113 HR 2131 RH: 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.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.
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.
Sec. 110. Set-aside for health care workers.
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. H-1B1 and E-3 Visas.
Sec. 206. Students.
Sec. 207. Extension of employment eligibility while visa extension petition pending.
Sec. 208. Fraud detection and prevention fee.
Sec. 209. Technical correction.
Title III—Reforms Affecting Both Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visas
Sec. 301. Prevailing wages.
Sec. 302. Streamlining petitions for established employers.
3.It is the sense of the Congress that:
(1)Our Nation’s future economic prosperity in the global economy is strongly linked to the ability of
our schools to educate students in the science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) subjects.
(2)A portion of application fees paid by employers seeking to hire foreign workers should be devoted
to supporting improvements in STEM education in the United States,
including computer science education, at the elementary, secondary, and
university levels in order to reduce our dependence on foreign workers
over time.
(3)Such funds should be used to support—
(A)building the capacity of every State to improve student achievement in STEM subjects, especially in
the most high-need school districts;
(B)supporting innovation in STEM education through partnerships between elementary and secondary
schools, universities, non-profits, businesses, and informal education and
community-based partners;
(C)broadening the diversity and capacity of the STEM education pipeline in the United States through
scholarships and other forms of assistance to American students who study
in these subjects; and
(D)improving and promoting STEM education for underrepresented populations, including economically
disadvantaged individuals in STEM fields.
<enum>I</enum><header>Immigrant Visa Reforms</header>
<section id="HB1F6A010B52D4C479E5B42CBE157746D"><enum>101.</enum><header>Immigrant visas for certain advanced STEM graduates</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H812078722100463FAA571F01C6382303"><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 <quote>140,000,</quote> and inserting <quote>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 (<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>,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6D0DC53CC985447F82C7BF19EAECF11A"><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="H22A31ACB401347689D87D006175101B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD016D04EE4DA4AB39B2FC08F56617916"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H1B43ED0AD9734875A18AAE8BF218BE87"><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="H3F39F9DDBE6047EB8040F301C7066489"><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="H3C21C1DDB2DA49659AF1A33B50D1B070"><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="HB6D7E4B390B54509858E4DF708C20D78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have taken not less than 85 percent of the 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="HF8D10C08C6F6417DABB7455491E7D349"><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="HF87CAA5151BD458A8075A1F8197DE957"><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 (20 U.S.C.
1003).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB90E6A2CE11D49C69A426AA35C3C7BC5"><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 51.38).</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE136BA868A648C2BF03843F56836542"><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="HF0B1D950126A4421BA9BA7C2DF85DF9C"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002(b)</external-xref>));</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2041DB2B44864607A792BDED973AB078"><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="H2D1735D050E54555B1EB7D22C049D32C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has been in existence for at least 10 years; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0C17038AD81C4C46A62E278F05970EB1"><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="H058A9BDEC11447E799921FB5271ACE73"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Labor certification required</header>
<clause id="HAD5225B2DDCA4DFEAFF9B9B65C3409DB"><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="H29FAB38FEB4747E2A4D542F4602C94BE"><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="H3E2A8E34596F4F48951B688559E27705"><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="HB17CD978D987404D9CDCC158DA476594"><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="H9A426F6EF9A84D2B8FFF801ADFCE41E3"><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="HC05ACA6E843A40CB9B2ABFAC9C0BB433"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have taken not less than 85 percent of the 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="H987D0F5B7920462D8E54A8F766A81A46"><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="H31DF2820A06E4098BBDB8BB8F93AAF17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Labor certification required</header>
<clause id="H871B3274C3434D2F8F6F85EFA4ACE047"><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="H41D45E2E7061456D88221FD19B75EAE5"><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="H82239C1DC1A34D24AF9A58C73C0D5F4C"><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="HF5901DDBE38E470DB5C7952549BF7B66"><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), (7), and (8),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C43047E5ADC4D2A9CCDA5192A123D54"><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="H26F54063C693430E8EC654E1864B4B0C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Procedure for granting immigrant status</header><text>Section 204(a)(1)(F) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(F)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5100104722284FADA6C54EB05E331ECB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(F)</quote> and inserting <quote>(F)(i)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A8B88ED7A06475DAC793ED1A30B31C1"><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="H91775A2FA3B4428C9F490147D5C62C73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8ECC6F47F7614F2C9B768DD3523CC0FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="HBF57DC5A66864DC0A63D1B30FFECF00F" 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="H90171015644C444C8D537C3F1556D938"><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="H21D91B7B2A7F4F369E8E88702A2053A8"><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="H1668AB67F8E44D8E87994EBB389F5694"><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="H0D9B98A52EF547D498E0EC0E32F724C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H84904E885DD94DE29F8CE9FB645D9743"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H934BDFEA247447B492CD8A6AE5793559"><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="H424F3A5EDDAD459DB5A0B17D1869E569"><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="H290D82AC9EFE451E93039D5C2CC9B039"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA73555DB6E641DA8CA8346EFB814AEC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" id="H31C45505322B4BAA8531203871CF7363"><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="H0E77BF12E1AD4B53BA5A93AB04A2D37F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (iii) through (v), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E167C36BE3D40DC945C1481D5D81A08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBCFB2969DCF4E048DFEF51369932F0A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="HCFAB62F21DD54D9A94582A8FAB5F2296"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Job order</header>
<subclause id="H82C533812EB64BA886C4A96876FF3921"><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 (29 U.S.C. 49
et seq.).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9EBBB7F6A07344C091E66CEBD3739BD1"><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="H3D7C19A922DF473AA5BC2FD9707ECA3C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="HFA69B8FA5B824C10A9A05B7E29BB98FB"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Processing standards for alien beneficiaries qualifying under paragraphs (6) and (7) of section
203(<enum-in-header>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="H219E35262731426B9EC1FA67E4CC2BE6"><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="HDBFF69B77D5D45CFBB0EBC85DDE4D976"><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="H0A31D3DFDD1E496DB66E07CD11BBF5C7"><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="H51B086F22F774C618114F2172063F60A"><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 (8 U.S.C.
1153(b)(6)(B)(iii)(II)), as added by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3F11D5F5653049FDAA9288A88EB85953"><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="H1427994F9A8C406897499E2D69A78058"><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="HF77827AC4BA24CC99EFDB0884F8A26FD"><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="HA3EC570CE5FA4F7289CE3080A1EF07DE"><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="H3E6607915A574311B7F307148A94B181"><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, 2013, 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 (8 U.S.C.
