113 S169 IS: Immigration Innovation Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-01-29
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1.This Act may be cited as
the Immigration Innovation Act of
2013
or the I-Squared Act of 2013
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Employment-Based Nonimmigrant Visas
Sec. 101. Market-based H–1B visa limits.
Sec. 102. Employment authorization for dependents of H–1B
nonimmigrants.
Sec. 103. Eliminating impediments to worker
mobility.
TITLE II—Student Visas
Sec. 201. Authorization of dual intent.
TITLE III—Employment-Based Immigrant Visas
Sec. 301. Elimination of per-country numerical
limitations.
Sec. 302. Recapturing lost employment-based immigrant
visas.
Sec. 303. Aliens not subject to direct numerical
limitation.
TITLE IV—STEM Education Funding
Sec. 401. Funding for STEM education and training.
Sec. 402. Promoting American Ingenuity Account.
Sec. 403. STEM education grant application process.
Sec. 404. Approved activities.
Sec. 405. National evaluation.
Sec. 406. Rule of construction.
<enum>I</enum><header>Employment-Based
Nonimmigrant Visas</header>
<section id="IDd826e62ec811454b88ead9f7ff42dbde"><enum>101.</enum><header>Market-based
H–1B visa limits</header>
<subsection id="id2CA3C675B3B542E3A9DB7A4C7A9B933C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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="IDe1611d7c33074c14af404655dc644dc7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf52f04177ca3477eaba25d5104fa022e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(beginning with fiscal year
1992)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f630fa535e84213a417046b9b69574d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDD20A9EEF9C4A7D93383577602C7FD4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id02A03246D639493CB8498D4F898FF4D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) may not exceed the sum of—</text>
<clause id="id917574AD3C84427599BDB6A7D99291C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the base
allocation calculated under paragraph (9)(A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFA30596135DB41A790E17B445657CB10"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the allocation
adjustment calculated under paragraph (9)(B);
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68AABBEB8EB84E70864B4B955C2189AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1B9879F86C684D12A694730AF1A953CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F3F35D5F73546C3955A208790EABCD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>, until the number of aliens who are exempted from such
numerical limitation during such year exceeds 20,000.</quote> and inserting
<quote>; or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id664113E07DB14F418EED850FA07D30DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking subparagraphs (B)(iv) and (D);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id389FE974615F4854B9B401136D93BD0D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (10) as subparagraph (D) of paragraph (9);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8EBB11016A13468186E588686F89B4BF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7921ea97a63347ee97bf01155883594f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD706B22765C94DCA88D68A57352A867A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDc97ec663e19b4e47bef494d684ab97e3" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1A547DEDC2564FB28CCFD8A88D39A12C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The base allocation of
nonimmigrant visas under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for each fiscal year shall
be equal to—</text>
<clause id="id005205EA824442CD957DD7851E226ABB" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of—</text>
<subclause id="id75AFB284CC0F4E208F6A407741E89814"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base allocation for the most
recently completed fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id77548919DDBA49FD9E4960F682C5EB3E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the allocation adjustment for the
most recently completed fiscal year;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id99BC0FEAF089430CBB9B736D6E65D4F4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the number calculated under clause
(i) is less than 115,000, 115,000; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id0DABFA8C921B4C5880A60EC448C57E0D" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the number calculated under
clause (i) is more than 300,000, 300,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1DD523FED5A454FBF086237E40B0DA8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5AD7279B53724DD286B65359564AD008"><enum>(i)</enum><text>If the number of
cap-subject nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) during the first 45 days petitions may be filed for a
fiscal year is equal to the base allocation for such fiscal year, an additional
20,000 such visas shall be made available beginning on the 46th day on which
petitions may be filed for such fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause id="id1CB905244D5747B1AFEB89E1ECE5EA07" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the base allocation of
cap-subject nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a fiscal year is reached during the 15-day period
ending on the 60th day on which petitions may be filed for such fiscal year, an
additional 15,000 such visas shall be made available beginning on the 61st day
on which petitions may be filed for such fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause id="id73AE2C308FCA4F789CD160E8199193E1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If the base allocation of
cap-subject nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a fiscal year is reached during the 30-day period
ending on the 90th day on which petitions may be filed for such fiscal year, an
additional 10,000 such visas shall be made available beginning on the 91st day
on which petitions may be filed for such fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause id="id2B00B2D6782C4DD19072A87CF16187AA" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>If the base allocation of
