HOUSE 4156118th CongressReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Lady Liberty Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 6/15/2023
Actions
- 2023-06-15Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-06-15Introduced in House
- 2023-06-15Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-06-15 (00)
Lady Liberty Act of 2023
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.)
Cosponsors (20)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- WILLIAM PASCRELL (D-NJ)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Al Green (D-TX)
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