3.0.0 1918 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z 2023-01-13T04:49:47Z Senate S S 2005-10-25 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-25T22:45:18Z 2005-10-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-10-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11825-11826) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE N Immigration Administrative fees Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collective bargaining Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Economics and Public Finance Education Employee rights Employment agencies Engineers Families Federal advisory bodies Fines (Penalties) Foreign students Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health Higher education Hours of labor Illegal aliens Informers Infrastructure Labor and Employment Labor disputes Labor statistics Labor unions Law Married people Mathematics Minimum wages Occupational health and safety Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Skilled labor Student employment Unfair labor practices Visas Wage surveys Wages Witnesses Immigration 00 2005-10-25 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-21T18:47:23Z Strengthening America's Workforce Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) amend the definition of H-2B nonimmigrant worker; and (2) add a new H-2C nonimmigrant worker category (willing worker program).

Requires employers seeking to hire H-2B or H-2C workers to undertake specified recruitment efforts for U.S. workers, and to submit specified labor attestations. Provides worker protections. Addresses portability. Provides derivative status for spouses and children of H-2B and H-2C workers. Establishes annual numerical limitations on the number of aliens who may receive H-2B and H-2C status. Specifies authorized periods of admission for each category.

Establishes the Immigration Study Commission to review the impact of this Act on national security and the economy and families.

Sets forth H-2B and H-2C alien provisions respecting: (1) nonimmigrant status change and permanent immigrant status adjustment; (2) exemption from certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) employer petition fees; (4) collective bargaining coverage; and (5) status ineligibility.

Provides for stays of removal for aliens involved in workplace claims.

Prohibits disclosure to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by a federal or state agency of information concerning the immigration status of any worker.

Triples civil penalties for a commercial enterprise that commits immigration-related document fraud for commercial or financial advantage.

Exempts from fiscal year admission limits foreign students who have earned an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering or math from a U.S. university or who are employed.

Exempts from direct numerical limitations: (1) aliens with an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math who have been working in a related field in the United States during the three-year period preceding their application for an employment-based immigrant visa; (2) certain aliens who are priority workers or who have received a national interest waiver; and (3) immediate relatives of an employment-based immigrant.

Authorizes full-time foreign students to work part-time off campus. Requires employer attestation respecting: (1) wages; (2) hours; and (3) U.S. citizen recruitment.

]]> Strengthening America's Workforce Act of 2005 Display Title Strengthening America's Workforce Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the demand for foreign workers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening America's Workforce Act of 2005 Popular Titles Immigration Reform bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2005-10-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1918is/xml/BILLS-109s1918is.xml 2005-10-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.