1154(a)(1)(F)) 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="H9EED363E115B46AE989CD394AD65CCC1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Immigrant visas for entrepreneurs</header>
<subsection id="HAC3DC4DDF3E245A0AD8062D9A5DF543B"><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>
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<paragraph id="H02BED63F24824B59A7092D2E2412BFFB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Alien entrepreneurs</header>
<subparagraph id="HE90CAF60DB024BF09E3765026729207D"><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="H208D63181D9549F29F8ECE034232AB0B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Venture capital-backed start-up entrepreneurs</header>
<subclause id="H611D1FD875994D7A9C41C441DC4A928C"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><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="HFDC0ED5F42554BE98DE525ACC6FEFD44"><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="HB32F69D5D6B14B3EBD6E0303012143E2"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a venture capital fund whose investment adviser is a qualified venture capital entity; or</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H1FF25B9B4D054F3CAD3E183CBA07F54D"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>2 or more qualified angel investors; and</text>
</subitem></item><item id="HD0F810F9328C493CBEDEF2092717BE89"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>which will benefit the United States economy and, during the 3-year period beginning on the date on
which the visa is issued under this paragraph, will—</text>
<subitem id="HE1CA167EE1C34E3BA626A51E1A271497"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>create full-time employment for at least 5 United States workers within the enterprise; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H7A428CF74CD64F368B9A318412445081"><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="HAA75A63042F4422781B4F26AAB69B35F"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this clause:</text>
<item id="H3C1CBCF934314C28A8D2B33303004160"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4451ADDC31C646EFA983D238BBFE4CDF"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Investment adviser</header><text>The term <quote>investment adviser</quote> has the meaning given such term under section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/80b-2">15 U.S.C. 80b-2(a)(11)</external-xref>).</text>
</item><item id="HD511BD59B3A34CD2AE8907F1A4E3F50B"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Qualified Angel Investor</header><text>The term <quote>qualified angel investor</quote> means an individual who—</text>
<subitem id="H8F25095FB32C41D6810360DAE634F227"><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="HDAFAED521E9747C68C743DC7BBBD2BB6"><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="H6D4AE3204A6D4C0B9AA98CA629B12BC1"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>has made at least 2 investments during the 3 year period before the date of a petition by the
qualified immigrant for classification under this paragraph.</text>
</subitem></item><item display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB82E3D94D3324230892C3FC6D4194051"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Qualified venture capital entity</header><text>The term <quote>qualified venture capital entity</quote> means, with respect to a qualified immigrant, an entity that—</text>
<subitem id="H5322AB41E40F466AA0DBEDFA1BBF57A9"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>serves as an investment adviser to a venture capital fund that is making an investment under this
paragraph;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HA4557E72631C4D6FBCE2FA91D7B1902F"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>has its primary office location or principal place of business in the United States;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HC32289800F634B3C94BD6FAAC40B35FB"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>is owned and controlled, directly or indirectly, by individuals the majority of whom are United
States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HEDED93271F6746F9AA0FBBDE576CE033"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>has been advising one or more venture capital funds for a period of at least 2 years before the
date of the petition for classification under this paragraph; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H68B8550F7F0647288BDB02F7AAFDB8EA"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>advises one or more venture capital funds that have 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><item id="HF5B18D43BB484CF3A72709F64AFBE17C"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Venture capital fund</header><text>The term <quote>venture capital fund</quote> means an entity—</text>
<subitem id="H2D1FA7ED1FAF4A2283B1BCE1E3F3459E"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>that is classified as a <quote>venture capital operating company</quote> under <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/29/2510.3">section 2510.3–101(d)</external-xref> of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1,
2013) or has management rights in its portfolio companies to the extent
required by such section if the venture capital fund were classified as a
venture capital operating company;</text>
</subitem><subitem id="HE6F96752C0F846FBA805C548D111957E"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>has capital commitments of not less than $10,000,000; and</text>
</subitem><subitem id="H1AAEB7F0F1064F3F966A863DD87B0B56"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>whose general partner or managing member is owned and controlled, directly or indirectly, by
individuals the majority of whom are United States citizens or aliens
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="HDF6D3B6E473F4710B6F37C748FF2BCE6"><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="HC2061E63F2FC472BBDC5996748FCF8E6"><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="H9DEF3C42B421431C8144EB6FFE7D70BF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H01C8E9BF43234E08923566BA2CD5172A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <quote>full-time employment</quote> has the meaning given such term in paragraph (5).</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B1983A64CC9456E8720484D8E3C7E1F"><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="HC8BF69396B24449C878E9150F3F69552"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a citizen or national of the United States; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H19163AD4020746AEBFF24870DA1CD4B0"><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="HD4A4F6A524E54722BE0B453364024B4D"><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="H1E3ED25A0C0B45ABA68292B1CAFC4CDD"><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="H7BA65B2372A0479BABD744D2CC3C8150"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF697F1A236F144FB8270C161D24D4BB3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditional permanent resident status</header>
<paragraph id="H17BD3865B6664336B20DB41BBE301380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="HA4766AF26C5848A48B0E55797CE13B3C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 216A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1186b">8 U.S.C. 1186b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HFF7C5522A6B740638F9A5815BF597DDF"><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="H198CB17D44994D2F90159545305161BD"><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="HFBF8467C7F294168A6B8D74CA5567E9E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>entrepreneur</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>investor</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H85CF41BE40E34CFC99C1E2DC18FAADC2"><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="H6311BB0954BF4D158F6587DD7F96D76B"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28AB5D64A6FD4F1DB002F5D4D2CE5609" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<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="H509637361445437DAD9BAF156EEB45E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, and children</header>
<subparagraph id="HFD781414A6454917ACFE47E6FE2464BC"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0036A3F663AD407082FDCF9B744BFB6F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="H5A1AC53A748C49109C19E8A43EBD24DA"><enum>216B.</enum><header>Conditional permanent resident status for certain alien entrepreneurs, spouses, and children</header>
<subsection id="H261B1C531EB44C2BA4BDFF38A3CEEEA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H4C3F7974848246099E84342956ECB98E"><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="H611988AC0E9D467C8BB3AFDC37BA9E5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice of requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H0FCB58FA320641EA910E72C38125013E"><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="H86AE5C44240847F5AB9BD308F5499AFE"><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="H7269139EC74E4B9998984DED7C107698"><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="HBBCAF6B9AC3F45A2850000D8BC26A33E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of status if finding that qualifying entrepreneurship improper</header>
<paragraph id="HC487A07A7B2F407A86B1CDB736A635A7"><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 third anniversary of the alien’s obtaining the
