U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB670: Lady Liberty Act of 2025
Status: Passed one chamber, January 8, 2026
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, January 23, 2025:
A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lady Liberty Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Minimum number of refugees to be admitted Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(a) ) is amended by inserting after in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall be such number as the President determines, the following: except that in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, such number may not be less than 125,000, without regard to whether or not the President makes any determination .
Sponsors
- Connolly, Gerald (D, 11) · primary sponsor
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Gwen Moore (D, HD-004)
- James McGovern (D, HD-002)
- Adam Smith (D, HD-WA-9)
- Betty McCollum (D, HD-004)
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12)
- Henry Johnson (D, HD-004)
- Ilhan Omar (D, HD-005)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D, HD-FL-25)
- Don Beyer (D, HD-008)
- Jesus Garcia (D, HD-IL-4)
Latest actions
- : 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.
- : Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Refugees, asylum, displaced persons, Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents, Immigration, Immigration status and procedures, Congressional oversight
Common questions
- What is HB670?
- HB670 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Lady Liberty Act of 2025.
- What does HB670 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB670?
- Passed one chamber as of January 8, 2026. Latest action: 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. (January 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB670?
- Connolly, Gerald (D, 11), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB670?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/670
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