113 HR 2131 IH: Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-05-23
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants
and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act
or the
SKILLS Visa
Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Immigrant Visa Reforms
Sec. 101. Immigrant visas for certain advanced STEM
graduates.
Sec. 102. Immigrant visas for entrepreneurs.
Sec. 103. Additional employment-based immigrant
visas.
Sec. 104. Employment creation immigrant visas.
Sec. 105. Family-sponsored immigrant visas.
Sec. 106. Elimination of diversity immigrant
program.
Sec. 107. Numerical limitation to any single foreign
state.
Sec. 108. Physicians.
Sec. 109. Permanent priority dates.
Title II—Nonimmigrant Visa Reforms
Sec. 201. H–1B visas.
Sec. 202. L visas.
Sec. 203. O visas.
Sec. 204. Mexican and Canadian professionals.
Sec. 205. Students.
Sec. 206. Extension of employment eligibility while visa
extension petition pending.
Sec. 207. Fraud detection and prevention fee.
Sec. 208. Technical correction.
Title III—Reforms Affecting Both Immigrant and Nonimmigrant
Visas
Subtitle A—STEM Education Funding
Sec. 301. Funding for STEM education and training.
Sec. 302. Promoting American Ingenuity Account.
Sec. 303. STEM education grant application process.
Sec. 304. Authorized activities.
Sec. 305. National evaluations.
Sec. 306. Rule of construction.
Subtitle B—Other Reforms
Sec. 311. Prevailing wages.
Sec. 312. Streamlining petitions for established
employers.
<enum>I</enum><header>Immigrant Visa
Reforms</header>
<section id="HFF158A1296804C47A79F351FBBFEF22F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Immigrant visas
for certain advanced STEM graduates</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2223C4900DB44A6998393597EB93181F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of immigration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
201(d)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(d)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking “140,000,” and inserting “140,000 in fiscal years through
2013 and 195,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014, reduced for any fiscal year
beginning in fiscal year 2014 by the number by which the number of visas under
section 201(e) would have been reduced in that year pursuant to section 203(d)
of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 1151
note) if section 201(e) had not been repealed by section 106 of the
<short-title>SKILLS Visa Act</short-title>,”.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD146F22001524F959489B6719105D58F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for employment-Based immigrants</header><text>Section 203(b) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H94AA2CE9AFD5431DADB2AF064D54EB49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4C6811152EE4FAA9E2DD885B8739C2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66F969AF8E254EC5AC4181FF99193E5C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFF4A847F94274309AF0BC39B5A27F8E4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Aliens holding
doctorate degrees from U.S. doctoral institutions of higher education in
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics</header>
<subparagraph id="HE66305E7697F480B921A4BF8FD141F16"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visas shall be made
available, in a number not to exceed 55,000, reduced for any fiscal year by the
number by which the number of visas under section 201(e) would have been
reduced in that year pursuant to section 203(d) of the Nicaraguan Adjustment
and Central American Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151</external-xref> note) if section 201(e) had not
been repealed by section 106 of the <short-title>SKILLS
Visa Act</short-title>, plus any visas not required for the classes specified
in paragraph (1), to qualified immigrants who—</text>
<clause id="H8CAE745862A04B87894041639B24B7A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold a doctorate degree in a field of
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics from a United States doctoral
institution of higher education, or have successfully completed a dental,
medical, or veterinary residency program (within the summary group of residency
programs in the Department of Education’s Classification of Instructional
Programs taxonomy), have received a medical degree (MD) in a program that
prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of medicine
(series 51.12 in the Department of Education’s Classification of Instructional
Programs taxonomy), have received a dentistry degree (DDS, DMD) in a program
that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of
dentistry/dental medicine (series 51.04 in the Department of Education’s
Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy), have received a veterinary
degree (DVM) in a program that prepares individuals for the independent
professional practice of veterinary medicine (series 51.24 in the Department of
Education’s Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy), or have
received an osteopathic medicine/osteopathy degree (DO) in a program that
prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of osteopathic
medicine (series 51.19 in the Department of Education’s Classification of
Instructional Programs taxonomy) from an institution that is described in
subclauses (I), (III), and (IV) of subparagraph (B)(iii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3622055EEAE84D278D5AA3A4864F47B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have taken all courses required for such
degrees, including all courses taken by correspondence (including courses
offered by telecommunications) or by distance education, while physically
present in the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB86C3C9FB83413C8B14FB561CE314A4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this paragraph, paragraph (7), and sections 101(a)(15)(F)(i)(I) and
212(a)(5)(A)(iii)(III):</text>
<clause id="H6FFFA7A8F4684224A6AB37B781E943F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term
<quote>distance education</quote> has the meaning given such term in section
103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="H89EAEE88A257460FA75AEE92668FEF6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>field of science,
technology, engineering, or mathematics</quote> means a field included in the
Department of Education’s Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy
within the summary groups of computer and information sciences and support
services, engineering, biological and biomedical sciences, mathematics and
statistics, physical sciences, and the series geography and cartography (series
45.07), advanced/graduate dentistry and oral sciences (series 51.05) and
nursing (series 51.16).</text>
</clause><clause id="H1B40B4AB4F4B4156B56ECD2C431F3201"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>United States doctoral
institution of higher education</quote> means an institution that—</text>
<subclause id="HB6ED8C2B83E940F088FA1A479B40503A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is described in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>) or is a proprietary
institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(b) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1002(b)));</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H12940B4E14E643D7BC6D7A410141D512"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was classified by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching on January 1, 2013, as a doctorate-granting
university with a very high or high level of research activity or classified by
the National Science Foundation after the date of enactment of this paragraph,
pursuant to an application by the institution, as having equivalent research
activity to those institutions that had been classified by the Carnegie
Foundation as being doctorate-granting universities with a very high or high
level of research activity;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF4E436A2301D4B42B6B4D651BEEE499C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has been in
existence for at least 10 years; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF084142736DA409C85B9D2B920FA3FB3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is accredited by an accrediting body that
is itself accredited either by the Department of Education or by the Council
for Higher Education Accreditation.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6891A4E8DD17456F9389F0D4852F72B7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Labor
certification required</header>
<clause id="H984EE297FF7A49C0BF2EF5D609E51C28"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause
(ii), the Secretary of Homeland Security may not approve a petition filed for
classification of an alien under subparagraph (A) unless the Secretary of
Homeland Security is in receipt of a determination made by the Secretary of
Labor pursuant to the provisions of section 212(a)(5)(A), except that the
Secretary of Homeland Security may, when the Secretary deems it to be in the
national interest, waive this requirement.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C13E5347E154836A3CE96497D106359"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement
deemed satisfied</header><text>The requirement of clause (i) shall be deemed
satisfied with respect to an employer and an alien in a case in which a
certification made under section 212(a)(5)(A)(i) has already been obtained with
respect to the alien by that employer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6165B3AAD51A4CCA93B32DBF4B7F5F73"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Aliens holding
master’s degrees from U.S. doctoral institutions of higher education in
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics</header>
<subparagraph id="H12A9870C9E2A48818E377914D3445559"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any visas not
required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (6) shall be made
available to the classes of aliens who—</text>
<clause id="H4348CF56C92F466EA1E3500D3D96B724"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold a master’s degree in a field of
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics from a United States doctoral
institution of higher education that was either part of a master’s program that
required at least 2 years of enrollment or part of a 5-year combined
baccalaureate-master’s degree program in such field;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E6DC91920A84DA7940B8E631A254C4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have taken all master’s degree courses in a
field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, including all
courses taken by correspondence (including courses offered by
telecommunications) or by distance education, while physically present in the
United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A7324EDFF4D494D9373368D42A8765D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold a baccalaureate degree in a field of
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3687B306E3A447768521EB2493537F83"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Labor
certification required</header>
<clause id="H3E814024C5D5480F8E70CF1F93E8EA34"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause
(ii), the Secretary of Homeland Security may not approve a petition filed for
classification of an alien under subparagraph (A) unless the Secretary of
Homeland Security is in receipt of a determination made by the Secretary of
Labor pursuant to the provisions of section 212(a)(5)(A), except that the
Secretary of Homeland Security may, when the Secretary deems it to be in the
national interest, waive this requirement.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0EA80AC28230475CAA18D2D4B2245C43"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirement
deemed satisfied</header><text>The requirement of clause (i) shall be deemed
satisfied with respect to an employer and an alien in a case in which a
certification made under section 212(a)(5)(A)(i) has already been obtained with
respect to the alien by that employer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A080AE9C16C4283A8D32B0F62CDB12E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The
definitions in paragraph (6)(B) shall apply for purposes of this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF30E585435DD49369AAD954BD99DD11E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aliens who are
members of the professions holding advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional
ability</header><text>Section 203(b)(2)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>paragraph (1),</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraphs (1), (6), and (7),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB20CBC1D376B4B06AA1F9611087989DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Skilled workers,
professionals, and other workers</header><text>Section 203(b)(3)(A) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and
(2),</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and
(7),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDA6668EBD0364F19A7B7FFC5E7E624B9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Procedure for
granting immigrant status</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(F) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(F)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1A265D67427645ADA1BAE4F37AF17CC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(F)</quote> and inserting <quote>(F)(i)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0DEA5DCFCE24356A4DB85BB2132D107"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or 203(b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>203(b)(3), 203(b)(6), or
203(b)(7)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9379B3D565B848809C94057DA2D071FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H083B18C424BB4BCC93654C9F18F574D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED7D04CF50764CE1B180BD49580A6F59" style="traditional">
<clause id="H9E6F9EF601A74510BB8E3DF68474739F" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following processing standards shall
apply with respect to petitions under clause (i) relating to alien
beneficiaries qualifying under paragraph (6) or (7) of section 203(b):</text>
<subclause id="H10AFA93A0C7645B5BCC567F456E22AAF"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
adjudicate such petitions not later than 60 days after the date on which the
petition is filed. In the event that additional information or documentation is
requested by the Secretary during such 60-day period, the Secretary shall
adjudicate the petition not later than 30 days after the date on which such
information or documentation is received.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H364E8271A77E48BBB8ADBD8A7F39E9AD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The petitioner shall be notified in writing
within 30 days of the date of filing if the petition does not meet the
standards for approval. If the petition does not meet such standards, the
notice shall include the reasons therefore and the Secretary shall provide an
opportunity for the prompt resubmission of a modified
petition.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H48F226CA551D4D4BBA4A4CA7E5A5C121"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Labor
certification and qualification for certain immigrants</header><text>Section
212(a)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE94011E7C61407E8BE8FF80A2C5618B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A759B9FC4244CB2B13E4672F7B21055"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HAD1EC932039B45B58FAE678011BF598E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
by striking <quote>, or</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H127C10C1BD604747AC35355C78333E1D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause
(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H68AE2120C7BA4D679D9A4F7B2B3B46A0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B8B42820E4945CB95256F3B05B66C60" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" id="H66E7A765576545368B10840108981105"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">holds a doctorate degree in a field of
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics from a United States doctoral
institution of higher education (as defined in section
203(b)(6)(B)(iii)).</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67FD0745882D4835A6ECBA8F6205A653"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (iii) through (v), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30A80EA334D0438E9D1D6477B7DC405F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B554B235C344C81AE9E27EB7E63AB71" style="OLC">
<clause id="HC7C5A86291AF4AAEAA8CB39F3B5627F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Job
order</header>
<subclause id="H53290639121F4CD4A9955A38D0554D90"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An employer who files an application under clause (i)
shall submit a job order for the labor the alien seeks to perform to the State
workforce agency in the State in which the alien seeks to perform the labor.
