Lady Liberty Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Lady Liberty Act amends Immigration and Nationality Act section 207(a). Current law lets the President determine the number of refugees who may be admitted in a fiscal year after consultations and determinations. This bill adds a floor: in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, the number may not be less than 125000, regardless of whether the President makes a determination. The bill does not itself change asylum rules, refugee vetting standards, or country allocations; it constrains the minimum annual refugee admissions number.
Who Benefits and How
Refugees seeking resettlement, family members, refugee resettlement agencies, and communities with established resettlement programs benefit from a predictable admissions floor after fiscal year 2026.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The President, State Department refugee admissions staff, DHS vetting officers, HHS refugee support programs, resettlement agencies, and federal taxpayers must plan for at least 125000 admissions each fiscal year after 2026 even if a future administration would prefer a lower ceiling.
Key Provisions
- Requires the annual refugee admissions number to be at least 125000 in fiscal years after 2026.
- Amends Immigration and Nationality Act section 207(a) to limit presidential discretion below that floor.
- Provides a predictable minimum admissions target for refugees and resettlement agencies.
- Requires federal refugee admissions agencies to plan around the statutory floor regardless of presidential determinations.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Sets a minimum annual refugee admissions floor of 125000 for fiscal years after 2026.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Foreign Policy, Social Services
Primary Purpose
Sets a minimum annual refugee admissions floor of 125000 for fiscal years after 2026.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- refugees
- family members
- resettlement agencies
- communities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- President
- State Department staff
- DHS vetting officers
- HHS refugee programs
- resettlement agencies
- federal taxpayers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that …
Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "President"
- → President of the United States
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