3.0.0 1983 2019-11-15T21:59:56Z 2019-11-15T21:59:56Z Senate S S 2011-12-13 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-13T17:20:46Z 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. 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 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act 112 1857 S 2011-11-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS AGREE Act 112 1866 S 2011-11-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7594-7596) Related bill CRS IRE Act 112 2005 S 2011-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2011-12-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-12-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-12-13 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-12-13 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-01-31 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2012-01-31 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2012-09-10 False Immigration Europe Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Ireland Visas and passports Immigration 00 2011-12-13 Introduced in Senate 2012-01-17T18:30:36Z Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 - 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 from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas.

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

Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas: (1) for FY2012, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2010; (2) for FY2013, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; and (3) for FY2014, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012.

Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country.

Includes nationals of Ireland coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupation services in the nonimmigrant E-3 visa category.

Transfers specified approval authority regarding the temporary admission of certain aliens not otherwise admissible from the Attorney General (DOJ) to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Expands the grounds for such approval.

]]> Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 Display Title Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 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 2011-12-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1983is/xml/BILLS-112s1983is.xml 2011-12-13 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.