3.0.0 633 2022-11-15T16:34:36Z 2022-11-15T16:34:36Z House H HR 2013-02-13 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CHAFFETZ:H.R. 633.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantthe following:Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 to the U.S.Constitution.[Page H502]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-08T20:52:03Z Referred to 2013-02-13T15:05:10Z Startup Act 3.0 113 310 S 2013-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 113 293 S 2013-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2013-04-08 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security. Committee 2013-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2013-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001076 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] Jason Chaffetz R UT 3 N L000573 Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] Raul Labrador R ID R. 1 2013-02-13 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2013-02-13 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2013-03-05 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2013-03-13 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 17 2013-03-13 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 12 2013-03-14 False D000620 Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] John Delaney D MD K. 6 2013-03-15 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2013-03-18 False M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2013-03-21 False C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 2013-04-10 False P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2013-04-10 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2013-04-11 False O000169 Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21] William Owens D NY L. 21 2013-06-19 False G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 2013-06-26 False Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2013-02-13 Introduced in House 2013-03-01T17:36:53Z Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 - 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 FY2013, 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 FY2011; (2) 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; and (3) for FY2015, 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 FY2013.

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.

Provides that the amendments made by this Act will take place as if enacted on September 30, 2012, and shall apply beginning in FY2013.]]> Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 Display Title Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced 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 House 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr633ih/xml/BILLS-113hr633ih.xml 2013-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security. 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.