status of lawful admission for permanent residence, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74A74434379C45A78EC3D47A79E3B144"><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="HD547342106F042849A20C192466CD9C5"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H10DBC8FE27874691820A9EB220F3A779"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H0066863CE2B646ACAA2BD3561DDF8C81" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H4DBA6B2DE6BB4B09AABA182736B786C2"><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="H970744A1C3364605A09A9B89981FB609"><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="HDCB96E56AE4940A6B7EBE0D145F47012"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements of timely petition and interview for removal of condition</header>
<paragraph id="H3B3C3510CE60404BA905E2535CDCFB58"><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="H27F6AF7B3B054BF4ACC1D652C50F4C8B"><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="H09F597202DE7410DA7DA96D3ADB750BE"><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="HE8D2E6A96A504B1BA4670AD2484BD91C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of permanent resident status for failure to file petition or have personal interview</header>
<subparagraph id="H80C80FAED0B6405CA2EC76D5CD24BD4C"><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="H2691920560C0439DB53C5098C513628F"><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="HF7065F2E297449D1B60221660EC7F8D4"><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 third anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission for permanent
residence.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4052ECEC201B4BE0B4C792BE32EC5887"><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="H8EDEC8E80F694B7C9BF990D0F784DC2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination after petition and interview</header>
<subparagraph id="H8C894A063F824545864BEAD169D5D731"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If—</text>
<clause id="H11491DD1041F45678F84B4F3477CF0B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a petition is filed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6829FF27D65942159FF1D3BE9955B903"><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="H3D97635CDB9A4D6E850E230C6BCB391C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal or extension of conditional basis</header>
<clause id="HE7EFAC7B53A04CFBA294673C1F6FA068"><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 third anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission for
permanent residence.</text>
</clause><clause id="H20EF9C8A7D8B43F691A3489AF15E9A80"><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="H692D4D8CAF01467B93D04BA3C9E14234"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alien must file a petition within 30 days after the fourth 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 fourth
anniversary; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA80697E7902F4D01904CCEB19258697D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the conditional status shall terminate.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0B649D595C64802B173E90EDC2DAF24"><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="H854C9AFE781D4A14888EC1B3B10A24BF"><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="H3F8D15026400414CAC67DE64997A61EE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Details of petition and interview</header>
<paragraph id="H537B69BA2B3E451B8A96372615862B8B"><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="H19B0FC717ECD44F28F8CAF8CAC38E412"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5EBFCF7210734C46BFA323E07D4173B5"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H7CC4C914E5114B40B8941CBF5016E8D0" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H0E075B172EA54239AFB7A99B99F89766"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H97A7D4112959455F9A1E808CA2B26343"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the alien created the employment required under section 203(b)(8)(A)(i)(I)(bb)(AA); or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HA933874A44E24451ACE4EDAEB91CD6C4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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
fourth anniversary of the alien’s lawful admission for permanent
residence; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H958B1EF488BF4871B907CA2E64BD937D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the alien is otherwise conforming to the requirements of section 203(b)(8)(A)(i).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C430DB4365841D2B22B7B3F416A729D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period for filing petition</header>
<subparagraph id="HA6D80304B1CC4A2F91F1E021123DF170"><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 third anniversary of the
alien’s lawful admission for permanent residence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD224F639D1C44C07B524EA669F288548"><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="HF5DDB749949449C69BB7FA860EA63424"><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="H8356B1C175F0428DA3F2404083899F85"><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="HD7C9457113754BEB85164A06D137DCDC"><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="H59640388605F481B954C5BEA28899807"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H59186D725DAB4535A838CDDEACCC1448"><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="H9E5A5030166A4A05A4F26F04EF243DD8"><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="HE85F988BA7FB41A4A7DFDE5428110119"><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="H8D492764725C4DBCA9CB6076A20B48AC"><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>
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<toc changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<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="H565999DE5936422CBE52C649CD980A29"><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="HA931A9F2AFDF415CB8AEF940EF0E9192"><enum>103.</enum><header>Additional employment-based immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="H3C2967B8B29842CBA84D7C0E1E0780E2"><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="H43AF5557E5CA41F9BC8865E22BD58C27"><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="HBB907E5DFC924C409D296B208CF7D1C7"><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>28.6 percent of such worldwide level,</quote> and inserting <quote>55,040,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBABEBA83A1044B75A813391A98E93297"><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>28.6 percent of such worldwide level,</quote> and inserting <quote>55,040,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H023C3F1B20224522B7CEA4B3F843DB17"><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)(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="H71F8BD90A15E45F2B99BEC187ABDD485"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Employment creation</header><text>Section 203(b)(5)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)(A)</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="HE5CB909AB7234F069809D45451A8AC5B"><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><subsection id="H0638BE2A26854BB5B9AFC2574F0F15D5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Adjustment of status for employment-based immigrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 245 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255">8 U.S.C. 1255</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HAC8477A280D14AD39F9AF219D57B9D48"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Adjustment of status for employment-Based immigrants</header>
<paragraph id="H46921D41D0C44A01A627D29C486F911C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Petition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An alien who has status under subparagraph (H)(i)(b), (L), or (O)(i) of section 101(a)(15) or who
has status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of such section and who has
received optional practical training after completion of the alien’s
course of study, and any eligible dependents of such alien, who has filed
a petition or on whose behalf a petition has been filed for immigrant
status pursuant to subparagraph (E), (F), (G), or (H) of section
204(a)(1), may concurrently, or at any time thereafter, file an
application with the Secretary of Homeland Security for adjustment of
status if such petition has been approved, regardless of whether an
immigrant visa is immediately available at the time the application is
filed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E3A47CCA492411FB6FB35AB3803B009"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application filed pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be approved until the date on which an
immigrant visa becomes available.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HF45EBD536109476485F91C2994459AD1"><enum>104.</enum><header>Employment creation immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="H022263DF4F2242F99FE321833598106E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Changes to the general program</header>
<paragraph id="HE9EB33D0120A4F4690A2ACF80652155E"><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>
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<clause id="H3E3BE1299E9C4F6EA522E9DE09472197"><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="H21349AE9CCA2411CABD5BD04AA259E38"><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>
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<clause id="HF2149227A7104C66B4F15EC2C2501F99"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header>
<subclause id="H04D5BA21314545C5935C77FC606E2774"><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="H4289A78E81CF450D8EC1D20DA2363869"><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="HB68B8845A8CE4329B7764732C941D12E"><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="H757BE446F2B14E40958307CDD443F4AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Flexibility for job creation time period</header>
