[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5362 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5362

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2000

Mr. Dreier (for himself and Mr. Moakley) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To increase the amount of fees charged to employers who are petitioners 
    for the employment of H-1B nonimmigrant 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 non-profit research organization, or a 
        governmental research organization) filing before October 1, 
        2003''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$500'' and inserting 
        ``$1000''.

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 two months after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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