3.0.0 281 2023-01-11T13:34:50Z 2023-01-11T13:34:50Z Senate S 2017-02-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-02T18:34:00Z Startup Act 115 1877 S 2017-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 115 392 HR 2017-07-11 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Yoder asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 392, a bill originally introduced by Representative Chaffetz, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. 14:07:01 Related bill CRS 2017-02-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-07-12 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-09-26 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-03-19 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2018-03-22 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-06-19 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2018-06-21 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2018-07-23 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2018-08-16 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-08-16 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-08-16 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2018-09-04 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2018-09-17 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2018-09-17 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2018-09-17 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2018-09-24 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-09-25 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2018-10-01 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-11-27 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-11-27 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2018-11-29 False Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-20T20:05:43Z Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017

This bill 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.

The Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 is amended to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.

The bill establishes the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas:

  • for FY2017, 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;
  • for FY2018, 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
  • for FY2019, 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 FY2015.

The bill 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.

Amendments made by this bill shall take place as if enacted on September 30, 2016, and shall apply beginning in FY2017.]]> Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 Display Title Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 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 IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s281is/xml/BILLS-115s281is.xml 2017-02-02 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.