HR 1044 · 116th Congress · Immigration

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020

Introduced 2019-02-07· Sponsored by Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Message on Senate action sent to the House.(2020-12-03)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2019-07-10
Roll #437
Yea 365Nay 65
Democrats
224 Yea·8 Nay
Republicans
140 Yea·57 Nay
PassedHouse · 2019-07-10
Roll #437
Yea 365Nay 65
Democrats
224 Yea·8 Nay
Republicans
140 Yea·57 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 This bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China. The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country.…

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Cosponsors (20)

13 Democrats7 Republicans