119th Congress · introduced in the House · May 15, 2025
SMART Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jun 3, 2025): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2408)
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Immigration
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (May 15, 2025)
Securing Migration, Addressing Reform, and Talent Retention Act or the SMART Act
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.
The diversity visa program—which makes visas available to individuals from countries that send fewer immigrants—is eliminated.
The bill caps annual refugee admission at 50,000. Currently, the President sets annual limits.
The bill limits the current family-sponsored immigration system by lowering the annual cap and narrowing the qualifications by, for example, lowering the 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.
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) until the annual cap is reached.
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Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2408)
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$180,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cess Reauthorization Act H.R. 2627 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 H.R. 2729 - Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act H.R. 3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act H.R. 3466 - SMART Act H.R. 4367 - To reform the H-2A worker program, and for other purposes. H.R. 4393 - DIGNITY Act of 2025 H.R. 5283 - Healthcare Workforce Resilience…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 19, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$190,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cess Reauthorization Act H.R. 2627 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 H.R. 2729 - Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act H.R. 3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act H.R. 3466 - SMART Act H.R. 4367 - To reform the H-2A worker program, and for other purposes. H.R. 4393 - DIGNITY Act of 2025 H.R. 5283 - Healthcare Workforce Resilience…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cess Reauthorization Act H.R. 2627 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 H.R. 2729 - Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act H.R. 3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act H.R. 3466 - SMART Act H.R. 4213 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R. 4367 - To reform the H-2A worker program, and for other purposes. H.R. 43…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 2627 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 H.R. 2729 - Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act H.R. 3221 - ICELAND Act H.R. 3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act H.R. 3466 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a skills-based immigration points system, to focus family-sponsored immigration on spouses and mino…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$65,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 2627 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 H.R. 2729 - Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act H.R. 3221 - ICELAND Act H.R. 3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act H.R. 3466 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a skills-based immigration points system, to focus family-sponsored immigration on spouses and mino…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
…H.R. 2627 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 H.R. 2729 - Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act H.R. 3221 - ICELAND Act H.R. 3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act H.R. 3466 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a skills-based immigration points system, to focus family-sponsored immigration on spouses and mino…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing