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Union Calendar No. 185 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 704 
[Report No. 112–275] 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity 
immigrant program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2011 
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MARCH-
ANT, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. WEST, and 
Mr. BILBRAY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. KLINE, Mr. JONES, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
SULLIVAN, Mr. SHULER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CARTER, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. POSEY, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. SAM JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. POE 
of Texas, Ms. HAYWORTH, Mr. HERGER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
NUNNELEE, Mr. HURT, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. MULVANEY, 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GARY 
G. MILLER of California, and Mr. ROYCE 
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as— 
(1) the ‘‘Security and Fairness Enhancement 
for America Act of 2011’’; or 
(2) the ‘‘SAFE for America Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) WORLDWIDE
LEVEL
OF
DIVERSITY
IMMI-
GRANTS.—Section 201 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by striking subsection (e). 
(b) ALLOCATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISAS.— 
Section 203 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b),’’; 
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(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), and 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’. 
(c) PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
TUS.—Section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2011. 
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Union Calendar No. 185 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 704 
[Report No. 112–275] 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
eliminate the diversity immigrant program. 
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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