The State workforce agency shall post the job order on its official agency
website for a minimum of 30 days and not later than 3 days after receipt using
the employment statistics system authorized under section 15 of the
Wagner-Peyser Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/49">29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H93311B8D323648458F23BE99EEC8A5E2"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Links</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall include links
to the official websites of all State workforce agencies on a single webpage of
the official website of the Department of
Labor.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE354B110A6C4591B64410408973933F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8228AB0BC7E2430193CB56B5F4E227A3" style="OLC">
<clause id="H192A9A358A6F4A569DE8016A6CDE385B"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Processing
standards for alien beneficiaries qualifying under paragraphs (6) and (7) of
section <enum-in-header>203(b)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following processing standards shall
apply with respect to applications under clause (i) relating to alien
beneficiaries qualifying under paragraph (6) or (7) of section 203(b):</text>
<subclause id="H06BE4A62FF1F4C88B5F07F42F6AA1565"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall adjudicate
such applications not later than 180 days after the date on which the
application is filed. In the event that additional information or documentation
is requested by the Secretary during such 180-day period, the Secretary shall
adjudicate the application not later than 60 days after the date on which such
information or documentation is received.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD1E4A92DDD7B4488BAEFB606B15D3672"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicant shall be notified in writing
within 60 days of the date of filing if the application does not meet the
standards for approval. If the application does not meet such standards, the
notice shall include the reasons therefore and the Secretary shall provide an
opportunity for the prompt resubmission of a modified
application.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8220595AAC1C4502A1EDC66E3308CF9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>(2) or (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2), (3), (6),
or (7)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5E6F2C1DD6844B8AAD6867B3434DDD6E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>GAO
Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than June 30,
2019, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide to the
Congress the results of a study on the use by the National Science Foundation
of the classification authority provided under section 203(b)(6)(B)(iii)(II) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(6)(B)(iii)(II)</external-xref>), as added
by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2B982173C76B4DBF8583420E69E16747"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Public
information</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make
available to the public on the official website of the Department of Homeland
Security, and shall update not less than monthly, the following information
(which shall be organized according to month and fiscal year) with respect to
aliens granted status under paragraph (6) or (7) of section 203(b) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)</external-xref>), as added by this
section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2ECBD11C103B4D7F8EAA6E1F93A7B44B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name, city,
and State of each employer who petitioned pursuant to either of such paragraphs
on behalf of one or more aliens who were granted status in the month and fiscal
year to date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6A666CA128764227906D730D008096D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of
aliens granted status under either of such paragraphs in the month and fiscal
year to date based upon a petition filed by such employer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H846F1E0A3F814DC096E2DC6DB3698B83"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The occupations
for which such alien or aliens were sought by such employer and the job titles
listed by such employer on the petition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H63C77A34E6924C2493332120BACD7F13"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2014, and shall apply with respect
to fiscal years beginning on or after such date. Nothing in the preceding
sentence shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from
accepting before such date petitions under section 204(a)(1)(F) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(F)</external-xref>) relating to alien
beneficiaries qualifying under paragraph (6) or (7) of section 203(b) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)</external-xref>) (as added by this section).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC37E9E515C8343BF90EE74A463A70377"><enum>102.</enum><header>Immigrant visas
for entrepreneurs</header>
<subsection id="H4D74AFB90AFB408082816616693F9233"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for employment-Based immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after paragraph (7)
(as added by section 101 of this Act) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B4582529E894B898ADBA0406399DC5F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5372221FC46C43E09CE284E93C78BD8D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Alien
entrepreneurs</header>
<subparagraph id="H79D64E96AA9E412DA5922096D16E9D70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Visas shall be made available, in a number not to exceed
10,000, plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3), to the following classes of aliens:</text>
<clause id="H9AA5E716AC1945D1830B631E0998CF9D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Venture
capital-backed start-up entrepreneurs</header>
<subclause id="H72BEB70A5995495C8E253D2338EB2310"><enum>(I)</enum><text>An alien is
described in this clause if the alien intends to engage in a new commercial
enterprise (including a limited partnership) in the United States—</text>
<item id="H93B451D2588940C2BB03B832BBC7E666"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>with respect to
which the alien has completed an investment agreement requiring an investment
in the enterprise in an amount not less than $500,000, subject to subclause
(III), on the part of—</text>
<subitem id="HF8693BE1DD334D11A1AD1D5ACFCEE449"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>a qualified
venture capital operating company; or</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H5DC40E7DBCA54D02978CB316B401286E"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>1 or more
qualified angel investors (of which at least 1 such investor is providing
$100,000, subject to subclause (III), of the required investment); and</text>
</subitem></item><item id="H6423166F0ADB4B92AC7E8326467C3901"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>which will
benefit the United States economy and, during the 2-year period beginning on
the date on which the visa is issued under this paragraph, will—</text>
<subitem id="H7163DB64AC1D41818CECE1D720E39976"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>create full-time
employment for at least 5 United States workers within the enterprise;
and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H41CA8ACF3A9E490D869DF3B994C16AA5"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>raise not less
than an additional $1,000,000 in capital investment, subject to subclause
(III), or generate not less than $1,000,000 in revenue, subject to subclause
(III).</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="H10DF2438893E4B1394BA160997DE3713"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this clause:</text>
<item id="H882C562B61254F7E854C83D62FD69A7E"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Investment</header><text>The
term <quote>investment</quote> does not include any assets acquired, directly
or indirectly, by unlawful means.</text>
</item><item id="H873C33E3131A4BF2B03975ECEC1F64FA"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Qualified Angel
Investor</header><text>The term <quote>qualified angel investor</quote> means
an individual who—</text>
<subitem id="H3FCB94B394D9400E8C05A592975692AC"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>is an accredited
investor (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/230">section 230.501(a)</external-xref> of title 17, Code of Federal
Regulations (as in effect on April 1, 2010));</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HFA86D8C771C54C6B845CA64703CA6EA3"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>is a United
States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent
residence; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H6249474777984D259C12F00C40FE6333"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>has made at least
2 equity investments of not less than $50,000 in each of the 3 years before the
date of a petition by the qualified immigrant for classification under this
paragraph.</text>
</subitem></item><item id="H3129174479994C3D934B3CA33C78EBBA"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Qualified
Venture Capital Operating Company</header><text>The term <quote>qualified
venture capital operating company</quote> means an entity that—</text>
<subitem id="H6C3610355D774DE4960E2EE01F3AD5CE"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>is classified as
a <quote>venture capital operating company</quote> under section 2510.3–101(d)
of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on July 1, 2009);</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HD816D0E9F3124B19A069ABD61B507E2C"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>is based in the
United States;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HB98BC0B86FDA4EED9A7A8D0BAD42A670"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>is owned and
controlled by United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United
States for permanent residence;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H722DD0FC0AC6471C91B3E7A81C3C1869"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>has capital
commitments of not less than $10,000,000;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HE4CEE3339F5140CC9361459157A028ED"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>has been
operating for a period of at least 2 years before the date of the petition for
classification under this paragraph; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H925D5A33B9C64F899F0289F07D18336B"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>has made at least
2 investments of not less than $500,000 in each of the 2 years before the date
of the petition for classification under this paragraph.</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="H404354250DB3443FAB24B84ED4825729"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Inflation
Adjustment</header><text>Effective for the first fiscal year that begins more
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this clause, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the amounts described in subclauses (I) and (II) shall
be increased by the percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for
the month of June preceding the date on which such increase takes effect
exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the same month of the preceding calendar
year. An increase described in the preceding sentence shall apply to aliens
filing petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) on or after the date on which the
increase takes effect. For purposes of this clause, the term <quote>Consumer
Price Index</quote> means the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers
published by the Department of Labor.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5D7464111E6B4FBBBC81AD11F0C99DB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treaty
Investors</header><text>Immigrants who have been issued a visa or otherwise
provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(E)(ii) (not including
alien employees of the treaty investor) who have maintained that status for a
minimum of 10 years and have benefitted the United States economy and created
full-time employment for not fewer than 5 United States workers for a minimum
of 10 years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4760CAAC48F74FDE8095086294417F72"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H6788CB3A794049FEBBB9315F195E1DE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term
<quote>full-time employment</quote> has the meaning given such term in
paragraph (5).</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BA5E911A2C4473AA4DACDEBB9981699"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The term
<quote>United States worker</quote> means an employee (other than the immigrant
or the immigrant’s spouse, sons, or daughters) who—</text>
<subclause id="H1F3EB3C59C1B41B8B312350672D3EC89"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a citizen or
national of the United States; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE937BA244F3743209E63D1DA1AC8D5E3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is an alien who
is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, is admitted as a refugee under
section 207, is granted asylum under section 208, or is an immigrant otherwise
authorized to be employed in the United
States.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAB0933803A7541E7A1320778C3D1DBDC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures for
granting immigrant status</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(H) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CC50969DE4F40BC8826EE6705A74815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 203(b)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (5) or (8) of
section 203(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51276035971D41F885ECD3D7D4D7D8C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BB0F9EB1E9A44D39ED64F238D8EBB44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditional
permanent resident status</header>
<paragraph id="H3706783C43E54D0F80351CD3804FC4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="HE395BBB3B8F144668E16DED584EEEB76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 216A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1186b) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H7198A2ABA549427EB63975F63547FBA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">Entrepreneurs,</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">Investors,</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFBD94DE177B6437CB63D85661C90F0D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and
inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA718280485642319A8BA6E1BE3B30CD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>entrepreneur</quote> each place such term appears and inserting
<quote>investor</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBC2395C6C6FD48AEBD075991F8852ABA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In
subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking <quote>the such filing</quote> and inserting
<quote>such filing</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07960C42C16B43AFA2B7CA1630740539"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The item relating to section 216A in the table of
contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28C7217CC105481C98D757A9FF5ABA4B" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 216A. Conditional permanent resident
status for certain alien investors, spouses, and
children.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8FBF73CF21484664BA8E57C964CD228F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditional
permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, and
children</header>
<subparagraph id="H6D731B9462914B3F9AF365222BB195EC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1181">8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 216A the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1440E489062D42F0BA4EBB501BAD78B9" style="OLC">
<section id="HA6960BAF51EF4BF99D620BF330A75BD0"><enum>216B.</enum><header>Conditional
permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, and
children</header>
<subsection id="H9074E5DD063C48A9A9C13547C68A5122"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H669CE95D1F224134B8DB4B1354ADA117"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conditional
basis for status</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
an alien entrepreneur (as defined in subsection (f)(1) of this section), alien
spouse, and alien child (as defined in subsection (f)(2) of this section) shall
be considered, at the time of obtaining the status of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence, to have obtained such status on a conditional
basis subject to the provisions of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FC226DBE57F4360943C026D270657C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice of
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HB03E47FA1CA14461B6BE859835FD09C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>At time of
obtaining permanent residence</header><text>At the time an alien entrepreneur,
alien spouse, or alien child obtains permanent resident status on a conditional
basis under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for
notice to such an entrepreneur, spouse, or child respecting the provisions of
this section and the requirements of subsection (c)(1) of this section to have
the conditional basis of such status removed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E8B96164A8346CE9D914C4C906206EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>At time of
required petition</header><text>In addition, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall attempt to provide notice to such an entrepreneur, spouse, or child, at
or about the beginning of the 90-day period described in subsection (d)(2)(A)
of this section, of the requirements of subsection (c)(1) of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H889C3CC9F1C74E8AAB60B55646AACC2D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect of
failure to provide notice</header><text>The failure of the Secretary of
Homeland Security to provide a notice under this paragraph shall not affect the
enforcement of the provisions of this section with respect to such an
entrepreneur, spouse, or child.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CF13FBBB21447B39D199349F4174D89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of
status if finding that qualifying entrepreneurship improper</header>
<paragraph id="HECE10D7B791A4CF08EEF1192810E2F32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of an alien entrepreneur with permanent
resident status on a conditional basis under subsection (a) of this section, if
the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, before the second anniversary of
the alien’s obtaining the status of lawful admission for permanent residence,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BFD94DB2D604179977C2A4BEA0039FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the required
investment in the commercial enterprise under section 203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I) was
intended solely as a means of evading the immigration laws of the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75177BA3C31542499554E3A94FC229D1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H26EA791632CF4CBF9CF36366B9768745"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any requisite capital to
be invested under section 203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I) had not been invested, or was not
actively in the process of being invested; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H42509D9ACEB94CD0ABAD26988C8AF87D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the alien was not sustaining the
actions described in clause (i) throughout the period of the alien’s residence
in the United States; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA63976ED3C5240069D08D9678C91A291"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien was
otherwise not conforming to the requirements of section 203(b)(8)(A)(i);</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">then the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall so notify the alien involved and, subject
to paragraph (2), shall terminate the permanent resident status of the alien
(and the alien spouse and alien child) involved as of the date of the
determination.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H656A83B91E3F41BFBAE4A7CE23D27AF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hearing in
removal proceeding</header><text>Any alien whose permanent resident status is
terminated under paragraph (1) may request a review of such determination in a
proceeding to remove the alien. In such proceeding, the burden of proof shall
be on the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish, by a preponderance of
