US Congress House Bill 399 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 7 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2011 or the STAPLE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from: (1) direct numerical limitations aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from a U.S. institution of higher education and who have an offer of employment from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; and (2) H-1B visa (specialty occupation) numerical limitations aliens who have a U.S. STEM Ph.D. and with respect to whom the petitioning employer requires such an education.

STAPLE Act

Rep Flake, Jeff	Rep Biggert, Judy	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Campbell, John
Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Carney, John	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Gingrey, Phil
Rep Grimm, Michael G.	Rep Hanna, Richard L.	Rep Langevin, James R.	Rep Manzullo, Donald A.
Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Polis, Jared	Rep Quigley, Mike
Rep Renacci, James B.	Rep Roskam, Peter J.	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
2011-01-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN00399:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr399ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr399ih.pdf