[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1092 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1092

  To temporarily increase the number of visas which may be issued to 
                    certain highly skilled workers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2007

   Mr. Hagel introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To temporarily increase the number of visas which may be issued to 
                    certain highly skilled workers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. IMMEDIATE INCREASE OF H-1B VISAS.

    Section 214(g)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) may not exceed--
                    ``(i) 65,000 in each of the fiscal years 2004 
                through 2006;
                    ``(ii) 115,000 in fiscal year 2007;
                    ``(iii) 195,000 in fiscal year 2008; and
                    ``(iv) 65,000 in fiscal year 2009 and each 
                succeeding fiscal year; and''.

SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITS.

    (a) Nonimmigrants With Advanced Degrees.--Section 214(g)(5)(C) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)(C)) is amended 
by striking ``, until the number of aliens who are exempted from such 
numerical limitation during such year exceeds 20,000''.
    (b) Employment-Based Immigrants.--
            (1) In general.--Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended by adding at 
        the end the following:
            ``(F) Aliens who have earned an advanced degree in science, 
        technology, engineering, or math and have been working in a 
        related field in the United States under a nonimmigrant visa 
        during the 3-year period preceding their application for an 
        immigrant visa under section 203(b).
            ``(G) Aliens who--
                    ``(i) are described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
                section 203(b)(1); or
                    ``(ii) have received a national interest waiver 
                under section 203(b)(2)(B).
            ``(H) The immediate relatives of an alien who is admitted 
        as an employment-based immigrant under section 203(b).''.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply to any visa application--
                    (A) pending on the date of the enactment of this 
                Act; or
                    (B) filed on or after such date of enactment.
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