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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 859
To terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 18, 2021
Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa 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 the ‘‘Visa Lottery Repeal
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA
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PROGRAM.
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(a) REPEAL.—Section 203 of the Immigration and
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Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking
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subsection (c).
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
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1151 et seq.) is amended—
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(1) in section 201—
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(A) in subsection (a)—
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(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’
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at the end;
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(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘;
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and’’ and inserting a period; and
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(iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
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(B) by striking subsection (e);
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(2) in section 203—
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(A) by striking subsection (c);
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(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sub-
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section (a), (b), or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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section (a) or (b)’’;
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(C) in subsection (e)—
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(i) by striking paragraph (2); and
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(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
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paragraph (2);
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(D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
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section (a), (b), or (c) of this section’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’;
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(E) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘sub-
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sections (a), (b), and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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sections (a) and (b)’’; and
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(F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking
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‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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section (a) or (b)’’; and
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(3) in section 204—
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(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking sub-
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paragraph (I);
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(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-
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section (a), (b), or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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section (a) or (b)’’; and
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(C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking
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‘‘section 203 (a) or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
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section (a) or (d) of section 203’’.
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
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(b), the amendments made by section 2 shall take effect
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on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(b) SELECTEES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a),
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any alien who registered for the Diversity Immigrant Visa
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Program and received notification before the date of the
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enactment of this Act that he or she has been selected
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to apply for a diversity immigrant visa under section
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203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
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1153(c)) may submit an application for such visa under
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the applicable provisions of law in effect on the day before
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such date of enactment.
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