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American Jobs First Act of 2016 [HB-4598]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
American Jobs First Act of 2016 This bill amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) program, including by declaring that a petitioner employer: must offer an annual wage to the H-1B nonimmigrant that is the greater of the annual wage paid to the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident employee who did identical or similar work during the previous 2 years, or $110,000, if offered not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act (with an annual inflation adjustment); will
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/29/2016
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EB-5 Integrity Act of 2016 [HB-4530]
[Immigration ]
[Finance ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
EB-5 Integrity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the EB-5 (alien investor) regional center program. A regional center shall operate within a defined geographic area, and shall be consistent with the purpose of concentrating pooled investment within such area. The bill prescribes job creation requirements. Alien investor capital may not be used to purchase municipal or any other publicly-available bonds. Approved regional centers must give advance notice to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of significant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Polis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/29/2016
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HUBZone Equity Act [HB-4156]
[Small Business ]
[Immigration ]
[Economic Development ]
HUBZone Equity Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to redefine "Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business concern" as a small business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens (as under current law) or lawful permanent residents of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Introduced In House on 12/02/2015
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BRAIN Act Best Return on America's Investment Now Act [HB-4097]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
BRAIN Act Best Return on America's Investment Now Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 10% of the worldwide employment-based immigration level available to qualified immigrants who: (1) hold a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a U.S. doctoral institution of higher education; and (2) have taken all doctoral courses in a STEM field, including all courses taken by correspondence or by distance education, while physically present in the United States.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/04/2015
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POWER Act Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act [HB-4008]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
POWER Act Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" a nonimmigrant alien who files a petition for U visa status (set aside for victims of crimes and their immediate family members) if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that the alien: has suffered abuse or harm as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity; has suffered substantial abuse or harm related to specified labor or employment violations related
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/04/2015
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Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act [HB-400]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress regarding: a definition of "placement and recruitment fees" for purposes of complying with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including a description of what fee components and amounts are prohibited or are permissible for contractors or their agents to charge workers; how such definition will be incorporated into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 02/02/2016
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Jobs in America Act [HB-3987]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Jobs in America Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment. The Department of Homeland Security shall terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/04/2015
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Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act [HB-3918]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide, effective as if enacted on January 1, 2015, that a returning H-2B visa alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) who has already been counted toward the applicable numerical limitation during one of the three preceding fiscal years: (1) shall not again be counted toward such limitation during a fiscal year, but (2) shall be considered a returning worker. "Other temporary service or labor" for H-2B purposes means that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 12/04/2015
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Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015 [HB-3814]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Department of Homeland Security to authorize employment for an asylum applicant who is not in detention and whose asylum application has not been determined to be frivolous. Employment authorization shall be: (1) for a period of one year, and (2) renewable for additional one-year periods for the entire period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chellie Pingree
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 11/23/2015
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Venezuelan Refugee Assistance Act [HB-3744]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
Venezuelan Refugee Assistance Act This bill provides for the status adjustment to permanent resident of a qualifying Venezuelan national who: (1) was physically present in the United States on January 1, 2013, (2) has been physically present in the United States for at least one year and is physically present in the United States on the date the status adjustment application is filed, (3) has not been convicted of specified crimes and was never involved in the persecution of others, and (4) applies for adjustment before January 1, 2019. Derivative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 11/03/2015
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To authorize unused visas numbers made available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to be made available to nationals of Ireland, and for other purposes. [HB-3730]
[Immigration ]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To authorize unused visas numbers made available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to be made available to nationals of Ireland, and for other purposes. This bill makes E-3 nonimmigrant visas (specialty occupation) for Australian nationals that are unused during a fiscal year available on the same basis in the subsequent fiscal year to nationals of Ireland residing in Ireland. The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to make eligible for an E-3 visa an alien who is a national of Ireland coming to the United
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Sponsored by: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 11/03/2015
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Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015 [HB-3698]
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[Immigration ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Veterans ]
Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015 Amends citizenship and residency qualifications for enlistment in the armed forces to permit enlistment of additional persons who: (1) have resided continuously in a lawful status in the United States for at least two years, or (2) possess an employment authorization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under requirements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Requires authorized enlistees who are not citizens or other
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Coffman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/04/2016
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Student Borrower Fairness Act [HB-3675]
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[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Student Borrower Fairness Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit student loan borrowers to refinance their loans at interest rates offered on loans to banks by the Federal Reserve System. The cost of this bill is offset by an amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that increases the corporate income rate on companies that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees more than 100 times the median compensation of all their employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016
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O-VISA Act Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act [HB-3636]
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[Media and Advertising ]
[Film Production ]
O-VISA Act Oversee Visa Integrity with Stakeholder Advisories Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Department of Homeland Security to give a copy of any decision regarding the nonimmigrant O-1 visa admission of an alien seeking to work in a motion picture or television production (or an accompanying O-2 visa alien involved in such production) to the labor union and management organizations that have provided advisory opinions with respect to such admission.
Sponsored by: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/14/2016
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Freedom of Faith Act of 2015 [HB-3631]
[Immigration ]
[Religion ]
Freedom of Faith Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program permanent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 10/05/2015
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Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act [HB-3586]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Trade ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) an Immigration Cooperation Program, under which CBP officers may cooperate with authorities of the government of a foreign country, air carriers, and security employees at airports located in that country to identify persons who may be inadmissible to the United States or otherwise pose a risk to border security. In carrying out the program, CBP officers posted in a foreign country
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael McCaul
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 04/14/2016
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EB-JOBS Act of 2015 Entrepreneurial Businesses Creating Jobs Act of 2015 [HB-3370]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
EB-JOBS Act of 2015 Entrepreneurial Businesses Creating Jobs Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make conditional permanent resident (EB-6) visas (adjustable to permanent resident after two years) available to qualifying venture capital-backed and self-sponsored startup entrepreneurs based upon specified investment, job creation, and commercial activity requirements. Permanent resident (EB-7) visas shall be made available to nonimmigrant treaty investors holding an E-2 visa who: (1) have maintained such status for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 09/08/2015
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Ensuring Congressional Oversight of Immigration Act [HB-3302]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Ensuring Congressional Oversight of Immigration Act This bill terminates the authority exercised by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) two years after enactment of this Act, unless extended by legislation. No funds, fees, or resources available to USCIS may be used to implement specified immigration-related memoranda from the President, DHS, USCIS, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 09/08/2015
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Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015 [HB-32]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2015 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/02/2015
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Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3102]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Aerospace ]
[Crime ]
Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a risk-based, intelligence-driven model for the screening of airport employees based on level of employment-related access to Secure Identification Display Areas, Airport Operations Areas, or secure areas at U.S. airports. TSA shall conduct an aviation security risk-based review of certain federal disqualifying criminal offenses to determine their appropriateness
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 10/07/2015