Subject Foreign labor | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB744	Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [Detail][Text]	2013-05-16 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
US	SB891	American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-08 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1444	H-2A Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat herder, or dairy ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1525	Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide increased protections and eligibility for family-sponsored immigrants. Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Board of Family-base... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1562	Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Inter... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1596	American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1773	AG Act [Detail][Text]	2013-04-26 To House Ways And Means Committee
US	HB1772	Legal Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-26 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB837	Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
US	HB1727	Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To House Budget Committee
US	HB1760	Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2013 or INVEST in America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide conditional permanent resident status for an alien ent... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HB1674	SHUT Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Ways And Means Committee
US	SB767	Social Security Totalization Agreement Reform Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that any agreement to establish a totalization arrangement which is entered into w... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-18 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB1365	Refugee Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim; and (2) permit, and set forth the requirements for, reopening a claim that was denied because of failure... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1227	Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2013 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, engi... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1279	United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupat... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB1292	New IDEA Act or the New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages and benefits paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien. Extends to six years the period for assessing and collecting un... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB633	Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family bas... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB629	Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2013 - Amends provisions regarding violence against immigrant women in the following areas: (1) employment of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U-visa (victims of certain crimes) nonimmigrant aliens, (2) se... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB707	Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to rename H-2A nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers as STRAW workers. Includes dairy or ranch workers in such category. Eliminates the 50% r... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB714	Startup Act 3.0 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, tec... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB830	Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2013 or SAVE Act of 2013 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) increases in Border Patrol and investigative personnel, (2) recruitment ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB717	Reuniting Families Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas, and (2) the number of unused visas from FY199... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB645	Refugee Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the one-year time limit for filing an asylum claim; and (2) permit, and set forth the requirements for, reopening a claim that was denied because of failure... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-21 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB616	Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent. Excludes from numerical immigra... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-19 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB803	Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act or SKILLS Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-18 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB600	H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise employer and government provisions regarding H-1B (specialty occupation) and L-1 (intracompany transfer) nonimmigrant aliens. Amends H-1B employer applica... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-18 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB518	H2O Visa for Seafood Processing Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant visa category for an alien having a foreign country residence, which he or she has no intention of abandoning, who is coming temporarily to t... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB435	Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2013 - 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... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB459	STEM Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2015 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB478	E-Verify Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program permanent and mandatory. Revises specified Program procedures. [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB502	Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a toll-free telephone- or electronic media-based employmen... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB293	Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family bas... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB292	Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act or DASH Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder, goat h... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB310	Startup Act 3.0 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, tec... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SB303	STEM Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 55,000 visas available in FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years to qualified immigrants who: (1) have a doctorate degree in a field of science, technology, engineering, or ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB202	Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify program permanent. Requires: (1) federal departments, agencies, contractors, and critical employe... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-31 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB189	StartUp Visa Act of 2013 - 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 inv... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-30 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB169	Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 or the I-Squared Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an annual cap on H-1B visas (specialty occupations) at between 115,000 and 300,000 visas depending upon market conditions and ex... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-29 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB242	Legal Agricultural Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a W-visa nonimmigrant classification for temporary agricultural workers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish: (1) a nonimmigrant temporary... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	HB215	Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified federal law regarding Cuban nationals who: (1) enter the United States on a visa to play organized professional baseball, and (2... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-25 To House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
US	SB1	Immigration Reform that Works for America's Future Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, complete a background ch... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Judiciary Committee