Add a note about this bill. Your note is for you and will not be shared with anyone.
Because you are a member of panel , your positions on legislation and notes below will be shared with the panel administrators. (More Info)
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor. Representative for California's 19th congressional district. Democrat.
Read Text »This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and though it was passed by both chambers on December 2, 2020 it was passed in non-identical forms and the differences were never resolved.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
Cosponsors311 Cosponsors (202 Democrats, 108 Republicans, 1 Independent)
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
Jul 10, 2019 Passed House (Senate next)The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next.
Dec 2, 2020 Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. The vote was by Voice Vote so no record of individual votes was made.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1044. This is the one from the 116 th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
We recommend the following MLA -formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work:
GovTrack.us. (2024). H.R. 1044 — 116th Congress: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020. Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr1044
“H.R. 1044 — 116th Congress: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020.” www.GovTrack.us. 2019. September 22, 2024
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020, H.R. 1044, 116th Cong. (2019).
|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr1044
|title=H.R. 1044 (116th)
|accessdate=September 22, 2024
|author=116th Congress (2019)
|date=February 7, 2019
|work=Legislation
|publisher=GovTrack.us
|quote=Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020
>>
GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources. This page is sourced primarily from Congress.gov, the official portal of the United States Congress. Congress.gov is generally updated one day after events occur, and so legislative activity shown here may be one day behind. Data via the congress project.
GovTrack helps everyone learn about and track the activities of the United States Congress. Launched more than 20 years ago, we’re one of the oldest government transparency and accountability websites on the Internet.
This is a project of Civic Impulse, LLC. GovTrack.us is not a government website.
