Lady Liberty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-977
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-02-11
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Lady Liberty Act of 2021 </b></p> <p>This bill sets a floor of 125,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. (The cap for FY2021 is 15,000, and the cap for FY2020 was 18,000.)</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 977 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2021 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Barragán , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. DeGette , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Deutch , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Escobar , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Foster , Mr. Gallego , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Lieu , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Moulton , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Norton , Ms. Omar , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Peters , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Raskin , Miss Rice of New York , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Rush , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Sires , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Welch , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Suozzi , and Mr. Keating ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lady Liberty Act of 2021 . 2. Minimum number of refugees to be admitted Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(a) ) is amended by inserting after in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall be such number as the President determines, the following: except that in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, such number may not be less than 125,000, without regard to whether or not the President makes any determination .