3.0.0 2365 2023-01-11T13:32:23Z 2023-01-11T13:32:23Z Senate S 2015-12-08 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-08T19:41:34Z 2015-12-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-12-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2015-12-08 True Immigration Foreign labor Higher education Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Wages and earnings Immigration 00 2015-12-08 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-10T15:36:39Z Protecting American Jobs Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the fiscal year cap on H-1B nonimmigrant visas (specialty occupations) from 65,000 to 50,000.

If for a fiscal year more than 50,000 H-1B petitions are filed, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall allocate available visas to petitions for those workers who will earn the highest wages.

IF H-1B visa petitions seek more than 20,000 aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, DHS shall also allocate the available visas for those petitions seeking such workers who will earn the highest wages.

]]> Protecting American Jobs Act Display Title Protecting American Jobs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect American jobs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting American Jobs Act Introduced in Senate 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2365is/xml/BILLS-114s2365is.xml 2015-12-08 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.