US Congress House Bill 5801 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protect and Grow American Jobs Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the definition of "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant" to eliminate the masters or higher degree requirement and raise the annual salary threshold requirement from $60,000 to $100,000. (An exempt H-1B nonimmigrant is a nonimmigrant H-1B [specialty occupation] worker meeting certain criteria whom an H-1B dependent employer may hire without having to satisfy certain otherwise applicable H-1B hiring criteria. An H-1B dependent employer is generally one whose H-1B workers comprise 15% or more of the employer's total workforce, with different thresholds applying to smaller employers.) The bill requires an inflation adjustment to the salary threshold every third fiscal year.

Protect and Grow American Jobs Act

Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2016-07-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2016-07-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5801/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5801/BILLS-114hr5801ih.pdf