Sec. 201. Ensuring the issuance of all preference employment-based immigrant visas
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2018, the number of employment-based immigrant visas that shall be issued under paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)of section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b) ) shall be increased by the number computed under paragraph (2). The number computed under this paragraph is— the greater of— the number of preference immigrant visas computed under section 201(d)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(d)(1) ) for fiscal years 1992 to 2013 that were not issued to any preference immigrant for any of those fiscal years; or 200,000; minus the number described in subparagraph (B). The number described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall be reduced, for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2017, by the cumulative number of immigrant visas issued for previous fiscal years pursuant to the increase authorized under paragraph (1). Nothing in this paragraph may be construed as affecting the application of section 201(c)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(c)(3)(C) ) with regard to immigrant visas other than the visas authorized by the increase computed under subparagraph (A). The visas authorized by the increase computed under subparagraph
(A)may only be issued to aliens seeking immigrant visas pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)of section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b) ). Section 201(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(c)(1)(B)(ii) ) is amended to read as follows: The number computed under subparagraph
(A)shall not be less than the sum of— 226,000; plus the number computed under paragraph (3). . Section 203(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(g) ) is amended by striking
(g)and inserting the following: Lists .—For purposes of carrying out The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall administer this section in a manner that ensures that all immigrant visas authorized by Congress to be issued under this section are issued to qualified applicants. Not later than June 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall publish a notice in the Federal Register that describes the steps that the Government is taking to comply with subparagraph (A). In order to carry out . Section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of paragraph (3), an immigrant visa is deemed to be immediately available if any visa number allocated under this Act to preference immigrants described in section 203(b) has not yet been issued for that fiscal year. .
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