<subparagraph id="H5ED7FDFAD38047D0B2964960A77AD605"><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>
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<subparagraph id="H574DAEB6FC774E29A2BC6508E78FB3EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Removal or extension of conditional basis</header>
<clause id="HE7DF2236F7E2403B98B26E2C15190BC5"><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="H1E377B3F88964DC1A768AFFE052F4CAE"><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="HC788ECB9996549808DB4D23A8233AED5"><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="H4A86128703A344348BE477E681220C71"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the conditional status shall terminate.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5604E7571EA49ABA21EFCF585C61D41"><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="H7C5DE5237F744496A3A47C0BFC153949"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A8B90C2A48A4A68BD9D321A12FBDEB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9DBF3635B45B4962892F7D50930A0466"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD6B525B406D647AB9A9F9DF750A823B9"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFF56670E8901448885748AB3422B1A13"><enum>(i)</enum><text>created the employment required under section 203(b)(5)(A)(ii); or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H1F8CC0F92AC84A728292752DC4ABED2D" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H66EE3CA8F041499E8CC9B865F72C2E48"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Targeted employment areas</header>
<subparagraph id="H46DBF145AF504EF8ACA2143FEA91FBE0"><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="H24259CC3CEF84FF39FF8B6CCCB263185"><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>
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<clause id="H9A92CA6FDB8440899E3DB5810B308D50"><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="H14D973836EED43929853661C48829031"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regional centers</header>
<paragraph id="H1E0713BA93EA48E5AB49BD310C5A530E"><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="H7B506A762DD446FD89037371967857E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional-inline">Pilot</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC33A4E15C0D24F5180E2C5E6AFADAFC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>until September 30, 2015</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09BF4523612243CC8DBB2205BBDFC619"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons barred from involvement in regional centers</header>
<subparagraph id="H262F88F7DE334CE4A46DD337E8D79C4F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Such section 610 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD7640F8539A14C1A9EE3F77AD2F6B0C5"><enum>(e)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H65AD5CA6D6DD47D4AD260EA391AA5B37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No person who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HFE5E876FE4744F36BE656CA48F4CD5FA" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HA7C969BDD9B44384859123DB0B915240" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HA95D398FA7DB422D8499BDAACAAE5F46" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c</external-xref>)),</text></subparagraph><continuation-text changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" continuation-text-level="paragraph" indent="subsection" reported-display-style="italic">shall knowingly 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, member, or in other
similar position of substantive authority for the operations, management,
or promotion of the regional center.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HB2F44FAD216B404B86DDD931A8AA0965" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H60EDBB5A7C7249D89E7474E0A4067918" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary may terminate any regional center from the program under this section if the
Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDBE80D731874D138D58B4A2198D1403"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the regional center is in violation of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9113E81607394E459FECD74253BD23F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the regional center has provided any false attestation or information under paragraph (2), or
continues to allow any person who was involved with the regional center as
described in paragraph (1) to continue to be involved with the regional
center if the regional center knows that the person has provided any false
attestation or information under paragraph (2); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5ADB958CE30452EB8812A041A0C702E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the regional center fails to provide an attestation or information requested by the Secretary under
paragraph (2), or continues to allow any person who was involved with the
regional center as described in paragraph (1) to continue to be involved
with the regional center if the regional center knows that the person has
failed to provide an attestation or information requested by the Secretary
under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HFDE560B322AE4A7E94038197CA828A45" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H38F8571E006941DEB717D5ABC1459D10"><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>
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<subsection id="HA9EEFE9D8FD3485B90A03898B75F470D"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1C6C07B9CC9C4249B3E5471C07AD04A9"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H9AD7ED91C7864553B929491C79E6E855" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H922A5EDB040B4BC7A7FCAF7217DE4DE2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H11B0CE5130C84BCA921805C83EB19D18"><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="HA947EE5B591C46029AF9D51F362B39C7"><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="H84CA54AE5D0649ED862668248FE42C99"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c</external-xref>)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED8786216967481681744D5E2CDB97A4"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H0F6AD14CF857447BA6E3F361EEB9DB6B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H37F77627DBC6449EA7CDB433E62E4645" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H81C3B165550848A8A7000AB8591125B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8D0F7CB47BE844B69393CDCD4C28A1CC"><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="H4C7E339C00C947F19DF3EAA0CB2627D6"><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="H0EE6EB599ECF4A1E95C63520815AEF9B"><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="H1DE185A30E5A4601A1754CBADDED7477"><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="HE6FFC097E3D643FABBA107B148414D96"><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="H9449A26459604623858AD547005CD215"><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="HD650E86B1AFA4D72B029F747532DA52B"><enum>105.</enum><header>Family-sponsored immigrant visas</header>
<subsection id="H4D78963BA8AF45DDACF0EAC0244558AD"><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="HCAD29CB3A22B4D6491DC2E1114185892"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>480,000,</quote> and inserting <quote>480,000 in fiscal years through 2013, 505,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year
2023, and 440,000 beginning in fiscal year 2024,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13EF8F73B96F4B509B02E7874D351F70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>226,000.</quote> and inserting <quote>226,000 in fiscal years through 2013, 251,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year
2023, and 186,000 beginning in fiscal year 2024.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABEA2FEB102449FDAC112643EDA88D8D"><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="H314E6D8A14A94FCFA25757F892BEDCB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>114,200,</quote> and inserting <quote>139,200,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA583E5CA1E0B4EED9D479369EE98FD1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>226,000,</quote> and inserting <quote>226,000 in fiscal years through 2013, 251,000 beginning in fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year
2023, and 186,000 beginning in fiscal year 2024,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A9244415C21491DABCA63D24874BD3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>77</quote> and inserting <quote>81.13</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEFA09912D43C4A9A9DD21D806A362374"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Brothers and sisters of citizens</header>
<paragraph id="HCD89DA0435324FADB6C4CE02E46EB360"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9545D03F41684D99A4F29E17D02A42B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>23,400,</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>23,400.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF3A42B1EEE641FA8E4047A154969B3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H275675BC01E547D788E610751261AA60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classification petitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(a)(1)(A)(i) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1154">8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(1), (3), or (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) or (3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H178CBB53CBD94DF2838951D51F6040ED"><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, except that the
amendments made by subsection (c)(1) shall take effect on October 1, 2023.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A0235459F6147D0A6501A6CDCC661E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Elimination of diversity immigrant program</header>
