3.0.0 1351 2023-01-11T16:47:43Z 2023-01-11T16:47:43Z Senate S S 2007-05-10 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-10T15:26:34Z 2007-05-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH N S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2007-05-15 False Immigration Admission of nonimmigrants Alien labor Governmental investigations Labor and Employment Recruiting of employees Visas Immigration 00 2007-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-23T16:49:03Z H-1B Visa Program Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty occupation) cap, with a 20% increase for the following year if the previous year's quota is reached.

Revises H-1B provisions with respect to: (1) application fraud and misrepresentation; (2) employer penalties; (3) Department of Labor investigations; (4) Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information sharing; (5) information provided to an H-1B nonimmigrant upon visa issuance; (6) employment advertising; and (7) prohibiting an employer of fewer than 50 employees in the United States from having more than 50% H-1B nonimmigrant employees.

]]> H-1B Visa Program Modernization Act of 2007 Display Title H-1B Visa Program Modernization Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy and to protect against potential visa fraud and abuse. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced H-1B Visa Program Modernization Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1351is/xml/BILLS-110s1351is.xml 2007-05-10 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.