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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 977
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Mr. CONNOLLY
(for himself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, 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. GARCI´A 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. PA-
NETTA, 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. VELA´ZQUEZ, 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 re-
ferred 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.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lady Liberty Act of
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2021’’.
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM NUMBER OF REFUGEES TO BE ADMITTED.
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Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
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Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘in
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any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall be such number
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as the President determines,’’ the following: ‘‘except that
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in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2022, such number may
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not be less than 125,000, without regard to whether or
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not the President makes any determination’’.
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