Lady Liberty Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4156
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-06-15
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Lady Liberty Act of 2023</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 FY2023 was 125,000, but in some years it had been lower. For example, the cap for FY2021 was 15,000.)</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4156 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2023 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Beyer , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Panetta , Mr. McGovern , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Evans , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Omar , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Pascrell , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Raskin , and Mr. Grijalva ) 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 2024, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lady Liberty Act of 2023 . 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 2024, such number may not be less than 125,000, without regard to whether or not the President makes any determination .