US Congress House Bill 4097 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. The number of immigrant visas available to skilled workers, professionals, and other workers is reduced. The computation of the total number of immigrant visas that may be made available to natives of any single foreign state or dependent area in a fiscal year is revised. The permanent priority date for any employment-based petition shall be the date on which the petition is filed with Department of Homeland Security (or the Department of State, if applicable), unless such filing was preceded by the filing of a labor certification with the Department of Labor, in which case that date shall constitute the priority date. An alien who is the beneficiary of an employment-based petition that was approvable when filed shall retain that petition's priority date in the consideration of any subsequently filed employment-based petition.

BRAIN Act Best Return on America's Investment Now Act

Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2015-11-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-11-19	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4097/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4097/BILLS-114hr4097ih.pdf