cap-subject nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a fiscal year is reached during the 185-day period
ending on the 275th day on which petitions may be filed for such fiscal year,
an additional 5,000 such visas shall be made available beginning on the date on
which such allocation is reached.</text>
</clause><clause id="id6EC63A0CD6CA4507AF2148CAD0851432" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>If the number of cap-subject
nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a
fiscal year is at least 5,000 fewer than the base allocation, but is not more
than 9,999 fewer than the base allocation, the allocation adjustment for the
following fiscal year shall be −5,000.</text>
</clause><clause id="id6A92D3A862944085AA388583B5A9B8C6" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>If the number of cap-subject
nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a
fiscal year is at least 10,000 fewer than the base allocation, but not more
than 14,999 fewer than the base allocation, the allocation adjustment for the
following fiscal year shall be −10,000.</text>
</clause><clause id="id113F0FDCD9EB44CF87105CAA8775B0F1" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>If the number of cap-subject
nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a
fiscal year is at least 15,000 fewer than the base allocation, but not more
than 19,999 fewer than the base allocation, the allocation adjustment for the
following fiscal year shall be −15,000.</text>
</clause><clause id="id17D6FD69FC554E0D9113504C3C64E0FE" indent="up1"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>If the number of cap-subject
nonimmigrant visa petitions approved under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) for a
fiscal year is at least 20,000 fewer than the base allocation, the allocation
adjustment for the following fiscal year shall be
−20,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4595B963AA254EBBB9CE20A662AA03F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id381014CB318B4792AA5EFB665D431041"><enum>(1)</enum><text>timely upload to
a public website data that summarizes the adjudication of nonimmigrant
petitions under section 101(a)(15)(H)(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)(b)</external-xref>) during each fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id58CC67CE74054802B4A6566EA4868185"><enum>(2)</enum><text>allow the timely
adjustment of visa allocations under section 214(g)(9)(B) of such Act, as added
by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2422bc6f5fda4be8b45bffdfa62262d8"><enum>102.</enum><header>Employment
authorization for dependents of H–1B nonimmigrants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph id="idF51676A308F3418CA85924A5A91FEF3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote>
each place such term appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland
Security</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF3857F68BBBB4169AD266F31480B7114"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph
(E) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BFB3F3F85B34FC08E9722E9EA5D3AAD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3B4BFF51FB954083849A9C5EEEB85848" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall—</text>
<clause id="id5C049B1AE74F4D468A9E5FDA591006DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize an alien spouse admitted under
subparagraph (H)(i)(b) or (L) of section 101(a)(15) who is accompanying or
following to join the principal alien to engage in employment in the United
States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id96CB456A50F44438B4DCD1CC7C74222E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the spouse with an
<quote>employment authorized</quote> endorsement or other appropriate work
permit.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1EF082A64D9F4D66922BAE5B467BC8E8"><enum>103.</enum><header>Eliminating
impediments to worker mobility</header>
<subsection id="id19D5697022C1426988C680EF5A62BC14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deference to
prior approvals</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="id4E370F2A64774600AF3007010B500E4A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id5064D31C59754625814FED271C659C4D" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security
may not deny a petition to extend the status of a nonimmigrant admitted under
subparagraph (H)(i)(b) or (L) of section 101(a)(15) in which the petition
involves the same alien and petitioner unless the Secretary determines
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id094C20D6381F4F7D99B0A67B597C48A5" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there was a material error with
regard to the previous petition approval;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B0930F82DC24AD893294A164AA32112" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a substantial change in circumstances
has taken place that renders the nonimmigrant ineligible for such status under
this Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B07EF97A28B4EDDA404C6B76184B792" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>new material information has been
discovered that adversely impacts the eligibility of the employer or the
nonimmigrant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id73284E570BFC410AAC2C418B15B824DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of
employment termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(n) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(n)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC910862A22394598B66843E71C6CB89B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB537B3C3A19842E88DD2D4B45E1732AD" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A nonimmigrant admitted under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) whose employment relationship terminates before the
expiration of the nonimmigrant's period of authorized admission shall be deemed
to have retained such legal status throughout the entire 60-day period
