3.0.0 4259 2023-01-11T13:16:58Z 2023-01-11T13:16:58Z House H HR 2009-12-10 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2010-03-01T16:58:56Z Referred to 2009-12-10T15:00:52Z CIR ASAP Act of 2009 111 4321 HR 2010-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Related bill CRS StartUp Visa Act of 2010 111 3029 S 2010-02-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2010-03-01 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 2009-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 N W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 2010-05-11 False O000169 Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] William Owens D NY L. 23 2010-05-11 False J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2010-05-11 False M001178 Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20] Scott Murphy D NY 20 2010-09-29 False Immigration Business investment and capital Employment and training programs Government studies and investigations Immigration status and procedures U.S. and foreign investments User charges and fees Visas and passports Immigration 00 2009-12-10 Introduced in House 2010-03-23T20:49:52Z Employment Benefit Act - Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to: (1) make the alien investor visa (EB-5) regional center program permanent; (2) establish a $2,500 regional center designation fee; and (3) increase visa set-asides for such program.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding EB-5 provisions to: (1) establish a $2,500 premium processing fee; (2) establish in the Treasury the Immigrant Entrepreneur Regional Account Center; (3) permit concurrent filing for EB-5 petitions and status adjustment applications; (4) expand the definition of "targeted employment area" for purposes of visa set-asides; and (5) expand EB-5 eligibility to include investors who have completed investment agreements with a qualified venture capital operating company or with an "angel investor" (U.S. citizen- or permanent resident-owned entity or an entity that has made specified commercial enterprise investments).

]]> Employment Benefit Act Display Title Employment Benefit Act Official Title as Introduced To facilitate foreign investment by permanently reauthorizing the EB-5 regional center program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Employment Benefit Act Introduced in House 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4259ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4259ih.xml 2010-03-01 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.