<subsection id="H26505E126E77477DAA2806AD3603A207"><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> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1151">8 U.S.C. 1151</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44D5CEFD80E94194A5D33DAB72BE4C17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B5AAA2CE8F54C3AA5DD9378FCC576F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD18ED74779F042F1B809E2ADE17E69FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H922FBD6933B24FD09838703AEB1BFC33"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7D3F823F7AA41AD8A06AA05A54565BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97D6F25B292D4FFEB9EE2B6DC18702EB"><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="HF4134F3E08384D96952940D4989949CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47E5A4CFDC8848C2B43BD21B7E3A7322"><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="H92C727A00CD3469B954DFB01F1B486A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE550871EA0D44C2ACC3654A3A4D9B49"><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="H0A25506E15CB45E4BEC076CA18C3F0BF"><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="H08C875DC8C624195B91FD2406EC22A5F"><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="H4215A73A50504200ADB2C27A143CC28A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F137489973E4473AE03DE6ADE145EDA"><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="HBF9F7559914D4F34980E7491267F5FB1"><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="H374DABA799394479A9FA811E7089AFEA"><enum>107.</enum><header>Numerical limitation to any single foreign state</header>
<subsection id="H654C838054C84D20A32511A6414ACE64"><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="HCCD37C6515A64827BD11576046268621"><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="H6C6B1C62CE8744FFAC82498ECE6F67BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(3), (4), and (5),</quote> and inserting <quote>(3) and (4),</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8420E76AF444096B15B13EE70EC65B2"><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="H2E6BC2560A9941AC84A7DA0B8DC357AF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>7</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7126AA7E1E8441AEB83351403B3A190F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such subsections</quote> and inserting <quote>such section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCCB6E803D6474B56A895E856544CE30C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1152">8 U.S.C. 1152</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H14F7BF6439FE467AA7F8ABDD260D4435"><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="H3D06992384FF4FD08C854737E2851030"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a)(5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE54E5C566CA44CDF95D0F75FEA224156"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H703AE152C9B64EFE8EC02C68881AE2C5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9E77CE74E23D4776973EA696562E7EC8"><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="H0DD4EDBA1536464784F2C5D9857A0F06"><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="HF6092FAC5DA94038B529C5BB72B25755"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsection (e))</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (d))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64360891AE4E496683E38FE74C94EE81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9CD203774F16443B8A395FA69F648932"><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="H692F544DE0D547C8B58F663E4DAC9929"><enum>108.</enum><header>Physicians</header>
<subsection id="HCB0F80AD49B741DFB13A08F90177D6CC"><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 (Public Law
103–416; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>and before September 30, 2015</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF1D38F33B0EB4FCE95FA7295FD746FEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment of Conrad 30 waivers</header>
<paragraph id="H9926346594574FCC8BA8D4B7B334FDD2"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H580943497571417DA1CA2CF461D5E425" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H884A9FAAF5754E2196EF32562A493B3E" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEE2FC5C6EC564EA0BD5C2F39E4D084BA"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9016857FFBBE4393AEE9666D5C91EB28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A State 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 State were used in the previous
fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H8871E86A09CA4589BC7FB2D698C834A2" indent="up2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When an allotment has occurred under clause (i), the State 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 State were used in the previous
fiscal year, except that if the State is allotted 60 or more waivers for a
fiscal year, the State shall be eligible for the additional 5 waivers
under this clause only if 90 percent of the waivers available to all
States receiving at least 1 waiver under paragraph (1)(B) were used in the
previous fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H2D46870AE68042249F162835C5D0458F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H7CD482BE8AB84BB3970A2B6D9681B348"><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="H6E83346B0CAE426EB96BF2C256308189"><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="H0142640702214609BB6866F530AFF638"><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="H2AFBFF4BA81E4F919AC4A2BD702D7D75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF1443344825405D893B3893F7DB021E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC31F0B21A6B54E329812A44DD5767C10"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H217593AA2D1C4DBDB973A7C49B2A9A45" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="H49DABFE8791D4287A13FADB447A0EEAC" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of a request by an interested State agency—</text>
<subclause id="H5068E88F6F0E4C2C8D4B063858824FEF"><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 <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/42/411.355">section 411.355(e)(2)</external-xref> 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="H35E84030D1FD4CB1BAAD2793DCBD852F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the head of such agency determines that—</text>
<item id="HF1762F63E10344EA96B4872AA3029B50"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the alien physician’s work is in the public interest; and</text>
</item><item id="H389288E062BB428692E3413C910B1B78"><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="H55D32D8AC6BD415E977D5581A6449D98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Employment protections for physicians</header>
<paragraph id="HC32BB9875BE14075979AA8692F32BDC4"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8DB52914AB646088A825BCA316064D0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="H37D83FB5022F47A29842CA3A6182E023" 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="H5DCF40D1BBCF4C629655BD4FF2F75A30" 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="H3A0E3756B2E94A2882640CF5DE83746D"><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="H6D15B9AEBC604FCFB27F8841433E8B7E"><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="HDC7D96018DA74CF8A5E7BEB91D33894B"><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="HC3BD609A90A142A2A421767253A894B6"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCBF0EE18EC34AA8AC8940B19F103442" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6D99B5BA3695476C80E1CFBF23F00A1A" 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="HF5AF7D2EB8EF494B95B4C45149874712"><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="H213B925CCE6842DD893365703B81C9E6"><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="HD029D781E04540B7920A133A07CA12B1"><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="H8B9E0222786A4E3287417319551D4C63"><enum>(D)</enum><text>does not include a non-compete provision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7E3012EEB4A480294976ECD2AAE9297" 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="H539D08F00FAB4BA489D395A9DF288BAC"><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="H73B68B638F77471EA306E68622E2C397"><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="HA8349D3DEB89465684B177A5672868FE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments to the procedures, definitions, and other provisions related to physician immigration</header>
<paragraph id="H5C2E52EE92E14B45A05DB34A24AD1B7E"><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="H58751E96C1874023A599D19DC4340D4D"><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="HBAF71EC319AC4ABFB2552496D9B0695C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Physician national interest waiver clarifications</header>
<subparagraph id="H88774F2B29BA42529A64F0C457C5D26A"><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>
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<item id="H5254B4BE9BD344B08DC1A03CEAE26E13" 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="HC1EF071244FA404FACDF188F7C3BCD3B" 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="H8373978C2CB946E79099A62BBB279A5E"><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="HABE3CEF29EA64F93A0154FB8EB128BEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(aa)</quote> after <quote>(II)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0BDE416E300A4F9D82C702B43D50BFEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<item id="H89AC390D8F9945D5A89AFA279A289364" 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="H2B4A204F067648F5AD1999843B81246C" 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="HC77D50EB76A04B4288DBB3A111B7D3E3" 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="H0E18E29D3C0947728DD846875A808B08"><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 the following: <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="HAE8A762D736448D5B54EAF02198A5F2F"><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="H03EA82E0145D47548A9B554EEF8B5826"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)</external-xref>) shall not be subject to the
