Lady Liberty Act of 2019

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

GCD ConnollySponsor

77 cosponsors · 77 D

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

This bill sets a floor of 110,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. (The cap for FY2020 is 18,000, and the cap for FY2019 was 30,000.)