HR2705Referred to Committee
Nuclear Family Priority Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-04-08
Introduced
36
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Elijah Crane
Republican · AZ · Representative
Votes with party: 86.3% (539 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/C001132
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (36)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)· 2025-04-29
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)· 2025-05-06
- Mike Collins (R-GA-10)· 2025-05-06
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)· 2025-05-13
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9)· 2025-06-17
- Chip Roy (R-TX-21)· 2025-09-02
- Warren Davidson (R-OH-8)· 2025-09-02
- Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5)· 2025-09-09
- Andy Barr (R-KY-6)· 2025-10-10
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)· 2025-10-10
- Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38)· 2025-10-10
- Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)· 2025-10-21
- Byron Donalds (R-FL-19)· 2025-10-24
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)· 2025-10-24
- Michael Cloud (R-TX-27)· 2025-10-24
- Randy Fine (R-FL-6)· 2025-10-28
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)· 2025-11-07
- Tony Wied (R-WI-8)· 2025-11-07
- Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2)· 2025-11-19
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)· 2025-12-09
- Brian Jack (R-GA-3)· 2025-12-16
- Nancy Mace (R-SC-1)· 2025-12-16
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11)· 2026-01-20
- Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2)· 2026-01-21
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)· 2026-02-04
- Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7)· 2026-02-20
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)· 2026-02-23
- Tom McClintock (R-CA-5)· 2026-03-02
- Brian Babin (R-TX-36)· 2026-03-04
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)· 2026-03-05
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)· 2026-04-27
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)· 2026-04-27
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)· 2026-04-27
- Ralph Norman (R-SC-5)· 2026-04-27
- Troy Downing (R-MT-2)· 2026-05-12
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-04-08
Previously
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-08
Plain-English Summary
Nuclear Family Priority Act This bill imposes limits on various types of family-sponsored immigration visas. The non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) parents of U.S. citizens shall not qualify for visas for immediate relatives, which are not subject to any direct numerical limits. Currently, the spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens are considered immediate relatives. The bill also creates a nonimmigrant visa for such parents of citizens. Such non-U.S. nationals shall not be eligible for employment or any public benefits. The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 88,000, and revises the methods for calculating the cap. Currently, the 480,000 cap may be adjusted depending on various factors but shall not be less than 226,000. The bill eliminates preference allocations (visa categories subject to various annual caps) for various family-sponsored visas, including those for the siblings and married children of citizens. The bill provides for a preference allocation for the unmarried children under 21 and spouses of permanent residents, subject to the 88,000 annual cap.
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Subjects
Immigration
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