3.0.0 1092 2023-01-11T19:41:57Z 2023-01-11T19:41:57Z Senate S S 2007-04-11 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-04-11T22:47:47Z 2007-04-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE N I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-04-17 False D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2007-04-17 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2007-05-01 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2007-05-10 False Immigration Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Engineers Families High technology Immigrants Infrastructure Labor and Employment Mathematics Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Visas Immigration 00 2007-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-07T22:17:51Z High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the number of annual H-1B (specialty occupation) visa entrants for FY2007 and FY2008.

Eliminates the 20,000 annual cap on aliens with master's or higher degrees who can enter the United States without being subject to H-1B visa limits.

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.

]]> High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to temporarily increase the number of visas which may be issued to certain highly skilled workers. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1092is/xml/BILLS-110s1092is.xml 2007-04-11 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.