the evidence, that a condition described in paragraph (1) is met.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B3BEC99E76F481486CF2D22247BF3C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements of
timely petition and interview for removal of condition</header>
<paragraph id="H3503B6EDB0EF473E967B3C41BF3BD492"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order for the conditional basis established under
subsection (a) of this section for an alien entrepreneur, alien spouse, or
alien child to be removed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H79005C3406E64A41A173B8D6562ECC91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alien
entrepreneur must submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security, during the
period described in subsection (d)(2), a petition which requests the removal of
such conditional basis and which states, under penalty of perjury, the facts
and information described in subsection (d)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A3CA57E57DF406F99C64CC97A216D10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance with
subsection (d)(3), the alien entrepreneur must appear for a personal interview
before an officer or employee of the Department of Homeland Security respecting
the facts and information described in subsection (d)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3D83C102569248BABD38A9C4B8221B54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of
permanent resident status for failure to file petition or have personal
interview</header>
<subparagraph id="HA1B2A2C6A51C4577A51E29A2AE692BCC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of an alien with permanent resident status on
a conditional basis under subsection (a) of this section, if—</text>
<clause id="HAD2E29A57929459E8A1117C9F0ACAD2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no
petition is filed with respect to the alien in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph (1)(A); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2CEE933A528D4D099C8775953E911F86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>unless there is
good cause shown, the alien entrepreneur fails to appear at the interview
described in paragraph (1)(B) (if required under subsection (d)(3) of this
section), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall terminate the permanent
resident status of the alien (and the alien’s spouse and children if it was
obtained on a conditional basis under this section or section 216A) as of the
second anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission for permanent
residence.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBBD1A484C5D46268DB89C807E75CD4D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hearing in
removal proceeding</header><text>In any removal proceeding with respect to an
alien whose permanent resident status is terminated under subparagraph (A), the
burden of proof shall be on the alien to establish compliance with the
conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2AF2042677EE4F12A95FC612CBD3B25A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination
after petition and interview</header>
<subparagraph id="H0CB8240686AD41048A14D078241C637B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If—</text>
<clause id="H4208B870CC35469694CBFC50791BFF1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
petition is filed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1)(A);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H988042DF2967438893C670D13C1FB5C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien entrepreneur appears at any
interview described in paragraph (1)(B);</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall make a determination, within 90 days of
the date of such filing or interview (whichever is later), as to whether the
facts and information described in subsection (d)(1) and alleged in the
petition are true with respect to the qualifying commercial enterprise.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5B0FB502C054AE399E8DFC39A3E1D96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal or
extension of conditional basis</header>
<clause id="H81EEC614B48D44628BA558128CB0966D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), if the Secretary of
Homeland Security determines that such facts and information are true,
including demonstrating that the alien complied with subsection (d)(1)(B)(i),
the Secretary shall so notify the alien involved and shall remove the
conditional basis of the alien’s status effective as of the second anniversary
of the alien’s lawful admission for permanent residence.</text>
</clause><clause id="H28CE3092F5E341FAB7A7A18C0006D5D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
the petition demonstrates that the facts and information are true, including
demonstrating that the alien is in compliance with section (d)(1)(B)(ii), then
the Secretary of Homeland Security may, in the Secretary’s discretion, extend
the conditional status for an additional year at the end of which—</text>
<subclause id="HFE9A9F0792DF4715899A1B1DE07A5D37"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alien must
file a petition within 30 days after the third anniversary of the alien’s
lawful admission for permanent residence demonstrating that the alien complied
with subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) and the Secretary shall remove the conditional
basis of the alien’s status effective as of such third anniversary; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDA710447C10B403998E32FD52D2C142F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the conditional
status shall terminate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BC6CF7BA5B54FFEB8B700CF73DCD8B4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination if
adverse determination</header><text>If the Secretary of Homeland Security
determines that such facts and information are not true, the Secretary shall so
notify the alien involved and, subject to subparagraph (D), shall terminate the
permanent resident status of an alien entrepreneur, alien spouse, or alien
child as of the date of the determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BD65DBA5BDF4EAF938EC095DD479584"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Hearing in
removal proceeding</header><text>Any alien whose permanent resident status is
terminated under subparagraph (C) may request a review of such determination in
a proceeding to remove the alien. In such proceeding, the burden of proof shall
be on the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish, by a preponderance of
the evidence, that the facts and information described in subsection (d)(1) of
this section and alleged in the petition are not true with respect to the
qualifying commercial enterprise.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80620CAE7CCE4ABFB89A64AFC9B1E275"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Details of
petition and interview</header>
<paragraph id="HC472FB0BB23A4EB58B9F4C655EBFC4AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents of
petition</header><text>Each petition under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall contain
facts and information demonstrating that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22F8FD03705C43E597A2F278FBB382DE"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE4F9009F984C4AFFAF47C399413C214D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any requisite capital to
be invested under section 203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I) had been invested, or was actively
in the process of being invested; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF79DA7422B204B34AA7E7DBC3BEB879E" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the alien sustained the actions
described in clause (i) throughout the period of the alien’s residence in the
United States;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEF1EC31C0394FB4BE1DD98EF350D258"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9F9D799B8FC34B98ABEDB0EF96EE56B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alien created the
employment required under section 203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I)(bb)(AA); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD705A79CA1A46D1AA7717445090D366" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the alien is actively in the
process of creating the employment required under section
203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I)(bb)(AA) and will create such employment before the third
anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission for permanent residence; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE350369DD166473E9F4E7778065482A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien is
otherwise conforming to the requirements of section 203(b)(8)(A)(i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1A04FB799FEA4DACB4E9AAFC860C9842"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period for
filing petition</header>
<subparagraph id="HFC8A1D48036F48908FC718BE46E85F2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>90-day period
before second anniversary</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the petition under subsection (c)(1)(A) of this section must be filed during
the 90-day period before the second anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission
for permanent residence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2A6A79762244EF79968AE2F535BCCB4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Date petitions
for good cause</header><text>Such a petition may be considered if filed after
such date, but only if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of Homeland Security good cause and extenuating circumstances for
failure to file the petition during the period described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8CFABC362674BBC993AC23C738BFFDE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Filing of
petitions during removal</header><text>In the case of an alien who is the
subject of removal hearings as a result of failure to file a petition on a
timely basis in accordance with subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Homeland
Security may stay such removal proceedings against an alien pending the filing
of the petition under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2310C5B372374BC1A77AAC5A55334C34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Personal
interview</header><text>The interview under subsection (c)(1)(B) shall be
conducted within 90 days after the date of submitting a petition under
subsection (c)(1)(A) and at a local office of the Department of Homeland
Security, designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, which is convenient
to the parties involved. The Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, may
waive the deadline for such an interview or the requirement for such an
interview in such cases as may be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF88B83AEB1454BEBBD8D5C24E8B310D2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Treatment of
period for purposes of naturalization</header><text>For purposes of title III,
in the case of an alien who is in the United States as a lawful permanent
resident on a conditional basis under this section, the alien shall be
considered to have been admitted as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence and to be in the United States as an alien lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC798E30B83BA4438BE78AC5003395931"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HC9E98C5A828943C09B28D8A0B0FB84DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<quote>alien entrepreneur</quote> means an alien who obtains the status of an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (whether on a conditional basis
or otherwise) under section 203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22B69AF613D4472FBECBACF9A7735DB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<quote>alien spouse</quote> and the term <quote>alien child</quote> mean an
alien who obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence (whether on a conditional basis or otherwise) by virtue of being the
spouse or child, respectively, of an alien entrepreneur.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB452E26DD6D549669A892DCA13289EDA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<quote>commercial enterprise</quote> includes a limited
partnership.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H811F377F89AD4961B84949C384ED8419"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for such Act is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 216A the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA8C74BA5BC7418E91773ABA77B81DCB" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 216B. Conditional permanent resident
status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, and
children.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0590DE9648CD4902B74BBC605217F4F2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2013, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or
after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB6F6C681DF4E4F59872B627977EF035B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Additional
employment-based immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="H92C4161CECE446AA849A620D2272B551"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of employment-Based immigrants</header><text>Section 201(d)(1)(A) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(d)(1)(A)</external-xref>), as amended by section
101, is further amended by striking <quote>195,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>235,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H82E3961B5D774D8992E36539AA6022E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority
workers</header><text>Section 203(b)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>28.6 percent of such worldwide level,</quote> and
inserting <quote>40,040,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA9B4C51BA47C4608ACCFB11B45C2B88B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aliens who are
members of the professions holding advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional
ability</header><text>Section 203(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>28.6 percent of such worldwide level,</quote> and
inserting <quote>55,040,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF995C62D0822451ABC15175E43995CAB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Skilled workers,
professionals, and other workers</header><text>Section 203(b)(3) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1153(b)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>28.6 percent of such worldwide
level,</quote> and inserting <quote>55,040,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE4DC82678CF44F38F0E853BAD6E4BEC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certain special
immigrants</header><text>Section 203(b)(4) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(3)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>7.1 percent of such worldwide level,</quote> and
inserting <quote>9,940,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2A8BE12EF2F42208C3E51530F49E7FE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Employment
creation</header><text>Section 203(b)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>7.1 percent of such worldwide level,</quote> and
inserting <quote>9,940,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H26D05A40C9FF48D683120A76FB14926F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2013, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or
after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H30345B3002CC40EBAA7FD35DA9836BD4"><enum>104.</enum><header>Employment
creation immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="HEBABB4F661334CC0B0948C1A5A077362"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Changes to the
general program</header>
<paragraph id="H67E449A05BB1461695EDC7DD0DCA5045"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Capital</header><text>Section
203(b)(5)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(C)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H97FF62968B8C4A59A4F190A010D2F109" style="OLC">
<clause id="H84568FB24F294FD988F40F84924D91A4"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Capital
defined</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<quote>capital</quote> does not include any assets acquired, directly or
indirectly, by unlawful
means.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDDB3BB5928D4867A3DAF0054419EE2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section, as
amended by paragraph (1), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB84D4DCB21774ED4B1FC3004119C3A12" style="OLC">
<clause id="H6DC6716FB11A4B99A9079FD109BA6BF2"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header>
<subclause id="H0B0BA81B6E7B499F96299661B050B8BE"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Initial
adjustment</header><text>As of the date of enactment of the
<short-title>SKILLS Visa Act</short-title>, the amount
specified in the first sentence of clause (i) shall be increased by the
percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index for the month preceding
such enactment date exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the same month of
calendar year 1990. The increase described in the preceding sentence shall
apply to aliens filing petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) on or after such
enactment date.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC1707EFF92C546AB8805CD2AB300C7BA"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Subsequent
adjustments</header><text>Effective for the first fiscal year that begins more
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this clause, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the amount described in subclause (I) (as of the last
increase to such amount) shall be increased by the percentage (if any) by which
the Consumer Price Index for the month of June preceding the date on which such
increase takes effect exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the same month of
the preceding calendar year. An increase described in the preceding sentence
shall apply to aliens filing petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) on or after
the date on which the increase takes effect.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA71286C25333424E89AE6E230091C3F6"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this clause, the term <quote>Consumer Price Index</quote> means the
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Department of
Labor.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50D74E8426A34D35991DD5DB55388A3E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Flexibility for
job creation time period</header>
<subparagraph id="H024913028D6940FCAC1AD88C2BE1F563"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Removal of
conditional basis if favorable determination</header><text>Section
216A(c)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1186b">8 U.S.C. 1186b(c)(3)(B)</external-xref>),
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E0659EBB71640E3810A827654EF97C3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H7841B310D8BF4DA9A2999020FD352C9A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal or
extension of conditional basis</header>
<clause id="H914D5568365D431D9BECC53CDD544A62"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under clause (ii), if the Secretary of
Homeland Security determines that such facts and information are true,
including demonstrating that the alien complied with section (d)(1)(B)(i), the
Secretary shall so notify the alien involved and shall remove the conditional
basis of the alien’s status effective as of the second anniversary of the
alien’s lawful admission for permanent residence.</text>
</clause><clause id="H31E9E388CEA54F4B89D59B9FF855CC28"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
the petition demonstrates that the facts and information are true, including
demonstrating that the alien is in compliance with section (d)(1)(B)(ii), then
the Secretary of Homeland Security may in the Secretary’s discretion extend the
conditional status for an additional year at the end of which—</text>
<subclause id="HEF8FD1D8151B4CDB8BC6589E9F0ABCB2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alien must
file a petition within 30 days after the third anniversary of the alien’s
lawful admission for permanent residence demonstrating that the alien complied
with section (d)(1)(B)(i) and the Secretary shall remove the conditional basis
of the alien’s status effective as of such third anniversary; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFDBDDB8C3F504C1E8028A73A6DA4A340"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the conditional
status shall
terminate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H166F45FC5CED49039911D2BCCB2F1964"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of
petition</header><text>Section 216A(d)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1186b">8 U.S.C. 1186b(d)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<clause id="H74D9F41E69A8441EAA66A80949A7053D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H4FDA8FCA39F34A22B36C4CDEAF1F3055"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph <quote>(B)</quote> as subparagraph
