A Republican bill with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The "Nuclear Family Priority Act" seeks to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change how family-sponsored immigrants are handled. This bill aims to reduce the total number of such immigrants by changing the definition of an immediate relative and altering preference allocations. It redefines immediate relatives to focus on children and spouses while removing parents from that specific category. The legislation also changes the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants and adjusts numerical limitations for certain foreign states. Additionally, it creates a new nonimmigrant status for parents of adult United States citizens under specific conditions.
Yes
No question was scored yes.
The opposite
- Scored -7
Would immigrants be better off under this?
The bill significantly reduces family-sponsored immigration levels and removes parents from immediate relative status.
- Scored -5
Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?
The bill restricts permanent paths for parents and limits the overall number of family-sponsored immigrants.
- Scored -3
Would people over 65 be better off under this?
The bill reduces permanent immigration options for parents and places insurance burdens on adult children.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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New Nonimmigrant Status for Parents: The bill creates a new nonimmigrant status for an alien who is a parent of a United States citizen, provided the citizen is at least 21 years of age (Section 6).
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Extended Stay for Parents: Under the new nonimmigrant status, the initial period of authorized admission is 5 years and can be extended by the Secretary of Homeland Security as long as the United States citizen child resides in the United States (Section 6).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Removal of Parents as Immediate Relatives: The bill strikes "parents" from the definition of an immediate relative under Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) (Section 2).
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Reduction in Family-Sponsored Immigrant Levels: The legislation amends the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants to be 88,000 minus a specific computed number (Section 4).
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Restrictions on Employment and Benefits: Individuals admitted under the new nonimmigrant status for parents of adult citizens are not authorized to be employed in the United States and are ineligible for any Federal, State, or local public benefit (Section 6).
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Financial and Insurance Burdens for Families: The United States citizen child is held responsible for the support of the nonimmigrant parent regardless of the parent's resources (Section 6). Furthermore, the parent must provide satisfactory proof that the citizen child has arranged health insurance coverage at no cost to the parent (Section 6).
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Invalidation of Certain Petitions: Any petition seeking classification under a family-sponsored immigrant category that is eliminated by this Act will be considered invalid if filed after the date of the bill's introduction in the Senate (Section 7).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would immigrants be better off under this? — The bill significantly reduces family-sponsored immigration levels and removes parents from immediate relative status. Would people over 65 be better off under this? — The bill reduces permanent immigration options for parents and places insurance burdens on adult children.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens? — The bill restricts permanent paths for parents and limits the overall number of family-sponsored immigrants.
- 8/6/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/16/2026
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 4/8/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Cynthia LummisRepublican · Wyoming
Bernie MorenoRepublican · Ohio
Tommy TubervilleRepublican · Alabama