H.R. 10400, Immigration Restructuring with Closed-Door Board Authority. Quorum's AI analysis reads it as a net cost — and names who bears it.
H.R. 10400 · Net cost
What it does
This bill replaces family-based immigration with a skills-based points system, eliminates the Diversity Visa Program, and creates a new federal board to set employment-based immigration levels based on labor market needs. Citizens can no longer sponsor adult siblings or adult children; only spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens remain eligible. Employment-based visas go to applicants with the highest points for education, English proficiency, age, salary, and other factors.
The analysis names high-skilled employers in STEM and professional sectors — and 2 more groups — among the beneficiaries.
The cost
The SMART Board is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act and judicial review (except narrow scope review of numerical limits), insulating immigration-level decisions from public process and court challenge.
Transparency scores 35%. The analysis flags 1 rider and a high warning level.
Who is behind it
Filed by David Schweikert.
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