3.0.0 1857 2019-02-20T23:20:52Z 2019-02-23T17:38:53Z Senate S S 2011-11-10 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-11-10T21:40:01Z Protecting American Families and Businesses Act of 2011 112 3119 HR 2011-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. Related bill CRS AGREE Act 112 3476 HR 2012-01-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises. Related bill CRS AGREE Act 112 1866 S 2011-11-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7594-7596) Related bill CRS Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 112 1983 S 2011-12-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 112 3012 HR 2012-01-23 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. Identical bill CRS 2011-11-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-11-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-11-10 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-27T16:00:44Z Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants.

Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.

]]> Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act Display Title Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-11-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1857is/xml/BILLS-112s1857is.xml 2011-11-10 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.