<quote>(C)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H192FF3C386904D93BAD44BC2077E32C5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39311F5B758047698046E19BAD718BF0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H3215027529F1433B81B4414F1FC85290"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA102B730481347FFB8D61FBB1B440559"><enum>(i)</enum><text>created the employment
required under section 203(b)(5)(A)(ii); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H25BED2EBD9C64165B4530DF2935769E6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is actively in the process of creating the
employment required under section 203(b)(5)(A)(ii) and will create such
employment before the third anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission for
permanent residence;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C790DAE541A47F9AB46267FF00004FB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Targeted
employment areas</header>
<subparagraph id="H67FC138FE1A8409D8F1EA3D75F3D32C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Targeted
employment area defined</header><text>Section 203(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(B)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>(of at least 150 percent of the national average
rate)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA67F349E077456FA10DC39EB35EC74C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Set-aside for
targeted employment area</header><text>Section 203(b)(5)(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE688E606EB10435EBE050BC04657AE1F" style="OLC">
<clause id="HBF5448B6841041009D5ED1CEBFAF17BE"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <quote>an area
which has experienced high unemployment</quote> means an area which has an
unemployment rate of at least 150 of the national average rate. Such an area
must fit entirely within a geographical unit that the Secretary of Labor has
determined has an unemployment rate of at least 150 percent of the national
average rate (and which determination has not been superseded by a later
determination in which the Secretary of Labor has found that the unit did not
have an unemployment rate of at least 150 percent of the national average
rate). The Secretary of Labor shall set forth a uniform methodology for
determining whether an area an area qualifies as having experienced
unemployment of at least 150 percent of the national average rate. It shall be
within the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine
whether any particular area has experienced high unemployment for purposes of
this paragraph, and the Secretary shall not be bound by the determination of
any other governmental or nongovernmental entity that a particular area has
experienced high unemployment for purposes of this
paragraph.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7C8F6DE289A4622A2E6BE8D7E53E19E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regional
centers</header>
<paragraph id="HF035E0EE4A7140FC8C7C771ACD2B1841"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permanent
reauthorization of the regional center pilot program</header><text>Section 610
of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17624E9F6D7048E1BF93E4D642D44864"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>pilot</quote> each place such term appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF433B0D97D540549255B856F4CCA305"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>until September 30, 2015</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74E635FCE179465493C1D08F1D8C8543"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons barred
from involvement in regional centers</header>
<subparagraph id="HFD2853EE24D845CCACC41FF6BAA325FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Such
section 610 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F0A796B5A6743F4952187B81A0B05FA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H19D9AD5392AF4325B2739A88EABA28C0"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H48D6BDAFBB1A486AAFDEA7885C2337A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No person who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1EF83FB439D46CE9BD323DCC898CA9E" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been convicted of an aggravated
felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)</external-xref>));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9EEF4C6F4524DC9AD9088A9B2577B3B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be inadmissible under section
212(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)</external-xref>) if they were an alien seeking
admission; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1E477F71B954D7E90B9526A25026ECD" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been convicted of violating, or found
to have violated, a fraud provision of the Federal securities laws (as such
term is defined under section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78c)),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be
permitted by any regional center to be involved with the regional center as its
principal, representative, administrator, owner, officer, board member,
manager, executive, general partner, fiduciary, marketer, promoter, or in other
similar position of substantive authority for the operations, management, or
promotion of the regional center.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H4AF89BF83DF54B2097F0EC4BFC4B7E50" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall require such attestations and information (including biometric
information), and shall perform such criminal record checks and other
background checks with respect to a regional center, and persons involved in a
regional center as described in paragraph (1), as the Secretary, in the
Secretary’s discretion, considers appropriate to determine whether the regional
center is in compliance with paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B4C2BED4A394E8D9365C60F2ABF2BDF" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary is authorized, in the
Secretary’s unreviewable discretion, to terminate any regional center from the
program under this section if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FF8426EC169456F9175B0ADE8B616EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the regional center is in violation of
paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF329DA373E694F44AA021949F89F08C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the regional center, or any person involved
with the regional center as described in paragraph (1), has provided any false
attestation or information under paragraph (2); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H313BB396625041289EEB148FF7BA4F0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the regional center, or any person involved
with the regional center as described in paragraph (1), fails to provide an
attestation or information requested by the Secretary under paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60C969938215408BBCDABF44C76453C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the purpose of
this subsection, the term <quote>regional center</quote> shall, in addition to
the regional center itself, include any commercial enterprise or job creating
enterprise in which a regional center has
invested.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A0C3BFF1DF642FA9F81506906780DCB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compliance with
securities laws</header><text>Such section 610, as amended by subparagraph (A),
is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50E562D9BC0A4122B64C69F1D9EDE52E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6441DCEAC80044C6B5894416D29D569D"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H94F3777F6310424CB87F9424379BBE89"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
not approve an application for regional center designation or regional center
amendment that does not certify that the regional center and all parties to the
regional center are in and will maintain compliance with Federal securities
laws (as such term is defined under section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DFBA086D93C403EA96E4A7BC857989D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall immediately terminate the designation of any regional center that does
not provide the certification described in paragraph (1) on an annual
basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48DE959AB38C447B8571947911574044" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In addition to any other authority
provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the program described
in this section, the Secretary may suspend or terminate the designation of any
regional center if the Secretary determines that the regional center, or any
party to the regional center:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0F92F5BD3D84A9BABAC8694FC29C83D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is permanently or temporarily enjoined
by order, judgment, or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction in
connection with the purchase or sale of a security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DDF8FA2DC0F4180B0AC5FB991FA8102"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is subject to any order of the
Securities and Exchange Commission that bars such person from association with
an entity regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or constitutes a
final order based on violations in connection with the purchase or sale of a
security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0BE762C6DA1410B8C88DF8BA8E7714E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been convicted of violating, or
found to have violated, a fraud provision of the Federal securities laws (as
such term is defined under section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78c)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0135163A9DE448049F2A6FE7ED4D9541"><enum>(D)</enum><text>knowingly submitted or caused to be
submitted a certification described in paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection
that contained an untrue statement of material fact, or omitted to state a
material fact necessary, in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B395B14B32144489E7ABA2848DD2ED8" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to impair or limit the authority of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Federal securities laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E291BEC85244818B8CB1928D1DB5927" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the purpose of this subsection,
the term <quote>party to the regional center</quote> shall include, in addition
to the regional center itself, its agents, servants, employees, attorneys, or
any persons in active concert or participation with the regional
center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0AD36FC6ECD1445EBC8096F2D4520BCF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H297C9C6AA29C4E53B4F6C9B620C84869"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except for the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2)
of subsection (a), the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA7C86C0725B469185EF608919C27C66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to aliens filing
petitions under section 204(a)(1)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(H)) on or after such date;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7E2AEE41C2394E7DAED05D7F752CD1AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to a regional
center (and any person involved with or a party to a regional center)
designated before, on, or after such date; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4ED00FFEAC864047AF2849C5D54E45FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to any application
to designate a regional center, and any person involved with or a party to the
regional center, that is pending on such date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA29F63DD97424833AAD3855353694C2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of
<quote>capital</quote></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H42A0F687E7F0497BB4F7069DDF5C2336"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) shall take
effect as provided in section 203(b)(5)(C)(v) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a)(2) of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H91B40B077D7D4B37A0B5E3C03F503E7F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Family-sponsored
immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="HCD43D1564E884B29B8460D2D5CC250DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of family-Sponsored immigrants</header><text>Section 201(c)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB4F11068A2D46C28AAFC9595CF49A70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(i), by striking <quote>480,000,</quote> and inserting <quote>480,000 in
fiscal years through 2013 and 440,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014,</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EA1DD7C25EA4F75A458B76733EB30F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking <quote>226,000.</quote> and inserting <quote>226,000 in
fiscal years through 2013 and 186,000 beginning in fiscal year
2014.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1F62575B29246A388438E9AF71353B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preference
allocation for family-Sponsored immigrants</header><text>Section 203(a)(2) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H14B43BB482264189899F8EFF4B31DD12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>114,200,</quote> and inserting <quote>139,200,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC91D253009454A5B93C69876232570D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>226,000,</quote> and inserting <quote>226,000 in fiscal years through
2013 and 186,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E09FEFC75DE4B7BA7341AC989096028"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>77</quote> and inserting <quote>81.13</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB27F62B97CA462A934F67AB0BB96E6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Brothers and
sisters of citizens</header><text>Section 203(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC2F04809D56A4B14854C3F890D7F5AF1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2014, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or
after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54031F05202C461A84E99E90A4E8D8D3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Elimination of
diversity immigrant program</header>
<subsection id="HB2DD48D6525640FB8C800FFC2852D44B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of diversity immigrants</header><text>Section 201 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (8
U.S.C. 1151) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H37196C8CA996483CB733872B21F710ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6569C3DE63E84D058D0C269D36D60351"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78A2CE79B5784CABA2C9452B46EB4F23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a period;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H146CE801A3684FAA8906E789BA796DB9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C93E6DCCF9F40F89EC110A63F035A7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE7B41157C4DB4E4F98CF6A98B48D13BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation of
diversity immigrant visas</header><text>Section 203 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H697AD360168145178C579D0BBA5061AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07FCAD7C37C5416F8E94F8DC04118B46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>(a), (b), or (c),</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) or
(b),</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98BAD7D768E2467D8B84223511609F45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD32AFB8061C340BDBB822C55590133D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f),
by striking <quote>(a), (b), or (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) or
(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1194FA9318F4B1DAAE096748DFF2A06"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g),
by striking <quote>(a), (b), and (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) and
(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H828BFF19481A473180E5CE18D9DFB39E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedure for
granting immigrant status</header><text>Section 204 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B896FA1D8B547BF9005FD614319F76D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a)(1)(I); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1334EA540AE64C29A0EF07594B1FCA12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by striking <quote>(a), (b), or (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) or
(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H14F2A144CCC34822B4740E9C495363B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013, and shall apply with respect
to fiscal years beginning on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H850B76B51C224FBE9D939193E36F6C13"><enum>107.</enum><header>Numerical
limitation to any single foreign state</header>
<subsection id="H0242EF8FACB74C3D9FE6B8F0FAF855E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(a)(2) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1152">8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F723AA5B19D48D0A604B93FD1656CF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and
employment-based</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF06C5403B9E4280B56C87C9B2F14F57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3), (4), and (5),</quote> and inserting <quote>(3) and
(4),</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30BD7B5713B14561867762708126FA8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subsections (a) and (b) of section 203</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 203(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA00EA295FFD84DE680F1DD980FB7E5B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>7</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC31D2AFE10EC4594B492EEC5B701C9E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>such subsections</quote> and inserting <quote>such
section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B2706A4AE9D4D7B9A259EFF8A782872"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1152) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0DD0EA73E0E843AFB952B0E878C9914E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3), by striking <quote>both subsections (a) and (b) of section 203</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 203(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H018549A54FDC4C08B2132194AA776654"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a)(5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAA5389E2B334DB797C555B81763C507"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H488B7A303EF24D42B93A96A7B76AB238" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD175C3C545DE4951B7BF324F4778AD0D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rules
for countries at ceiling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
it is determined that the total number of immigrant visas made available under
section 203(a) to natives of any single foreign state or dependent area will
exceed the numerical limitation specified in subsection (a)(2) in any fiscal
year, in determining the allotment of immigrant visa numbers to natives under
section 203(a), visa numbers with respect to natives of that state or area
shall be allocated (to the extent practicable and otherwise consistent with
this section and section 203) in a manner so that, except as provided in
subsection (a)(4), the proportion of the visa numbers made available under each
of paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 203(a) is equal to the ratio of the
total number of visas made available under the respective paragraph to the
total number of visas made available under section
203(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD71E9CF256F6442BA412B1528DB4E655"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Country-Specific
offset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4519DC8AC1346D0AF812B18B95C61D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>subsection (e))</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(d))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H490A79E324914E7FA9E3F5C3E7A8EE56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8E6E784F63B34C73B15F003124E1134B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD6404BE24F734E7791AC8AC9AEEEFD03"><enum>108.</enum><header>Physicians</header>
<subsection id="H271BD15A135A48C78FE5105622F1096A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permanent
authorization of the conrad state 30 program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 220(c) of the Immigration and
Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/416">Public Law 103–416</external-xref>; 8 U.S.C.