beginning on the date such employment is terminated if an employer files a
petition to extend, change, or adjust the status of the nonimmigrant at any
point during such
period.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id19F65BE413054143AE515759F70A2542"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Visa
revalidation</header><text>Section 222(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1202">8 U.S.C. 1202(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>The Secretary of State
shall authorize an alien admitted under subparagraph (E), (H), (L), (O), or (P)
of section 101(a)(15) to renew his or her nonimmigrant visa in the United
States if the alien has remained eligible for such status.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Student
Visas</header>
<section id="idBF3852EC6B664909B56A3747C294D463"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization
of dual intent</header>
<subsection id="id1F56E72D24EE46EEAA7626A404A7E9B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section
101(a)(15)(F)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(F)(i)) is amended by striking <quote>which he has no intention of
abandoning</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id26544B0F5B544A33B9ACCFC3B11D61DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presumption of
status; intention To abandon foreign residence</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—</text>
<paragraph id="id4B502785BF4E478BBEC41BD331B9C960"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>(L) or (V)</quote> and inserting <quote>(F), (L), or
(V)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3860717B2EBF47A68A6DFD4B9D116F81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), by striking <quote>(H)(i)(b) or (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(F),
(H)(i)(b), (H)(i)(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Employment-Based
Immigrant Visas </header>
<section id="idDFAFDD76C9144CD7BD591774CBB0EC1D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Elimination of
per-country numerical limitations</header>
<subsection id="id2731372336b04efcb4ba9e693f082749"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1DECA3A931244EAA07D51CB79527353" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB26297BCDCD245F098D871974432898A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Per country levels for family-sponsored
immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
paragraphs (3) and (4), the total number of immigrant visas made available to
natives of any single foreign state or dependent area under section 203(a) in
any fiscal year may not exceed 15 percent (in the case of a single foreign
state) or 2 percent (in the case of a dependent area) of the total number of
such visas made available under such section in that fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idc4ae9e0c376b41f8a6ea92c1ad24e706"><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="idbafe6dc8dab246e18e5cc1be5452c2ba"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id350cee4f1f88444c8a3ec3d2863ee5ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>both subsections (a) and (b) of section 203</quote> and
inserting <quote>section 203(a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10dd494674d649e6944b5bb8ed8ce180"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea1d642ea4844de6afc3da07a19b7d54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (e) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d3436a54eb24a778fa1f9d8daa926dd" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ide53eefee1534468988ee7064baa32748"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rules
for countries at ceiling</header><text>If 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, the number of visas for natives of that state or
area shall be allocated under section 203(a) 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="idc1d4690e09ec49cc9957905aea2fdce7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Country-Specific
offset</header><text>Section 2 of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (8
U.S.C. 1255 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="iddbccfa6dfcf44be78fa7ba28989f5551"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>subsection (e))</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(d))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5bcdc95ccd7c44899e84c3b438cb53ba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCBCEC957D52A4DDEB244637D3CE27480"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2013, and shall apply to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id76e31994b0204b46a42deead0c5e6fde"><enum>302.</enum><header>Recapturing
lost employment-based immigrant visas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(d) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fd60a89a0fa4e9ab750a86e24c71b90" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id116598dbb1b44a7aa0bc9d7b6684bbc9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Worldwide level
of employment-Based immigrants</header>
<paragraph id="id9005a455fc2245e58bc5090eb442c93c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The worldwide level of employment-based immigrants under
this subsection for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbf2f90e99882407ebc7ebd97198441e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>140,000;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2e635e8e88a4ddeb487cf1d04478c5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number
computed under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e92317a73044992962be7d90b2919b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unused
visas</header><text>The number computed under this paragraph is the difference,
if any, between—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5aabffedca0a48c29721534b56770d5c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sum of the
worldwide levels established under paragraph (1) for fiscal years 1992 through
the current fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6eda0ec750d64326ab13d0194fc6315a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
