Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3763 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3763

   To eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and 
  neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2025

  Mr. Gomez (for himself, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Ansari, Ms. 
 Balint, Mr. Carson, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. 
  Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Jacobs, 
   Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Leger 
   Fernandez, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
 Norton, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivas, 
  Ms. Salazar, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Soto, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. 
    Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. Wasserman 
   Schultz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and 
  neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 the ``Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA CAPS.

    (a) Aliens Not Subject to Direct Numerical Limitations.--Section 
201(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B)'' and 
inserting ``subparagraph (A), (B), or (J)''.
    (b) Preference Allocation for Employment-Based Immigrants.--Section 
203(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) 
is amended by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B)'' and inserting 
``subparagraph (A), (B), or (J)''.
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