requirements of section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(e)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1C259A410DC5440D81D1ED82551B3BD9"><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="H2EC4F36DDBCD478895F0CD9FB7F8EB6B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Permanent priority dates</header>
<subsection id="H1568D779A5D64745AD3933599F422075"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HD3CF55B3CDEF4A50B42B63E9D0A4A7B1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Permanent priority dates</header>
<paragraph id="HDFD3370D88A54713BD6A8AB5A780EE5B"><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="HE9439273D0E1473C8ECAD78442C6903F"><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="HAE8B26F932BE483BBC19EBD466F10B5D"><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><section id="H32CF37BEB94E4B68AB49BFE4873E73B6"><enum>110.</enum><header>Set-aside for health care workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153">8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(3)</external-xref>), as amended by this
Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF8452D46A78E40779DA49EA2D1821E29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24BEB6641CD74F558A95A7BC09D42AB2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="H73A04AE52BEF4E998CB2DFF1B2CC1BDA"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Health care workers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified immigrants who are required to submit health care worker certificates pursuant to section
212(a)(5)(C) or certified statements pursuant to section 212(r) and will
be working in a rural area or a health professional shortage area (as
defined in section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254e">42 U.S.C. 254e</external-xref>)).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37E4E74CD74E428F86E4E59AB62B383F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7453A1C949B348B093BF15D47979E67B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H7FA0E5CCF2954BB8BFF29B0FC34911CD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Set aside for health care workers</header>
<clause id="H6F735D0917004D42A7DF6AD9B7A9EB4E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less than 4,000 of the visas made available under this paragraph in each fiscal year shall be
reserved for qualified immigrants described in subparagraph (A)(iv).</text>
</clause><clause id="H4D4A5C05559845C89C50165929FDAD78"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Unused visas</header><text>If the number of visas reserved under clause (i) has not been exhausted at the end of a given
fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjust upwards the
numerical limitation in subparagraph (A) for that fiscal year by the
amount remaining. Visas may be issued pursuant to such adjustment within
the first 45 days of the next fiscal year to aliens who had applied for
such visas during the fiscal year for which the adjustment was made.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Nonimmigrant Visa Reforms</header>
<section id="H3DFEC88F1A1D416396892F20A66B7880"><enum>201.</enum><header>H–1B visas</header>
<subsection id="HD366AAD71AE84435B1D8FE6BF77D5EF8"><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="H78DC6C8B9BB94E6884D9862C79233803"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5E60A392D6244F8995D03CB37282114"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFD5A690C59640FCBD7E51A82277E78F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending clause (vii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8CF63DCED234FD7AF9A6A84A7931BBA" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<clause id="H6241834966E84FB8BC387C637C1EAD97" 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="HAAEC68EE0EB34BF78E9CA120EFEB019A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF94F2744F70B48F6905A8E61C82AD683" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<clause id="HCBC586AFFBA44228A3B17FEFD6440B5D" indent="up1"><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="H9C8411B5BD164F3883B0CA336D269B1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5)(C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H1C54FAD290404108A7A62FB6E703F805" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H481441A97B1F45C6B6519FE91DB33E75" 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="HFE43CC8C24B445EC9F15D687F5AFFB39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wage level</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212(n)(1)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H02A86E32E68B4698A26A88900A63C344"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC081011DEA2C48B286B54255CBD20BC8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FE91F77457146CE8DAB15F9137CAB5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(i)</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(i)(I)</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5901C651AE2042A488D8C79FEE04D5D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>except as provided in subclause (II),</quote> before <quote>is offering</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4024FEEB0EA4714A5CB9667ABA6DACC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subclause id="H303B69F1ADF247C2A818F37F4954650F" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if 80 percent or more of the employer’s workers in the same occupational classification as the
alien admitted or provided status as an H-1B nonimmigrant and in the same
area of employment as the alien admitted or provided status as an H-1B
nonimmigrant are United States workers (as defined in paragraph (4)), is
offering and will offer during the period of authorized employment to
aliens admitted or provided status as an H-1B nonimmigrant wages that are
at least the actual wage level paid by the employer to all other
individuals with similar experience and qualifications for the specific
employment in question (but, in the case of an employer with more than 25
employees, in no event shall such wages be lower than the mean of the
lowest one-half of wages surveyed pursuant to subsection (p)(5)); and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DE4F2C8A985453FA20A91EE526C0322"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Spousal employment</header><text>Section 214(c)(2)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)(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)(15)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35FC3056DEA74710A67A81CFF276F480"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Anti-Fraud measures</header>
<paragraph id="H7B470A43D947413ABF2F594DF43B3DC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign degrees</header>
<subparagraph id="H2232FA04D36543E7A77BFEF5AA4D4A85"><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>
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<paragraph id="H4F1000E668A443EB88BF7399E0AE1C7A" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H057D881F1244473BB39B558EB3870360"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H881D982A331F4C6A9295342B69CB4D02" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H48DB5E125EC9489F8FEEC816FE3740EF"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H2720935D42BB4D8E9F72A6528654155B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H40CC2689EA5540389EBE24BAECC1E887" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="HA4BF9331B7864C668902CD4323C5BD4F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>H–1B educational credential verification account</header><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>
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<subsection id="H9B8DCC817D13480F80B01EA4E9DF9D48"><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="H2B67E34A97BE4BA1ABB3B8ACC6C6CAB4"><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 <quote>investigations</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>investigations. An employer who has been subject to 2 random investigations may not be subject to
another random investigation within 4 years of the second investigation
unless the employer was found in the previous investigations or otherwise
to have committed a willful failure to meet a condition of paragraph (1)
(or has been found under paragraph (5) to have committed willful failure
to meet the condition of paragraph (1)(G)(i)(II)) or to have made a
willful misrepresentation of material fact in an application.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B772D5E96984B5BACFC8E2CB9EB04B8"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAB10D8055EC4F368787B6E5C61F2495" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H0F3B14A3F4E54A2E8F3BE8BEBA3A68F0" indent="up1"><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="H159E614966AC462CB125D885DBDDEF48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the employer—</text>
<clause id="H54E0174BBCC943688FBE61433B76886B"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001(a)</external-xref>)), or a governmental or nonprofit entity; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HD67FF362112B499AA953F43FD226209C"><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="H1229165DD02E47628F868B3BF7CB9496"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the employer—</text>
