HR 977 United States House · 117th Congress

Lady Liberty Act of 2021

Summary

Lady Liberty Act of 2021 This bill sets a floor of 125,000 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 FY2021 is 15,000, and the cap for FY2020 was 18,000.)

Issues: ✓ Immigration

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Feb 11, 2021 Last action Apr 23, 2021

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

3

Key actions

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Committee

2

Apr 23, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

lower

Feb 11, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

lower

Feb 11, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 59 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Gerald E. Connolly

Adriano Espaillat

Alcee L. Hastings