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Security And Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2025 or SAFE for America Act of 2025
This bill eliminates the diversity visa program. This program provides up to 55,000 visas annually to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
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Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] · R–GA
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill proposes ending the diversity visa program, affecting people seeking visas through that program. It would delete the program’s statutory provision and make related deletions and reference changes in immigration law. The introduced text sets October 1, 2025, as the effective date. These are proposed changes; the supplied evidence does not establish that they became law.
2. Elimination of diversity visa program (a) In general Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(4) in section 204— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I);
(1) in section 101(a)(15)(V), by striking section 203(d) and inserting section 203(c);
(c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2025.
Section 1 gives the proposal two alternative names: the Security And Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2025 and the SAFE for America Act of 2025.
1. Short title This Act may be cited as— (1) the Security And Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2025; or (2) the SAFE for America Act of 2025.
Section 2 would eliminate the diversity visa program by deleting subsection (c) of section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
2. Elimination of diversity visa program (a) In general Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by striking subsection (c).
Related amendments would delete section 201(a)(3), section 201(e), and section 204(a)(1)(I). They would also delete paragraph (2) of redesignated section 203(d) and renumber its paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). The supplied text does not reproduce the existing provisions being deleted, so their detailed effects cannot be established from this bundle alone.
(2) 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);
(4) in section 204— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I);
(D) in subsection (d), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (2); and (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
The bill would relabel section 203 subsections (d) through (h) as (c) through (g) and update references to them. This includes changing references to section 203(d) to section 203(c) in sections 101, 204, 214, 216, and 245, and changing references within redesignated section 203(g).
(B) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively;
(1) in section 101(a)(15)(V), by striking section 203(d) and inserting section 203(c);
(C) in subsection (l)(2)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking section 203 (a) or (d) and inserting subsection (a) or (c) of section 203; and (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking section 203(d) and inserting section 203(c);
(5) in section 214(q)(1)(B)(i), by striking section 203(d) and inserting section 203(c); (6) in section 216(h)(1), in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (C), by striking section 203(d) and inserting section 203(c); and (7) in section 245(i)(1)(B), by striking section 203(d) and inserting section 203(c).
(G) in subsection (g), as redesignated— (i) by striking (d) each place such term appears and inserting (c);
Several amendments would replace references listing section 203 subsections (a), (b), and (c) with references listing only (a) and (b). These changes appear in redesignated section 203(c), (e), (f), and (g)(2)(B), and in section 204(e). Without the existing statutory text, the detailed effects of these reference changes remain uncertain.
(C) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b);
(E) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section and inserting subsection (a) or (b); (F) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting subsections (a) and (b);
(G) in subsection (g), as redesignated— (i) by striking (d) each place such term appears and inserting (c); and (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a) or (b);
(B) in subsection (e), by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 203 and inserting subsection (a) or (b) of section 203;
Section 2(b)(3)(A) would replace each reference to section 203(b)(2)(B) within section 203(b)(2)(B)(ii)(IV) with a reference to clause (i). The referenced law is not supplied, so the text alone does not establish whether this changes eligibility or other substantive treatment.
(3) in section 203— (A) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii)(IV), by striking section 203(b)(2)(B) each place such term appears and inserting clause (i);
All amendments in section 2 would take effect on October 1, 2025, under the proposed text.
(c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2025.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated September 19, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 12, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:35:08Z. 2025-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-12: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-12. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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