<clause id="HE593DE232B96441D9A458FEAB143B596"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a governmental entity;</text>
</clause><clause id="H016CAEC8113A4454B5835BAF05DDC64B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has aggregate gross assets with a value of not less than $50,000—</text>
<subclause id="H31DB64C8EC9B4CA0A18EB6DDCF224978"><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="H2601F9171AF044D59A319A0F1020FD2C"><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="H365620B52B044D03BE656878AA2810C8"><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="HF985667653BC41B79CC70E421D91906C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Subpoena authority</header>
<subparagraph id="HFB5658FBEF6B46E987DEA6FF8EF7F108"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFF977E4C9E14274B31E182F0392AD9B" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="H3CF7CFF3FA3749C8A7B48051AC624118" indent="up2"><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="H76AACC114AE34D61A89CF540BFF837F1"><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>) (as added by section 402(b)(2) of Public Law
108-77 (117 Stat. 941)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H34F15AFE4F8B4048B060274085D284AF" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="H4F90663AF2904539B69CD53B308A7D10" indent="up2"><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="H2BB373CBFA8243F88B0F63C45EFC15F8"><enum>(e)</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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H513F3FFA07BE40AC9BDE18FCF5DEF6A6" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H0E01EF4CE9014AD280DA7C08BBC4BA63" 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="HDC8C31EAEC174C0588B0913AB5F78914"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph id="H0660AB7CD25D43C0A9C7AD6B26D1CB9A"><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="H1D27F1327F3D490ABF48DAD86B860B88"><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="HF6742E0B2B3D46F1ACDAC9310187458D"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE33E717C37C472982EB19471B1D62EE"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)</external-xref>) before, on, or after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F928A3A4075469AA182348A2CBD98CB"><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="H7EA69BA2358442F4836EF24FA6411D78"><enum>202.</enum><header>L visas</header>
<subsection id="HFD1E66D2B86F44E998F9239E1D660143"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D01F0FED0104A5FB4090CE4CC7906AC" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="HB9D5710DB64F4111A6B443D7DE41F15A" indent="up2"><enum>(G)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA755631D015F422C80DFF22C1D4DB0A8"><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 2-year period—</text>
<subclause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HE656333491CD4A0C85881B1498D2F961" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum>
<item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H314F932CDFB44DCABCECE59D6188806B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in item (bb), will offer to the alien during the period of authorized employment
wages that are at least—</text>
<subitem changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HB29FE1FFBFFA473FACA3BFB0360CF7A2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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>
</subitem><subitem changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H382D503C2F2F401F9CB4D64E5F6851BA" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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; or</text>
</subitem></item><item changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HB118791292F949EC903A106A043E2A27" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if 80 percent or more of the employer’s workers in the same occupational classification as the
alien and in the same area of employment as the alien are United States
workers (as defined in section 212(n)(4)), will offer to the alien during
the period of authorized employment wages that are at least the actual
wage level paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar
experience and qualifications for the specific employment in question; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H43F4B007E22140E297C2A5CC9D2853B2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H255FDFA46CFE4B4BB39C650D9EAA3E93" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In complying with the requirements of clause (i), an employer may keep the alien on their home
country payroll, and 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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HE2303C6B91524AD28F7258DC93460C53" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="H9AF806A2AA374072BB92C66F628A6E32"><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="HBF7FEA92813C437EBD6BE903582ED48C"><enum>203.</enum><header>O visas</header>
<subsection id="HAA74ACD1B6024BFD810B75A33006ADCC"><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 (8 U.S.C.
1184(n)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8AC1AB4214B548F3981DFC4AC97C60F9"><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="H44D35A2F9FAB4CCFA3F3FCDC41072B52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>under such sections</quote> after <quote>new employment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB1B7BC719FE4CB0A190F4E9A72CE402"><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="H4152C0A577FF4E79BFE84E5AA8CE68B8"><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="H425C57AAB25B4C9EB6558732C1EE2FFA"><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="HB730F1F614A04A508A964618F8A353AF"><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="H030D00F398114FEFB9B8B2C207C9DD07"><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="HEFA8ABBD85304254BE60A7F9FF26A35D"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5C9A865B21A432CA9667B62CF25A1F7" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H778EF901074745DD84C6522D706DFA5A" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC7A92F6C1E0D43798D489200A277D905"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer of a Mexican or Canadian professional under this subsection—</text>
<clause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H34A5AEFAA5EF42549F0AA7A3D07D2CC8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5F6166E4CE5F4766872165BD06744F72"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in subclause (II), will offer to the alien during the period of authorized
employment wages that are at least—</text>
<item changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H6A34951D8D434A7B9C5CF2581600D4FD" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H7F23721D50514011A0A29618EA3886FC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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; or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H683994DAA5E84EB38292EFE55C3FC04C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if 80 percent or more of the employer’s workers in the same occupational classification as the
alien and in the same area of employment as the alien are United States
workers (as defined in section 212(n)(4)), will offer to the alien during
the period of authorized employment wages that are at least the actual
wage level paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar
experience and qualifications for the specific employment in question
(but, in the case of an employer with more than 25 employees, in no event
shall such wages be lower than the mean of the lowest one-half of wages
surveyed pursuant to section 212(p)(5)); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H909C637562C141159A6CE04756984A3C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H8595B525671448308A5260D0095B6F1A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF148045DFAFA4F68BCB92AB0667CA2A3"><enum>205.</enum><header><enum-in-header>H-1B1</enum-in-header> and <enum-in-header>E-3</enum-in-header> visas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(t)(1)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(t)(1)(A)(i)</external-xref>) (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)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE51B07C7B31F460E9D82942B4800F927"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AE94E1FF6894599BA3D10809CC2F97D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E440434A9AD4A55956254C423E44226"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(i)</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(i)(I)</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9FDCB07123745399728D32339A1D59F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>except as provided in subclause (II),</quote> before <quote>is offering</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H113549F7B20441DFAD563896B49C70D0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64E3865560CB42C5818C53475174013A" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<subclause id="HC4FA00CAF2A148DDA3F46505412420D9" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if 80 percent or more of the employer’s workers in the same occupational classification as the
alien admitted or provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) or
101(a)(15)(E)(iii) and in the same area of employment as the alien
admitted or provided status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) or
101(a)(15)(E)(iii) are United States workers (as defined in subsection
(n)(4)), is offering and will offer during the period of authorized
employment to aliens admitted or provided status under section
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) or section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) wages that are at least
the actual wage level paid by the employer to all other individuals with
similar experience and qualifications for the specific employment in
