US Congress Senate Bill 1088 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)
Status: Introduced on April 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes that the maximum number of refugees admitted each fiscal year shall be no less than 95,000 and that the maximum number shall be treated as the numerical goal for refugee admissions for the applicable fiscal year. The President may set a higher number if it is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. Currently, the number admitted each fiscal year may not exceed 50,000 unless the President determines that a higher number is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. The bill directs the President to take into consideration information from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees when establishing the maximum admission number and making certain other related decisions. The President shall report to Congress quarterly on (1) the number of refugees admitted during the preceding quarter, (2) the number of aliens who were security-cleared during the preceding quarter, (3) a plan to reach the numerical goal for admitted refugees for that fiscal year, and (4) other related information.

GRACE Act Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB2146 (Same As) 2019-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
HB5210 (Related) 2019-12-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
SB2936 (Related) 2019-11-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1088/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1088/BILLS-116s1088is.pdf