[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 105 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 105

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and 
 secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions 
     with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and 
 secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions 
     with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM FILING FEES FOR SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 214(c)(9)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(9)(A)) is amended by inserting ``an 
employer that is a public or private elementary or secondary school 
and'' after ``(excluding''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
petitions filed under section 214(c)(1) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act on or after such date and before October 1, 2001.
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