3.0.0 1930 2023-01-11T19:43:41Z 2023-01-11T19:43:41Z House H HR 2007-04-18 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-04T13:39:43Z Referred to 2007-04-18T14:04:25Z Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007 110 1083 S 2007-04-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2007-06-04 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2007-04-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-04-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 N C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2007-04-24 False R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2007-04-25 False P000587 Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] MIKE PENCE R IN 6 2007-04-26 False C001062 Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] K. Conaway R TX Michael 11 2007-04-26 False C001064 Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48] John Campbell R CA 48 2007-05-01 False D000429 Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] JOHN DOOLITTLE R CA T. 4 2007-05-02 False C001046 Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7] ERIC CANTOR R VA 7 2007-05-10 False M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2007-05-14 False D000605 Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] Thelma Drake R VA D. 2 2007-05-14 False J000174 Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] SAM JOHNSON R TX 3 2007-11-14 False S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] PETE SESSIONS R TX 32 2007-12-19 False F000447 Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24] Tom Feeney R FL 24 2008-03-03 False B001256 Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] Michele Bachmann R MN 6 2008-04-17 False F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2008-04-22 False Immigration Administrative fees Administrative remedies Alien labor Aliens Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Economics and Public Finance Education Employee selection Engineering Engineers Foreign students Foreign-trained physicians Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Graduate education Health Higher education Identification of criminals Immigrant education Immigrants Infrastructure Labor and Employment Labor supply Law Mathematics Minimum wages Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Skilled labor Temporary employment Visas Wages Immigration 00 2007-04-18 Introduced in House 2007-05-09T20:34:48Z Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007 or the SKIL Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the annual H-1B (specialty occupation) visa cap an alien who has: (1) earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. university; or (2) been awarded a medical specialty certification based on post-doctoral training and experience in the United States.

Increases the annual H-1B cap, with a 20% increase for the following year if the previous year's quota is reached.

Exempts from worldwide immigration caps an alien who: (1) has earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. university; (2) has been awarded medical specialty certification based on postdoctoral training and experience in the United States; (3) will work in shortage occupations; (4) has earned a master's degree or higher in science, technology, engineering, or math and has been working in a related field in the United States during the three-year period preceding his or her immigrant visa application; (5) has extraordinary ability or received a national interest waiver; or (6) is the spouse or minor child of an employment-based immigrant.

Increases the annual immigrant visa cap.

Revises student visa provisions.

Authorizes an L-1 (intracompany transfer) visa extension beyond the fifth or seventh year if the individual has a immigrant application pending.

Permits an alien with an approved labor certification to apply for permanent resident status adjustment if there is no visa immediately available by paying a $500 supplemental fee.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple employment petitions.

Revises certain labor certification provisions.

Prohibits immigration application approval until background and security checks have been completed and any fraud allegations have been resolved.

Authorizes temporary workers (E, H, I, L O, or P visas) who have not violated their status to renew their same category visa from within the United States.

]]> SKIL Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title SKIL Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced SKIL Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1930ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1930ih.xml 2007-06-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. 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.