED.

7 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘immigration morato8 rium’’ means the period beginning on October 1, 1995,
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1 and ending on September 30 of the first fiscal year after

2 fiscal year 2000 during which the President submits a re3 port to Congress, which is approved by a joint resolution

4 of Congress, that the flow of illegal immigration has been

5 reduced to less than 10,000 aliens per year and that any

6 increase in legal immigration resulting from termination

7 of the immigration moratorium would have no adverse im8 pact on the wages and working conditions of United States

9 citizens, the achievement or maintenance of Federal envi10 ronmental quality standards, or the capacity of public

11 schools, public hospitals, and other public facilities to

12 serve the resident population in those localities where im13 migrants are likely to settle.

14 SEC. 3. WORLDWIDE LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION.

15 Notwithstanding section 201 of the Immigration and

16 Nationality Act, during the immigration moratorium

17 under section 2 in lieu of the worldwide levels of immigra18 tion under section 201 of such Act—

19 (1) the worldwide level of family-sponsored im20 migrants under section 201(c) of such Act is 10,000;

21 (2) the worldwide level of employment-based

22 immigrants under section 201(d) of such Act is

23 5,000; and

24 (3) the worldwide level of diversity immigrants

25 under section 201(e) of such Act is zero.
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1 SEC. 4. ALLOTMENT OF VISAS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 203 of

3 the Immigration and Nationality Act, during the immigra4 tion moratorium under section 2, in lieu of the number

5 of visas that may be allotted under section 203 of such

6 Act—

7 (1) the number of visas that shall be allotted to

8 family-sponsored immigrants under section 203(a) of

9 such Act shall be 10,000 for qualified immigrants

10 under section 203(a)(2) of such Act and zero for

11 other family-sponsored immigrants;

12 (2) the number of visas that shall be allotted in

13 any fiscal year to priority workers under section

14 203(b)(1) of such Act shall not exceed the worldwide

15 level of employment-based immigrants for that fiscal

16 year, and the number of visas that shall be allotted

17 to other aliens subject to the worldwide level for em18 ployment-based immigrants shall be zero; and

19 (3) the number of visas that shall be allotted to

20 diversity immigrants under section 203(c) of such

21 Act shall be zero.

22 (b) LIMITATION ON SPONSORSHIP BY CERTAIN

23 ALIENS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no

24 visa may be allotted to any immigrant on the basis of a

25 petition by an individual who has filed an application
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1 under section 210, section 210A, or section 245A of the

2 Immigration and Nationality Act.

3 SEC. 5. GRANTING IMMIGRANT STATUS.

4 During the immigration moratorium under section 2,

5 the Attorney General may not approve any petition for

6 classification under section 204 of the Immigration and

7 Nationality Act except for classification by reason of a

8 family relationship described in section 201(b)(2) of such

9 Act or priority worker status under section 203(b)(1) of

10 such Act. Petitions that may not be approved during the

11 moratorium shall be returned to the persons who filed the

12 petitions.

13 SEC. 6. ANNUAL ADMISSION OF REFUGEES.

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during

15 the immigration moratorium under section 2 the number

16 of refugees who may be admitted under section 207 of

17 such Act, including the number of admissions made avail18 able to adjust to the status of permanent residence the

19 status of aliens granted asylum under section 209(b) of

20 such Act, shall not exceed 25,000 in any fiscal year.

21 SEC. 7. IMMEDIATE RELATIVES DEFINED.

22 During the immigration moratorium, the term ‘‘im23 mediate relatives’’ for purposes of section 201(b) of the

24 Immigration and Nationality Act means the children and

25 spouse of a citizen of the United States.
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1 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This Act shall take effect October 1, 1995.

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