HR 3638 · 93th Congress · Immigration
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to apply numerical limitations on total lawful admissions to all immigrants.
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1973-02-05)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
States that, exclusive of special immigrants and the immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, the number of aliens born in any foreign state or dependent area located in the Eastern Hemisphere who may be issued immigrant visas or who may enter conditionally, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year exceed a total of 45,000 and shall not in any fiscal year exceed a total of 170,000. Provides that the number of aliens born in any foreign state of the Western Hemisphere (except a foreign state contiguous to the U.S.) or in the Canal Zone, or in a dependent area located in the Western Hemisphere who may be issued immigrant visas or who may enter conditionally, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any year exceed a total of 22,000 and shall not in any fiscal year exceed a total of 80,000. Sets limits of 20,000 immigrant visas and conditional entries for aliens from a single non-contiguous, foreign state, and of 600 visas for aliens born in any dependent area. Sets forth regulations governing the determination of status as a foreign state or dependent area by the Secretary of State. Specifies visa numbers and percentages to be made available to: (1) qualifi…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only