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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4317 
To enforce the numerical limits Congress has placed on immigration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2005 
Mr. WELDON of Florida (for himself, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mrs. 
MYRICK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. 
SHADEGG, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. FEENEY, 
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. HENSARLING, and Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To enforce the numerical limits Congress has placed on 
immigration. 
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 the ‘‘Truth in Immigration 
(TRIM) Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ILLEGAL ALIEN POPU-
LATION. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall annually report to the Congress on the 
number of aliens, listed by country of last known ha-
bitual residence, who are estimated to be unlawfully 
residing in the United States as of August 31 of the 
year in which the report is submitted. 
(2) DETAIL.—The Secretary shall provide the 
greatest degree of detail that is feasible in making 
the determination described in paragraph (1). 
(3) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall transmit 
each report required by this subsection to the Con-
gress not later than September 31 of each year, be-
ginning with the first September 31 that occurs 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review each year of the Secretary’s 
methodology, data, and conclusions to ensure that they 
represent the best available data and practices and are 
consistent from year to year. The results of such review 
shall be transmitted to the Congress not later than 60 
days after the date on which the Secretary’s report was 
transmitted.
SEC. 3. ENFORCING NUMERICAL LIMITS ON IMMIGRATION. 
Section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) REDUCTIONS
TO ACCOUNT
FOR ILLEGALLY 
RESIDENT POPULATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) REDUCTION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, and except as provided 
in subparagraph (B), the total per country level 
of legal immigration determined under this sec-
tion for each country shall be reduced by one- 
half of the number of illegal aliens from that 
country who were residing in the United States 
as of August 31 of the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A), no reduction under such sub-
paragraph with respect to any single foreign 
state or dependent area may exceed one-half of 
the total per country level of legal immigration 
that otherwise would apply under this section 
for any fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) ORDER OF REDUCTIONS.—In carrying out 
the reduction required by paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall reduce from immigrant categories in the 
following order: 
‘‘(A) Diversity lottery winners, if any, de-
scribed in section 203(c). 
‘‘(B) Brothers and sisters of citizens de-
scribed in section 203(a)(4). 
‘‘(C) Married sons and married daughters 
of citizens described in section 203(a)(3). 
‘‘(D) Unmarried sons and unmarried 
daughters of permanent resident aliens de-
scribed in section 203(a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(E) Unmarried sons and daughters of 
citizens described in 203(a)(1). 
‘‘(F) Skilled workers, professionals, and 
other workers described in section 203(b)(3). 
‘‘(G) Special immigrants described in sec-
tion 203(b)(4). 
‘‘(H) Aliens who are members of the pro-
fessions holding advanced degrees or aliens of 
exceptional 
ability 
described 
in 
section 
203(b)(2). 
‘‘(I) Priority workers described in section 
203(b)(1). 
‘‘(J) Employment creation described in 
section 203(b)(5).
‘‘(K) ‘K’ special immigrants described in 
section 203(b)(6). 
‘‘(L) Spouses and children of permanent 
resident 
aliens 
described 
in 
section 
203(a)(2)(A). 
‘‘(M) Aliens not subject to quotas de-
scribed in section 201(b). 
‘‘(3) NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY OTHER YEAR.— 
Reductions made under this subsection with respect 
to a fiscal year shall not be re-allocated to any other 
category or individual and shall not be used in deter-
mining the availability of immigrant visas in any 
other fiscal year.’’. 
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