II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2082 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 6, 2017 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Visa Lottery Repeal Act . 2. Termination of Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (a) Repeal Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153 ) is amended by striking subsection (c). (b) Technical and conforming amendments Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 201— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (1), by adding and at the end; (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (iii) by striking paragraph (3); and (B) by striking subsection (e); (2) in section 203— (A) by striking subsection (c); (B) in subsection (d), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; (C) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking paragraph (2); and (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); (D) in subsection (f), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; (E) in subsection (g), by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting subsections (a) and (b) ; and (F) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; and (3) in section 204— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I); (B) in subsection (e), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b) ; and (C) in subsection (l)(2)(B), by striking section 203 (a) or (d) and inserting subsection (a) or (d) of section 203 . 3. Effective date The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.