3.0.0 386 2022-11-01T15:47:44Z 2022-11-01T15:47:44Z Senate S 2019-02-07 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-07T18:54:47Z Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020 116 1044 HR 2020-12-03 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS RELIEF Act 116 5327 HR 2020-01-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS Startup Act 116 328 S 2019-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS RELIEF Act 116 2603 S 2019-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5843-5845) Related bill CRS 2019-02-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-02-07 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2019-02-07 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2019-02-07 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-02-07 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2019-02-07 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2019-02-07 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-02-07 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-02-07 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2019-02-07 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2019-02-07 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-02-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-02-07 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-02-07 True S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-02-07 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2019-02-25 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-02-25 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-02-25 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-02-25 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2019-02-25 False M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2019-02-25 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2019-03-14 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2019-03-25 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-03-26 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-03-28 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2019-03-28 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-04-02 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2019-04-11 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2019-05-07 False R000615 Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] Mitt Romney R UT 2019-05-09 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-05-13 False E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2019-05-14 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-06-12 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-06-19 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-06-26 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-10-31 False Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-24T15:52:01Z Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

This bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China.

The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability) and EB-3 (skilled and other workers) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country.

]]> Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 Display Title Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 906 116 SAMDT To include provisions relating to the H-1B program and labor condition applications. 2021-12-29T22:00:13Z 2019-07-09 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Senate 116 S Senate S 386 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 2022-11-01T15:47:44Z 3 2019-07-09 0 Senate Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-07-09 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s386is/xml/BILLS-116s386is.xml 2019-02-07 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.