3.0.0 4609 2023-01-11T13:32:05Z 2023-01-11T13:32:05Z House HR 2016-02-24 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 4609.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H893]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2016-02-29T15:58:33Z Referred to 2016-02-24T15:01:50Z 2016-02-29 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2016-02-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2016-02-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 N C001093 Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] Doug Collins R GA 9 2016-02-24 True B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2016-03-21 False O000170 Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] Beto O'Rourke D TX 16 2016-03-21 False N000188 Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] Donald Norcross D NJ 1 2016-03-21 False Immigration Foreign labor Unemployment Visas and passports Immigration 00 2016-02-24 Introduced in House 2016-05-03T22:07:52Z Keeping American Jobs Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission of an H-1B visa (specialty occupation) nonimmigrant worker if the Department of Labor determines that the H-1B application was filed by the prospective employer for the primary purpose of using one or more U.S. workers to train the H-1B worker in the job duties and responsibilities of the U.S. workers in order to lay off the U.S. workers and move their job or jobs abroad, unless the application states that the employer did not and will not displace a U.S. worker within the period beginning 90 days before and ending 90 days after the date of filing of any visa petition supported by the application.

]]> Keeping American Jobs Act Display Title Keeping American Jobs Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing employment of nonimmigrants under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to prevent the transfer of knowledge from United States workers for the purpose of facilitating their jobs being moved abroad. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Keeping American Jobs Act Introduced in House 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4609ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4609ih.xml 2016-02-29 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.