visas actually issued under section 203(b), subject to this subsection, during
such fiscal
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idf5d4a8ace1a6493abcfe95391eb316a4"><enum>303.</enum><header>Aliens not
subject to direct numerical limitation</header>
<subsection id="id7BE820CC069A4AA1B54351F7F6C969B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(b)(1) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2c9dd4f33874abaa983a5234a777a9a" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id0524ab08f8514f6ba07cb9ad317111fb"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Aliens who are
the spouse or a child of an alien admitted as an employment-based immigrant
under section 203(b).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1EBFAB813EBB459DAFE81D6AA5AE9097"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Aliens who have
earned a master's or higher degree in a field listed on the STEM Designated
Degree Program List published by the Department of Homeland Security on the
Student and Exchange Visitor Program website from an institution of higher
education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001(a))).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6E1F3A67931343A48F22B45A9358700C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Aliens for whom a
petition for an employment-based immigrant visa under paragraph (A) or (B) of
section 203(b)(1) has been
approved.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id5D37DA586EB945B3AE55CD7D0F224C24"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="idC7E828B0B3EE4279BCC5C42A6A970AC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>28.6 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>12
percent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9E72917D77264EE3A434BAA12F06CF40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking <quote>28.6 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>36.9
percent</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9F9F710B08C74BA88A9B9A7EC5B0A5AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF52F97E36F41442295086A48D2E575A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>28.6 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>36.9
percent</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E54AE3DE5714E6482B885680ABEC4FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1158E1CB423D4834B13330E9E27C56AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>STEM Education
Funding</header>
<section id="id8716F511402649E79B026620FCB010D7"><enum>401.</enum><header>Funding for
STEM education and training</header>
<subsection id="id5553DB7F99D84C4FA84B628204FCCEAB"><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="id3DA5611E55A94B9899A60DEFFBEE9365"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69C490E6666140F58DA8C4D9208D0EC8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id35BBB37F20B04DF990A0D56F4AF4C411" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of the fee imposed under
this paragraph shall be—</text>
<clause id="id249FA7298A424F1B9D40B358AFC884D4"><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="id8F15D366F94D4D2BA7E7A0A95AE259FF"><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>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCABD13EB6BCF46B3986977DEBD88DF12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AB1FD6864FC40E6916FCC2CC2B695A9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idDCCE56ACF598443A9BA5AD64CBB5FC4D" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Fees collected under this paragraph
shall be distributed as follows:</text>
<clause id="id5C8A2B1BB3F14D479016A6CC117324F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Of the amounts collected pursuant to
subparagraph (B)(i)—</text>
<subclause id="idC283CE3952B4454689B5130D0D426D74"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$750 shall be deposited in the
Treasury in accordance with section 286(s); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6DA87EA28017457BAEBA9430AB648E90"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$500 shall be deposited in the
Treasury in accordance with section 286(w).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id3E0C4EF31F794C1BB01F8C4F439F4C53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Of the amounts collected pursuant to
subparagraph (B)(ii)—</text>
<subclause id="idB35DC924847246019BDDAABE45A02C88"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$1,500 shall be deposited in the
Treasury in accordance with section 286(s); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD36628931AD84510B98E8F380CE24E52"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$1,000 shall be deposited in the
Treasury in accordance with section
286(w).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3AABB47535034EBC8D803455CE138CD2"><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="id54E7EF45DFCC4B2DB4E89ABD44DACA3E"><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="idDC6B5335C0BC4D9C9D2AEE2723A6C20C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id53ED7F44BF714C25886C07A6026CA75A"><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(w).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id82D94E4F5DA447199BF9D24065E76D33"><enum>402.</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>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB98CA45A9A4449887F9ADC348B1FBED" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idFD0CFB99826A4700AACDFBFA7E54F3DD"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Promoting
American Ingenuity Account</header>
<paragraph id="idA4BB79652B444B09925C558BC1F9B0DF"><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="id1D62EE4209C942EABFE69F379127D710"><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="id39C0BEBA14DC434EB931F61BF46D617B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strengthening
STEM education, including in computer science, at all levels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7235DE0A79B464D829DC1285AAE1584"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring that
