I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3700 
To reform immigration to serve the national interest. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To reform immigration to serve the national interest. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; DEFINI-
TIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Reducing Immigration to a Genuinely Healthy Total 
(RIGHT) Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; definitions. 
TITLE I—LEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM 
Sec. 101. Worldwide levels of immigration. 
Sec. 102. Allotment of visas.
Sec. 103. Humanitarian immigration. 
Sec. 104. Sunsetting adjustments under various provisions. 
Sec. 105. Requirement for Congressional approval for extension of designation 
of foreign states for purposes of temporary protected status. 
Sec. 106. Establishment of new nonimmigrant classifications; conversion of cer-
tain existing immigrant classification petitions. 
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Limitation on automatic birthright citizenship. 
Sec. 202. Requirement for immigrants to provide affidavit of allegiance to the 
United States. 
Sec. 203. Requirement of affidavit of support for employment-based immi-
grants. 
Sec. 204. Making voting in foreign election a basis for automatic loss of citizen-
ship. 
Sec. 205. Treating illegal presence in the United States as not demonstrating 
good moral character. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act, the 
definitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) of section 
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101) shall apply. 
TITLE I—LEGAL IMMIGRATION 
REFORM 
SEC. 101. WORLDWIDE LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION. 
Beginning with fiscal year 2006, notwithstanding sec-
tion 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151)— 
(1) the worldwide level of family-sponsored im-
migrants under subsection (c) of such section in any 
fiscal year shall be zero; 
(2) the worldwide level of employment-based 
immigrants under subsection (d) of such section in 
any fiscal year shall be 5,200; and
(3) the worldwide level of diversity immigrants 
under subsection (e) of such section in any fiscal 
year shall be zero. 
SEC. 102. ALLOTMENT OF VISAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year 2006, 
notwithstanding section 203 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153)— 
(1) the number of visas that shall be allotted to 
family-sponsored immigrants under subsection (a) of 
such section in any fiscal year shall be zero; 
(2) the number of visas that shall be allotted to 
priority workers under subsection (b)(1) of such sec-
tion (and to spouses and children of such workers 
under subsection (d) of such section) in any fiscal 
year shall not exceed 5,000, the number of visas 
that shall be allotted in any fiscal year to priority 
workers under subsection (b)(5) of such section (and 
to spouses and children of such workers under sub-
section (d) of such section) in any fiscal year shall 
not exceed 200, and the number of visas that shall 
be allotted to other aliens subject to the worldwide 
level for employment-based immigrants in any fiscal 
year shall be zero; 
(3) the number of visas that shall be allotted to 
special immigrants under subsection (b)(4) of such
section (and to spouses and children of such workers 
under subsection (d) of such section) in any fiscal 
year shall not exceed 1,000; and 
(4) the number of visas that shall be allotted to 
diversity immigrants under subsection (c) of such 
section in any fiscal year shall be zero. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed as imposing any 
numerical limitation on special immigrants described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 101(a)(27) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) who may be provided immigrant 
visas (or who otherwise may acquire the status of an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence). 
(b) LIMITATION
ON
SPONSORSHIP
BY
CERTAIN 
ALIENS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ef-
fective October 1, 2006, no visa may be allotted to any 
immigrant on the basis of a petition by an individual who 
has filed an application under section 210 or section 245A 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1160, 
1255a). 
(c) ELIMINATION OF PREFERENCE CATEGORIES.— 
Effective October 1, 2006, no classification petition may 
be filed or approved, and no alien may be issued an immi-
gration visa number, for the following preference cat-
egories: