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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3536 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide certain nationals 
of Russia with special immigrant status, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2025 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mr. OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 
certain nationals of Russia with special immigrant status, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Countering Russian 
Innovation and Safeguarding Individual Scientists Act of 
2025’’ or the ‘‘CRISIS Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN RUS-
SIAN NATIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (e), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any 
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other provision of law, the Secretary of State in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may pro-
vide an alien described in subsection (b) with the status 
of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) if 
the alien— 
(1) submits a classification petition under sec-
tion 
204(a)(1)(G)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(G)(i)); 
(2) is otherwise eligible to receive and immi-
grant visa; 
(3) is otherwise admissible to the United States 
for permanent residence; and 
(4) clears a background check and appropriate 
screening, as determined by the Secretary of Home-
land Security and in accordance with subsection (d). 
(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) PRINCIPAL ALIEN.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if the alien— 
(A) is a national of Russia; 
(B) has earned a doctoral degree in the 
United States or an equivalent foreign degree in 
a field involving science, technology, engineer-
ing, or mathematics; and 
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(C) is seeking admission to engage in work 
in the United States in such a field. 
(2) SPOUSE OR CHILD.—An alien is described 
in this subparagraph if the alien— 
(A) is the spouse or child of the a principal 
alien described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) is accompanying or following to join 
the principal alien in the United States. 
(c) PROCESSING AND NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of aliens 
described under subsection (b) who may be provided 
special immigrant status under this section may not 
exceed 3,000 per year for each of the fiscal years 
2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029. 
(2) PROCESSING.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall, to the extent practicable, process petitions de-
scribed in subsection (a) not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity receives all required documentation and infor-
mation to render a decision on such petition. 
(3) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Aliens admitted 
to the United States pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be exempt from the numerical limitations described 
in sections 201, 202, and 203 of the Immigration 
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and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, and 
1153). 
(d) INTERVIEW AND VETTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) VETTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish vet-
ting requirements for applicants seeking special im-
migrant status under this section that are equivalent 
to the vetting requirements for refugees admitted to 
the United States through the United States Ref-
ugee Admissions Program, including an interview. 
(2) RECORD
REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall maintain records that con-
tain, for each applicant under this section for the 
duration of the pendency of their application for spe-
cial immigrant status— 
(A) personal biographic information, in-
cluding name and date of birth; 
(B) biometric information; 
(C) any criminal conviction occurring after 
the date on which the applicant entered the 
United States; and 
(D) the history of the United States Gov-
ernment vetting to which the applicant has sub-
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mitted, including whether the individual has un-
dergone in-person vetting. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to limit the authority 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain 
records in accordance with any other provision of 
law. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to admit aliens to the United States 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that 
is the last day of the fourth full fiscal year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, except that petitions under sub-
section (a) that are approved on or before such date con-
tinue to form the basis for an application for an immigrant 
visa under section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1201) or an application for adjustment of 
status under section 245 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) 
after such date. 
(f) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘field involving science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics’’ includes ad-
vanced computing, advanced engineering materials, ad-
vanced gas turbine engine technologies, advanced manu-
facturing, advanced and networked sensing and signature 
management, advanced nuclear energy technologies, ad-
vanced particle accelerator and detector technologies, arti-
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ficial intelligence, autonomous systems and robotics, bio-
technologies, communication and networking technologies, 
cybersecurity, directed energy, financial technologies, 
human-machine interfaces, hypersonics, advanced missile 
propulsion technologies, networked sensors and sensing, 
quantum information technologies, renewable energy gen-
eration and storage, semiconductors and microelectronics, 
and space technologies and systems. 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to require an alien described in sub-
section (b) to have an offer of employment from a United 
States employer to be eligible to be admitted as a special 
immigrant pursuant to subsection (a). 
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