SB 21-20: No More Crooked Visitors Act (Final Vote)

[Pericles]

NO MORE CROOKED VISITORS ACT

House Bill
to eliminate the EB-5 visa program

SECTION I: NAME
a. This act shall be known as the No More Crooked Visitors Act

SECTION II: EB-5 ELIMINATION
a. The special allocation of visas for certain classes of investors, commonly known as the EB-5 Visa program is hereby eliminated, and all visa allocations currently set aside for applicants to that program shall instead be available to applicants for a visa class commonly known as H-1B visa. 8 USC 1153(b)(B)(5) shall be amended accordingly.
b. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.

House of Representatives
Passed the House of Representatives 8-0-0-1
X YE
People's Regional Senate

Sponsor: Peanut
Senate Designation: SB 21-20

[RC (a la Frémont)]

Wasn't this already introduced?

[Peanut]

I'll take up sponsorship.

Wasn't this already introduced?

The Senate hasn't seen it as far as I know.

[Pericles]

24 hours to object to Peanut sponsoring this.

[Pericles]

Peanut is recognized as the sponsor and is invited to speak on this bill.

[Peanut]

This is a very reasonable proposal. Ensuring that we have the very best people bringing the very best economic development and hope coming to our Republic (without going down the rabbit hole of "cutting immigration" platitudes) is always necessary, and this is a good policy to accomplish that. Ensuring we're visited by foreign citizens who will strengthen and grow our economy and society is always good--Lincoln in particular receives many working visitors and our reliance on that area is important to my reasoning, and the change in particular from EB-5 to H-1B is important to ensure healthy economical growth from the bottom up for Atlasia.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I certainly support this, I think it is fairer then have a specific set aside that caters solely to the globe trotting investor class. While investment and even foreign investment is a good thing to be sure, we have seen many instances where not only has such led to events hostile to the domestic interests (not just on our own country but think of the many times corporate or investor influence has had a negative impact on particularly third world counties). While I wouldn't want to reach and link these matters together, I think it is better to have one program catering to bringing in the best and the brightest as Peanut said, as opposed to a separate standalone one just for investors.

[Dr. MB]

Motion for a final vote.

[Pericles]

24 hours to object to the final vote motion.

[Pericles]

With no objection, a final vote has begun on this bill. Senators have 72 hours to vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[ON Progressive]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[Peanut]

Aye.

[Pyro]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Nay

[Pericles]

This bill has passed 4-1-0-1.
Aye; 4 (ON Progressive, MB, Peanut, PyroTheFox)
Nay; 1 (Devout Centrist)
Abstaining; 0
Not voting; 1 (North Carolina Yankee)

[Pericles]

NO MORE CROOKED VISITORS ACT

A Bill
to eliminate the EB-5 visa program

SECTION I: NAME
a. This act shall be known as the No More Crooked Visitors Act

SECTION II: EB-5 ELIMINATION
a. The special allocation of visas for certain classes of investors, commonly known as the EB-5 Visa program is hereby eliminated, and all visa allocations currently set aside for applicants to that program shall instead be available to applicants for a visa class commonly known as H-1B visa. 8 USC 1153(b)(B)(5) shall be amended accordingly.
b. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.

House of Representatives
Passed the House of Representatives 8-0-0-1
X YE
People's Regional Senate
Passed 4-1-0-1 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled