H.R. 4427: Protecting America and American Workers Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-16 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Protecting America and American Workers Act

Plain summary

Protecting America and American Workers Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program effective on the first day of the first fiscal year after the date on which the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security jointly determine that such immigrant visas are no longer necessary to offset certain status adjustments under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Until such time and effective on October 1, 2018, the annual number of diversity program visas is reduced from 55,000 to 5,000. Beginning in FY2019, 8,000 of such former diversity visas shall be allocated annually to each of three employment-based immigrant categories for a total of 24,000 additional visas each year.

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Official text

Protecting America and American Workers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · 7 cosponsors

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Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4427.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4427 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115