SAFE for America Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1241 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1241

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity 
                           immigrant program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2025

 Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Webster of Florida, 
Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Ogles) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity 
                           immigrant program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as--
            (1) the ``Security And Fairness Enhancement for America Act 
        of 2025''; or
            (2) the ``SAFE for America Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY VISA PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 101(a)(15)(V), by striking ``section 
        203(d)'' and inserting ``section 203(c)'';
            (2) in section 201--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period; and
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and
                    (B) by striking subsection (e);
            (3) in section 203--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii)(IV), by striking 
                ``section 203(b)(2)(B)'' each place such term appears 
                and inserting ``clause (i)'';
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), 
                (g), and (h) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and 
                (g), respectively;
                    (C) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
                    (D) in subsection (d), as redesignated--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (2); and
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
                        paragraph (2);
                    (E) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
                    (F) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``subsections (a), (b), and (c)'' and inserting 
                ``subsections (a) and (b)''; and
                    (G) in subsection (g), as redesignated--
                            (i) by striking ``(d)'' each place such 
                        term appears and inserting ``(c)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
                        ``subsection (a), (b), or (c)'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection (a) or (b)'';
            (4) in section 204--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph 
                (I);
                    (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection 
                (a), (b), or (c) of section 203'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (a) or (b) of section 203''; and
                    (C) in subsection (l)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``section 203 (a) or (d)'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection (a) or (c) of section 203''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``section 203(d)'' and inserting ``section 
                        203(c)'';
            (5) in section 214(q)(1)(B)(i), by striking ``section 
        203(d)'' and inserting ``section 203(c)'';
            (6) in section 216(h)(1), in the undesignated matter 
        following subparagraph (C), by striking ``section 203(d)'' and 
        inserting ``section 203(c)''; and
            (7) in section 245(i)(1)(B), by striking ``section 203(d)'' 
        and inserting ``section 203(c)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2025.
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