Amendment restores the legal immigration categories that are defined under current law, strikes the cuts in permanent employer-sponsored immigration, and keeps refugees' admission at the current annual limit.

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Amendment Number
977
Description
Amendment restores the legal immigration categories that are defined under current law, strikes the cuts in permanent employer-sponsored immigration, and keeps refugees' admission at the current annual limit.
Purpose
An amendment, printed as amendment No. 19 in House Rept. 104-483 and offered in a modified form pursuant to the unanimous consent agreement of March 19, 1995, to delete the provisions of the bill that places new limits on the categories and number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. each year.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Mar 21, 1996
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Chrysler amendment (A017) as modified Agreed to by recorded vote: 238 - 183 (Roll no. 84).
Latest Action Time
16:01:30
Submitted Date
Mar 21, 1996
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 977 — Informed