3.0.0 2868 2019-11-15T21:58:57Z 2019-11-15T21:58:57Z Senate S S 2008-04-16 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-16T14:19:10Z A bill to amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the diversity visa program and create a program that awards visas to aliens with an advanced degree. 110 1350 S 2007-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2008-04-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-04-16 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2008-04-16 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-04-16 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-04-16 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2008-04-16 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2008-07-29 False Immigration Alien labor Education Engineers Higher education Immigrants Labor and Employment Life sciences Mathematics Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Visas Immigration 00 2008-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-15T19:22:17Z Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa lottery program with a program that issues immigrant visas to aliens with advanced degrees in the life sciences, the physical sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering.

States that such visas shall be issued or adjusted in a random order unless the Secretary of State determines that certain of such degrees are most needed to meet U.S. workforce and economic security needs. (Sets forth visa allocation provisions if the Secretary has made such an economic determination.)

Provides for advanced degree visa carryover as of FY2009.

]]> A bill to amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa lottery program with a program that issues visas to aliens with an advanced degree. Display Title A bill to amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa lottery program with a program that issues visas to aliens with an advanced degree. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa lottery program with a program that issues visas to aliens with an advanced degree. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2868is/xml/BILLS-110s2868is.xml 2008-04-16 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.