1182 note) is amended by striking <quote>and before September 30,
2015</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H468E8DB5D99B429CB45A672762AA0A96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment of
Conrad 30 waivers</header>
<paragraph id="H4851530ABBBF49A6A6CA11B9B20BA44B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(l) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCA9C989603D4093AD065544F0880B30" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA7F8BA8503B4BD390E6B411572715FC" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD280CA3A4DA247558EF098F8CFEFAE0C"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H25B879569A8C47CCBBFA2F11715F5FE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>All States shall be
allotted a total of 35 waivers under paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year if 90
percent of the waivers available to the States receiving at least 5 waivers
were used in the previous fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H419E0D5A3137455A8B2DF048ADDA2F6F" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>When an allocation has occurred
under clause (i), all States shall be allotted an additional 5 waivers under
paragraph (1)(B) for each subsequent fiscal year if 90 percent of the waivers
available to the States receiving at least 5 waivers were used in the previous
fiscal year. If the States are allotted 45 or more waivers for a fiscal year,
the States will only receive an additional increase of 5 waivers the following
fiscal year if 95 percent of the waivers available to the States receiving at
least 1 waiver were used in the previous fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AAFDB6F079C493AB57647D8260C4DD6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any increase in allotments under
subparagraph (A) shall be maintained indefinitely, unless in a fiscal year, the
total number of such waivers granted is 5 percent lower than in the last year
in which there was an increase in the number of waivers allotted pursuant to
this paragraph, in which case—</text>
<clause id="HAF99F5C529FF4A419EB45A91AD677549"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of waivers allotted shall
be decreased by 5 for all States beginning in the next fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1023F369B2064C088A22C93F2CB8BBAE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each additional 5 percent decrease in
such waivers granted from the last year in which there was an increase in the
allotment, shall result in an additional decrease of 5 waivers allotted for all
States, provided that the number of waivers allotted for all States shall not
drop below
30.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA597B48413F4EECAD79F9FA23260093"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Academic medical
centers</header><text>Section 214(l)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(D)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4BFAB003DEC74307AABF4129ECCD8F8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A72CCE94195469CBDE6EC34052D1EA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H478F827EDF024043BE45410873E4664A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14765ABAAAFA46BC84260FEE1EE3A233" style="OLC">
<clause id="HD79EA970B296468F9D5CB52A5ED8E4EB" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of a request by an
interested State agency—</text>
<subclause id="HE5385A43867941BCA006DCA602DA1E25"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the head of such agency determines that
the alien is to practice medicine in, or be on the faculty of a residency
program at, an academic medical center (as that term is defined in section
411.355(e)(2) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, or similar successor
regulation), without regard to whether such facility is located within an area
designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage
of health care professionals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H682D9D4FB92F482D91DF8DD7815A6EF9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the head of such agency determines
that—</text>
<item id="H3BA1F89246714F509C9CCD98B783FAFF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the alien physician’s work is in the
public interest; and</text>
</item><item id="H24A1F12692754798A9252C80BEA882B7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the grant of such waiver would not
cause the number of the waivers granted on behalf of aliens for such State for
a fiscal year (within the limitation in subparagraph (B) and subject to
paragraph (4)) in accordance with the conditions of this clause to exceed
3.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDCF1149E8D574D80A4525951EECC65A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employment
protections for physicians</header>
<paragraph id="H52F09DF8F3874110BF22E90F3E7453DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(l)(1)(C)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5865C36F629A48AC8C1BA16ABD10CE66" style="OLC">
<clause id="H0C523785C30E462F93C4899AE3AFAC7E" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alien demonstrates a bona fide
offer of full-time employment, at a health care organization, which employment
has been determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be in the public
interest; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4491690E66243A5BBB3E1BA2532EFD9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the alien agrees to begin
employment with the health facility or health care organization in a geographic
area or areas which are designated by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services as having a shortage of health care professionals by the later of the
date that is 90 days after receiving such waiver, 90 days after completing
graduate medical education or training under a program approved pursuant to
section 212(j)(1), or 90 days after receiving nonimmigrant status or employment
authorization, and agrees to continue to work for a total of not less than 3
years in any status authorized for such employment under this subsection
unless—</text>
<subclause id="HA167FE3584534C9DBC4FD3D20D98E001"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that extenuating
circumstances exist that justify a lesser period of employment at such facility
or organization, in which case the alien shall demonstrate another bona fide
offer of employment at a health facility or health care organization, for the
remainder of such 3-year period;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC2B8621DA648447D98981B09F4E83A7F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the interested State agency that
requested the waiver attests that extenuating circumstances exist that justify
a lesser period of employment at such facility or organization in which case
the alien shall demonstrate another bona fide offer of employment at a health
facility or health care organization so designated by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, for the remainder of such 3-year period; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E51D8756A79434F8886AC8C02DF518F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>if the alien elects not to pursue a
determination of extenuating circumstances pursuant to subclause (I) or (II),
the alien terminates the alien’s employment relationship with such facility or
organization, in which case the alien shall be employed for the remainder of
such 3-year period, and 1 additional year for each determination, at another
health facility or health care organization in a geographic area or areas which
are designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a
shortage of health care professionals;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAC5F1A28C4A4479BFC21E7C0D156B2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(l)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)</external-xref>), as amended by
subsection (b)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F09A4E03560470E9AF556895DE4FCA1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3F4F92697A6F4038B439987BBCE6314F" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An alien granted a waiver under
paragraph (1)(C) shall enter into an employment agreement with the contracting
health facility or health care organization that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB74A7BD3D9B74F64987BFC8EE5630EE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specifies the maximum number of
on-call hours per week (which may be a monthly average) that the alien will be
expected to be available and the compensation the alien will receive for
on-call time;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48129479320D4FC8ADDA7B91A10DB054"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specifies whether the contracting
facility or organization will pay for the alien’s malpractice insurance
premiums, including whether the employer will provide malpractice insurance
and, if so, the amount of such insurance that will be provided;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC307BCE13A504AD1A8E81A8E4503138E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes all of the work locations
that the alien will work and a statement that the contracting facility or
organization will not add additional work locations without the approval of the
Federal agency or State agency that requested the waiver; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D3DE2B4891F49B18BD9F9E1341EB786"><enum>(D)</enum><text>does not include a non-compete
provision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB14014553374442A6768F782B62B871" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien granted a waiver under paragraph
(1)(C) whose employment relationship with a health facility or health care
organization terminates during the 3-year service period required by such
paragraph—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0057A88DD8634AF18E8FE2CB36ED5FB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall have a period of 120 days beginning
on the date of such determination of employment to submit to the Secretary of
Homeland Security applications or petitions to commence employment with another
contracting health facility or health care organization in a geographic area or
areas which are designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as
having a shortage of health care professionals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF35B0EE416640A8ACD16440F4FDF77E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be considered to be maintaining
lawful status in an authorized stay during the 120-day period referred to in
subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A902C7DF7614FB6A79E538833B33140"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments to
the procedures, definitions, and other provisions related to physician
immigration</header>
<paragraph id="H43FC4410596C49FF946584D4F0946DAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dual intent for
physicians seeking graduate medical training</header><text>Section 214(b) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>(other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (L) or (V) of
section 101(a)(15), and other than a nonimmigrant described in any provision of
section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) except subclause (b1) of such section)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (L) or
(V) of section 101(a)(15), a nonimmigrant described in any provision of section
101(a)(15)(H)(i), except subclause (b1) of such section, and an alien coming to
the United States to receive graduate medical education or training as
described in section 212(j) or to take examinations required to receive
graduate medical education or training as described in section
212(j))</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDE285E89462476EB4D70AD26C1BD32B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allowable visa
status for physicians fulfilling waiver requirements in medically underserved
areas</header><text>Section 214(l)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>an alien described in
section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b).</quote> and inserting <quote>any status authorized
for employment under this Act.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE19B348D8D2545BEAD50A3D616D28427"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Physician
national interest waiver clarifications</header>
<subparagraph id="H36BBFA7CDFCA4CC8B25F5CBAE0786139"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Practice and
geographic area</header><text>Section 203(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
items (aa) and (bb) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83D84F05455F48E483A9B604128E77A3" style="OLC">
<item id="H4FC0AE7D6DB042E89ADDD6F5E6A4EAD5" indent="up2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the alien physician agrees to work on a
full-time basis practicing primary care, specialty medicine, or a combination
thereof, in an area or areas designated by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services as having a shortage of health care professionals, or at a health care
facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or</text>
</item><item id="H4D0E6F91E55A45579C3549AD68BF682B" indent="up2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the alien physician is pursuing such
waiver based upon service at a facility or facilities that serve patients who
reside in a geographic area or areas designated by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services as having a shortage of health care professionals (without
regard to whether such facility or facilities are located within such an area)
and a Federal agency, or a local, county, regional, or State department of
public health determines the alien physician’s work was or will be in the
public
interest.</text>
</item><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA687E4474C7F4FD0BC45C425B928BABB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Five-year
service requirement</header><text>Section 203(b)(2)(B)(ii)(II) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(B)(ii)(II)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HFA6A13199A1E43C6BC11D389EDB405DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(aa)</quote> after <quote>(II)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3757543233484F91BF2CA857BFA836FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB239108E38D4479927CA1F5716E366D" style="OLC">
<item id="HED410CD5616B49EBB2FF7794985518EE" indent="up3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>The 5-year service requirement of
item (aa) shall be counted from the date the alien physician begins work in the
shortage area in any legal status and not the date an immigrant visa petition
is filed or approved. Such service shall be aggregated without regard to when
such service began and without regard to whether such service began during or
in conjunction with a course of graduate medical education.</text>
</item><item id="HF547D1F3FD7B438FB154C3AB6CA57687" indent="up3"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>An alien physician shall not be
required to submit an employment contract with a term exceeding the balance of
the 5-year commitment yet to be served, nor an employment contract dated within
a minimum time period prior to filing of a visa petition pursuant to this
subsection.</text>
</item><item id="HB127014027D34C189E7782952408EC2C" indent="up3"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>An alien physician shall not be
required to file additional immigrant visa petitions upon a change of work
location from the location approved in the original national interest immigrant
petition.</text>
</item><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0828F5420D1A455E9885ABB5F6CC5766"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical
clarification regarding advanced degree for physicians</header><text>Section
203(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end <quote>An alien physician holding a foreign
medical degree that has been deemed sufficient for acceptance by an accredited
United States medical residency or fellowship program is a member of the
professions holding an advanced degree or its equivalent.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33945B82691B4318B20877B025C9C07F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Short-term work
authorization for physicians completing their residencies</header><text>A
physician completing graduate medical education or training as described in
section 212(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(j)</external-xref>) as a
nonimmigrant described section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)) shall have such nonimmigrant status automatically extended
until October 1 of the fiscal year for which a petition for a continuation of
such nonimmigrant status has been submitted in a timely manner and where the
employment start date for the beneficiary of such petition is October 1 of that
fiscal year. Such physician shall be authorized to be employed incident to
status during the period between the filing of such petition and October 1 of
such fiscal year. However, the physician’s status and employment authorization
shall terminate 30 days from the date such petition is rejected, denied or
