What This Bill Does
This bill changes the Immigration and Nationality Act by eliminating the diversity immigrant program. The diversity immigrant program currently allows a certain number of immigrants from countries with lower rates of immigration to the United States to receive visas. The bill removes this program and the visas associated with it.
Who It Affects
People seeking diversity immigrant visas, the U.S. government agencies that process immigration applications.
Key Provisions
• The bill removes the section of law that sets the worldwide level of diversity immigrants that can enter the country each year. (Sec. 2(a))
• The bill removes the section of law that describes how diversity immigrant visas are allocated among countries and individuals. (Sec. 2(b))
• The bill removes the section of law that applies diversity visa procedures to the process for granting immigrant status. (Sec. 2(c))
What Changes
References to the diversity immigrant program are removed from immigration law. Other parts of the law that mention diversity visas are changed to only reference the remaining visa categories, removing diversity visas from those sections.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
Effective Date
October 1, 2023.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1100
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity
immigrant program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Mr. POSEY (for himself, Mr. CLOUD, and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate
the diversity immigrant program.
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—
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(1) the ‘‘Security And Fairness Enhancement
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for America Act of 2023’’; or
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(2) the ‘‘SAFE for America Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT PRO-
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GRAM.
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(a) WORLDWIDE
LEVEL
OF
DIVERSITY
IMMI-
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GRANTS.—Section 201 of the Immigration and Nation-
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ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
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graph (1);
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(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
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graph (2) and inserting a period; and
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(C) by striking paragraph (3); and
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(2) by striking subsection (e).
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(b) ALLOCATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISAS.—
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Section 203 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended—
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(1) by striking subsection (c);
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(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or
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(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b),’’;
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(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2)
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and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
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(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or
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(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and
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(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), and
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(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’.
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(c) PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
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TUS.—Section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amend-
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(1) by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and
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(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or
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(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall take effect on October 1, 2023.
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