# 119-hr-10460: SMARTER Act

119-hr-10460, SMARTER Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10460
- Congress: 119
- Title: SMARTER Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-04

## Summary

**This bill would create a national, skills- and industry-based immigration regime** that replaces the H‑1B framework and the Diversity Visa program while adding a presidentially appointed SMART Board to set annual visa limits and industry shares. It would also move employment-based green cards to a points system and create a high-fee Gold-Card immigrant visa.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Gold-Card investor green card program: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would offer 25,000 Gold-Card immigrant visas per year for each fiscal year 2026 through 2035. Applicants could get one by paying $1,000,000 plus a $15,000 processing fee, or a company could pay $2,000,000 plus $15,000 on their behalf. DHS would screen applicants for admissibili…
- Tighter family green card rules: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would narrow family-based green cards to only the spouse or child of a lawful permanent resident and make many older family-preference petitions filed after the bill's introduction invalid. The worldwide family green-card total would be set at 88,000 minus a counted group of pa…
- Points system for employment green cards: mixed, high. If enacted, USCIS would use a national points system to allocate many employment-based green cards. Applicants would get points for age, education, English test rank, job salary compared to state median, and special achievements. You would pay a $160 electronic application fee (adjusted every two y…
- AI system to find visa overstays: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Homeland Security would build and use an artificial-intelligence process to analyze immigration and travel records to identify nonimmigrant visa holders who remained after their authorized stay ended. The system would aim to find more overstays. This would raise enforce…
- Federal board sets skilled worker visas: mixed, medium. If enacted, a five-member federal Board at Commerce would set annual limits for employment green cards and the new SMARTER worker visas. The Board could also split numbers by industry starting in the second year, but changes to totals and industry caps would be limited year-to-year. The bill would…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7705: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act
- 119-hr-2025: Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3466: SMART Act
- 119-hr-7971: Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10460 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10460)

## Related
- [119-hr-7705: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7705)
- [119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4895)
- [119-hr-2025: Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2025)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3466: SMART Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3466)
- [119-hr-7971: Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10460 (as of 2026-10-04).