revoked. A physician’s status and employment authorization will automatically
extend to October 1 of the next fiscal year if all visas as described in such
section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) authorized to be issued for the fiscal year have been
issued.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FD1020AB0DC43689FEB4CD1CB3FABFB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Applicability of
section <enum-in-header>212(e)</enum-in-header> to spouses and children of J–1
exchange visitors</header><text>A spouse or child of an exchange visitor
described in section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) shall not be subject to the requirements of section
212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(e)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H209172B096CA4151B300937F661F569A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (c) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act and shall apply to aliens granted waivers before, on, or after the date of
the enactment of this Act. Subsection (d), and the amendments made by
subsections (b) and (d), shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2FF7417802248868BE1F0C38BF90541" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Permanent priority
dates</header>
<subsection id="HE0052529E4824E219C7C7F829C07DC9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1153) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B93B06F121B4ED19C1084114224FC96" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H197B80D33B254173A0237C39173A74C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Permanent
priority dates</header>
<paragraph id="H46404226A1524AC49E01F571F786600A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (h)(3) and paragraph (2), the
priority date for any employment-based petition shall be the date of filing of
the petition with the Secretary of Homeland Security (or the Secretary of
State, if applicable), unless the filing of the petition was preceded by the
filing of a labor certification with the Secretary of Labor, in which case that
date shall constitute the priority date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06211ED2217C43B3A1A752CEA90E9DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
employment-based petitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (h)(3), an alien who
is the beneficiary of any employment-based petition that was approvable when
filed (including self-petitioners) shall retain the priority date assigned with
respect to that petition in the consideration of any subsequently filed
employment-based petition (including
self-petitions).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD8AB49FE089A4CE49AB939983F228FCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2013, and shall apply to aliens
who are a beneficiary of a classification petition pending on or after such
date.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Nonimmigrant Visa
Reforms</header>
<section id="H1FFFD4CE1C71441E88266861C0D63890"><enum>201.</enum><header>H–1B
visas</header>
<subsection id="H42FC5CD2F02347C98D641859A64A320B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in H–1B
visa numerical limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(g)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1A7C9D7BF544D3C902DF1BACE8C5F91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38AF8A09D0DD420D8DDB7AA56ECF1D56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BCE07E658854958B2327F2633267581"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending clause
(vii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D2BFB9BB01D4D4381968CF935060D5D" style="traditional">
<clause id="H88FDE6600F6C4A8FBED91D0D0D0C7CBE" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>65,000 in fiscal years 2004
through 2013; and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0D414F165864ED2ACC456F71F3E6385"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H849352E260F34590BA478653A66D251E" style="traditional">
<clause id="H37EFB3C22AA94CF28858F1271265703B"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>155,000 in each
succeeding fiscal year; or</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C61CF5E83E64EDA9A4105123CF5C428"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (5)(C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCB280840B9FE47A6BDCAA40C764F55B9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2F36F60A527840EA8569F9A9C7718273" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meets the requirements of paragraph
(6)(A) or (7)(A) of section 203(b), until the number of aliens who are exempted
from such numerical limitation during such year exceeds
40,000.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H375EEE26886341D498E8E095E0D1F714"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Spousal
employment</header><text>Section 214(c)(1)(E) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(1)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>101(a)(15)(L),</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (H)(i)(b),
(H)(i)(b1), (E)(iii), or (L) of section 101(a)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7066993C9DFF4943B5EFCDF639F4794D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Anti-Fraud
measures</header>
<paragraph id="H7EDC6EE66A9C4C44BF30A4AF37E47E7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign
degrees</header>
<subparagraph id="H68A42E00F4A24EC1A007ECEBE2C2FB51"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Specialty
occupation</header><text>Section 214(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(i)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H162253CB6C214E21AC36F26206DAEBCE" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HA6AF2155376947CE814BACAB5FAD8EF8"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBFBC470D883945F6BA1991C9D152BC60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of
paragraphs (1)(B) and (3)(B), the term <quote>bachelor’s or higher
degree</quote> includes a foreign degree that is a recognized foreign
equivalent of a bachelor’s or higher degree.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H664D66C8CE7D4E219BDCCCFF1BCD2DA4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2307BF69DD834FA8816F3A640BECA2DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In the case of an alien
with a foreign degree, any determination with respect to the equivalence of
that degree to a degree obtained in the United States shall be made by the
Secretary of State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6F80F5BB4B204714AEC3A8913E4F5989" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In carrying out the preceding clause,
the Secretary of State shall verify the authenticity of any foreign degree
proffered by an alien. The Secretary of State may enter into contracts with
public or private entities in conducting such verifications.</text>
</clause><clause id="HEF287A3359DB4A0989ABAA90CED9FF4F" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In addition to any other fees
authorized by law, the Secretary of State may impose a fee on an employer
filing a petition under subsection (c)(1) initially to grant an alien
nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), if a
determination or verification described in clause (i) or (ii) is required with
respect to the petition. Fees collected under this clause shall be deposited in
the Treasury in accordance with section
286(t).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD1BA96373144A9A8F85F1B37483AE8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 286 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE929C0B7C0694A85B521AB888C915527" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H19D5CD7FC37B483EB7D6A52F5E8C2C16"><enum>(w)</enum><header>H–1B educational
credential verification account</header><text>There is established in the
general fund of the Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the
<quote>H–1B Educational Credential Verification Account</quote>.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be deposited as
offsetting receipts into the account all fees collected under section
214(i)(4)(B)(iii). Amounts deposited into the account shall remain available to
the Secretary of State until expended to carry out section
214(i)(4)(B).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4494FAFD53B4EF2A764432D49C26B31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first sentence of subsection (n)(2)(F),
and the first sentence of subsection (t)(3)(E) (as added by section 402(b)(2)
of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/77">Public Law 108–77</external-xref> (117 Stat. 941)), of section 212 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182</external-xref>) are each amended by striking all that follows
<quote>investigations</quote> and inserting a period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2117463787145FA90878F8A63BD1CF2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bona fide
businesses</header><text>Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H085AD280B15843B9B0B0D889E266DDE6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE95A50D38D304D97AFA9FF72E237D19D"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security may not
approve any petition under paragraph (1) filed by an employer with respect to
an alien seeking to obtain the status of a nonimmigrant under subclause (b) or
(b1) of section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) and the Secretary of State may not approve a
visa with respect to an alien seeking to obtain the status of a nonimmigrant
under subparagraph (E)(iii) or (H)(i)(b1) of section 101(a)(15) unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5AAC654253148B09726DA5CDEC8EC54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
employer—</text>
<clause id="HDF036F34D90B4956B2D96234B36DE7E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an institution of higher education (as
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001(a))), or a governmental or nonprofit entity; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A8077B975CA4DB3A618264EE5457297"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>maintains a place
of business in the United States that is licensed in accordance with any
applicable State or local business licensing requirements and is used
exclusively for business purposes; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13ED798A4D4A4D0AAA82C830177AC663"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the
employer—</text>
<clause id="HB823624BE1124F5ABB72D110C07587B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
a governmental entity;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCE3E17CC3DE4E6C9994FF17BC776F92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has aggregate
gross assets with a value of not less than $50,000—</text>
<subclause id="HED9A81692E5C4FCB9E3772BE96098643"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of an
employer that is a publicly held corporation, as determined using its most
recent report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF8B3238CA4E24D698D103C108A05F89B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of
any other employer, as determined as of the date on which the petition is filed
under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Homeland Security; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3F3E688BF897426FA72BBA1195C61134"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provides
appropriate documentation of business activity under regulations promulgated by
the Secretary of Homeland
Security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE96DB590F60443B8566E0C113D148C0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subpoena
authority</header>
<subparagraph id="H8F161C5C3F654DA690FBF1A36D2E0485"><enum>(A)</enum><header>H–1B
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212(n)(2)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38611C9E7FC840A2BBF8F14227B0DF9A" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="H42D2D9D218C5463D8D2046D5AB0428F9" indent="up1"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor is authorized to
issue subpoenas as may be necessary to assure employer compliance with the
terms and conditions of this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H913A3784393A4ACF9B0A8D154E493D96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Attestation with
respect to other nonimmigrant employees</header><text>Section 212(t)(3) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(t)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA156A042B862444996A07D799EB1903A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8C3763D6D10748BDBD4A122B1FB741A1" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor is authorized
to issue subpoenas as may be necessary to assure employer compliance with the
terms and conditions of this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F0F88CD31CB49C18E906B082D5C7FE3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>B visas in lieu
of H–1B visas</header><text>Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H93A11C5F9EEE42FD8CBF9338EC9330ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9FA46332485F43129D4D879931338C2C" indent="up1"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, any alien admitted or provided status as a nonimmigrant in order to
provide services in a specialty occupation described in paragraph (1) or (3) of
subsection (i) (other than services described in subparagraph (H)(ii)(a), (O),
or (P) of section 101(a)(15)) or as a fashion model shall have been issued a
visa (or otherwise been provided nonimmigrant status) under subclause (b) or
(b1) of section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) or section
101(a)(15)(E)(iii).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B2DE9EB836C466CA1F2644BCB7F7DBF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="HF0993811EBDA4ECAA5E2032AD80405D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amendments
made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act and shall apply to aliens issued visas or otherwise provided with
nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)</external-xref>) beginning in fiscal year
2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2E041DD2BDC455D9E722E2BA11B7B23"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (b) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to the
spouses of aliens issued visas or otherwise provided with nonimmigrant status
under subparagraph (H)(i)(b), (H)(i)(b1), or (E)(iii) of section 101(a)(15) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act before, on, or after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8547DF52A0F4FC7BE4E6F8082B883AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and
(3) of subsection (c) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act and shall apply to petitions filed under section 214(c) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)</external-xref>) on or after such date and to visa
applications filed on or after such date where no petition was filed because
none was required under subparagraph (H)(i)(b1) or (E)(iii) of section
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H621156DB8DA84B679197704481EBD077"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and
(4) of subsection (c) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act and shall apply to employers of aliens issued visas or otherwise provided
with nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (H)(i)(b), (H)(i)(b1), or (E)(iii)
section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)) before, on, or after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8F15164945D4DE09614BF7D5DB8F097"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The amendment made
by subsection (d) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act
and shall apply to aliens admitted or provided status as nonimmigrants on or
after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF4B6AF9CA0884D798CB9E1982598761F"><enum>202.</enum><header>L
visas</header>
<subsection id="HD407830D305246DF8D92A04562A23B6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 214(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7F9ABBDF3094C84A81E00CFA25C270E" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HD5F9B4959CF94064A7E2B56CE37BEAB5"><enum>(G)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8521D00EDC374982B80DF319CA899E87"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An employer of an alien
who will serve in a capacity for the employer involving specialized knowledge
under section 101(a)(15)(L) for a cumulative period of time in excess of 6
months over a 3-year period—</text>
<subclause id="H16DEF03E1F7D42D3AFAD1B66841E2983" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>will offer to the alien during the period
of authorized employment wages that are at least—</text>
<item id="H81E98BBEFF8B4DE0A4187E79E3E7D6D7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the actual wage level paid by the
employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications
for the specific employment in question; or</text>
</item><item id="H97D22231487F48E1B4D36D04D038F1F0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the prevailing wage level for the
occupational classification in the area of employment, whichever is greater,
based on the best information available; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H3DBCF4843A71488682C6595BC4DC48EC" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will provide working conditions for such
