{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-3466","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":3466,"title":"SMART Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-05-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S001183","fullName":"Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]","party":"R","state":"AZ","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-06-03","text":"Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2408)"},"policyArea":"Immigration","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-06-03","text":"Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2408)","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-15","text":"Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Securing Migration, Addressing Reform, and Talent Retention Act or the SMART Act</strong></p><p>This bill modifies the U.S. immigration system, including by eliminating the diversity and employment-based visa systems, establishing a points-based system, and capping other immigration categories.</p><p>The diversity visa program—which makes visas available to individuals from countries that send fewer immigrants—is eliminated.</p><p>The bill caps annual refugee admission at 50,000. Currently, the President sets annual limits.</p><p>The bill limits the current family-sponsored immigration system by lowering the annual cap and narrowing the qualifications by, for example, lowering the&nbsp;age limit of qualifying children and eliminating siblings as a qualifying relationship. The bill also disqualifies noncitizen parents of adult U.S. citizens from this category and creates a new nonimmigrant visa for such parents. This visa has an initial authorization period of five years and may be extended for additional five-year periods.</p><p>The bill also eliminates the employment-based visa system and replaces it with a points-based system. Points are awarded on the basis of characteristics such as age, education, English proficiency, the salary of prospective employment, investment in and management of a new commercial enterprise, and number of dependent children. Visas are awarded to the applicants with the most points (and their immediate family members)&nbsp;until the annual&nbsp;cap is reached.</p><p>The bill also revises the H-1B visa program to&nbsp;award visas in order of compensation rate.</p><p>The bill also creates a&nbsp;visa for immigrants who invest at least $5 million into a new commercial enterprise.</p>","updateDate":"2026-05-22T18:56:50Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":413,"ts":"2026-07-14T04:23:20.023Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=SMART%20Act"}]}}