Nuclear Family Priority Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R GingreySponsor

41 cosponsors · 1 D, 40 R

19 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Nuclear Family Priority Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 4, 2009

Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Nuclear Family Priority Act

Latest action (Mar 16, 2009): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 4, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.