[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3588-S3589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4530. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Daines) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department

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of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of 
the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR 
                   VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF REPUBLIC OF 
                   VIETNAM.

       (a) Compensation.--Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of section 
     1116 of title 38, United States Code, are amended by 
     inserting ``(including its territorial seas)'' after ``served 
     in the Republic of Vietnam'' each place such phrase appears.
       (b) Health Care.--Section 1710(e)(4) of such title is 
     amended by inserting ``(including its territorial seas)'' 
     after ``served on active duty in the Republic of Vietnam''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall take effect as if enacted on September 25, 
     1985.

     SEC. 1098. TEMPORARY VISA FEE FOR EMPLOYERS WITH MORE THAN 50 
                   PERCENT FOREIGN WORKFORCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 411 of the Air Transportation 
     Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note), 
     as added by section 402(g) of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim 
     Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act (title IV of division O 
     of Public Law 114-113), is amended--
       (1) by amending to section heading to read as follows: 
     ``temporary visa fee for employers with more than 50 percent 
     foreign workforce''; and
       (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) Temporary L Visa Fee Increase.--Notwithstanding 
     section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1351) or any other provision of law, the filing fee required 
     to be submitted with a petition filed under section 
     101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)), except for an amended petition 
     without an extension of stay request, shall be increased by 
     $4,500 for petitioners that employ 50 or more employees in 
     the United States if more than 50 percent of the petitioner's 
     employees are nonimmigrants described in subparagraph 
     (H)(1)(b) or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act. This fee 
     shall also apply to petitioners described in this subsection 
     who file an individual petition on the basis of an approved 
     blanket petition.
       ``(b) Temporary H-1b Visa Fee Increase.--Notwithstanding 
     section 281 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1351) or any other provision of law, the filing fee required 
     to be submitted with a petition under section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)), except for an amended petition 
     without an extension of stay request, shall be increased by 
     $4,000 for petitioners that employ 50 or more employees in 
     the United States if more than 50 percent of the petitioner's 
     employees are nonimmigrants described in subparagraph 
     (H)(1)(b) or (L) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act.''.
       (b) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by subsection 
     (a)--
       (1) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) shall apply to any petition filed during the period 
     beginning on such effective date and ending on September 30, 
     2025.
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