[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 5362 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5362

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
To increase the amount of fees charged to employers who are petitioners 
    for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, and for other 
                                purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OF FEES.

    Section 214(c)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(c)(9)) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(excluding'' and all 
    that follows through ``2001)'' and inserting ``(excluding any 
    employer that is a primary or secondary education institution, an 
    institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of 
    the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a), a nonprofit 
    entity related to or affiliated with any such institution, a 
    nonprofit entity which engages in established curriculum-related 
    clinical training of students registered at any such institution, a 
    nonprofit research organization, or a governmental research 
    organization) filing before October 1, 2003''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$500'' and inserting 
    ``$1,000''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1(2) shall apply only to petitions 
that are filed on or after the date that is 2 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.