alien that will not adversely affect the working conditions of workers
similarly employed.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H52F8891F6AE5495AA41337B7A9E17B71" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In complying with the requirements
of clause (i), an employer may take into account the value of wages paid by the
employer to the alien in the currency of the alien’s home country, the value of
benefits paid by the employer to the alien in the alien’s home country,
employer-provided housing or housing allowances, employer-provided vehicles or
transportation allowances, and other benefits provided to the alien as an
incident of the assignment in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF6DB2B283464B73A479F183915E0502" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor shall have
the same investigatory and enforcement powers to ensure compliance with this
subparagraph as are set forth in section
212(n)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC4D5B71F650D4D8690BD207C7BF78505"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to employers with respect
to aliens issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under section
101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)</external-xref>)
on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE3B562B0BD774BD7BA632E132BF25699"><enum>203.</enum><header>O
visas</header>
<subsection id="HD987456C70ED4EEA92C67537DB6CE46A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Portability of o
visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first sentence of
section 214(n)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(n)(1)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D71135E31B5403DBAC386CF9A1125D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs
(H)(i)(b) and (O)(i) of section 101(a)(15)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19A4534FC00D4E0980EB0807BC2DFEC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>under such sections</quote> after <quote>new employment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF031C469CB2E43A493D5C3ACD051286A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>3-Year waiver of
new O–1 consultations for arts and motion pictures and television and
transparency for O–1 visas for motion pictures and television</header>
<paragraph id="HB03F3DE821BB40A69539E2D185E4BEA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 214(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D91DBFC3BF04FA5B98639B9C47A8BC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Attorney General</quote> each place such term appears and inserting
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35020149FC5E4FAFB740F1543F97F914"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
first two sentences of the matter that follows subparagraph (B) and inserting
the following: <quote>In the case of an alien seeking entry for a motion
picture or television production, (i) any opinion under the previous sentence
shall only be advisory, (ii) any such opinion that recommends denial must be in
writing, (iii) in making the decision the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
consider the exigencies and scheduling of the production, (iv) the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall append to the decision any such opinion, and (v) upon
making the decision, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall immediately
provide a copy of the decision to the consulting labor and management
organizations. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide by regulation
for the waiver of the consultation requirement under subparagraph (A) in the
case of aliens who have been admitted as nonimmigrants under section
101(a)(15)(O)(i) because of extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary
achievement in motion picture or television production and who seek readmission
to perform similar services within 3 years after the date of a consultation
under such subparagraph provided that, in the case of aliens admitted because
of extraordinary achievement in motion picture or television production, such
waiver shall apply only if the prior consultations by the appropriate union and
management organization were favorable or raised no objection to the approval
of the petition.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70D4522482B841909F782AD24F9E8586"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to petitions filed under
section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)</external-xref>) on or
after such date and to consultation decisions made before, on, or after such
date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H369B7E147EDE4447B4781262E1C01654"><enum>204.</enum><header>Mexican and
Canadian professionals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
214(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(e)</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF20869FF7061403991489AEC32EB713A" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HAAED7EF4C7BA45C7B64CD2D440B8233E"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF78912242EC346F195031156736003C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer of a Mexican or Canadian
professional under this subsection—</text>
<clause id="HF8FD40C197724291ABBA671B0C946B5B" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will offer to the alien during the
period of authorized employment wages that are at least—</text>
<subclause id="H794AA26DA1CA4E57AAD76ABD6279B6D2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the actual wage level paid by the
employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications
for the specific employment in question; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H39240CEDC78E44DF84450F309EA6054B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the prevailing wage level for the
occupational classification in the area of employment, whichever is greater,
based on the best information available; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H0D73C1F7EEE441D6A72D352B9B771FFF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will provide working conditions
for such alien that will not adversely affect the working conditions of workers
similarly employed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00A51406F26B45AAA3289F9BCFE231C4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor shall have the same
investigatory and enforcement powers to ensure compliance with this paragraph
as are set forth in section
212(n)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H73861791198840A0893CC0E184FFFE2A"><enum>205.</enum><header>Students</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F7191E013704E2DA32D302405C8F3F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dual
intent</header>
<paragraph id="H81AFA5B55592403481565DE1FD78CEE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 101(a)(15)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB85C9549077942AD8AEEF778CFEF0D35" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="H1D4F1C06F5284E86A16CD92C82643166" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an alien—</text>
<clause id="H338607F29C634504B94FAA8EB8527FFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who—</text>
<subclause id="H97DA9E0464354DCC841E141B6B168590"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a
bona fide student qualified to pursue a full course of study in a field of
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (as defined in section
203(b)(6)(B)(ii)) leading to a bachelors or graduate degree and who seeks to
enter the United States for the purpose of pursuing such a course of study
consistent with section 214(m) at an institution of higher education (as
described in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001(a))) or a proprietary institution of higher education (as defined in
section 102(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002(b)</external-xref>)) in the United States,
particularly designated by the alien and approved by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Education, which institution
shall have agreed to report to the Secretary of Homeland Security the
determination of attendance of each nonimmigrant student, and if any such
institution fails to make reports promptly the approval shall be withdrawn;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFE881DA091844464ADB486CD0DD6EAA1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is engaged in temporary employment for
optional practical training related to such alien’s area of study following
completion of the course of study described in subclause (I);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2BD4614556524A1CABE7C6F16B731353"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who has a residence in a foreign
country which the alien has no intention of abandoning, who is a bona fide
student qualified to pursue a full course of study, and who seeks to enter the
United States temporarily and solely for the purpose of pursuing such a course
of study consistent with section 214(m) at an established college, university,
seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other
academic institution or in a language training program in the United States,
particularly designated by the alien and approved by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Education, which institution
of learning or place of study shall have agreed to report to the Secretary of
Homeland Security the determination of attendance of each nonimmigrant student,
and if any such institution of learning or place of study fails to make reports
promptly the approval shall be withdrawn;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E3643458B554442944C0FAB9922C99E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who is the spouse or minor child
of an alien described in clause (i) or (ii) if accompanying or following to
join such an alien; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF4B7E80D8BB441D9400E284EDFBBB9C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who is a national of Canada or Mexico, who
maintains actual residence and place of abode in the country of nationality,
who is described in clause (i) or (ii) except that the alien’s qualifications
for and actual course of study may be full or part-time, and who commutes to
the United States institution or place of study from Canada or
Mexico.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9296B14B847345CA8EE8F15A952B1C87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Admission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(b)</external-xref>), as amended by section 108(d)(1) of this
Act, is further amended by striking <quote>(L) or (V)</quote> inserting
<quote>(F)(i), (L), or (V)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2B21AE279E8444F935501BAF3C9579C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 214(m)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(m)(1)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>(i) or (iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(i), (ii), or
(iv)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25D6B30DECDB4E198B5C9C2B43E5C918"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Optional
practical training for foreign students</header><text>Section 214 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCCED1759BC91419EB3A40843ED8D90BA" style="traditional">
<subsection id="HCD996BAA2266438299989D133ED15714"><enum>(s)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBE073EF44B4042E1886725B84C71BE63"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer providing optional practical
training to an alien who has been issued a visa or otherwise provided
nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) after
completion of the alien’s course of study—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17E9FFEBE0C74DE3A4E57B5AAE69188E" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall offer to the alien during the
period of optional practical training wages that are at least—</text>
<clause id="H1B9EBB4820DD41A78EDD4365943B2510"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the actual wage level paid by the employer
to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications for the
specific employment in question; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HACA7132834144A6899CF25E430C510E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prevailing wage level for the
occupational classification in the area of employment, whichever is greater,
based on the best information available; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4E8437D494D41F0B6018B8F0B73EFA3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide working conditions for such
alien that will not adversely affect the working conditions of workers
similarly employed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H33A9E0D67873456A83A0CB5B75ECE556" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor has the same
investigatory and enforcement powers to ensure compliance with paragraph (1) as
are set forth in section
212(n)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H40EB635A0A9C4103A11EC265FB79E90D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="HBE93FEB4D48C4B38974C9B4E809A50D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amendments
made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act, and shall apply to nonimmigrants who possess or are granted status under
section 101(a)(15)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a))(15)(F)) on or after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A0AE69FACED4392BE35831EA103C970"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amendment made
by subsection (b) shall apply to employers with respect to aliens who begin
post-course of study optional practical training with them on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEB5A7CA330024001B3FC0A0AAB289A17"><enum>206.</enum><header>Extension of
employment eligibility while visa extension petition pending</header>
<subsection id="HD5A46BB35A1E4FB7B7A8292EF79B5ED6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1184, as amended by section 205(b), is further amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF47DFC40306A40C094DB40E12C37F8A1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF126DB1EA11C457285B501B1C225B7F7"><enum>(t)</enum><text>A nonimmigrant
issued a visa or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (A),
(E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (L), (O), (P), (Q), or (R) of section 101(a)(15), or
section 214(e), and otherwise as the Secretary of Homeland Security may by
regulations prescribe, whose status has expired but who has, or whose
sponsoring employer or authorized agent has, filed a timely application or
petition for an extension of authorized status as provided under this section,
is authorized to continue employment with the same employer for a period not to
exceed 240 days beginning on the date of the expiration of the authorized
period of stay until and unless the application or petition is denied. Such
authorization shall be subject to the same conditions and limitations noted on
the original
authorization.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HED07105B37C54BB787216A02C78BD550"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to aliens issued visas or
otherwise provided nonimmigrant status before, on, or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFF22D544E96F4035BF9C3BDA50D93D36"><enum>207.</enum><header>Fraud detection
and prevention fee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
214(c)(12)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(12)(A)</external-xref>)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F4861D619A040208B4A1192DBA9056F" style="traditional">
<quoted-block-continuation-text indent="up1" quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall also impose the fee
described in the preceding sentence on an employer filing an attestation under
section 212(t)(1) or employing an alien pursuant to subsection
(e).</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H0211E657CD734431AB46A89806B91A8B"><enum>208.</enum><header>Technical
correction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second
subsection designated as subsection (t) of section 212 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182</external-xref>) (as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law
108–449 (118 Stat. 3470)) is redesignated as subsection (u) of such
section.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Reforms
Affecting Both Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visas</header>
<subtitle id="H2CFFC7575C7546F69DF5B452885AB586"><enum>A</enum><header>STEM Education
Funding</header>
<section id="H12F059BD6DF048F8B27001F68D73B166"><enum>301.</enum><header>Funding for
STEM education and training</header>
<subsection id="H1677F453C3404D4EA12DEE9FB4A4A918"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nonimmigrant fee
adjustment and allocation</header><text>Section 214(c)(9) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H75FA8CB8C2024CD6BC209CBE1FECCFF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEAC073936C6E450EB8A70E43EC285D9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="H9CAF55E4314A4270BC6F3F144EBB0FA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(20 U.S.C.
