Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 1177 (Introduced in House) — To provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of migration and responsibly manage the southern... · Sec. 3101

Sec. 3101. Recapture of immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delay

349 words·~2 min read·/bill/117/hr/1177/ih/section-3101·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Section 201(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(c) ) is amended to read as follows: The worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of— 480,000; the number computed under paragraph (2); and the number computed under paragraph (3). The number computed under this paragraph for a fiscal year is the difference, if any, between— the worldwide level of employment-based immigrant visas established for the previous fiscal year; and the number of visas issued under section 203(b) during the previous fiscal year.
The number computed under this paragraph is the difference, if any, between— the difference, if any, between— the sum of the worldwide levels of family-sponsored immigrant visas established for fiscal years 1992 through 2020; and the number of visas issued under section 203(a) during such fiscal years; and the number of visas resulting from the calculation under subparagraph
(A)that were issued after fiscal year 2020 under section 203(a). . Section 201(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151(d) ) is amended to read as follows: The worldwide level of employment-based immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of— 170,000; the number computed under paragraph (2); and the number computed under paragraph (3). The number computed under this paragraph for a fiscal year is the difference, if any, between— the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrant visas established for the previous fiscal year; and the number of visas issued under section 203(a) during the previous fiscal year. The number computed under this paragraph is the difference, if any, between— the difference, if any, between— the sum of the worldwide levels of employment-based immigrant visas established for each of fiscal years 1992 through 2020; and the number of visas issued under section 203(b) during such fiscal years; and the number of visas resulting from the calculation under subparagraph
(A)that were issued after fiscal year 2020 under section 203(b). . The amendments made by this section shall apply to each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022.
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 3101
Recapture of immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delay
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.