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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 946

To effect a moratorium on immigration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2003

Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. GOODE) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL

To effect a moratorium on immigration.

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 ‘‘Mass Immigration Re5 duction Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION MORATORIUM DEFINED. 

7 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘immigration morato8 rium’’ means the period beginning on October 1, 2003, 

9 and ending on September 30 of the first fiscal year after 

10 fiscal year 2008 during which the President submits a re11 port to Congress, which is approved by a joint resolution 
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1 of Congress, that the flow of illegal immigration has been 

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

3 increase in legal immigration resulting from termination 

4 of the immigration moratorium would have no adverse im5 pact on the wages and working conditions of United States 

6 citizens, the achievement or maintenance of Federal envi7 ronmental quality standards, or the capacity of public 

8 schools, public hospitals, and other public facilities to 

9 serve the resident population in those localities where im10 migrants are likely to settle. 

11 SEC. 3. WORLDWIDE LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION. 

12 Notwithstanding section 201 of the Immigration and 

13 Nationality Act, during the immigration moratorium 

14 under section 2 in lieu of the worldwide levels of immigra15 tion under section 201 of such Act—

16 (1) the worldwide level of family-sponsored im17 migrants under section 201(c) of such Act is zero; 

18 (2) the worldwide level of employment-based 

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

20 5,000; and 

21 (3) the worldwide level of diversity immigrants 

22 under section 201(e) of such Act is zero. 

23 SEC. 4. ALLOTMENT OF VISAS. 

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

25 the Immigration and Nationality Act, during the immigra-
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1 tion moratorium under section 2, in lieu of the number 

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

3 Act—

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

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

6 such Act shall be zero; 

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

8 any fiscal year to priority workers under section 

9 203(b)(1) of such Act shall not exceed the worldwide 

10 level of employment-based immigrants for that fiscal 

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

12 to other aliens subject to the worldwide level for em13 ployment-based immigrants shall be zero; and 

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

15 diversity immigrants under section 203(c) of such 

16 Act shall be zero. 

17 (b) LIMITATION ON SPONSORSHIP BY CERTAIN

18 ALIENS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 during the immigration moratorium, no visa may be allot20 ted to any immigrant on the basis of a petition by an indi21 vidual who has filed an application under section 210 or 

22 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

23 SEC. 5. GRANTING IMMIGRANT STATUS. 

24 During the immigration moratorium under section 2, 

25 the Attorney General may not approve any petition for 
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1 classification under section 204 of the Immigration and 

2 Nationality Act except for classification by reason of a 

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

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

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

6 moratorium shall be returned to the persons who filed the 

7 petitions. 

8 SEC. 6. ANNUAL ADMISSION OF REFUGEES. 

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 

10 the immigration moratorium under section 2 the number 

11 of refugees who may be admitted under section 207 of 

12 such Act, including the number of admissions made avail13 able to adjust to the status of permanent residence the 

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

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

16 SEC. 7. IMMEDIATE RELATIVES DEFINED. 

17 During the immigration moratorium, the term ‘‘im18 mediate relatives’’ for purposes of section 201(b) of the 

19 Immigration and Nationality Act means the children and 

20 spouse of a citizen of the United States. 

21 SEC. 8. RENUNCIATION OF OTHER CITIZENSHIP FOR NATU22 RALIZATION. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 

24 the immigration moratorium under section 2, in addition 

25 to other applicable requirements under the Immigration 
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1 and Nationality Act an alien may only be naturalized as 

2 a citizen of the United States if the alien renounces any 

3 nationality or citizenship of any other country.

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