I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8838 
To overhaul the legal immigration system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2020 
Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
and Means, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To overhaul the legal immigration system, 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 ‘‘Legal Immigration for 
the U.S. Act’’. 
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TITLE I—LEGAL IMMIGRATION 
SEC. 101. WORLDWIDE LEVELS OF FAMILY-SPONSORED 
AND EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANTS. 
(a) 
FAMILY-SPONSORED
IMMIGRANTS.—Section 
201(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) WORLDWIDE LEVEL
OF FAMILY-SPONSORED 
IMMIGRANTS.—The worldwide level of family-sponsored 
immigrants is capped at 195,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
(b) 
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
IMMIGRANTS.—Section 
201(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) WORLDWIDE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED 
IMMIGRANTS.—The worldwide level of employment-based 
immigrants is capped at 480,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 102. PARENTS OF CITIZENS. 
Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended in 
the first sentence by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘and shall demonstrate that the parent has a 
financial or physical need to reside in the household of 
the citizen.’’. 
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SEC. 103. 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),’’; 
(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— 
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(1) by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’. 
SEC. 104. ANNUAL ADMISSION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLEES. 
Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) The number of refugees who may be admitted 
under this section, and the number of aliens granted asy-
lum whose status may be adjusted under section 209, may 
not exceed a total of 50,000 in any fiscal year after fiscal 
year 2020.’’. 
SEC. 105. ELIMINATION OF ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS EX-
CEPTION. 
Section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘(other 
than an immediate relative as defined in section 201(b) 
or a special immigrant described in section 101(a)(27)(H), 
(I), (J), or (K))’’. 
SEC. 106. MERIT-BASED ALLOCATION OF EMPLOYMENT- 
BASED IMMIGRANT VISAS. 
Section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(1) and all that follows through the end and inserting the 
following: 
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