Bill changes how people get visas based on skills and job pay.
H.R. 10460 — SMARTER Act · Filed by David Schweikert (R-AZ) · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill replaces family-based immigration with a points system. People earn points for age, education, English skills, job salary, and other factors. Those with the most points get visas. A new board called the SMART Board decides visa numbers. It bases decisions on job market needs. Family immigration is limited to spouses and minor children of citizens only.
Who it affects
Citizens who want to bring parents, adult siblings, or other relatives lose that ability. High-skilled workers and employers seeking specialized workers may benefit. Religious workers and their families face new visa limits.
One thing to notice
The SMART Board meets behind closed doors. It does not follow the same public transparency rules as other federal boards.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- points system — A way to rank visa applicants by scoring them on education, age, job pay, and other skills.
- SMART Board — A new federal board that decides how many work visas the country allows each year based on job market needs.
- family-based immigration — The current system that lets citizens sponsor relatives to move to the U.S.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Sep 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,985 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-25.
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