Visa Lottery Repeal Act

Bill: 117-s-859
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Visa Lottery Repeal Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the diversity immigrant visa program, which makes available a limited number of visas for aliens from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 859 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 18, 2021 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Visa Lottery Repeal Act . 2. Termination of Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (a) Repeal Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153 ) is amended by striking subsection (c). (b) Technical and conforming amendments Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 201— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (1), by adding and at the end; (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and (B) by striking subsection (e); (2) in section 203— (A) by striking subsection (c); (B) in subsection (d), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; (C) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking paragraph (2); and (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); (D) in subsection (f), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; (E) in subsection (g), by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting subsections (a) and (b) ; and (F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; and (3) in section 204— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I); (B) in subsection (e), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; and (C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking section 203 (a) or (d) and inserting subsection (a) or (d) of section 203 . 3. Effective date (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by section 2 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Selectees Notwithstanding subsection (a), any alien who registered for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and received notification before the date of the enactment of this Act that he or she has been selected to apply for a diversity immigrant visa under section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(c) ) may submit an application for such visa under the applicable provisions of law in effect on the day before such date of enactment.