NONPARTISAN · SOURCED FROM CONGRESS.GOV, OPENFEC, SENATE & HOUSE CLERKS · UPDATED REGULARLY
119th Congress · House bill · Last action Sep 15, 2026
Bills›Immigration›H.R. 10400Congress.gov ↗
H.R. 10400In CommitteeImmigration

SMARTER Act

Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David (R-AZ)Introduced Sep 15, 2026
✆
In plain English

H.R. 10400, sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), replaces the current immigration system with a skills-based points system that prioritizes applicants based on education, work experience, and other job-related factors. The bill narrows family-sponsored immigration to allow only spouses and minor children to immigrate through that category, eliminating other family relationships currently eligible for visas. The bill also eliminates the Diversity Visa Program, which currently allocates 50,000 visas annually to countries with low immigration rates to the United States.

What’s in the bill (10 sections)
  • Sec. 2. Elimination of diversity visa program
  • Sec. 3. Family-sponsored immigration priorities
  • Sec. 4. Determination of industrial need for immigrant labor
  • Sec. 5. Creation of immigration points system
  • Sec. 6. Reform and replace h-1b nonimmigrants with smarter
  • Sec. 7. Computation of prevailing wage
  • Sec. 8. Prerequisite for naturalization
  • Sec. 9. Use of artificial intelligence to identify visa overstays
  • Sec. 10. Gold-card immigrant visa program
  • Sec. 11. Reports
Generated by ThePolitibase from the bill text and CRS summary. Read the official text →

Where it is in the process

✓
Introduced
Sep 15
✓
House committee
Sep 15
3
House floor
-
4
Senate
-
5
Signed
-
What happens next: Sits in committee. Needs a markup or favorable report to advance to the House floor.

Community vote

How readers of ThePolitibase feel about this bill. Reader sentiment only — not a scientific poll, and not a measure of public opinion.

- support · - oppose · - total

District map

Scroll or use + / − to zoom, drag to pan. Search a ZIP or district to jump there.
Now showing: community pulse — reader sentiment, not a scientific poll
Hover a district to see the member and how they voted.
Add your voice
Reader sentiment only — not a scientific poll, one vote per network. Find your district above (by ZIP or code), then weigh in.
No district selected

Sponsor

Cosponsors (0)

No cosponsors yet.

Activity timeline

Sep 15
Sep 15
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 15
Sep 15
Introduced in House
Sep 15
Sep 15
Introduced in House
Read the bill text
Official text via Congress.gov. Opens in a new tab.
Read full text →

Full action log

All 3 recorded actions since introduction · Source: Congress.gov
Sep 15
HOUSEReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 15
Introduced in House
Sep 15
Introduced in House

In the news

Representative David Schweikert introduces H.R. 10400: Securing Migration, Addressing Reform, and Talent Enhancement and Retention Act - Quiver Quantitative
Vote alerts
Know how your reps voted on this bill

One email when they vote against their own party. Nothing else.

Nonpartisan · Unsubscribe in one click · We never sell your address
Track this bill
Get an alert when it moves to the next stage or gets a vote.
Share
Embed this tracker on your site
Paste this HTML into your blog post or website to show a live tracker for this bill.
The embedded card updates automatically as the bill progresses. Preview →