RAISE Act

Summary

Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act or the RAISE Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: eliminate the diversity visa program; replace the current employment visa system with a skills-based point system; revise the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants, including by eliminating certain family-based immigration preferences; establish a 50,000 annual limit for refugees given permanent resident status; and create a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old. The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized if his or her sponsor has not repaid the federal government for all means-tested public benefits received by the alien during the five-year period beginning on the date the alien was lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

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Timeline

1. 2 August 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 August 2017

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 August 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 August 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 August 2017

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 2 August 2017

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Sponsors

• Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
• Roger Wicker · R · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → RAISE Act
• related to ← Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017