3.0.0 170 2023-01-11T13:34:37Z 2023-01-11T13:34:37Z House HR 2017-01-03 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 170.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8 to establish an uniform Rule ofNaturalization[Page H51]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-01-13T14:23:18Z Markup by 2017-11-15T17:45:51Z Referred to 2017-01-03T17:14:50Z 2017-11-15 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2017-11-15 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2017-01-13 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2017-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2017-01-03 True H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 2017-01-03 True F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 2017-01-03 True L000573 Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] Raul Labrador R ID R. 1 2017-01-03 True S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2017-01-03 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2017-01-03 True B001293 Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] Mike Bishop R MI 8 2017-04-28 False L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2017-05-26 False C001105 Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] Barbara Comstock R VA 10 2017-05-26 False Immigration Employee hiring Foreign labor Inflation and prices Visas and passports Wages and earnings Immigration 00 2017-01-03 Introduced in House 2017-01-13T16:37:01Z Protect and Grow American Jobs Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the definition of "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant" to eliminate the masters or higher degree requirement and raise the annual salary threshold requirement from $60,000 to $100,000.

(An exempt H-1B nonimmigrant is a nonimmigrant H-1B [specialty occupation] worker meeting certain criteria whom an H-1B dependent employer may hire without having to satisfy certain otherwise applicable H-1B hiring criteria. An H-1B dependent employer is generally one whose H-1B workers comprise 15% or more of the employer's total workforce, with different thresholds applying to smaller employers.)

The bill requires an inflation adjustment to the salary threshold every third fiscal year.

]]> Protect and Grow American Jobs Act Display Title Protect and Grow American Jobs Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the definition of "exempt H-1B nonimmigrant". Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protect and Grow American Jobs Act Introduced in House 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr170ih/xml/BILLS-115hr170ih.xml 2017-11-15 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 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.