US Congress House Bill 5006 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: Introduced on April 20 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2016 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand nonimmigrant employer annual data reporting requirements to include all nonimmigrant worker categories and compensated cultural exchange, training, and business classifications. Expanded reporting requirements include information regarding: (1) the age and gender of admitted nonimmigrants; (2) categories and numbers of visas issued; (3) numbers of persons admitted under each visa classification and subclassification; (4) blanket petitions; (5) the occupation and country of origin of beneficiaries; (6) nonimmigrant worker employers; (7) compensation; and (8) citizens of nations with Compacts of Free Association with the United States who are authorized to reside permanently in the United States as nonimmigrants and their ports of U.S. entry. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) submit such report and post the information along with the corresponding raw data and a searchable database to a public website, and (2) ensure that such posted information does not include information that would identify a specific person with reasonable certainty. Any government official who uses such information shall take steps to: (1) protect individual identities, and (2) prevent the information from being disaggregated into its component parts. The Department of State or the Department of Labor, if requested by DHS, shall share information necessary for Labor to file its annual report regarding employer petitions for H-, P-, O-, and Q-visa nonimmigrant aliens. "Employment" means employment in the United States and includes cultural exchanges, training, or business activities for which the nonimmigrant receives any form of compensation.

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2016

Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2016-04-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-04-20	House	Introduced in House

SB2833 (Related) 2016-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5006/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5006/BILLS-114hr5006ih.pdf