question (but, in the case of an employer with more than 25 employees, in
no event shall such wages be lower than the mean of the lowest one-half of
wages surveyed pursuant to subsection (p)(5)); and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HADBD3B380C124CE893C0612FE139774A"><enum>206.</enum><header>Students</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9EF5FD271614A18A4701D015093A31A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Dual intent</header>
<paragraph id="H8A60F0785FD64F25B8B243F35B67557F"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H09D3509044D64DA68773C776AE663C82" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<subparagraph id="H2D77AD1944E6400789A1DBB50624318C" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an alien—</text>
<clause id="H98294CCC63284AA4A17701836AA6CE68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who—</text>
<subclause id="HD0C661436B504BA9B315D55B1AC0B620"><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="H757C5DD0CA8A4AFF9FE7F7E9AAB5CD70"><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="HF9F541646C0E4F7CA29C04F46D0CB019"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who—</text>
<subclause id="HF0C7C40A75F841B6B9966A14447039A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1AECA6605CDF4B7F8F29AC22B8E13C08"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H021065D2296348F3AA2637AB14320B81"><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="HA61D5EFABF6B4CD3A42EB2C4FB69F64A"><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="HB09795E1F4014413B3B1C99455A6E8F2"><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="HDAACA3C23D7C4F2E9308217C56A7CA06"><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="HE4D1D6DFC9B544048B5FE23FCDF3F5BE"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HD6AE968C28734E6BBD10DC45DB1489BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<subsection id="HD0A5785CD653492DB63AB0BBDE86BF32"><enum>(s)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2D70C009C98C4CF39A14E5E991A9E7E4"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H1356DAF506DC450099C1AC6671161509" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB748EFD765694EECBC540034443D2EBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in clause (ii), shall offer to the alien during the period of optional practical
training wages that are at least—</text>
<subclause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H1A30076EF4BF451B822FF1D31B3C9E8E" reported-display-style="italic"><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>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="HC9806E66087347DCB987C2A727960181" reported-display-style="italic"><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; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H56E9D93050CB4C07AA33E22367C57C91" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if 80 percent or more of the employer’s workers in the same occupational classification as the
alien and in the same area of employment as the alien are United States
workers (as defined in section 212(n)(4)), shall offer to the alien during
the period of authorized employment wages that are at least the actual
wage level paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar
experience and qualifications for the specific employment in question
(but, in the case of an employer with more than 25 employees, in no event
shall such wages be lower than the mean of the lowest one-half of wages
surveyed pursuant to section 212(p)(5)); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H95933E86C4FB489EBD66AA06FDA63000" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H0A9979A06FA146E39FFAE14F72A949D0" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="HF71A77BE9CBE4AB4850BCAAE17674F32"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<paragraph id="H7E8A9127471F452BAE76B551869DF15D"><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="H475424B8A35745F6A65DDD5CF565C9D3"><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="HC92EA1AC491445B2A1A184A811B6316C"><enum>207.</enum><header>Extension of employment eligibility while visa extension petition pending</header>
<subsection id="H0215E872EB1E4424A58EF8DC9B70441F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</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>, as amended by section 205(b), is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H6C13066E88774555880810AB9C5518F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBB71026A1A234A99B89140D659C3B152"><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="H4B4235B4B26F4148A9311C026533527B"><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="H8DF9EEF563F3494881C1C32CB679ADB4"><enum>208.</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 changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF42C87349EC4EC59563CAFC5FF72BDB" reported-display-style="italic" 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="H3F646E4BE9354A409890E80BF2C54D2A"><enum>209.</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>
<section id="H8571769EA3304394AC654A65BB0F8C76"><enum>301.</enum><header>Prevailing wages</header>
<subsection id="H0ACA356EEE8141E9811F653F64256AEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 212(p) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(p)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF2AAAA3F11944748914AB75AF9FFB1D"><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="H061E2A8B0A8A4F06901FB03614D7EC69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5D1648E324F43C69FFABA899C0F2E51"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H621ED0D02A61416784216AD4036BABD0" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H1940AC6826084639BB391BE7AADCF014" indent="up1"><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, the wage level shall be the wage level specified in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (5) depending on the
experience, education, and level of supervision required for the position.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81203744C6B543B396C029034716F249"><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>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H174A1A1122A94FE0B1A06098B316C7CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5) (as redesignated) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H0DE51FA2F14140F992A9B53208866E71" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H7E704105A14B4608BC39E516E8FD6559" 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="HB737F39360E7479486E20199B69845BF"><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="H057AD59881974E4996C921155696C9DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The second level shall be the mean of wages surveyed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29584FC27CE54CD9BCFA7B0E1A69EA20"><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>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D9B67AB2D50492FB842783772CFCDAB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H639E160B9B7342C096DA8F6F4D2CE2B8" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="HE3AF53E939F645ECA806EF9B0D7F23F3" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An employer may use an independent authoritative survey approved by the Secretary of Labor for
purposes of paragraph (5), if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E14413BC9304C9283FB9B256E29A4D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the survey data was collected within 24 months;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H159D1612F1454AAA90DE91B24D42ED39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the survey was published within the prior 24 months;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1854628DE8C483D843935A934281341"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the survey reflects the area of intended employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7E6B6FFE05E47B187168025625C0D22"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the employer’s job description adequately matches the job description in the survey;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD178DE987204775A01CC6EA7B14536D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the survey is across industries that employ workers in the occupation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H425389961F644006B5089D35F513D2DA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the wage determination is based on the arithmetic mean (weighted average); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE38AAB414F584047862FBC8587A7A6D1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the survey identifies a statistically valid methodology that was used to collect the data.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA471ECD850824751A0D094115AF9A921"><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 (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(5)(A)), 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="H32F811E906964B3F8C966FAE1825B1C0"><enum>302.</enum><header>Streamlining petitions for established employers</header>
<subsection id="H99D1DBBF3E9A48868F6BBF7505264F3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</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>), as amended by this Act,
is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HJU00" id="H8422C552357F4D6BA01E62E27A52CA18" reported-display-style="italic" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H03DD4C9B9A6F423F92380EDD56600569" indent="up1"><enum>(16)</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="H366C54D10E964A5D918809F1D87FA6FF"><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>
December 15, 2014
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment
December 15, 2014
The Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
be printed