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HR 670 · introduced · significant

Lady Liberty Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill establishes a minimum of 125,000 refugees that the U.S. must admit each fiscal year starting in 2027.
  • This affects the President's authority to set refugee admission caps and impacts foreign nationals seeking refuge.
  • The floor takes effect in FY2027 with no specified federal cost or implementation mechanism detailed.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would a mandatory 125,000 refugee minimum affect the federal government's ability to adjust admissions based on international crises or changing security conditions?

  2. 02

    Which federal agencies would be responsible for processing, housing, and integrating 125,000 additional refugees annually, and how would their budgets need to change?

  3. 03

    What evidence supports the 125,000 figure as the appropriate floor for annual refugee admissions?

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Sponsor · D-VA-11

Gerald E. Connolly

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12/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2026-01-08

Joining the bill

Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-01-08 · house · Floor

    ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 670, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

  2. 2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  3. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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