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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3648" measure-id="id117hr3648" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-06-01" update-date="2022-06-13">
        <title>EAGLE Act of 2022</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr3648v07" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-06-13">
            <action-date>2022-06-07</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2022 or the EAGLE Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies requirements related to employment-based visas and addresses related issues.</p> <p>The 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 per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas. </p> <p>The bill establishes transition rules for employment-based visas such as (1) 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, and (2) allotting a number of visas for professional nurses and physical therapists. </p> <p>The bill imposes additional requirements on an employer seeking an H-1B visa, such as prohibiting (1) an employer from advertising that a position is only open to H-1B applicants or that H-1B applicants are preferred, and (2) certain employers from having more than half of their employees as nonimmigrant visa workers.</p> <p>The Department of Labor shall create a publicly available website where an employer seeking an H-1B visa must post certain information about the open position. </p> <p>The bill also expands Labor's authority to review and investigate H-1B applications for fraud or misrepresentations.</p> <p>The bill also allows certain aliens to obtain lawful permanent resident status if the alien (1) is in the United States as a nonimmigrant, (2) has an approved immigrant visa petition, and (3) has waited at least two years for a visa. </p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr3648v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-07-22">
            <action-date>2021-06-01</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act of 2021 or the EAGLE Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies requirements related to employment-based visas and addresses related issues.</p> <p>The 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 per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas. </p> <p>The bill establishes transition rules for employment-based visas such as (1) 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, and (2) allotting a number of visas for professional nurses and physical therapists. </p> <p>The bill imposes additional requirements on an employer seeking an H-1B visa, such as prohibiting (1) an employer from advertising that a position is only open to H-1B applicants or that H-1B applicants are preferred, and (2) certain employers from having more than half of their employees as nonimmigrant visa workers.</p> <p>The Department of Labor shall create a publicly available website where an employer seeking an H-1B visa must post certain information about the open position. </p> <p>The bill also expands Labor's authority to review and investigate H-1B applications for fraud or misrepresentations.</p> <p>The bill also allows certain aliens to obtain lawful permanent resident status if the alien (1) is in the United States as a nonimmigrant, (2) has an approved immigrant visa petition, and (3) has waited at least two years for a visa. </p>]]></summary-text>
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