schools have access to well-trained and effective STEM teachers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45F0A05BB38345659FD7B423B98E10A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting
efforts to strengthen the elementary and secondary curriculum, including
efforts to make courses in computer science more broadly available; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16A313C98E08490897433B3F0EEB6E53"><enum>(D)</enum><text>helping colleges
and universities produce more graduates in fields needed by American
employers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id91067761F0904945A9238445462E4068"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="id7875224DC4F64D639644B53D50402222"><enum>(A)</enum><header>National
activities</header><text>The Secretary of Education may reserve up to 5 percent
of the amounts deposited into the Promoting American Ingenuity Account for
national research, development, demonstration, evaluation, and dissemination
activities carried out directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements, including—</text>
<clause id="idC3FA5B4D52F54D6393DA446147B15430"><enum>(i)</enum><text>activities
undertaken jointly with other Federal agencies, such as STEM mission agencies;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD70E137CBD8C4014AA158F399C55E0E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>grants to
non-profit organizations for nationally significant activities consistent with
the purposes of the <short-title>Immigration Innovation
Act of 2013</short-title>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4C3680C20B094032BCE5752A4A207A6C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocations to
states</header>
<clause id="id442418E5802E4A0EBE6B38900893B1FE"><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="id00CB6779C4EF4666BE3555AA5DFD33E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Minimum
allocations</header><text>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 the remaining States in accordance with this
section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id2FFDF9168C1D4B2F8D8AA16DB4DC6DC2"><enum>403.</enum><header>STEM education
grant application process</header>
<subsection id="idd3f073b892a749dda8d3b704224b8d10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
State desiring to receive an allocation from the Promoting American Ingenuity
Account established under section 286(w) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356(w)</external-xref>) submit an application to the Secretary of Education that
describes how the State plans to improve STEM education to meet the needs of
employers in the State, at such time, in such form, and including such
information as the Secretary may prescribe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3A8A2BB301CA4C96AC87BF2229967738"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
Secretary of Education shall approve any application submitted under subsection
(a) that meets the requirements prescribed by the Secretary if the Secretary
determines, after evaluating the recommendations of peer reviewers, that the
State’s plan for the use of funds would be successful in making progress toward
meeting the purposes set forth in section 286(w)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1356">8 U.S.C. 1356(w)(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB75CB0B56D4648FB9CD681658CBCC9E4"><enum>404.</enum><header>Approved
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 funding—</text>
<paragraph id="id7F817EA089634AEC8187B0A4DD4098C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to strengthen the
State’s academic achievement standards in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBF10DDB8B6F04B7BB5AD74CC5BF9DEE0"><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="id83375C06201D4B009FBBB233765CEE3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to carry out
initiatives designed to assist students in succeeding and graduating from
postsecondary STEM programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB8248D0F4F76405295675A819FEC0AAB"><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="id5044C570263F450693571BE33543F7AB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for other
activities approved by the Secretary of Education to improve STEM
education.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id62AD16E91DD140BE9853BBB540C0214D"><enum>405.</enum><header>National
evaluation</header>
<subsection id="idDB7D6227138F48EA8FA00B22EDFE0E18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Using amounts reserved under section 286(w)(3)(A) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 402, the Secretary of
Education shall conduct, directly or through a grant or contract, an annual
evaluation of the implementation and impact of the activities funded by the
Promoting American Ingenuity Account.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1112d17df7fd40c39cc1758c6a2ca8f7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a report describing the results
of each evaluation conducted under subsection (a) to—</text>
<paragraph id="idFD64D7133A0A4EDB9F75A08029DEC090"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
President;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id247EB423D2FC4135842324256B6FB1F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB7F7292F87F8493BAA4BEB275A5BDE4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4692879C71554ACA9F9665066713C8B4"><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="id1FA91388E7B6444BB896F771ACB53E06"><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="id36C011C9D60446EFBBEBE0312F8A0A56"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dissemination</header><text>The
Secretary shall make the findings of the evaluation widely available to
educators, the business community, and the public.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id8f15bdfce2494f69b8b1c303e4e36ded"><enum>406.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
title may be construed to permit the Secretary of Education or any other
Federal official to approve the content or academic achievement standards of a
State.</text>
</section>