1001(a),</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE173F11CB8F4B299B4FD52B139BF41B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>filing before a petition</quote> and inserting <quote>filing a
petition</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67944EFF6BE4498C9AB199C1CFC79599"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78A433EF0E2C4B18BCB2593833C1ADC2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H282F11839C4043518C0D84BCC213BD2B" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of the fee imposed under
this paragraph shall be—</text>
<clause id="HA014EB33CC794F6A8C95D4EE302E22D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,250 for each such petition filed by
an employer with not more than 25 full-time equivalent employees who are
employed in the United States (determined by including any affiliate or
subsidiary of such employer); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC2E432A45484EACB81796B7281BA031"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$2,500 for each such petition filed
by an employer with more than 25 such
employees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EF164F91FD243F8BCAB9FCED5E9777F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF534947CA4434EC9AAD2B7BF230C574F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDD01B149642C4DE088D5E2A281B34262" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Fees collected under this paragraph
shall be distributed as follows:</text>
<clause id="H664C82C7FE2C463C9AC3616E81A258F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Of the amounts collected pursuant
to subparagraph (B)(i)—</text>
<subclause id="HD5B4EDC9A16348A7AC49D694B7D50629"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$750 shall be deposited in the Treasury
in accordance with section 286(s); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HFDE2F8E4970042C4BF15B8475DA58C7F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$500 shall be deposited in the Treasury
in accordance with section 286(x).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H157D9A35EC8049EBBA18325279445DCF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Of the amounts collected pursuant
to subparagraph (B)(ii)—</text>
<subclause id="H38243CDF925140708FF5413BD59B34BC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$1,500 shall be deposited in the Treasury
in accordance with section 286(s); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H751107AE37494904B1AE472533F95EDD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$1,000 shall be deposited in the
Treasury in accordance with section
286(x).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD7179790B1E4F2B9417C321C3455F59"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73573CB374EC42B6BC92D0863ED944F8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EE8F92F848349A5AF1C800B1EB8EA74" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="H946CFF458AAC453B8D1760FFDE6A1057" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
impose the fee described in this paragraph on an employer filing an attestation
under section 212(t)(1), and on an employer employing an alien pursuant to
section 214(e), in the same manner as such fee is imposed on an employer
described in subparagraph (A). In the case of employment pursuant to section
214(e), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a method of imposing
the fee described in the preceding sentence notwithstanding the absence of a
petition or
attestation.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCFAAE8812C2A47528CC47FA0CE6A25F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 286(s)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the last sentence and
inserting <quote>There shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into the
account a portion of the fees collected under paragraphs (9) and (11) of
section 214(c).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C2CD0BAD23543A6A601EDFBFD00C580"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Immigrant
fee</header><text>Section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1153(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1AE87137B144114B6F91DDADD88B8FF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC75917160CA6482DA0FE305CA949AA2F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Funding for STEM
education and training</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
impose a fee of $1,000 on each I–140 immigrant visa petition filed under this
subsection. Amounts collected under this paragraph shall be deposited into the
Treasury in accordance with section
286(x).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC4D97FB5A654FE3A404FEE32750B267"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013, and shall apply to petitions
filed under section 214(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1184(c)(1)), and attestations filed under section 212(t)(1) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(t)(1)), on or after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF2514395B6F14B74947B70D3441BD156"><enum>302.</enum><header>Promoting
American Ingenuity Account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 286 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356</external-xref>), as amended by section 201(c)(1)(B) of this
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A024C6904144525A7F5A0C11A6550CF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H99C4A1A296DA4CAAA3920C35EBB17259"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Promoting
American Ingenuity Account</header>
<paragraph id="HE0A7A20F2A1D4A40A7779BFAA37979CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established in the general fund of the Treasury
a separate account, which shall be known as the <quote>Promoting American
Ingenuity Account</quote>. There shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into
the account fees collected under section 203(b)(7) and a portion of the fees
collected under section 214(c)(9). Amounts deposited into the account shall
remain available to the Secretary of Education until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54E0BB2E33264A42AAFE6F20E0A089DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of the Promoting American Ingenuity Account are to enhance the
economic competitiveness of the United States by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H124D20DBE940453C964A82F75D4EB2AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strengthening STEM
education, including in computer science, at all levels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE87A924625EA41C1AB74B8963237571C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring that
schools have access to well-trained and effective STEM teachers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A5FDA0D255E47D68BFCF4036FF93267"><enum>(C)</enum><text>helping colleges
and universities produce more graduates in fields needed by American
employers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0AE04752F441C79F933B0914D9BAB1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="HC65563A7C8FB41348E391615A881BF58"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header>
<clause id="H47C1F640DF58462DACD7FAB27FD1338F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Education may reserve up to 5 percent of
the amounts deposited into the Promoting American Ingenuity Account to carry
out the activities described in clause (ii).</text>
</clause><clause id="H8859587F5CFF40A29B4DAE3F6C16CC41"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>National
activities</header><text>From the amounts reserved under clause (i), the
Secretary of Education shall, directly or through grants and contracts—</text>
<subclause id="H5CC8298F6F27454483F767652F8CF0EB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to States and local educational agencies in carrying out activities
described in section 304 of the <short-title>SKILLS Visa
Act</short-title>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCB154CFCF5C744CAAD3303BE38F9AFCC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>acting through
the Institute of Education Sciences, conduct national evaluations of activities
carried out by the State under such section 304.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9794E6A428B04099908F6DC41FC9A70D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocations to
States</header>
<clause id="HB9F4BB6DF2B74AEE8853473A609B6599"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary of Education shall
proportionately allocate the remaining amounts deposited into the account to
the States each fiscal year in an amount that bears the same relationship to
the remainder as the amount the State received under subpart 2 of part A of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331
et seq.) for the preceding fiscal year bears to the amount all States received
under that subpart for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause id="H00A5BBE94AE9495AB7166EBCA5284B28"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Minimum
allocations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State shall
receive less than an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the total amount made
available to all States from the Promoting American Ingenuity Account. If a
State does not request an allocation from the Account for a fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reallocate the State's allocation to those States with approved
applications under section 303 of the <short-title>SKILLS
Visa Act</short-title> in accordance with clause
(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD7C96B83057D4E769A9045F095A0A2D6"><enum>303.</enum><header>STEM education
grant application process</header>
<subsection id="HC03B402B1F7C44C8BC954FA8A85E2FDA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Governor and Chief State School
Officer desiring to receive an allocation from the Promoting American Ingenuity
Account established under section 286(x) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(as added by section 302 of this Act) shall jointly submit a plan, including a
proposed budget, signed by the Governor and Chief Sate School Officer, to the
Secretary of Education at such time, and in such manner, as the Secretary may
require, that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB89C05F1E5F94DE1B1EAA0D131CE15ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designates a State
agency as the agency responsible for carrying out programs funded by such
allocation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC1519544FCD40819E1B6DAF4D8A5ACF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describes the
activities to be funded with such allocation and how such activities will
improve STEM education in the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4A6FB674C574705A96C3745112C8C18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes how the
State will partner with employers to design and carry out the activities funded
by such allocation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4AA683EAB594EB5B7737CB800AFA27D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describes how the
State will collaborate with institutions of higher education (as defined in
section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>), except that
such term does not include institutions described in subsection (a)(1)(C) of
such section 102), local educational agencies, State and local workforce
investment boards funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801 et seq.), and other State and local government entities as appropriate to
carry out the activities funded by such allocation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EE66C4B4C8549F1ADCF2252B19A07D0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describes how the
State will coordinate activities funded by such allocation with activities
funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301
et seq.), the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>), and the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H732B9B355D1C4873AA547F1CE60B0C8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph id="H33A7E7919DD940DE9686BF8D23CCC095"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The information described in subsection (a) shall be the
only information required of States, and the Secretary of Education shall not
establish any additional criteria for State eligibility for such
allocations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80DFAA09000C48E6ADA7C228ADE9829C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards and
assessments</header><text>The Secretary shall not condition State receipt of
such allocations on any decision to adopt, or not to adopt, academic standards
or assessments for the State’s elementary and secondary schools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E22FC100C8049DCA391E8BF97263F94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deemed
Approval</header><text>A plan submitted under subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be approved by the Secretary of Education unless the Secretary makes a written
determination, prior to the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the
date on which the Secretary received the plan, that the plan is not in
compliance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7DEA1CB243F14D46A83C74176C014963"><enum>304.</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A State or other
entity that receives funding from the Promoting American Ingenuity Account may
use such funds for one or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H6D3EBFF4C8D543AEA2D69C2D4B8C20AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To strengthen the
State’s academic standards in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D3B62276A5F4ADD8BC5585FBC20A852"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To implement
strategies for the recruitment, training, placement, and retention of teachers
in STEM fields, including computer science;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19FD1C43C5AB45A48AB969B09724AF54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To carry out
initiatives designed to assist students in succeeding and graduating from
postsecondary STEM programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5AB42E8535E43C19F1EBFEA435153C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To improve the
availability and access to STEM-related worker training programs, including
community college courses and programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74136DEF799044868D81C376EE2F5755"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For other
activities to improve STEM education.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3B93A7D9B61C42EE92DB2A9187788E3E"><enum>305.</enum><header>National
evaluations</header>
<subsection id="H05A6137F96B340B8AF2467DE690D4605"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Education shall submit a report describing the results of each evaluation
conducted under section 286(x)(3)(A)(ii)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (as added by section 302 of this Act) to—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3A56FB8750F45F3AD9CC8D651D103D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
President;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CED60961B5F47B6A26105790D90760F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BC97B6F5A9F4F6890788D9A979FB244"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45B3AD9458494431831D6D8D880C2ACB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSHR00">Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92A287061ED34DBCA7CA360C17F98447"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38292836B1034643A380BB48A72A54C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text>The
Secretary of Education shall make the findings of such evaluations widely
available to educators, the business community, and the public.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H169E129ACE114BB78B5159ADB432EEBF"><enum>306.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
subtitle may be construed to permit the Secretary of Education or any other
Federal official to approve the content or academic achievement standards,
academic assessments, or curriculum of a State.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0F27043D3FD44DA39F3171412682AEF6"><enum>B</enum><header>Other
Reforms</header>
<section id="HCBDE361059DD41DE90E26A0FEB230D02"><enum>311.</enum><header>Prevailing
wages</header>
<subsection id="H6EB876C277174E1C8908DBE057DCC8EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 212(p) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(p)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H565A59B409A843E0AA66D276CEC413A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>subsections (a)(5)(A), (n)(1)(A)(i)(II), and
(t)(1)(A)(i)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(5)(A),
(n)(1)(A)(i)(II), and (t)(1)(A)(i)(II) of this section, and subsections
(c)(2)(G), (e), and (s) of section 214,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H087BE84162094BD9B4084A97AB3D7DDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02962DEC21094D5BAAF13D94A307EF6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H98C133D0BC724B3EB7E7F0E5DEBCA09B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA27C8251194A450D9B0CD2160955CE37"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In computing the prevailing wage level for
an occupational classification in an area of employment for purposes of
subsections (a)(5)(A), (n)(1)(A)(i)(II), and (t)(1)(A)(i)(II) of this section,
and subsections (c)(2)(G), (e), and (s) of section 214, in the case of an alien
who begins work with their employer under such section within one year of
graduation from an institution that is described in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>) or is a proprietary
institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(b) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1002(b))), the wage level shall be the wage level specified in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (5) depending on the alien’s
experience, education, and level of supervision. In computing the prevailing
wage level for an occupational classification in an area of employment for
purposes of subsections (a)(5)(A), (n)(1)(A)(i)(II), and (t)(1)(A)(i)(II) of
this section, and subsections (c)(2)(G), (e), and (s) of section 214, in the
case of an alien who does not begin work with their employer under such section
within one year of graduation from an institution that is described in section
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>) or is a
proprietary institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002(b)</external-xref>)), the wage level shall be the wage level specified
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (5), depending on the alien’s
experience, education, and level of
supervision.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB43BA963C992412DBB9E6CC78E5E6BC6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph 4 (as redesignated), by
striking <quote>subsections (a)(5)(A), (n)(1)(A)(i)(II), and
(t)(1)(A)(i)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (a)(5)(A),
(n)(1)(A)(i)(II), and (t)(1)(A)(i)(II) of this section, and subsections
(c)(2)(G), (e), and (s) of section 214,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2013B28D15FC4EB98EB3E504399DAA75"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (5) (as redesignated) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4ABAFC0BF2C840B8855EDC8EF8556789" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3C7F88A66F324CBBA2C0BD4422B5E3B3" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary of Labor shall make available to employers a governmental survey to
determine the prevailing wage for each occupational classification by
metropolitan statistical area in the United States. Such survey, or other
survey approved by the Secretary of Labor, shall provide 3 levels of wages
commensurate with experience, education, and level of supervision. Such wage
levels shall be determined as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H41BBCCECA1574878BE282DB5B01BA930"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The first level shall be the mean of
the lowest two-thirds of wages surveyed, but in no case less than 80 percent of
the mean of the wages surveyed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF73FAE3D4AFC4ED296345E3B95DEC7FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The second level shall be the mean of
wages surveyed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8753F1F980154B1FAA2602F3D72540F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The third level shall be the mean of
the highest two-thirds of wages
surveyed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06E4EB4810854DF0AA562E02533B8964"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to employers with regard
to labor certifications under sections 212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)</external-xref>), labor condition applications under
section 212(n)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)</external-xref>), and attestations under
section 212(t)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(t)(1)</external-xref>), filed on or after such
date, to employers with regard to aliens issued visas or otherwise provided
nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(L) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(L)) on or after such date, and to employers with regard to aliens
they provide post-course of study optional practical training that begins on or
after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD8BF4EF09A2B46C8A010CAEF6DEFBB6D"><enum>312.</enum><header>Streamlining
petitions for established employers</header>
<subsection id="H72D301FBAF1F498E89F1C0C90ED58B32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7560FFCB8F194101BEE3C20B2A5DAA73" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H35EDF7C091294D8F94039B1EBE314D7E" indent="up1"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall establish a pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple
petitions described in this subsection or section 204(a)(1)(F). Such
precertification procedure shall enable an employer to avoid repeatedly
submitting documentation that is common to multiple petitions and establish,
through a single filing, criteria relating to the employer and the offered
employment
opportunity.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D66BBE2ADFD4FE4A00DF0E419C81DA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and
shall apply to petitions filed under section 204(a)(1)(F) or 214(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(F)</external-xref> or 1184(c)) beginning
180 days after such date.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle>